MattQuirk
@mattquirk.bsky.social
The guy with the Voice. Cooks, runs games, does art and video. Sometimes has cat pics. Sometimes posts pictures of pocket handkerchief folds. #pocketfold
WIP: slowly removing parts of the outer layer of this sake bottle with a diamond grinder tool to make it into a light. Found a chain of LED lights that terminates in a cork with a USB rechargeable battery in it.
February 1, 2026 at 6:52 PM
WIP: slowly removing parts of the outer layer of this sake bottle with a diamond grinder tool to make it into a light. Found a chain of LED lights that terminates in a cork with a USB rechargeable battery in it.
Huh. Having an enforced break from doing a frosted glass engraving project: gotta recharge the battery on the engraving tool.
It’s a work in progress but I’m liking how it looks so far.
It’s a work in progress but I’m liking how it looks so far.
January 31, 2026 at 8:16 PM
Huh. Having an enforced break from doing a frosted glass engraving project: gotta recharge the battery on the engraving tool.
It’s a work in progress but I’m liking how it looks so far.
It’s a work in progress but I’m liking how it looks so far.
So it used to be that your auto insurance company would give you a little reward if you hadn’t made a claim for a certain period of time. This is my grandfather’s “Safe Driver” pin from the 1930’s. I have it on my hat. It could be for 6, 3, or 8 years- the production quality is not the best.
January 29, 2026 at 11:21 PM
So it used to be that your auto insurance company would give you a little reward if you hadn’t made a claim for a certain period of time. This is my grandfather’s “Safe Driver” pin from the 1930’s. I have it on my hat. It could be for 6, 3, or 8 years- the production quality is not the best.
Just watched a mid-80’s action movie called “Killpoint” - it was very… deliberately paced.
Many of the police in the movie were played by actual cops instead of actors.
They also used a phonetic alphabet that I wasn’t familiar with called the APCO alphabet.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/APCO_ra...
Many of the police in the movie were played by actual cops instead of actors.
They also used a phonetic alphabet that I wasn’t familiar with called the APCO alphabet.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/APCO_ra...
APCO radiotelephony spelling alphabet - Wikipedia
en.wikipedia.org
January 29, 2026 at 3:43 AM
Just watched a mid-80’s action movie called “Killpoint” - it was very… deliberately paced.
Many of the police in the movie were played by actual cops instead of actors.
They also used a phonetic alphabet that I wasn’t familiar with called the APCO alphabet.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/APCO_ra...
Many of the police in the movie were played by actual cops instead of actors.
They also used a phonetic alphabet that I wasn’t familiar with called the APCO alphabet.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/APCO_ra...
Change a letter, ruin a film:
Fish of the Northstar.
Fish of the Northstar.
January 26, 2026 at 3:19 AM
Change a letter, ruin a film:
Fish of the Northstar.
Fish of the Northstar.
Signs we have thought more about the movie than it deserves:
Did the person who survived the movie eat or drink anything on the haunted ship?
No!? Woo!
Wait, did anyone else who didn’t eat or drink anything die?
Yes.
Damn.
Did the person who survived the movie eat or drink anything on the haunted ship?
No!? Woo!
Wait, did anyone else who didn’t eat or drink anything die?
Yes.
Damn.
January 23, 2026 at 9:36 PM
Signs we have thought more about the movie than it deserves:
Did the person who survived the movie eat or drink anything on the haunted ship?
No!? Woo!
Wait, did anyone else who didn’t eat or drink anything die?
Yes.
Damn.
Did the person who survived the movie eat or drink anything on the haunted ship?
No!? Woo!
Wait, did anyone else who didn’t eat or drink anything die?
Yes.
Damn.
So how is Long Drink different from Popeye?
It’s not strong, to the Finnish.
It’s not strong, to the Finnish.
January 23, 2026 at 8:48 PM
So how is Long Drink different from Popeye?
It’s not strong, to the Finnish.
It’s not strong, to the Finnish.
Pick up the nearest book. Turn to page 42, post the second sentence.
“Or, rather, he had a kind of paternal muscular spasm about the mouth, which is the nearest he ever gets to smiling.”
“Or, rather, he had a kind of paternal muscular spasm about the mouth, which is the nearest he ever gets to smiling.”
Pick up the nearest book. Turn to page 42, post the second sentence.
“Well, I’ll move out.”
“Well, I’ll move out.”
Pick up the nearest book. Turn to page 42, post the second sentence.
"It pulls at my clothing and sometimes I feel I've got to pick it up, cuddle and kiss it."
"It pulls at my clothing and sometimes I feel I've got to pick it up, cuddle and kiss it."
January 22, 2026 at 8:24 PM
Pick up the nearest book. Turn to page 42, post the second sentence.
“Or, rather, he had a kind of paternal muscular spasm about the mouth, which is the nearest he ever gets to smiling.”
“Or, rather, he had a kind of paternal muscular spasm about the mouth, which is the nearest he ever gets to smiling.”
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I just woke up from a nap and somehow while I was asleep, everyone on the bus has figured out we are not going to the right place
January 20, 2026 at 1:57 AM
I just woke up from a nap and somehow while I was asleep, everyone on the bus has figured out we are not going to the right place
Working on a new urban fantasy RPG campaign and one of my players just triggered an idea about how the characters would contribute towards them being a party. 1/4
January 15, 2026 at 8:41 PM
Working on a new urban fantasy RPG campaign and one of my players just triggered an idea about how the characters would contribute towards them being a party. 1/4
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I was thinking about that 1980s James Bond movie where everybody's trying to get their hands on a Fabergé egg for some reason
And then I realized:
It's an Egg McGuffin.
