That Weird Artist
@brianbrachiopod.bsky.social
Retired Geologist & teacher/lecturer.
Now I create zany illustrations for weird adventure stories (often NSFW).
Now I create zany illustrations for weird adventure stories (often NSFW).
I have arrived in #Miyazaki, just in time to use the last moments of daylight to take a photo of a roundabout of palm trees outside the train station.
(The palm trees have stakes round their trunks. Clearly the local authority doesn't take chances).
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(The palm trees have stakes round their trunks. Clearly the local authority doesn't take chances).
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January 6, 2026 at 8:38 PM
I have arrived in #Miyazaki, just in time to use the last moments of daylight to take a photo of a roundabout of palm trees outside the train station.
(The palm trees have stakes round their trunks. Clearly the local authority doesn't take chances).
@johnmoffitt.bsky.social
@flojohorman.bsky.social
(The palm trees have stakes round their trunks. Clearly the local authority doesn't take chances).
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Oh shit!
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#AccidentWaitingToHappen
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#AccidentWaitingToHappen
January 6, 2026 at 8:35 PM
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Having been in and around #Fukuoka now for 65 days, I feel it's time to move on to places new. (Besides, I feel quite confident in being able to pronounce the name of this city now).
I'm toying with the idea of visiting Kaizuka.
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I'm toying with the idea of visiting Kaizuka.
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#Travel #Japan
January 5, 2026 at 8:32 PM
Having been in and around #Fukuoka now for 65 days, I feel it's time to move on to places new. (Besides, I feel quite confident in being able to pronounce the name of this city now).
I'm toying with the idea of visiting Kaizuka.
@johnmoffitt.bsky.social
@flojohorman.bsky.social
#Travel #Japan
I'm toying with the idea of visiting Kaizuka.
@johnmoffitt.bsky.social
@flojohorman.bsky.social
#Travel #Japan
Communicating with the locals proves too much for the visitors. It was fun at first. Now it's just damn hard work.
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#PaleoArt #SciArt #Fossils #Travel #PalaeoArt
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January 5, 2026 at 8:29 PM
Communicating with the locals proves too much for the visitors. It was fun at first. Now it's just damn hard work.
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#PaleoArt #SciArt #Fossils #Travel #PalaeoArt
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Wandering down the road here in #Fukuoka, minding my own business, when SUDDENLY- a steam train - in the middle of NOWHERE, and for no apparent reason (like in the airport car park).
This is, by some margin, the weirdest city!
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This is, by some margin, the weirdest city!
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#Travel #Japan
January 4, 2026 at 8:21 PM
Wandering down the road here in #Fukuoka, minding my own business, when SUDDENLY- a steam train - in the middle of NOWHERE, and for no apparent reason (like in the airport car park).
This is, by some margin, the weirdest city!
@johnmoffitt.bsky.social
@flojohorman.bsky.social
#Travel #Japan
This is, by some margin, the weirdest city!
@johnmoffitt.bsky.social
@flojohorman.bsky.social
#Travel #Japan
When a Percy's not a Percy he's a Trisha.
When a Trisha's not a Trisha she's a Percy.
It's all very confusing (even before we get into spherical projection technology).
We'll understand it all- eventually
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When a Trisha's not a Trisha she's a Percy.
It's all very confusing (even before we get into spherical projection technology).
We'll understand it all- eventually
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@flojohorman.bsky.social
#PaleoArt #SciArt #Fossils #Travel #PalaeoArt
January 4, 2026 at 8:18 PM
When a Percy's not a Percy he's a Trisha.
When a Trisha's not a Trisha she's a Percy.
It's all very confusing (even before we get into spherical projection technology).
We'll understand it all- eventually
@johnmoffitt.bsky.social
@flojohorman.bsky.social
#PaleoArt #SciArt #Fossils #Travel #PalaeoArt
When a Trisha's not a Trisha she's a Percy.
It's all very confusing (even before we get into spherical projection technology).
We'll understand it all- eventually
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@flojohorman.bsky.social
#PaleoArt #SciArt #Fossils #Travel #PalaeoArt
Today I found out where the fire station and an overpriced secondhand car store are here in #Fukuoka.
This is data I never needed, but, hey, it's nice to be educated.
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#Travel #Japan
This is data I never needed, but, hey, it's nice to be educated.
