Rhinestone Browboy
@rhinestonebrowboy.bsky.social
Manic pixie dream bloke. New in these parts. Old everywhere else.
Love the little puff of hot chocolate dust as I tip the end of the jar into a mug. Makes me feel like I’m making a potion.
January 26, 2026 at 1:15 PM
Love the little puff of hot chocolate dust as I tip the end of the jar into a mug. Makes me feel like I’m making a potion.
Seen yesterday on the side of a van belonging to a local mobility scooter shop:
“The best a gran can get.”
“The best a gran can get.”
January 24, 2026 at 8:59 AM
Seen yesterday on the side of a van belonging to a local mobility scooter shop:
“The best a gran can get.”
“The best a gran can get.”
And in my last act of the working week I dispatch a reviewer’s suggestions with detailed reference to the style guide. Weekend time!
January 23, 2026 at 4:54 PM
And in my last act of the working week I dispatch a reviewer’s suggestions with detailed reference to the style guide. Weekend time!
Boy, did I pick a good day to make a big pot of nourishing soup.
January 22, 2026 at 1:59 PM
Boy, did I pick a good day to make a big pot of nourishing soup.
They should put 2FA on the nuclear codes, because that is not a man who can hold a six-digit code in short term memory. Or write one on the back of his hand.
January 21, 2026 at 3:18 PM
They should put 2FA on the nuclear codes, because that is not a man who can hold a six-digit code in short term memory. Or write one on the back of his hand.
Nor is it interesting or newsworthy.
Beckham family estrangement is neither rare nor unique, say therapists
Family splits are more common than people realise and are typically caused by abuse, new partners and differing beliefs
www.theguardian.com
January 21, 2026 at 11:55 AM
Nor is it interesting or newsworthy.
Of all Trump’s crimes, the worst is possibly causing me to wake up, stagger into the kitchen, turn on the radio, and hear someone banging on about the UK-Chagos agreement again.
January 20, 2026 at 7:51 AM
Of all Trump’s crimes, the worst is possibly causing me to wake up, stagger into the kitchen, turn on the radio, and hear someone banging on about the UK-Chagos agreement again.
Herself is watching Gray's Anatomy and I swear every time I walk past the TV one of the doctors is the one who needs treatment. It's like Casualty but every week Charlie and Duffy take it in turns to get ill.
January 19, 2026 at 3:14 PM
Herself is watching Gray's Anatomy and I swear every time I walk past the TV one of the doctors is the one who needs treatment. It's like Casualty but every week Charlie and Duffy take it in turns to get ill.
This is a little bit of a long shot, but won’t hurt to ask - does anyone know of any books / articles about the planning / logistics of polar exploration, Heroic Age or a little later. What foods, what allowance for loss/spoilage, what weight on a sledge, distances per day, etc.
January 18, 2026 at 11:00 AM
This is a little bit of a long shot, but won’t hurt to ask - does anyone know of any books / articles about the planning / logistics of polar exploration, Heroic Age or a little later. What foods, what allowance for loss/spoilage, what weight on a sledge, distances per day, etc.
“Which often meant Scotsmen…”
January 15, 2026 at 10:06 PM
“Which often meant Scotsmen…”
If there was a bounty for spotting typos in decade-old books I would be rich. Does anyone know if there is such a thing?
January 15, 2026 at 8:06 PM
If there was a bounty for spotting typos in decade-old books I would be rich. Does anyone know if there is such a thing?
Obviously don’t like any of my books to suffer water damage, but if it must happen N. A. M. Rodger’s “The Wooden World: An Anatomy of the Georgian Navy” seems an appropriate place for the leak to spring.
January 14, 2026 at 7:24 PM
Obviously don’t like any of my books to suffer water damage, but if it must happen N. A. M. Rodger’s “The Wooden World: An Anatomy of the Georgian Navy” seems an appropriate place for the leak to spring.
Off into the remote Highlands for a walk I do every winter. Forecast isn’t great and suspect this might be the year I opt to call it off. Have shifted timings to avoid bad weather before, but this would be the first time I’ve gone out only to come back.
January 13, 2026 at 10:32 AM
Off into the remote Highlands for a walk I do every winter. Forecast isn’t great and suspect this might be the year I opt to call it off. Have shifted timings to avoid bad weather before, but this would be the first time I’ve gone out only to come back.
