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David
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· Oct 31
The final culmination of incorporating almost every daily 🎨🎃 #hARToween prompt into a single painting. Behold the chaos of 31 Days of Halloween! #traditionalart #acrylicpainting
A ★★ review of Primate (2025)
Platonic form of a killer chimp movie.
boxd.it
January 6, 2026 at 2:42 AM
Still rendering -- frame 1508/2500. My next Blender project is going to be sooo short.
January 4, 2026 at 9:20 PM
Still rendering -- frame 1508/2500. My next Blender project is going to be sooo short.
Growing up, my local culture was not the type to do simple courtesies, like hold doors open for others. Then around twelve years old, a new friend casually held a door for me. It meant nothing to them but I suddenly learned both the theory of mind and the concept of unprompted kindness.
I would like to hear about a time someone, a stranger even, was very kind to you without any prompting, ulterior motive, or strings attached.
December 31, 2025 at 3:41 AM
Growing up, my local culture was not the type to do simple courtesies, like hold doors open for others. Then around twelve years old, a new friend casually held a door for me. It meant nothing to them but I suddenly learned both the theory of mind and the concept of unprompted kindness.
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In order to put to rest “did they actually use it or not”, Guillaume Broche said it a recent Q&A that they tried AI when the tech was new, but they didn’t like it, it felt wrong to them. And they will not be using it in the future.
December 24, 2025 at 2:22 PM
In order to put to rest “did they actually use it or not”, Guillaume Broche said it a recent Q&A that they tried AI when the tech was new, but they didn’t like it, it felt wrong to them. And they will not be using it in the future.
I put a bunch of library books on hold with long wait times hoping they would slowly drip in over the winter. Except they all came in at once and I will end up having to do reading triage in a few weeks.
December 23, 2025 at 6:17 PM
I put a bunch of library books on hold with long wait times hoping they would slowly drip in over the winter. Except they all came in at once and I will end up having to do reading triage in a few weeks.
Let Blender render 24x7 since a week ago when I went to visit my father. Came back yesterday and it's up to frame 700/2500 ... whew
December 23, 2025 at 12:24 AM
Let Blender render 24x7 since a week ago when I went to visit my father. Came back yesterday and it's up to frame 700/2500 ... whew
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It’s the “season of love and giving”…but this year, doesn’t it seem more like a “season of fear and taking”? Like many of you, I’ve been saddened by the human impact of draconian government budget cuts and how angry many housed Americans are at unhoused Americans.
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December 21, 2025 at 2:51 AM
It’s the “season of love and giving”…but this year, doesn’t it seem more like a “season of fear and taking”? Like many of you, I’ve been saddened by the human impact of draconian government budget cuts and how angry many housed Americans are at unhoused Americans.
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A WORD (two words) FOR MY HATERS. Watch #NightThoughts on Hulu.
December 19, 2025 at 3:10 PM
A WORD (two words) FOR MY HATERS. Watch #NightThoughts on Hulu.
#blender Pro tip -- just learned that if you are going to do a multi week render on a Mac , make sure you run caffeine otherwise even blanking off the monitor can add 200% time to a frame.
December 17, 2025 at 4:34 PM
#blender Pro tip -- just learned that if you are going to do a multi week render on a Mac , make sure you run caffeine otherwise even blanking off the monitor can add 200% time to a frame.
small moment of unexpected beauty during winter takeoff
December 16, 2025 at 4:19 PM
small moment of unexpected beauty during winter takeoff
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SKULL OF THOMAS AQUINAS: TAKE A LEFT NOW
PRIEST: No, the GPS says we have to keep going—
SKULL: I KNOW A SHORTCUT
PRIEST: Do you remember the last ti—
SKULL: FOR THOSE WITH FAITH, NO EVIDENCE IS NECESSARY; FOR THOSE WITHOUT IT, NO EVIDENCE WILL SUFFICE
PRIEST: No, the GPS says we have to keep going—
SKULL: I KNOW A SHORTCUT
PRIEST: Do you remember the last ti—
SKULL: FOR THOSE WITH FAITH, NO EVIDENCE IS NECESSARY; FOR THOSE WITHOUT IT, NO EVIDENCE WILL SUFFICE
'Skull of St. Thomas Aquinas being transported to Fossanova Abbey.'
Photograph by Daniel Ibanez
Photograph by Daniel Ibanez
December 10, 2025 at 5:10 PM
SKULL OF THOMAS AQUINAS: TAKE A LEFT NOW
PRIEST: No, the GPS says we have to keep going—
SKULL: I KNOW A SHORTCUT
PRIEST: Do you remember the last ti—
SKULL: FOR THOSE WITH FAITH, NO EVIDENCE IS NECESSARY; FOR THOSE WITHOUT IT, NO EVIDENCE WILL SUFFICE
PRIEST: No, the GPS says we have to keep going—
SKULL: I KNOW A SHORTCUT
PRIEST: Do you remember the last ti—
SKULL: FOR THOSE WITH FAITH, NO EVIDENCE IS NECESSARY; FOR THOSE WITHOUT IT, NO EVIDENCE WILL SUFFICE
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Midwest winters will make you insane so it just saves time to already be insane
December 11, 2025 at 5:04 AM
Midwest winters will make you insane so it just saves time to already be insane
Ikea should hire him to model for their new winter patterns.
