Andrew Otis Weiss
@thatweissguy.bsky.social
The Spirit of '92 incarnate. Hippie ideals, punk attitude, and a grunge wardrobe.
REMINDER: I don’t fucking work for you.
REMINDER: I don’t fucking work for you.
Pinned
DEPLOY THE LASER WEAPON
SHUT DOWN A HUGE CHUNK OF AIRSPACE
A FRESH THREAT TO AMERICA HAS BEEN SPOTTED
SHUT DOWN A HUGE CHUNK OF AIRSPACE
A FRESH THREAT TO AMERICA HAS BEEN SPOTTED
February 11, 2026 at 6:19 PM
DEPLOY THE LASER WEAPON
SHUT DOWN A HUGE CHUNK OF AIRSPACE
A FRESH THREAT TO AMERICA HAS BEEN SPOTTED
SHUT DOWN A HUGE CHUNK OF AIRSPACE
A FRESH THREAT TO AMERICA HAS BEEN SPOTTED
"I heard you got busted by Simon and Simon."
"Oh, like you're one to talk. At least I never got foiled by the Blue Moon Detective Agency."
"Dear god... the witty banter and unresolved sexual tension. I'd rather get worked over by Hunter than go through that again."
"Oh, like you're one to talk. At least I never got foiled by the Blue Moon Detective Agency."
"Dear god... the witty banter and unresolved sexual tension. I'd rather get worked over by Hunter than go through that again."
February 11, 2026 at 6:10 PM
"I heard you got busted by Simon and Simon."
"Oh, like you're one to talk. At least I never got foiled by the Blue Moon Detective Agency."
"Dear god... the witty banter and unresolved sexual tension. I'd rather get worked over by Hunter than go through that again."
"Oh, like you're one to talk. At least I never got foiled by the Blue Moon Detective Agency."
"Dear god... the witty banter and unresolved sexual tension. I'd rather get worked over by Hunter than go through that again."
"I beat out Al Molinaro and Jesse White for this role."
Does anyone else have an MST3K line they use regularly, even if it makes no sense out of context?
Because I have both "That'll keep your panfish down for a while." and "Come come, boys, we must confound Jerry at every turn!" from MST3K the movie alone.
Because I have both "That'll keep your panfish down for a while." and "Come come, boys, we must confound Jerry at every turn!" from MST3K the movie alone.
February 11, 2026 at 5:58 PM
"I beat out Al Molinaro and Jesse White for this role."
New trash speed record has been set.
February 11, 2026 at 5:52 PM
New trash speed record has been set.
"It's very likely that I'm doing a lot of things wrong. I did most of the configurations with the help of ChatGPT/Gemini."
the rock is making a funny face and saying `` this right here is your problem '' while wearing gloves .
ALT: the rock is making a funny face and saying `` this right here is your problem '' while wearing gloves .
media.tenor.com
February 11, 2026 at 5:05 PM
"It's very likely that I'm doing a lot of things wrong. I did most of the configurations with the help of ChatGPT/Gemini."
This episode of The Magician features a high...uh, rather *medium* speed chase between a Winnebago and a station wagon which I assume will climax 3/4 of a mile down the road when both run out of gas.
February 11, 2026 at 4:29 PM
This episode of The Magician features a high...uh, rather *medium* speed chase between a Winnebago and a station wagon which I assume will climax 3/4 of a mile down the road when both run out of gas.
Replaying the original Halo, and the open world sequences which were a selling feature back in 2001 are some of the most annoying bits in 2026.
February 11, 2026 at 3:45 PM
Replaying the original Halo, and the open world sequences which were a selling feature back in 2001 are some of the most annoying bits in 2026.
what if they made an entire administration out of GWB's Katrina response
February 11, 2026 at 3:36 PM
what if they made an entire administration out of GWB's Katrina response
What we like to call "the good shit," all pulled from the VHS transfers.
These were actually one-hour syndication episodes made of two 30 minute blocks pulled from different original episodes, but I split them up for better indexing.
These were actually one-hour syndication episodes made of two 30 minute blocks pulled from different original episodes, but I split them up for better indexing.
February 11, 2026 at 3:24 PM
What we like to call "the good shit," all pulled from the VHS transfers.
These were actually one-hour syndication episodes made of two 30 minute blocks pulled from different original episodes, but I split them up for better indexing.
These were actually one-hour syndication episodes made of two 30 minute blocks pulled from different original episodes, but I split them up for better indexing.
up there with Willie Nelson in the "just waiting on the 1970s so they can unfurl their freak flag" category
February 11, 2026 at 3:05 PM
up there with Willie Nelson in the "just waiting on the 1970s so they can unfurl their freak flag" category
Bless whoever said "Let's put a guy who marries classic Vaudeville to experimental film-making at the center of our show to educate young children."