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#Travel #Japan
January 3, 2026 at 8:21 PM
Today I found out where the fire station and an overpriced secondhand car store are here in #Fukuoka.
This is data I never needed, but, hey, it's nice to be educated.
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#Travel #Japan
This is data I never needed, but, hey, it's nice to be educated.
@johnmoffitt.bsky.social
@flojohorman.bsky.social
#Travel #Japan
When the kidnappers arrive, and the kidnap target bows down and worships one of the kidnappers as 'The Saviour who would one day return in glory'-
This is how universal confusion starts.
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This is how universal confusion starts.
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January 3, 2026 at 8:18 PM
When the kidnappers arrive, and the kidnap target bows down and worships one of the kidnappers as 'The Saviour who would one day return in glory'-
This is how universal confusion starts.
@johnmoffitt.bsky.social
@flojohorman.bsky.social
#PaleoArt #SciArt #Fossils #Travel #PalaeoArt
This is how universal confusion starts.
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#PaleoArt #SciArt #Fossils #Travel #PalaeoArt
Today I took a saunter up into the hills.
And - discovered another train station.
(and there was me thinking trains found hills difficult).
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#Fukuoka #Japan #Travel
And - discovered another train station.
(and there was me thinking trains found hills difficult).
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#Fukuoka #Japan #Travel
January 2, 2026 at 10:23 PM
Today I took a saunter up into the hills.
And - discovered another train station.
(and there was me thinking trains found hills difficult).
@johnmoffitt.bsky.social
@flojohorman.bsky.social
#Fukuoka #Japan #Travel
And - discovered another train station.
(and there was me thinking trains found hills difficult).
@johnmoffitt.bsky.social
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#Fukuoka #Japan #Travel
"No, I didn't lie; I just translocated the truth to a new location."
Clearly there is much wisdom in this community.
And - sign language is vital for when the conversing parties are out of each other's earshot.
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#FossilFriday
#PaleoArt #SciArt #Travel
Clearly there is much wisdom in this community.
And - sign language is vital for when the conversing parties are out of each other's earshot.
@johnmoffitt.bsky.social
@flojohorman.bsky.social
#FossilFriday
#PaleoArt #SciArt #Travel
January 2, 2026 at 10:20 PM
"No, I didn't lie; I just translocated the truth to a new location."
Clearly there is much wisdom in this community.
And - sign language is vital for when the conversing parties are out of each other's earshot.
@johnmoffitt.bsky.social
@flojohorman.bsky.social
#FossilFriday
#PaleoArt #SciArt #Travel
Clearly there is much wisdom in this community.
And - sign language is vital for when the conversing parties are out of each other's earshot.
@johnmoffitt.bsky.social
@flojohorman.bsky.social
#FossilFriday
#PaleoArt #SciArt #Travel
Giant plastic swans on a lake-
It feels unnervingly like I've suddenly been transported back to semi-rural southeast Britain!
However, I am still in #Fukuoka.
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It feels unnervingly like I've suddenly been transported back to semi-rural southeast Britain!
However, I am still in #Fukuoka.
@johnmoffitt.bsky.social
@flojohorman.bsky.social
#Travel #Japan
January 1, 2026 at 7:10 PM
Giant plastic swans on a lake-
It feels unnervingly like I've suddenly been transported back to semi-rural southeast Britain!
However, I am still in #Fukuoka.
@johnmoffitt.bsky.social
@flojohorman.bsky.social
#Travel #Japan
It feels unnervingly like I've suddenly been transported back to semi-rural southeast Britain!
However, I am still in #Fukuoka.
@johnmoffitt.bsky.social
@flojohorman.bsky.social
#Travel #Japan
The tale of Zack the Chicken
(yes, it's a true story, from over 40 years ago).
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Wishing a happy 2026 to everyone (not Zack the Chicken though - he's dead).
#PaleoArt #SciArt #Fossils #Travel #PalaeoArt
(yes, it's a true story, from over 40 years ago).
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Wishing a happy 2026 to everyone (not Zack the Chicken though - he's dead).
#PaleoArt #SciArt #Fossils #Travel #PalaeoArt
January 1, 2026 at 7:07 PM
The tale of Zack the Chicken
(yes, it's a true story, from over 40 years ago).
