Al Badger
@albadger.bsky.social
In THIS house, we don't free feed, and you know why? ANTS. So after the Brave Ones are done, away goes the food.
December 7, 2025 at 4:34 PM
In THIS house, we don't free feed, and you know why? ANTS. So after the Brave Ones are done, away goes the food.
View out my dirty window this morning! George Town (NOT Georgetown) is a tender port, so I get to see the little boats pull up. And, for once, close the curtains before undressing.
December 3, 2025 at 1:58 PM
View out my dirty window this morning! George Town (NOT Georgetown) is a tender port, so I get to see the little boats pull up. And, for once, close the curtains before undressing.
I couldn't sleep! I'm like a kid on Xmas morning. Santa left us a beautiful sunrise and Jamaica off the port side. Full disclosure: I'd still be lazing in bed were that land sighting on the starboard.
December 2, 2025 at 11:41 AM
I couldn't sleep! I'm like a kid on Xmas morning. Santa left us a beautiful sunrise and Jamaica off the port side. Full disclosure: I'd still be lazing in bed were that land sighting on the starboard.
[sighs, inhales deeply] I think we are far enough from.St. Martin now to inform my waggish friends that there is a place there called Alan's Blow Hole. Do as you will with this information.
December 2, 2025 at 7:00 AM
[sighs, inhales deeply] I think we are far enough from.St. Martin now to inform my waggish friends that there is a place there called Alan's Blow Hole. Do as you will with this information.
We're not going to the Dominican Republic but we're going right BY it. Selfie with DR's southernmost point, Isla Alto Velo. It's there. Right there in the picture. Enlarge it. ENLARGE AGAIN
December 1, 2025 at 7:13 PM
We're not going to the Dominican Republic but we're going right BY it. Selfie with DR's southernmost point, Isla Alto Velo. It's there. Right there in the picture. Enlarge it. ENLARGE AGAIN
One last post from St. Tommy (yes, I know that's disrespectful) and a lovely, delightful, STIFLINGLY HOT place it is too. Selfie in front of Sign.
November 30, 2025 at 5:43 PM
One last post from St. Tommy (yes, I know that's disrespectful) and a lovely, delightful, STIFLINGLY HOT place it is too. Selfie in front of Sign.
Oh, yeah, since this is a cruise, we're on a ship! The main lounge/bar/trivia contest center is called the Bliss. Every time I hear that I can't not think of Marge.
November 30, 2025 at 10:44 AM
Oh, yeah, since this is a cruise, we're on a ship! The main lounge/bar/trivia contest center is called the Bliss. Every time I hear that I can't not think of Marge.
Yeah, still on the cruise. Now in the Caribbean phase. This is St. Thomas seen through the very wet window of my cabin.
November 30, 2025 at 10:42 AM
Yeah, still on the cruise. Now in the Caribbean phase. This is St. Thomas seen through the very wet window of my cabin.
I'm on a cruise btw.
November 24, 2025 at 2:28 PM
I'm on a cruise btw.
Last day in Lisbon! Here's Dave, Sharon and Ludwig in the hotel lobby. Dave and Sharon are coming on the cruise with me. Ludwig is staying here.
November 20, 2025 at 10:24 AM
Last day in Lisbon! Here's Dave, Sharon and Ludwig in the hotel lobby. Dave and Sharon are coming on the cruise with me. Ludwig is staying here.
I seriously did NOT need to order this. Heck. I just ate a bear claw. But this is called a "Jesuita" or "Jesuit Pie" and I assume it's another local delicacy like the pastel de nata I had yesterday, so who could say no. Sweeney Todd Act 1 finale is going through your head right now, isn't it?
November 19, 2025 at 8:24 AM
I seriously did NOT need to order this. Heck. I just ate a bear claw. But this is called a "Jesuita" or "Jesuit Pie" and I assume it's another local delicacy like the pastel de nata I had yesterday, so who could say no. Sweeney Todd Act 1 finale is going through your head right now, isn't it?
For my friends who think I'm still in my double wide and just pretending to be in Lisbon, here ya go! You couldn't blue-screen these babies, not on my budget! Oh, look, there's Oakland.
