Dave Clary
@dclaryjr.bsky.social
Retired USAF Intel type. Still working. Love ⚾️. Astros fan since they were the Colt 45s. That’s me behind the backstop at youth games with the radar.
It’s really easy to spot folks on social media who did not come up through the excellent training ground of Usenet where we learned:
a man with a beard wearing headphones is sitting in a kitchen .
ALT: a man with a beard wearing headphones is sitting in a kitchen .
media.tenor.com
January 30, 2026 at 2:17 PM
It’s really easy to spot folks on social media who did not come up through the excellent training ground of Usenet where we learned:
The Sultans of Swing didn’t give a damn about any trumpet playing band, but what if that band included Terry Kath?
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Chicago - 25 or 6 to 4 | Live at Tanglewood (1970)
YouTube video by Chicago on MV
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January 30, 2026 at 1:41 PM
The Sultans of Swing didn’t give a damn about any trumpet playing band, but what if that band included Terry Kath?
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Occasionally, I click on a post in Facebook that takes me to Threads. And once I’m there, it reinforces why I won’t post there. There’s just not enough time in the day to reply “phuck you” to all the posts that warrant it.
January 18, 2026 at 6:34 PM
Occasionally, I click on a post in Facebook that takes me to Threads. And once I’m there, it reinforces why I won’t post there. There’s just not enough time in the day to reply “phuck you” to all the posts that warrant it.
I know I don’t post much here but I just read that Bob Weir passed away and immediately thought I needed to come and express my condolences to @sfpodge.bsky.social and all Dead Heads. ☹️
January 11, 2026 at 12:16 AM
I know I don’t post much here but I just read that Bob Weir passed away and immediately thought I needed to come and express my condolences to @sfpodge.bsky.social and all Dead Heads. ☹️
I’m sure you’ve seen online videos that have auto-generated closed captions. When this doctor suggested taking analgesics, this is the generated caption.
December 31, 2025 at 4:07 AM
I’m sure you’ve seen online videos that have auto-generated closed captions. When this doctor suggested taking analgesics, this is the generated caption.
That was easily the most I’ve eaten in one sitting in over a year. I may avoid the scale tomorrow for the first time in a year. 🙂
November 27, 2025 at 8:26 PM
That was easily the most I’ve eaten in one sitting in over a year. I may avoid the scale tomorrow for the first time in a year. 🙂
OMG! I don’t know how some of the 20-somethings that work in our two story building are going to cope!
November 25, 2025 at 2:51 PM
OMG! I don’t know how some of the 20-somethings that work in our two story building are going to cope!
The number of MAGAts saying Kelly is going to get “court marshaled” is all you need to know to evaluate how much of a clue they have.
November 25, 2025 at 5:13 AM
The number of MAGAts saying Kelly is going to get “court marshaled” is all you need to know to evaluate how much of a clue they have.
SERVPRO has a catchy slogan: “Like it never even happened.” Imagine the publicity if they were hired and successfully removed the stench of Stephen Miller from the White House in ‘28.
November 19, 2025 at 2:10 PM
SERVPRO has a catchy slogan: “Like it never even happened.” Imagine the publicity if they were hired and successfully removed the stench of Stephen Miller from the White House in ‘28.
Hi Ho, Hi Ho,
It’s off to work I go
It’s off to work I go
November 18, 2025 at 2:13 PM
Hi Ho, Hi Ho,
It’s off to work I go
It’s off to work I go
MACARTHER PARK by WILL LEE on Letterman featuring Jimmy Webb & Paul Shaffer
YouTube video by QBAN2010
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November 17, 2025 at 3:21 PM
I think I need to buy a couple Nerf bricks to keep by my recliner so they will be available over the next year to throw at the TV. Last night I saw an ad for a guy running for Texas attorney general whose platform includes preventing Sharia law being implemented. Good grief!
November 13, 2025 at 2:05 PM
I think I need to buy a couple Nerf bricks to keep by my recliner so they will be available over the next year to throw at the TV. Last night I saw an ad for a guy running for Texas attorney general whose platform includes preventing Sharia law being implemented. Good grief!
Twitter question: if you could go back in time and see any musician/band in their prime, who would it be? My reply.
November 12, 2025 at 5:49 PM
Twitter question: if you could go back in time and see any musician/band in their prime, who would it be? My reply.
Strong bias that will be obvious:
Beatles
Stones
Zep
Doors
Zappa
SRV
Berlin Philharmonic
Vladimir Horowitz
Beatles
Stones
Zep
Doors
Zappa
SRV
Berlin Philharmonic
Vladimir Horowitz
Seeing this trend so figure I’ll play:
Define your music taste in eight artists.
#music4life 🎶
The Clash
Grateful Dead
The Pogues
James Brown & The J.B.’s
Warren Zevon
Miles Davis
The Roots
Deep Purple
Define your music taste in eight artists.
#music4life 🎶
The Clash
Grateful Dead
The Pogues
James Brown & The J.B.’s
Warren Zevon
Miles Davis
The Roots
Deep Purple
Seeing this trend so figure I’ll play:
Define your music taste in eight artists
Talk Talk (last 3 albums)
Jesus Lizard
Massacre
Steve Reich
Ui
Morton Feldman
Aldous Harding
John Zorn
Define your music taste in eight artists
Talk Talk (last 3 albums)
Jesus Lizard
Massacre
Steve Reich
Ui
Morton Feldman
Aldous Harding
John Zorn
November 6, 2025 at 2:49 AM
Strong bias that will be obvious:
Beatles
Stones
Zep
Doors
Zappa
SRV
Berlin Philharmonic
Vladimir Horowitz
Beatles
Stones
Zep
Doors
Zappa
SRV
Berlin Philharmonic
Vladimir Horowitz
This is pretty cool. I have a pic from 1973 that I took in Berlin. I scanned a 35mm slide years ago but I did it bassackwards. I wanted to post it to a FB group so I tasked ChatGPT to reverse it. I was happy with the results.
November 6, 2025 at 2:44 AM
This is pretty cool. I have a pic from 1973 that I took in Berlin. I scanned a 35mm slide years ago but I did it bassackwards. I wanted to post it to a FB group so I tasked ChatGPT to reverse it. I was happy with the results.
Superman maybe but otherwise…
November 3, 2025 at 7:13 PM
Superman maybe but otherwise…
Ha’
November 3, 2025 at 5:54 PM
Ha’
A fortune? I think not, Panda. More like a terrific grasp of the obvious
November 3, 2025 at 5:51 PM
A fortune? I think not, Panda. More like a terrific grasp of the obvious
I need an immediate “earwormectomy”. I took the five year old to see the K-Pop Demon Hunters movie this weekend and now I have that Soda Pop song on replay in my head. 😩
November 3, 2025 at 4:58 PM
I need an immediate “earwormectomy”. I took the five year old to see the K-Pop Demon Hunters movie this weekend and now I have that Soda Pop song on replay in my head. 😩
It’s a “damnit, I wish I was on the front nine instead of in a cube farm” kind of day.
November 3, 2025 at 4:50 PM
It’s a “damnit, I wish I was on the front nine instead of in a cube farm” kind of day.
I have a Threads account but don’t actively use it. Once in a while there’s a post on FB that has a link that I follow. And that’s how I stumbled on this:
October 16, 2025 at 4:19 PM
I have a Threads account but don’t actively use it. Once in a while there’s a post on FB that has a link that I follow. And that’s how I stumbled on this:
This says it. My IRA is a savings account with real good interest—not a retirement account. 🙂
October 15, 2025 at 5:07 PM
This says it. My IRA is a savings account with real good interest—not a retirement account. 🙂