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Wishing a happy 2026 to everyone (not Zack the Chicken though - he's dead).
#PaleoArt #SciArt #Fossils #Travel #PalaeoArt
(yes, it's a true story, from over 40 years ago).
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Wishing a happy 2026 to everyone (not Zack the Chicken though - he's dead).
#PaleoArt #SciArt #Fossils #Travel #PalaeoArt
You have to have an astoundingly high embarrassment threshold to open a store in a long street of drab grey shops, and then paint your ENTIRE store building fluorescent tangerine colour.
I doubt I'd have the guts to do it.
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#Fukuoka #Japan #Travel
I doubt I'd have the guts to do it.
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#Fukuoka #Japan #Travel
December 31, 2025 at 8:57 PM
You have to have an astoundingly high embarrassment threshold to open a store in a long street of drab grey shops, and then paint your ENTIRE store building fluorescent tangerine colour.
I doubt I'd have the guts to do it.
@johnmoffitt.bsky.social
@flojohorman.bsky.social
#Fukuoka #Japan #Travel
I doubt I'd have the guts to do it.
@johnmoffitt.bsky.social
@flojohorman.bsky.social
#Fukuoka #Japan #Travel
When an animal that's never been ridden before sees another animal with another animal riding on its back, I wonder what goes through the mind of the animal that's never been ridden.
(Nothing, probably, - unless it's remarkably sentient).
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(Nothing, probably, - unless it's remarkably sentient).
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#PaleoArt
December 31, 2025 at 8:52 PM
When an animal that's never been ridden before sees another animal with another animal riding on its back, I wonder what goes through the mind of the animal that's never been ridden.
(Nothing, probably, - unless it's remarkably sentient).
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#PaleoArt
(Nothing, probably, - unless it's remarkably sentient).
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#PaleoArt
Wytch Farm, Dorset got its name in Ancient Britain-
Roman soldiers discovered oil seeping from the local rocks while overseeing the creation of a pumpkin plantation. Oil is still drilled there. On clear days you can see Stonehenge, if drunk enough.
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Roman soldiers discovered oil seeping from the local rocks while overseeing the creation of a pumpkin plantation. Oil is still drilled there. On clear days you can see Stonehenge, if drunk enough.
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December 31, 2025 at 6:30 PM
Wytch Farm, Dorset got its name in Ancient Britain-
Roman soldiers discovered oil seeping from the local rocks while overseeing the creation of a pumpkin plantation. Oil is still drilled there. On clear days you can see Stonehenge, if drunk enough.
@johnmoffitt.bsky.social
@flojohorman.bsky.social
Roman soldiers discovered oil seeping from the local rocks while overseeing the creation of a pumpkin plantation. Oil is still drilled there. On clear days you can see Stonehenge, if drunk enough.
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@flojohorman.bsky.social
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Here in #Fukuoka, I have returned to BobTheBuilderLand to be amongst the big yellow toys.
Apparently they're building a 'shopping complex' (because a 'shopping simple' is not ambitious enough).
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#Travel #Japan
Apparently they're building a 'shopping complex' (because a 'shopping simple' is not ambitious enough).
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#Travel #Japan
December 30, 2025 at 8:14 PM
Here in #Fukuoka, I have returned to BobTheBuilderLand to be amongst the big yellow toys.
Apparently they're building a 'shopping complex' (because a 'shopping simple' is not ambitious enough).
@johnmoffitt.bsky.social
@flojohorman.bsky.social
#Travel #Japan
Apparently they're building a 'shopping complex' (because a 'shopping simple' is not ambitious enough).
@johnmoffitt.bsky.social
@flojohorman.bsky.social
#Travel #Japan
Art supplies' stores- they're all the same; the arty folk make sure of that.
Well, not this one! This one is the art store behind the sheds, in the clearing in the woods.
It's SPECIAL (and magical).
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Well, not this one! This one is the art store behind the sheds, in the clearing in the woods.
It's SPECIAL (and magical).
@johnmoffitt.bsky.social
@flojohorman.bsky.social
#PaleoArt #SciArt #Fossils #Travel #PalaeoArt
December 30, 2025 at 8:11 PM
Art supplies' stores- they're all the same; the arty folk make sure of that.
Well, not this one! This one is the art store behind the sheds, in the clearing in the woods.