November 18, 2025 at 12:41 PM
For my friends who think I'm still in my double wide and just pretending to be in Lisbon, here ya go! You couldn't blue-screen these babies, not on my budget! Oh, look, there's Oakland.
Paint damage in the subway station: shaped like a koala.
One of the people I'm sending postcards from Portugal to: a koala enthusiast.
Coincidence? Not bloody likely.
One of the people I'm sending postcards from Portugal to: a koala enthusiast.
Coincidence? Not bloody likely.
November 18, 2025 at 12:20 PM
Paint damage in the subway station: shaped like a koala.
One of the people I'm sending postcards from Portugal to: a koala enthusiast.
Coincidence? Not bloody likely.
One of the people I'm sending postcards from Portugal to: a koala enthusiast.
Coincidence? Not bloody likely.
My brunchy breakfast for today! Cappuccino for scale.
November 18, 2025 at 10:34 AM
My brunchy breakfast for today! Cappuccino for scale.
See that down there? That's the traditional Lisbon TinyStone sidewalk, very picturesque! Also very easy to walk on when it's wet and you have jet lag and a poor grasp of gravity at the best of times.
November 17, 2025 at 6:55 PM
See that down there? That's the traditional Lisbon TinyStone sidewalk, very picturesque! Also very easy to walk on when it's wet and you have jet lag and a poor grasp of gravity at the best of times.
Yes, I'm having a Frappuccino. Lisbon is far more humid than I can handle Frappuccino-free.
November 17, 2025 at 1:59 PM
Yes, I'm having a Frappuccino. Lisbon is far more humid than I can handle Frappuccino-free.
I'm in Portugal! Jet lag a'plenty too. But I have a day to relax, and we'll start with salmon Benedict at a café near my hotel!
November 17, 2025 at 10:48 AM
I'm in Portugal! Jet lag a'plenty too. But I have a day to relax, and we'll start with salmon Benedict at a café near my hotel!
I'm going away for three weeks! But I'm worried about my precious feral kittens. Who will look after them? Answer: all the other humans they mooch off of. But happy news before heading out: my favorite, friendly & pettable Arviragus, has a clipped ear now! See you in December, Arvi!
November 15, 2025 at 9:07 PM
I'm going away for three weeks! But I'm worried about my precious feral kittens. Who will look after them? Answer: all the other humans they mooch off of. But happy news before heading out: my favorite, friendly & pettable Arviragus, has a clipped ear now! See you in December, Arvi!
Curtain call for the Monkey King, the very model of a spectaculextravagonzopalooza! Great costumes, insane sets, gaspworthy special effects, and - GET THIS - it's a 21st century opera, and the music's kinda good! Mind... BLOWN!
November 15, 2025 at 6:24 AM
Curtain call for the Monkey King, the very model of a spectaculextravagonzopalooza! Great costumes, insane sets, gaspworthy special effects, and - GET THIS - it's a 21st century opera, and the music's kinda good! Mind... BLOWN!
At the Opera for a World Premiere!!!
November 15, 2025 at 3:16 AM
At the Opera for a World Premiere!!!
Now I'm in the rooftop garden! I have no real reason to come up here but it felt rude not to. There's also a pool.
November 13, 2025 at 6:13 PM
Now I'm in the rooftop garden! I have no real reason to come up here but it felt rude not to. There's also a pool.
Final bows for Aunty Donna ending what they claim will be their last live show for a while. TIL gay bears are a huge contingent of the Aunty Donna fan base, though we seem to be slightly outnumbered by the straight bears.
November 13, 2025 at 6:29 AM
Final bows for Aunty Donna ending what they claim will be their last live show for a while. TIL gay bears are a huge contingent of the Aunty Donna fan base, though we seem to be slightly outnumbered by the straight bears.
Trés fancy theater - and merch!
November 13, 2025 at 3:31 AM
Trés fancy theater - and merch!
And now, the reezin for the sneezin'!
November 13, 2025 at 3:12 AM
And now, the reezin for the sneezin'!
View from my 12th floor hotel room window. The pigeon wire is to keep pigeons out. Except the one pigeon, it keeps her in.
November 12, 2025 at 11:43 PM
View from my 12th floor hotel room window. The pigeon wire is to keep pigeons out. Except the one pigeon, it keeps her in.