J “Still Spooky” Marotta
@jmarotta.bsky.social
Very angry nerd. Texas based.
All opinions my own, and I stand by them usually.
All opinions my own, and I stand by them usually.
I’m guessing Scalzi is into the leftover Halloween candy.
Today's heretical opinion: Milk chocolate is better than dark chocolate and expensive chocolate is so very rarely worth the additional expense. Most chocolate more costly than a Lindt bonbon is a waste of money.
Also white chocolate is perfectly fine. Not real chocolate, okay, whatever. But fine.
Also white chocolate is perfectly fine. Not real chocolate, okay, whatever. But fine.
November 13, 2025 at 4:38 PM
I’m guessing Scalzi is into the leftover Halloween candy.
All this, yes.
But the pope, in this picture, looks like the character in Another Roadside Attraction who stole the body of Jesus.
But the pope, in this picture, looks like the character in Another Roadside Attraction who stole the body of Jesus.
What's from Chicago, hates Illinois Nazis, and is holy as fuck?
It's the Pope in 1982.
It's the Pope in 1982.
November 13, 2025 at 3:36 PM
All this, yes.
But the pope, in this picture, looks like the character in Another Roadside Attraction who stole the body of Jesus.
But the pope, in this picture, looks like the character in Another Roadside Attraction who stole the body of Jesus.
Man, the 90s was a time when the Tasmanian Devil & Tweety Bird was everywhere. I still don’t quite understand why. I suspect it had to do with Space Jam.
November 13, 2025 at 2:32 PM
Man, the 90s was a time when the Tasmanian Devil & Tweety Bird was everywhere. I still don’t quite understand why. I suspect it had to do with Space Jam.
HOW THE FUCK ARE THERE STILL MOSQUITOES IN MY OFFICE?!
November 13, 2025 at 2:22 PM
HOW THE FUCK ARE THERE STILL MOSQUITOES IN MY OFFICE?!
They must have turned the heat on at work. It’s not totally frigid and the office smells like burnt crayons.
November 12, 2025 at 6:01 PM
They must have turned the heat on at work. It’s not totally frigid and the office smells like burnt crayons.
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my "The Texas Railroad Commission does not regulate railroads or other train travel and actually regulates the state oil and gas industry" t-shirt is getting a lot of questions already answered by my "Texas Railroad Commission does not regulate railroads" t-shirt
November 12, 2025 at 4:43 PM
my "The Texas Railroad Commission does not regulate railroads or other train travel and actually regulates the state oil and gas industry" t-shirt is getting a lot of questions already answered by my "Texas Railroad Commission does not regulate railroads" t-shirt
These are very funny and simply confirms that my mother’s Irish-American family didn’t arrive all that long ago.
I am calling upon the people of Ireland to immediately begin construction of a thread on this site about how you or someone you know was roasted for a fashion choice. We need it.
All roasts must have come from Irish people *only*. Please respect this important rule, it makes a difference.
Tanks
All roasts must have come from Irish people *only*. Please respect this important rule, it makes a difference.
Tanks
November 12, 2025 at 3:46 PM
These are very funny and simply confirms that my mother’s Irish-American family didn’t arrive all that long ago.
Going to log off for the rest of the day. Politics is aggravating and dumb, and I don’t have much to say about Bond past “maybe look at some of the other Double O agents”.
I’m going to donate platelets on my day off, take myself out to lunch, then cook my family an involved dinner.
I’m going to donate platelets on my day off, take myself out to lunch, then cook my family an involved dinner.
November 11, 2025 at 2:11 PM
Going to log off for the rest of the day. Politics is aggravating and dumb, and I don’t have much to say about Bond past “maybe look at some of the other Double O agents”.
I’m going to donate platelets on my day off, take myself out to lunch, then cook my family an involved dinner.
I’m going to donate platelets on my day off, take myself out to lunch, then cook my family an involved dinner.
I thought Kim Sherwood did this in a pretty clever way with her somewhat more grounded Double O Agents books. You get the world building of the Bond universe and the gadgets and stuff, but a focus on not-Bond. It’s a way to carry on the lore and the fun stuff without having to break continuity.
I love lore when it’s deployed in the proper context. I won’t pretend otherwise. But Bond was both designed and evolved into being a formulaic movie device. The cleverness comes in designing gadgets, death traps, set pieces, and and a weird villain with an absurd plan. No lore necessary.
November 11, 2025 at 1:24 PM
I thought Kim Sherwood did this in a pretty clever way with her somewhat more grounded Double O Agents books. You get the world building of the Bond universe and the gadgets and stuff, but a focus on not-Bond. It’s a way to carry on the lore and the fun stuff without having to break continuity.
I joke about The Man In The High Castle (the book), but I’m close to this too.
He’s always been a brash, petty, incurious, and vicious bozo with a small vocabulary. People only get more themselves as they age.
He’s always been a brash, petty, incurious, and vicious bozo with a small vocabulary. People only get more themselves as they age.
This is the "Mueller is coming" of this regime. He's the same dude he's been since 2015, just older. Most of what's called his 'decline' is him using his enemies to spread his propaganda.
OPINION: Over the last month, Trump's mental decline has appeared to worsen.
November 11, 2025 at 1:12 PM
I joke about The Man In The High Castle (the book), but I’m close to this too.
He’s always been a brash, petty, incurious, and vicious bozo with a small vocabulary. People only get more themselves as they age.
He’s always been a brash, petty, incurious, and vicious bozo with a small vocabulary. People only get more themselves as they age.