And then I realized:
It's an Egg McGuffin.
January 15, 2026 at 6:40 PM
I was thinking about that 1980s James Bond movie where everybody's trying to get their hands on a Fabergé egg for some reason
And then I realized:
It's an Egg McGuffin.
And then I realized:
It's an Egg McGuffin.
I have some freeze dried sprigs of dill in a tupper and I told my wife that they were perfect for meals around Hanukkah, then I showed her the label on the lid:
Her: Dried dill?
Me: Dried dill, Dried dill, Dried dill! I made you out of…
Her (interrupting): Leave my house.
Her: Dried dill?
Me: Dried dill, Dried dill, Dried dill! I made you out of…
Her (interrupting): Leave my house.
January 11, 2026 at 12:30 AM
I have some freeze dried sprigs of dill in a tupper and I told my wife that they were perfect for meals around Hanukkah, then I showed her the label on the lid:
Her: Dried dill?
Me: Dried dill, Dried dill, Dried dill! I made you out of…
Her (interrupting): Leave my house.
Her: Dried dill?
Me: Dried dill, Dried dill, Dried dill! I made you out of…
Her (interrupting): Leave my house.
Baaaagh. Stupid “Per diem reimbursement” BS.
I spent a week making cool videos of smart people talking about really nifty old stuff!
While I was there I ate breakfast and dinner! I took TWO taxis!
Can I please get paid back for doing my job?
I spent a week making cool videos of smart people talking about really nifty old stuff!
While I was there I ate breakfast and dinner! I took TWO taxis!
Can I please get paid back for doing my job?
January 6, 2026 at 9:57 PM
Baaaagh. Stupid “Per diem reimbursement” BS.
I spent a week making cool videos of smart people talking about really nifty old stuff!
While I was there I ate breakfast and dinner! I took TWO taxis!
Can I please get paid back for doing my job?
I spent a week making cool videos of smart people talking about really nifty old stuff!
While I was there I ate breakfast and dinner! I took TWO taxis!
Can I please get paid back for doing my job?
It’s a “Good With Tools” Christmas!
Installed new faucets in the bathroom and kitchen sinks at a friend’s house.
Installed new faucets in the bathroom and kitchen sinks at a friend’s house.
January 1, 2026 at 7:31 PM
It’s a “Good With Tools” Christmas!
Installed new faucets in the bathroom and kitchen sinks at a friend’s house.
Installed new faucets in the bathroom and kitchen sinks at a friend’s house.
Power is on! Cat is not impressed.
December 30, 2025 at 3:13 PM
Power is on! Cat is not impressed.
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Good morning from my personal power outage!
December 30, 2025 at 2:17 PM
Good morning from my personal power outage!
We have power and the DTE guys have cookies!
December 30, 2025 at 3:10 PM
We have power and the DTE guys have cookies!
In the moment it was 50/50 between “Wow, she’s beautiful!” and “Wow those cable guides are actually a safety hazard!”
At the Origins game convention in Ohio a woman got her heel stuck in a cable cover on the dealer room floor. I caught her as she tripped and asked if she was okay. She just kind of gave me a goofy grin.
It was Julie Caitlin Brown. Na’toth from Babylon 5.
It was Julie Caitlin Brown. Na’toth from Babylon 5.
Sitting behind my table at AwesomeCon DC when somebody who looked just like John Barrowman walked past.
Narrator: It was John Barrowman.
Narrator: It was John Barrowman.
December 30, 2025 at 2:29 PM
In the moment it was 50/50 between “Wow, she’s beautiful!” and “Wow those cable guides are actually a safety hazard!”
Good morning from my personal power outage!
December 30, 2025 at 2:17 PM
Good morning from my personal power outage!
At the Origins game convention in Ohio a woman got her heel stuck in a cable cover on the dealer room floor. I caught her as she tripped and asked if she was okay. She just kind of gave me a goofy grin.
It was Julie Caitlin Brown. Na’toth from Babylon 5.
It was Julie Caitlin Brown. Na’toth from Babylon 5.
Sitting behind my table at AwesomeCon DC when somebody who looked just like John Barrowman walked past.
Narrator: It was John Barrowman.
Narrator: It was John Barrowman.
Right folks. Feeling rather down at the moment so bringing back an oldie
Please Quote this with your most minor celebrity interaction
Please Quote this with your most minor celebrity interaction
December 30, 2025 at 11:52 AM
At the Origins game convention in Ohio a woman got her heel stuck in a cable cover on the dealer room floor. I caught her as she tripped and asked if she was okay. She just kind of gave me a goofy grin.
It was Julie Caitlin Brown. Na’toth from Babylon 5.
It was Julie Caitlin Brown. Na’toth from Babylon 5.
DTE says the power is fixed.
December 30, 2025 at 11:17 AM
DTE says the power is fixed.
Just a fun power outage pic.
December 29, 2025 at 6:47 PM
Just a fun power outage pic.
Getting in to the power outage spirit.
December 29, 2025 at 4:48 PM
Getting in to the power outage spirit.
