Michael in the Bleak Midwinter
@madpadre.bsky.social
Harmless older dude mostly talking about his dogs and hobbies. Anglican priest, retired Canadian Forces padre, nerd, likes coffee, theology, and toy soldiers.
Introduce yourself with what almost killed you.
A silent and fast moving CP Rail coal car on a dark night at Revelstoke BC.
A silent and fast moving CP Rail coal car on a dark night at Revelstoke BC.
introduce yourself with what almost killed you.
And I am measles’ pal, whooping cough.
And I am measles’ pal, whooping cough.
introduce yourself with what almost killed you.
hello, this is measles.
hello, this is measles.
January 5, 2026 at 4:51 PM
Introduce yourself with what almost killed you.
A silent and fast moving CP Rail coal car on a dark night at Revelstoke BC.
A silent and fast moving CP Rail coal car on a dark night at Revelstoke BC.
Today’s Epiphany homily with a nod to yesterday’s news. ⚓️
#narthex
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#narthex
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Travellers in a Dark World: A Homily on the Magi for Epiphany
Preached at All Saints, Collingwood, Anglican Diocese of Toronto, Sunday, 4 January, 2026, The Epiphany of Our Lord. Readings for this Sunda...
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January 4, 2026 at 12:56 PM
Today’s Epiphany homily with a nod to yesterday’s news. ⚓️
#narthex
madpadre.blogspot.com/2026/01/trav...
#narthex
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Laurie Anderson - O Superman (Official Music Video)
YouTube video by Nonesuch Records
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January 3, 2026 at 12:30 PM
No, it’s not a used bookstore find, it’s the first instalment of a history of a large WW1 naval game that I ran for 11 players between June and November last year. Terrific fun.
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#navalwargaming #greatwaratsea #wargaming
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#navalwargaming #greatwaratsea #wargaming
January 3, 2026 at 3:49 AM
No, it’s not a used bookstore find, it’s the first instalment of a history of a large WW1 naval game that I ran for 11 players between June and November last year. Terrific fun.
madpadrewargames.blogspot.com/2026/01/the-...
#navalwargaming #greatwaratsea #wargaming
madpadrewargames.blogspot.com/2026/01/the-...
#navalwargaming #greatwaratsea #wargaming
Going into 2026 in style.
January 1, 2026 at 12:28 AM
Going into 2026 in style.
December 31, 2025 at 11:49 PM
DIY projects in the new house fill me with anxiety and dread. I lie awake at night listening for the crash as the bastard things tear out of the wall.
December 31, 2025 at 9:03 PM
DIY projects in the new house fill me with anxiety and dread. I lie awake at night listening for the crash as the bastard things tear out of the wall.
The Lost Patrol.
The movers handed me these as they finished packing the old house. Must have rolled off and behind my painting desk. If I can only find the box with the rest of them, and my paints and brushes, I might get them finished by February.
The movers handed me these as they finished packing the old house. Must have rolled off and behind my painting desk. If I can only find the box with the rest of them, and my paints and brushes, I might get them finished by February.
December 31, 2025 at 2:28 PM
The Lost Patrol.
The movers handed me these as they finished packing the old house. Must have rolled off and behind my painting desk. If I can only find the box with the rest of them, and my paints and brushes, I might get them finished by February.
The movers handed me these as they finished packing the old house. Must have rolled off and behind my painting desk. If I can only find the box with the rest of them, and my paints and brushes, I might get them finished by February.
Naval and Military Press Christmas Sale purchases arrived today, material for a writing project and a gaming project. #navalwargaming
December 31, 2025 at 3:56 AM
Naval and Military Press Christmas Sale purchases arrived today, material for a writing project and a gaming project. #navalwargaming
Was in Australia when the Breeders were on tour, couldn’t get tickets. My wife was sure she passed Kim Deal on the street in Melbourne while I was in a pub.
Please quote this with the time you didn’t interact with someone famous - eg one time I was in Cardiff the same weekend as Willem Dafoe (but I didn’t see him or even know he was there until he appeared on the telly later)
Please quote this with your major interactions with massive celebrities. eg “I was married to the pope for fifteen years”
December 30, 2025 at 12:52 PM
Was in Australia when the Breeders were on tour, couldn’t get tickets. My wife was sure she passed Kim Deal on the street in Melbourne while I was in a pub.
If only Saruman had gotten this kind of warning.
December 26, 2025 at 6:00 PM
If only Saruman had gotten this kind of warning.
From Russia With Duty Free
Make a bond film casual
Physician Associate No
Physician Associate No
Make a Bond film casual
The Spy who was indifferent towards me.