Joking about the Cadaver Synod with the 11 year old, like you do.
I bet Steven VI feels pretty dumb right about now.
I bet Steven VI feels pretty dumb right about now.
November 11, 2025 at 3:53 AM
Joking about the Cadaver Synod with the 11 year old, like you do.
I bet Steven VI feels pretty dumb right about now.
I bet Steven VI feels pretty dumb right about now.
Weirdly had this conversation with my kids last night. Performative means drinking matcha, reading a book in public, and being a dude who talks about women’s equality without actually doing anything apparently. Oh and you dress like Harry Potter if you’re performative (?).
Has “performative” become the new “liminal” in that it’s a term that is very useful but its misuse on social media is rendering it difficult to use
November 11, 2025 at 12:41 AM
Weirdly had this conversation with my kids last night. Performative means drinking matcha, reading a book in public, and being a dude who talks about women’s equality without actually doing anything apparently. Oh and you dress like Harry Potter if you’re performative (?).
You know what? I’m going to try to be a little more positive this weekend. I started today with a pretty good swim, coffee, and a decent breakfast. I got to hang with the kids a bit. There’s very little on the agenda.
I’ll see you lovely people on Monday.
I’ll see you lovely people on Monday.
November 8, 2025 at 4:15 PM
You know what? I’m going to try to be a little more positive this weekend. I started today with a pretty good swim, coffee, and a decent breakfast. I got to hang with the kids a bit. There’s very little on the agenda.
I’ll see you lovely people on Monday.
I’ll see you lovely people on Monday.
A player in the gaming group offered to run Paranoia next week. Knowing this person, we’ll probably all start out as Yellow or higher.
I’m not sure how I feel about this yet.
I’m not sure how I feel about this yet.
November 7, 2025 at 5:23 PM
A player in the gaming group offered to run Paranoia next week. Knowing this person, we’ll probably all start out as Yellow or higher.
I’m not sure how I feel about this yet.
I’m not sure how I feel about this yet.
That the Texas state legislature meets every other year is, IMO, responsible for much of the nonsense in this state.
state legislators should be paid more. otherwise the legislatures are full of dilettantes, cranks, and nepobabies. this is why you keep hearing about the craziest fucking state laws
people hate hearing this but it's 100% true, creating a huge pay gap between political leaders, their staffs, and other elites is a recipe for corruption. of course the flip side of that is taxes on the rich should be jacked way the hell up
November 7, 2025 at 4:23 PM
That the Texas state legislature meets every other year is, IMO, responsible for much of the nonsense in this state.
They think they’re inventing the Babel Fish. Instead they’re inventing Babelfish.
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November 7, 2025 at 2:51 PM
They think they’re inventing the Babel Fish. Instead they’re inventing Babelfish.
We had a work training this week where the trainer encouraged us to make an author pseudonym related to our communication style. People picked names like “bipolar” or “bomber”.
The only name I could think of was Baron Tielhard de Chèvre.
Anyway I’m likely naming a Shadowrun character tonight.
The only name I could think of was Baron Tielhard de Chèvre.
Anyway I’m likely naming a Shadowrun character tonight.
November 7, 2025 at 12:27 AM
We had a work training this week where the trainer encouraged us to make an author pseudonym related to our communication style. People picked names like “bipolar” or “bomber”.
The only name I could think of was Baron Tielhard de Chèvre.
Anyway I’m likely naming a Shadowrun character tonight.
The only name I could think of was Baron Tielhard de Chèvre.
Anyway I’m likely naming a Shadowrun character tonight.
A Texas “university”. FTFY
November 6, 2025 at 10:19 PM
A Texas “university”. FTFY
I will buy that t shirt
Has anyone made a t shirt with a sub sandwich and “This Machine Kills Fascists” on it yet?
Should we wait for the verdict first?
Should we wait for the verdict first?
November 6, 2025 at 9:15 PM
I will buy that t shirt
3 cheers for weird leftover combinations for lunch!
November 6, 2025 at 6:03 PM
3 cheers for weird leftover combinations for lunch!
I knew I didn’t just dream this earworm commercial.
November 6, 2025 at 2:44 PM
I knew I didn’t just dream this earworm commercial.
Since Tuesday, as a child of the 80s/90s I can’t get “Spanberger hamburger” out of my brain.
November 6, 2025 at 2:40 PM
Since Tuesday, as a child of the 80s/90s I can’t get “Spanberger hamburger” out of my brain.
“Conservative feminism”?
I haven’t read this article but I’m assuming that it’s just complimentarianism, slightly warmed over?
I haven’t read this article but I’m assuming that it’s just complimentarianism, slightly warmed over?
I wonder how all the women reporters and editors at the Times feel about this headline.
November 6, 2025 at 1:22 PM
“Conservative feminism”?
I haven’t read this article but I’m assuming that it’s just complimentarianism, slightly warmed over?
I haven’t read this article but I’m assuming that it’s just complimentarianism, slightly warmed over?
Don’t use that, it’s my emergency gnocchi.
November 6, 2025 at 1:11 AM
Don’t use that, it’s my emergency gnocchi.
Has anyone made a t shirt with a sub sandwich and “This Machine Kills Fascists” on it yet?
Should we wait for the verdict first?
Should we wait for the verdict first?
November 5, 2025 at 8:48 PM
Has anyone made a t shirt with a sub sandwich and “This Machine Kills Fascists” on it yet?
Should we wait for the verdict first?
Should we wait for the verdict first?