Marc Turnes
@turnesfurnace.bsky.social
Devoted Hubbie, Activist, IAM Engineer, Writer, Cunning Linguist, Cartoonist, Improviser, Historian, Economist, Dungeon Master, w/e else.
"Specialization is for Insects" -Heinlein
Sourced, factual debate is fine, but my drama tolerance?
Zero.
"Specialization is for Insects" -Heinlein
Sourced, factual debate is fine, but my drama tolerance?
Zero.
Sunday Photo Dump:
Weekly Menu - Xmas style
A commandment from my pencil
A way, WAY overprepped bathroom
My head looking like the Thus Spoke Zarathustra earth sunrise scene from 2001
Yeah — it’s an exciting, dramatic life I live at times but try to keep your pulse from being too high.
Weekly Menu - Xmas style
A commandment from my pencil
A way, WAY overprepped bathroom
My head looking like the Thus Spoke Zarathustra earth sunrise scene from 2001
Yeah — it’s an exciting, dramatic life I live at times but try to keep your pulse from being too high.
December 21, 2025 at 5:54 PM
Sunday Photo Dump:
Weekly Menu - Xmas style
A commandment from my pencil
A way, WAY overprepped bathroom
My head looking like the Thus Spoke Zarathustra earth sunrise scene from 2001
Yeah — it’s an exciting, dramatic life I live at times but try to keep your pulse from being too high.
Weekly Menu - Xmas style
A commandment from my pencil
A way, WAY overprepped bathroom
My head looking like the Thus Spoke Zarathustra earth sunrise scene from 2001
Yeah — it’s an exciting, dramatic life I live at times but try to keep your pulse from being too high.
We may be two peas from the same pod.
Only you're better at this!
(though I may be darker)
Only you're better at this!
(though I may be darker)
December 20, 2025 at 5:24 AM
We may be two peas from the same pod.
Only you're better at this!
(though I may be darker)
Only you're better at this!
(though I may be darker)
Good thing this was just a dress shirt and not a priceless Ming vase.
I have used DXL for shirts before because I have to buy shirts 3-4 sizes too large because my neck is big.
They used to do alterations so it made sense despite their very high prices.
Since they don’t:
I will not be returning.
I have used DXL for shirts before because I have to buy shirts 3-4 sizes too large because my neck is big.
They used to do alterations so it made sense despite their very high prices.
Since they don’t:
I will not be returning.
December 19, 2025 at 11:35 PM
Good thing this was just a dress shirt and not a priceless Ming vase.
I have used DXL for shirts before because I have to buy shirts 3-4 sizes too large because my neck is big.
They used to do alterations so it made sense despite their very high prices.
Since they don’t:
I will not be returning.
I have used DXL for shirts before because I have to buy shirts 3-4 sizes too large because my neck is big.
They used to do alterations so it made sense despite their very high prices.
Since they don’t:
I will not be returning.
Anathema has what we call “resting Nam face” and to highlight it I made this image (5 years ago stuck at home cuz pandemic)
She had a rough kitten hood and we think she was abused and abandoned.
Terrible thing to do to any animal, she almost starved to death.
She’s happier now, Even with goose 😆
She had a rough kitten hood and we think she was abused and abandoned.
Terrible thing to do to any animal, she almost starved to death.
She’s happier now, Even with goose 😆
December 19, 2025 at 8:20 PM
Anathema has what we call “resting Nam face” and to highlight it I made this image (5 years ago stuck at home cuz pandemic)
She had a rough kitten hood and we think she was abused and abandoned.
Terrible thing to do to any animal, she almost starved to death.
She’s happier now, Even with goose 😆
She had a rough kitten hood and we think she was abused and abandoned.
Terrible thing to do to any animal, she almost starved to death.
She’s happier now, Even with goose 😆
Drew a couple of Christmas tags for our nephews for a planned Chicago trip next summer.
Stressed Drednaw and “Sick Day”
Stressed Drednaw and “Sick Day”
December 15, 2025 at 7:46 PM
Drew a couple of Christmas tags for our nephews for a planned Chicago trip next summer.
Stressed Drednaw and “Sick Day”
Stressed Drednaw and “Sick Day”
They turned out well. I’d have a side of red sauce for dipping and some pepperoni next time.
December 15, 2025 at 7:03 PM
They turned out well. I’d have a side of red sauce for dipping and some pepperoni next time.
I felt bad but had to say goodbye to my brief red pepper pal.
I hope this works out, it’s “use your leftovers” day for lunch so this is all thrown together.
In case it does work I’m snapping pics for myself and general posterity.
I hope this works out, it’s “use your leftovers” day for lunch so this is all thrown together.
In case it does work I’m snapping pics for myself and general posterity.
December 15, 2025 at 5:50 PM
I felt bad but had to say goodbye to my brief red pepper pal.
I hope this works out, it’s “use your leftovers” day for lunch so this is all thrown together.
In case it does work I’m snapping pics for myself and general posterity.
I hope this works out, it’s “use your leftovers” day for lunch so this is all thrown together.