Not enjoying the “relive your childhood” ad for something I remember enjoying in my late twenties.
January 10, 2026 at 11:43 PM
Not enjoying the “relive your childhood” ad for something I remember enjoying in my late twenties.
Feck me, lot of tectonic uplift overnight. Everyone okay?
January 10, 2026 at 8:48 AM
Feck me, lot of tectonic uplift overnight. Everyone okay?
“Gets a bit sickly after the first dozen spoonfuls.”
- me, reviewing dips and spreads.
- me, reviewing dips and spreads.
January 8, 2026 at 11:03 AM
“Gets a bit sickly after the first dozen spoonfuls.”
- me, reviewing dips and spreads.
- me, reviewing dips and spreads.
Making first online purchase since deciding to try and avoid Amazon. It's going to cost more, come slower, has fewer colours to choose from, and all I'm doing is buying from some other megacorp.
Not sure we should boycott Amazon, I think maybe we should nationalise it instead.
Not sure we should boycott Amazon, I think maybe we should nationalise it instead.
January 8, 2026 at 8:39 AM
Making first online purchase since deciding to try and avoid Amazon. It's going to cost more, come slower, has fewer colours to choose from, and all I'm doing is buying from some other megacorp.
Not sure we should boycott Amazon, I think maybe we should nationalise it instead.
Not sure we should boycott Amazon, I think maybe we should nationalise it instead.
Wednesday quote, which as you all know I provide every week without fail;
“The way we have decided to live on this planet is sinister and strange.”
Kae Tempest
“The way we have decided to live on this planet is sinister and strange.”
Kae Tempest
January 7, 2026 at 9:46 AM
Wednesday quote, which as you all know I provide every week without fail;
“The way we have decided to live on this planet is sinister and strange.”
Kae Tempest
“The way we have decided to live on this planet is sinister and strange.”
Kae Tempest
Turn on Radio 4.
Shout at Radio 4.
Do job, relax, sleep.
Repeat.
Shout at Radio 4.
Do job, relax, sleep.
Repeat.
January 7, 2026 at 8:43 AM
Turn on Radio 4.
Shout at Radio 4.
Do job, relax, sleep.
Repeat.
Shout at Radio 4.
Do job, relax, sleep.
Repeat.
They're making a list, they're checking it twice;
They're gonna find out who's naughty or nice...
...is, I assume, how Edinburgh Council is currently allocating bin lorry time to my street.
They're gonna find out who's naughty or nice...
...is, I assume, how Edinburgh Council is currently allocating bin lorry time to my street.
January 6, 2026 at 1:15 PM
They're making a list, they're checking it twice;
They're gonna find out who's naughty or nice...
...is, I assume, how Edinburgh Council is currently allocating bin lorry time to my street.
They're gonna find out who's naughty or nice...
...is, I assume, how Edinburgh Council is currently allocating bin lorry time to my street.
Is it a soup? Is it a stew? Too early to say.
January 6, 2026 at 10:48 AM
Is it a soup? Is it a stew? Too early to say.
Can’t be doing with regular Traitors now. Celebrity Traitors ruined me for it. I want National Treasures, RADA trained actors, finely honed comic timing. Nothing less will do.
January 5, 2026 at 7:33 PM
Can’t be doing with regular Traitors now. Celebrity Traitors ruined me for it. I want National Treasures, RADA trained actors, finely honed comic timing. Nothing less will do.
Surely the correct term is abducted? Kidnapped implies Venezuela can get him back for a ransom.
January 5, 2026 at 6:34 PM
Surely the correct term is abducted? Kidnapped implies Venezuela can get him back for a ransom.
Anyone else forgotten how to type? Took me four minutes just to tap this out.
January 5, 2026 at 8:33 AM
Anyone else forgotten how to type? Took me four minutes just to tap this out.
Is there a single site people recommend for finding / saving / marking as want to / have read/watched for BOTH films and books, or do you inevitably end up with two sites? And which sites are they?
January 2, 2026 at 10:41 AM
Is there a single site people recommend for finding / saving / marking as want to / have read/watched for BOTH films and books, or do you inevitably end up with two sites? And which sites are they?