The Spy who was indifferent towards me.
December 26, 2025 at 1:38 PM
From Russia With Duty Free
First art up in the new house is my sister’s painting of the Vinny Ridge monument.
December 24, 2025 at 12:08 AM
First art up in the new house is my sister’s painting of the Vinny Ridge monument.
Wrote my Advent 3 homily during a boiled water advisory that has since been lifted so of course I was thinking about Isaiah’s promise of good water. ⚓️
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Water We Can Trust: A Homily for the Third Sunday of Advent
Readings for the Third Sunday of Advent (Yr C):m. Isaiah 35:1-10; Psalm 146:4-9 OR Canticle 18 (Luke 1:47-55); James 5:7-10; Matthew 11:2-...
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December 14, 2025 at 11:52 AM
Wrote my Advent 3 homily during a boiled water advisory that has since been lifted so of course I was thinking about Isaiah’s promise of good water. ⚓️
madpadre.blogspot.com/2025/12/wate...
madpadre.blogspot.com/2025/12/wate...
Rolled a 20.
December 14, 2025 at 10:57 AM
Rolled a 20.
With a scarf I never think “manly” or “unmanly”. 🙄🙄 I think, how much of my skin can this scarf protect from a biting Canadian winter?
November 25, 2025 at 12:27 PM
With a scarf I never think “manly” or “unmanly”. 🙄🙄 I think, how much of my skin can this scarf protect from a biting Canadian winter?
I have one of these folks in my family. Sweet kooky man who has become insufferable because AI has validated amd written most of his 82 page “Theory of Everything” which is now all he can talk about. I’ve been sent countless iterations and have given up talking to him about it.
I am by no means a prominent public intellectual, but my inbox is increasingly filled with messages from people who have been convinced by sycophantic chatbots that they have discovered revolutionary theories that entirely upend our scientific understanding of the universe.
November 21, 2025 at 1:06 PM
I have one of these folks in my family. Sweet kooky man who has become insufferable because AI has validated amd written most of his 82 page “Theory of Everything” which is now all he can talk about. I’ve been sent countless iterations and have given up talking to him about it.
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i wonder if this guys going to sign the release of the epstein files
November 18, 2025 at 11:07 PM
i wonder if this guys going to sign the release of the epstein files
In Medicine Hat, Alberta, it was Chicken Man, dude with a pet chicken who lived in a milk crate on the back of his bicycle.
Barrie, Ontario had Pony Guy, who wandered around the lakefront with his pet miniature horse.
God bless all glorious, harmless weirdos.
Barrie, Ontario had Pony Guy, who wandered around the lakefront with his pet miniature horse.
God bless all glorious, harmless weirdos.
For us, that would be Tuba Guy. He's always walking across from George Mason University.
November 19, 2025 at 2:53 AM
In Medicine Hat, Alberta, it was Chicken Man, dude with a pet chicken who lived in a milk crate on the back of his bicycle.
Barrie, Ontario had Pony Guy, who wandered around the lakefront with his pet miniature horse.
God bless all glorious, harmless weirdos.
Barrie, Ontario had Pony Guy, who wandered around the lakefront with his pet miniature horse.
God bless all glorious, harmless weirdos.
November 11, 2025 at 9:30 PM
Thank you Blue Jays it was a great run.
November 2, 2025 at 4:19 AM
Thank you Blue Jays it was a great run.
Victorian pre-dreadnoughts have their own kind of coolness. Here are HMS Majestic and Royal Sovereign, cheap and cheerful
STL files printed at 1.2400 scale and available from @4ppress.bsky.social is Wargame Vault. #navalwargaming
STL files printed at 1.2400 scale and available from @4ppress.bsky.social is Wargame Vault. #navalwargaming
November 1, 2025 at 1:58 PM
Victorian pre-dreadnoughts have their own kind of coolness. Here are HMS Majestic and Royal Sovereign, cheap and cheerful
STL files printed at 1.2400 scale and available from @4ppress.bsky.social is Wargame Vault. #navalwargaming
STL files printed at 1.2400 scale and available from @4ppress.bsky.social is Wargame Vault. #navalwargaming
Davis Schneider could go down in history.
October 28, 2025 at 4:33 AM
Davis Schneider could go down in history.
Putting Fisher in is doing nothing for my mental health.
October 28, 2025 at 4:17 AM
Putting Fisher in is doing nothing for my mental health.
Drop an old person you’re gonna turn into in the future ( and the future is almost here, Rowan’s only got 12 years on me).
October 23, 2025 at 10:32 AM
Drop an old person you’re gonna turn into in the future ( and the future is almost here, Rowan’s only got 12 years on me).