David Perkins
tecknow.grumbleware.com
David Perkins
@tecknow.grumbleware.com
Gay, disabled, curmudgeon, nerd. 40+ (he/him)
Blog updates at @grumbleware.com
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I have become obsessed with former post offices still bearing their original seal & have been chasing them all over Chicago. This one in Chicago Lawn is on a station dating back to 1926 & is my new favorite. Nothing like a pop of blue terra cotta on a red brick building.
October 30, 2024 at 2:39 AM
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Horses were put to work towing ships and barges in Britain. It was essential to British industry for hundreds of years, and the development of the British canal system improved the efficiency.

The bridges were designed to allow horses to switch sides of the canal without having to be untethered.
September 22, 2024 at 5:47 PM
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Using gigantic scissors for ribbon cutting at opening ceremonies has been CANCELLED.

We must embrace societal progress and do cool things like invite a tortoise friend to bite through a ribbon of leaves, as was done by a biological sciences laboratory at the University of Lincoln.
August 24, 2024 at 6:01 PM
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Come try Olympic Marksmanship! We've got:
- Chillingly brusque cyberpunk antihero
- Her Royal Highness Girlpower Extremeswag
- Unnervingly flexible twink Hideo Kojima villain
- Jeff
August 2, 2024 at 10:22 PM
I have watched many friends go through this process. I have even spoken at the hearings once or twice. The first one was for my own mother when I was in late middle or early high school. It was one of the most humiliating things I've ever seen in my life.
June 24, 2024 at 7:57 PM
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dank ds9 meme courtesy of @publiusmaximus.bsky.social

i fucking hate kai winn
June 23, 2024 at 8:31 PM
I have been looking forward to this show, and this seems especially promising.
If you’re planning on coming to any of our live shows this summer…

STRAP IN, MOTHERFUCKERS. I HAVE STOLEN THE KEYS TO THIS BUS AND I’M DRIVING IT STRAIGHT INTO HELL.

You want it darker? Me too. Let’s goooo!
June 7, 2024 at 5:05 AM
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Everyone needs a picture of J. G. Hertzler (Martok) holding a gay bat'leth on their timeline today.

Glory to you, and your chosen family!
June 5, 2024 at 1:11 AM
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coca-cola and pepsi sent up specialised cans of pop up on STS-51F with the most ridiculous doohickey-looking cans to see if you could drink carbonated pop in space and you absolutely can but you can’t BURP in space so they would have “wet burps” which is basically just throwing up a little
February 3, 2024 at 7:15 AM
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I use kosher salt most often, and it's been out of stock at my grocery store for two months.
Also I know this is very much a first-world problem but it's weird to me that this is the THIRD time my grocery order has not been able to include a box of salt because it's out of stock.

Just... regular table salt. Nothing fancy! Just salt! WHY NO SALT FOR BUGGE
November 17, 2023 at 4:04 PM