In case it does work I’m snapping pics for myself and general posterity.
Prepping Italian quesadillas for lunch with leftovers.
The red pepper is just happy to be here.
#FacesInThings
The red pepper is just happy to be here.
#FacesInThings
December 15, 2025 at 5:35 PM
Prepping Italian quesadillas for lunch with leftovers.
The red pepper is just happy to be here.
#FacesInThings
The red pepper is just happy to be here.
#FacesInThings
This is a real post from the Department of Homeland Security.
They are enticing lunatics who want to be judge, jury, and executioner to join ICE.
This is beyond depraved.
#DHS #AbolishICE #Fascism
They are enticing lunatics who want to be judge, jury, and executioner to join ICE.
This is beyond depraved.
#DHS #AbolishICE #Fascism
December 13, 2025 at 5:55 AM
This is a real post from the Department of Homeland Security.
They are enticing lunatics who want to be judge, jury, and executioner to join ICE.
This is beyond depraved.
#DHS #AbolishICE #Fascism
They are enticing lunatics who want to be judge, jury, and executioner to join ICE.
This is beyond depraved.
#DHS #AbolishICE #Fascism
Ketchup!? FAKE NEWS!
December 12, 2025 at 10:55 PM
Ketchup!? FAKE NEWS!
Johnson has proven to be merely a sycophantic extension of Trump in the House.
If Republicans had a problem with that: They've had since October 2023 to do something about it.
Don't get me wrong: It would be an amazing sign to see him ousted, but I'll believe it when I see it.
If Republicans had a problem with that: They've had since October 2023 to do something about it.
Don't get me wrong: It would be an amazing sign to see him ousted, but I'll believe it when I see it.
December 12, 2025 at 7:15 PM
Johnson has proven to be merely a sycophantic extension of Trump in the House.
If Republicans had a problem with that: They've had since October 2023 to do something about it.
Don't get me wrong: It would be an amazing sign to see him ousted, but I'll believe it when I see it.
If Republicans had a problem with that: They've had since October 2023 to do something about it.
Don't get me wrong: It would be an amazing sign to see him ousted, but I'll believe it when I see it.
December 12, 2025 at 3:31 PM
"I can't do anything about the affordability hoax, I am too busy *literally constantly* shaking hands 24/7/365."
-DJT (according to his press secretary, who said Trump was literally constantly shaking hands which is why he has an owie-owie boo-boo on his tiny hand in a untouched by shaking hands)
-DJT (according to his press secretary, who said Trump was literally constantly shaking hands which is why he has an owie-owie boo-boo on his tiny hand in a untouched by shaking hands)
December 11, 2025 at 8:52 PM
"I can't do anything about the affordability hoax, I am too busy *literally constantly* shaking hands 24/7/365."
-DJT (according to his press secretary, who said Trump was literally constantly shaking hands which is why he has an owie-owie boo-boo on his tiny hand in a untouched by shaking hands)
-DJT (according to his press secretary, who said Trump was literally constantly shaking hands which is why he has an owie-owie boo-boo on his tiny hand in a untouched by shaking hands)
Are we great yet?
December 11, 2025 at 7:42 PM
Are we great yet?
I love it!
Mash-ups are awesome, D&D doodles are awesome, so combined it's exponentially awesome.
Here's my (old) rehash of good ol' Trogdor!
[not from a D&D session, inspired by a comment on /r/HybridAnimals]
Mash-ups are awesome, D&D doodles are awesome, so combined it's exponentially awesome.
Here's my (old) rehash of good ol' Trogdor!
[not from a D&D session, inspired by a comment on /r/HybridAnimals]
December 9, 2025 at 10:41 PM
I love it!
Mash-ups are awesome, D&D doodles are awesome, so combined it's exponentially awesome.
Here's my (old) rehash of good ol' Trogdor!
[not from a D&D session, inspired by a comment on /r/HybridAnimals]
Mash-ups are awesome, D&D doodles are awesome, so combined it's exponentially awesome.
Here's my (old) rehash of good ol' Trogdor!
[not from a D&D session, inspired by a comment on /r/HybridAnimals]
The thing I was looking for was a befouled children's coloring page, also from 15 years ago, which had been intended to be Tigger disliking honey but that's too boring.
So Tigger murdered a snowman and doesn't like blood instead
So yes, I've pretty much always been like this, thank you for asking.
So Tigger murdered a snowman and doesn't like blood instead
So yes, I've pretty much always been like this, thank you for asking.
December 9, 2025 at 9:25 PM
The thing I was looking for was a befouled children's coloring page, also from 15 years ago, which had been intended to be Tigger disliking honey but that's too boring.
So Tigger murdered a snowman and doesn't like blood instead
So yes, I've pretty much always been like this, thank you for asking.
So Tigger murdered a snowman and doesn't like blood instead
So yes, I've pretty much always been like this, thank you for asking.
15y ago I came up with the concept of Copro, the ghost of a pet rock (killed when a piece of paper fell on him) for my Loneliest Tentacle character.