It's SPECIAL (and magical).
@johnmoffitt.bsky.social
@flojohorman.bsky.social
#PaleoArt #SciArt #Fossils #Travel #PalaeoArt
Well, not this one! This one is the art store behind the sheds, in the clearing in the woods.
It's SPECIAL (and magical).
@johnmoffitt.bsky.social
@flojohorman.bsky.social
#PaleoArt #SciArt #Fossils #Travel #PalaeoArt
Bob the Builder would absolutely LOVE #Fukuoka.
(I'm just jealous 'cos they won't let me play with their big yellow toys).
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#Travel #Japan
(I'm just jealous 'cos they won't let me play with their big yellow toys).
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#Travel #Japan
December 29, 2025 at 9:55 PM
Bob the Builder would absolutely LOVE #Fukuoka.
(I'm just jealous 'cos they won't let me play with their big yellow toys).
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#Travel #Japan
(I'm just jealous 'cos they won't let me play with their big yellow toys).
@johnmoffitt.bsky.social
@flojohorman.bsky.social
#Travel #Japan
When you're trying to outsmart an idiot, you'd better be alert- they have cunning ways that can easily fool the intelligencia.
(Well, that's what the idiots would have us believe).
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#PaleoArt #SciArt #Fossils #Travel #PalaeoArt
(Well, that's what the idiots would have us believe).
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#PaleoArt #SciArt #Fossils #Travel #PalaeoArt
December 29, 2025 at 9:53 PM
When you're trying to outsmart an idiot, you'd better be alert- they have cunning ways that can easily fool the intelligencia.
(Well, that's what the idiots would have us believe).
@johnmoffitt.bsky.social
@flojohorman.bsky.social
#PaleoArt #SciArt #Fossils #Travel #PalaeoArt
(Well, that's what the idiots would have us believe).
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#PaleoArt #SciArt #Fossils #Travel #PalaeoArt
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And I have you in front of the Devonian stratigraphy. Seven years ago I think.
Old Red Sandstone on the Gower in the west part of Wales. @brianbrachiopod.bsky.social plays the part of geologist while I take the photo. No AI involved.
Old Red Sandstone on the Gower in the west part of Wales. @brianbrachiopod.bsky.social plays the part of geologist while I take the photo. No AI involved.
December 28, 2025 at 10:58 PM
And I have you in front of the Devonian stratigraphy. Seven years ago I think.
Old Red Sandstone on the Gower in the west part of Wales. @brianbrachiopod.bsky.social plays the part of geologist while I take the photo. No AI involved.
Old Red Sandstone on the Gower in the west part of Wales. @brianbrachiopod.bsky.social plays the part of geologist while I take the photo. No AI involved.
Things are changing here in #Fukuoka. That's kind of obvious when you think about it, given that the city appears to be a massive building site.
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#Travel #Japan
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@flojohorman.bsky.social
#Travel #Japan
December 28, 2025 at 10:24 PM
Things are changing here in #Fukuoka. That's kind of obvious when you think about it, given that the city appears to be a massive building site.
@johnmoffitt.bsky.social
@flojohorman.bsky.social
#Travel #Japan
@johnmoffitt.bsky.social
@flojohorman.bsky.social
#Travel #Japan
When you tell someone "Don't do anything reckless" but you know full well that they're the most reckful entity in the known universe ... ...
Takes enormous faith, that does (or stupidly wishful thinking).
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#PaleoArt #SciArt #Fossils #Travel #PalaeoArt
Takes enormous faith, that does (or stupidly wishful thinking).
@johnmoffitt.bsky.social
@flojohorman.bsky.social
#PaleoArt #SciArt #Fossils #Travel #PalaeoArt
December 28, 2025 at 10:22 PM
When you tell someone "Don't do anything reckless" but you know full well that they're the most reckful entity in the known universe ... ...
Takes enormous faith, that does (or stupidly wishful thinking).
@johnmoffitt.bsky.social
@flojohorman.bsky.social
#PaleoArt #SciArt #Fossils #Travel #PalaeoArt
Takes enormous faith, that does (or stupidly wishful thinking).
@johnmoffitt.bsky.social
@flojohorman.bsky.social
#PaleoArt #SciArt #Fossils #Travel #PalaeoArt