MikieO
@mikieo.bsky.social
Trying to transform writing software and the daily grind into mandolins and 3/4 time.
🇺🇸 army veteran. 🇬🇧|🇩🇪 spoken here
„Ich glaube an Alles noch nie Gesagte" -- Rilke, Das Stunden-Buch
🇺🇸 army veteran. 🇬🇧|🇩🇪 spoken here
„Ich glaube an Alles noch nie Gesagte" -- Rilke, Das Stunden-Buch
(Reads headline, pauses a moment, considers age & appearance, then scrolls on)
December 6, 2025 at 11:35 PM
(Reads headline, pauses a moment, considers age & appearance, then scrolls on)
Imagine that. Corrupt FIFA gives a bullshit award to a corrupt old man. What a shock.
December 5, 2025 at 8:01 PM
Imagine that. Corrupt FIFA gives a bullshit award to a corrupt old man. What a shock.
I'm not sure if this is much different than getting stock tips from a shoeshine boy.
December 5, 2025 at 2:46 AM
I'm not sure if this is much different than getting stock tips from a shoeshine boy.
A. Fuente Queso Especial Corona.
December 4, 2025 at 2:52 AM
A. Fuente Queso Especial Corona.
Pretty much exactly what I thought.
November 19, 2025 at 2:42 AM
Pretty much exactly what I thought.
A real person? No way.
November 16, 2025 at 3:04 PM
A real person? No way.
Don't put any faith in this woman just because her current opportunism is resonating with your views. She would absolutely kick children into the gutter to starve tomorrow, if it suited her personal interests.
October 30, 2025 at 10:04 PM
Don't put any faith in this woman just because her current opportunism is resonating with your views. She would absolutely kick children into the gutter to starve tomorrow, if it suited her personal interests.
I dunno. The use case for AI here seems to fit: scheduling useless meetings, sending pointless emails full of buzzwords, the occasional LinkedIn update. Maybe it just needs to be properly renamed: Artificial Dead Weight.
October 29, 2025 at 5:12 PM
I dunno. The use case for AI here seems to fit: scheduling useless meetings, sending pointless emails full of buzzwords, the occasional LinkedIn update. Maybe it just needs to be properly renamed: Artificial Dead Weight.
Pity they didn't do this for Father Ted.
October 29, 2025 at 12:01 AM
Pity they didn't do this for Father Ted.
Outlook politely asks me if I want to turn off my out-of-office replies if I check too often. I can almost hear the smirk when I read it.
October 24, 2025 at 11:55 PM
Outlook politely asks me if I want to turn off my out-of-office replies if I check too often. I can almost hear the smirk when I read it.
In Tubac, Arizona, there is an old restaurant called Wisdoms. They serve burritos, filled with fruit pie filling (I prefer cherry), deep fried, rolled in cinnamon sugar, and topped with a scoop vanilla ice cream. Coupled with strong coffee, it would be hard to beat this as a breakfast, IMHO.
October 24, 2025 at 11:42 PM
In Tubac, Arizona, there is an old restaurant called Wisdoms. They serve burritos, filled with fruit pie filling (I prefer cherry), deep fried, rolled in cinnamon sugar, and topped with a scoop vanilla ice cream. Coupled with strong coffee, it would be hard to beat this as a breakfast, IMHO.
Not much of an artist, but I'll say life is just fine w/o Amazon Prime (or any Amazon, for that matter). So glad I canceled.
October 8, 2025 at 7:56 PM
Not much of an artist, but I'll say life is just fine w/o Amazon Prime (or any Amazon, for that matter). So glad I canceled.
They will just say he's a poor example of one and just keep on keepin' on. These aren't the sort of people that are swayed by evidence.
October 4, 2025 at 11:48 PM
They will just say he's a poor example of one and just keep on keepin' on. These aren't the sort of people that are swayed by evidence.
I would've thought people shooting up schools for years and years would have been a more effective call, but apparently not.
September 10, 2025 at 10:54 PM
I would've thought people shooting up schools for years and years would have been a more effective call, but apparently not.
Sure. The political violence. Had it been a schoolchild we could just move on, I guess.
September 10, 2025 at 7:55 PM
Sure. The political violence. Had it been a schoolchild we could just move on, I guess.
Dude sorta looked like Shemp.
September 9, 2025 at 5:42 PM
Dude sorta looked like Shemp.
Yeah, I miss those. And I miss going south to have a margarita & chimi at Wisdom's in Tubac. Or a hike in Madera. Ahhh... The good ol' days 🙂
September 4, 2025 at 2:06 AM
Yeah, I miss those. And I miss going south to have a margarita & chimi at Wisdom's in Tubac. Or a hike in Madera. Ahhh... The good ol' days 🙂
I've got a laugh track. At least I *think* it's recorded...
September 2, 2025 at 12:32 AM
I've got a laugh track. At least I *think* it's recorded...
I've had a bottle waiting for it for what feels like FOREVER.
August 31, 2025 at 9:59 PM
I've had a bottle waiting for it for what feels like FOREVER.