December 10, 2025 at 4:27 PM
Ikea should hire him to model for their new winter patterns.
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Time for our winter morning old cat sitting session.
December 7, 2025 at 3:17 PM
Time for our winter morning old cat sitting session.
The problem with Apple Music Replay is that deluxe albums with 3 hours of material take the top spot even if you only listened to them once or twice. At least I was able to scrub Relax My Cats from it this year (bymaking sure it always played from an alternate music service).
December 2, 2025 at 5:43 PM
The problem with Apple Music Replay is that deluxe albums with 3 hours of material take the top spot even if you only listened to them once or twice. At least I was able to scrub Relax My Cats from it this year (bymaking sure it always played from an alternate music service).
Slight but entertaining, an R rated picture book (but NOT for blood or swearing ... I guess just for the implication? ) Seen as the Marcus Mystery Movie.
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boxd.it/bUnO75
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boxd.it/bUnO75
A ★★★½ review of Dust Bunny (2025)
A true mashup -- a little Jean-Pierre Jeunet, a little Wes Anderson, a little David Leitch. Like a fairy tale with assassins and monsters, overstatured, cute to the edge of cloying but Mads always pul...
boxd.it
December 2, 2025 at 3:36 AM
Slight but entertaining, an R rated picture book (but NOT for blood or swearing ... I guess just for the implication? ) Seen as the Marcus Mystery Movie.
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boxd.it/bUnO75
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boxd.it/bUnO75
Introduce yourself with five concerts you've seen:
They Might be Giants
Chvrches
Garbage
Tori Amos
Nirvana
They Might be Giants
Chvrches
Garbage
Tori Amos
Nirvana
Introduce yourself with five concerts you've seen:
Explosions in the Sky
Guster
Switchfoot
The Faint
The Legend of Zelda: Symphony of the Goddesses
Explosions in the Sky
Guster
Switchfoot
The Faint
The Legend of Zelda: Symphony of the Goddesses
Introduce yourself with five concerts you've seen:
Powerwolf
Alison Krauss and Union Station
Weird Al
Everything Is Terrible! (well, sort of a concert, does that count?)
Dragonforce
bonus upcoming:
Rush (Fifty Something Tour in LA, June 11)
Powerwolf
Alison Krauss and Union Station
Weird Al
Everything Is Terrible! (well, sort of a concert, does that count?)
Dragonforce
bonus upcoming:
Rush (Fifty Something Tour in LA, June 11)
November 29, 2025 at 2:56 PM
Introduce yourself with five concerts you've seen:
They Might be Giants
Chvrches
Garbage
Tori Amos
Nirvana
They Might be Giants
Chvrches
Garbage
Tori Amos
Nirvana
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Took the train to Chicago for some peak Gen X and dang they really pulled it off.
November 26, 2025 at 4:18 AM
Took the train to Chicago for some peak Gen X and dang they really pulled it off.
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Increasingly hard to deny we’ve been Lathe of Heavened into our present reality
November 26, 2025 at 3:30 AM
Increasingly hard to deny we’ve been Lathe of Heavened into our present reality
It would have made more sense if he asked for an old blind man instead. Victor could have done that on the cheap.
I'm now at the part of Mary Shelley's Frankenstein where the creature, like many young men, has decided, "A girlfriend will fix my identity crisis"
November 23, 2025 at 1:55 PM
It would have made more sense if he asked for an old blind man instead. Victor could have done that on the cheap.
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I don't know how to explain it, but there's something profoundly boring about Guillermo del Toro's Frankenstein. I'm not even talking about the dumbing down of the novel's moral complexities or anything, I just mean something about the way it looks
November 23, 2025 at 7:03 AM
I don't know how to explain it, but there's something profoundly boring about Guillermo del Toro's Frankenstein. I'm not even talking about the dumbing down of the novel's moral complexities or anything, I just mean something about the way it looks
Stray is on PS Plus now so I can try to recreate the Fur Traders painting.
November 22, 2025 at 9:58 PM
Stray is on PS Plus now so I can try to recreate the Fur Traders painting.
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Racing to carry a retching cat from the carpeted living room onto the laminate kitchen flooring for ease of vomit cleanup. Good evening to you...
November 18, 2025 at 10:48 PM
Racing to carry a retching cat from the carpeted living room onto the laminate kitchen flooring for ease of vomit cleanup. Good evening to you...