I drew a doodle but forgot to put him in a real cartoon, found it looking for something else.
Copro (2010) looks like Curdis (2018) from @culvers.com
I drew a doodle but forgot to put him in a real cartoon, found it looking for something else.
Copro (2010) looks like Curdis (2018) from @culvers.com
December 9, 2025 at 9:22 PM
15y ago I came up with the concept of Copro, the ghost of a pet rock (killed when a piece of paper fell on him) for my Loneliest Tentacle character.
I drew a doodle but forgot to put him in a real cartoon, found it looking for something else.
Copro (2010) looks like Curdis (2018) from @culvers.com
I drew a doodle but forgot to put him in a real cartoon, found it looking for something else.
Copro (2010) looks like Curdis (2018) from @culvers.com
Christmas is mostly handled.
The basement is looking less like a mess though there’s going to be a lot of work.
Interviews this week. Hearing back with what I hope is good news from the IAM job last week.
Looking more like actual justice is possible over the Venezuela boat murders.
Outlook OK?
The basement is looking less like a mess though there’s going to be a lot of work.
Interviews this week. Hearing back with what I hope is good news from the IAM job last week.
Looking more like actual justice is possible over the Venezuela boat murders.
Outlook OK?
December 9, 2025 at 7:28 PM
Christmas is mostly handled.
The basement is looking less like a mess though there’s going to be a lot of work.
Interviews this week. Hearing back with what I hope is good news from the IAM job last week.
Looking more like actual justice is possible over the Venezuela boat murders.
Outlook OK?
The basement is looking less like a mess though there’s going to be a lot of work.
Interviews this week. Hearing back with what I hope is good news from the IAM job last week.
Looking more like actual justice is possible over the Venezuela boat murders.
Outlook OK?
I have since cleaned my lens but I'll be damned if this shot on the way home from our weekly grocery pick-up wasn't amazing.
Sadly the rest of the eve was less so as tonight resulted in a cancelled D&D sesh (rescheduled to next week)
We're prob at 60% for session runs.
Yay adulthood!
Sadly the rest of the eve was less so as tonight resulted in a cancelled D&D sesh (rescheduled to next week)
We're prob at 60% for session runs.
Yay adulthood!
December 5, 2025 at 6:35 AM
I have since cleaned my lens but I'll be damned if this shot on the way home from our weekly grocery pick-up wasn't amazing.
Sadly the rest of the eve was less so as tonight resulted in a cancelled D&D sesh (rescheduled to next week)
We're prob at 60% for session runs.
Yay adulthood!
Sadly the rest of the eve was less so as tonight resulted in a cancelled D&D sesh (rescheduled to next week)
We're prob at 60% for session runs.
Yay adulthood!
Goose loves playing under blankets but still is confused by them.
How do they work!?!
How do they work!?!
November 27, 2025 at 2:38 AM
Goose loves playing under blankets but still is confused by them.
How do they work!?!
How do they work!?!
A smattering of photos of non-political things including some #CatsOfBluesky in the form of sleepy kittens, our annual #Thanksgiving spiced peaches, and a photo of Mrs. T and I are the #MNF packers and eagles game.
Trying to snap out of the blahs from the last couple of weeks.
More sun lamp time!
Trying to snap out of the blahs from the last couple of weeks.
More sun lamp time!
November 26, 2025 at 7:46 PM
A smattering of photos of non-political things including some #CatsOfBluesky in the form of sleepy kittens, our annual #Thanksgiving spiced peaches, and a photo of Mrs. T and I are the #MNF packers and eagles game.
Trying to snap out of the blahs from the last couple of weeks.
More sun lamp time!
Trying to snap out of the blahs from the last couple of weeks.
More sun lamp time!
And what's everyone on?!
November 25, 2025 at 11:24 PM
And what's everyone on?!
This is the strangest timeline on top of being one of the worst.
November 22, 2025 at 11:10 AM
This is the strangest timeline on top of being one of the worst.
My usual “I’m alive!”
The absurdity of normal tasks has diminished following the advice of a friend:
“How much worse would all this be if you were hungry and had no clean underwear?”
Touché.
Here’s a mostly followed menu, a sexy but too spicy for Mrs. T taco, and my increasingly cuddly kittens.
The absurdity of normal tasks has diminished following the advice of a friend:
“How much worse would all this be if you were hungry and had no clean underwear?”
Touché.
Here’s a mostly followed menu, a sexy but too spicy for Mrs. T taco, and my increasingly cuddly kittens.
November 20, 2025 at 11:33 PM
My usual “I’m alive!”
The absurdity of normal tasks has diminished following the advice of a friend:
“How much worse would all this be if you were hungry and had no clean underwear?”
Touché.
Here’s a mostly followed menu, a sexy but too spicy for Mrs. T taco, and my increasingly cuddly kittens.
The absurdity of normal tasks has diminished following the advice of a friend:
“How much worse would all this be if you were hungry and had no clean underwear?”
Touché.
Here’s a mostly followed menu, a sexy but too spicy for Mrs. T taco, and my increasingly cuddly kittens.