And doubly bless the person who said "Sure, why not?"
And doubly bless the person who said "Sure, why not?"
The Muppet sketch has Kermit (dressed like a 70s porn star) channeling Timothy Leary and speaking acidhead slang to a square about the magic of "visual thinking."
February 11, 2026 at 2:18 PM
Bless whoever said "Let's put a guy who marries classic Vaudeville to experimental film-making at the center of our show to educate young children."
And doubly bless the person who said "Sure, why not?"
And doubly bless the person who said "Sure, why not?"
I have located one of my retrotrash holy grails after long years of searching.
Was it worth it?
I'll let the opening credits and cast list answer that for me.
Was it worth it?
I'll let the opening credits and cast list answer that for me.
February 11, 2026 at 1:57 PM
I have located one of my retrotrash holy grails after long years of searching.
Was it worth it?
I'll let the opening credits and cast list answer that for me.
Was it worth it?
I'll let the opening credits and cast list answer that for me.
Keith got Augustus around the exact same time we got Apito, and their parallel evolution since has been something to behold.
February 11, 2026 at 1:41 PM
Keith got Augustus around the exact same time we got Apito, and their parallel evolution since has been something to behold.
a thing I do:
Toss in period appropriate news segments about the civil rights struggle, Vietnam War, and the space program between episodes of Ed Sullivan, Star Trek, and other late 1960s TV shows.
The clean technicolor utopia versus the reality of the moment.
Toss in period appropriate news segments about the civil rights struggle, Vietnam War, and the space program between episodes of Ed Sullivan, Star Trek, and other late 1960s TV shows.
The clean technicolor utopia versus the reality of the moment.
February 11, 2026 at 1:13 PM
a thing I do:
Toss in period appropriate news segments about the civil rights struggle, Vietnam War, and the space program between episodes of Ed Sullivan, Star Trek, and other late 1960s TV shows.
The clean technicolor utopia versus the reality of the moment.
Toss in period appropriate news segments about the civil rights struggle, Vietnam War, and the space program between episodes of Ed Sullivan, Star Trek, and other late 1960s TV shows.
The clean technicolor utopia versus the reality of the moment.
Reposted by Andrew Otis Weiss
2 years ago says da web
February 11, 2026 at 12:41 PM
2 years ago says da web
Re: Chomsky
1. Old folks get weird in depressing ways.
2. Career academics tend to indulge in a lot of ethical gymnastics regarding pals and patrons, especially after hitting certain levels of renown and higher ed’s fucked up power structure.
1. Old folks get weird in depressing ways.
2. Career academics tend to indulge in a lot of ethical gymnastics regarding pals and patrons, especially after hitting certain levels of renown and higher ed’s fucked up power structure.
February 11, 2026 at 12:38 PM
Re: Chomsky
1. Old folks get weird in depressing ways.
2. Career academics tend to indulge in a lot of ethical gymnastics regarding pals and patrons, especially after hitting certain levels of renown and higher ed’s fucked up power structure.
1. Old folks get weird in depressing ways.
2. Career academics tend to indulge in a lot of ethical gymnastics regarding pals and patrons, especially after hitting certain levels of renown and higher ed’s fucked up power structure.
And a full month after I set up the Demul Hikaru control preconfigurations, I finally figured out that the analog stick controls for Air Trix had to be calibrated in the game's test menu.
February 11, 2026 at 3:09 AM
And a full month after I set up the Demul Hikaru control preconfigurations, I finally figured out that the analog stick controls for Air Trix had to be calibrated in the game's test menu.
making crock pot brown sugar kielbasa for dinner tonight, and the downstairs smells like heaven after a couple of hours of simmering
February 10, 2026 at 9:21 PM
making crock pot brown sugar kielbasa for dinner tonight, and the downstairs smells like heaven after a couple of hours of simmering
...you might be a Hunger Dog!
February 10, 2026 at 9:02 PM
...you might be a Hunger Dog!
I lived on Merrimac Street, about a quarter inch off the lower left hand corner of this map.
February 10, 2026 at 8:56 PM
I lived on Merrimac Street, about a quarter inch off the lower left hand corner of this map.
To get to the mall in winter, we would cross a frozen containment pond which looked like the cover of Husker Du’s Warehouse: Songs and Stories beneath the ice due to all the toxic metals precipitating out of the water.
Patti Larkin has a song, "Metal Drums," about the Baird & McGuire Superfund site in Holbrook & there's shudder-inducing lyrics about how "metal drums were lying in the broken glass/kids would play with the stuff inside them/they'd crawl in & roll around/spinning around on the summer ground..."
February 10, 2026 at 8:44 PM
To get to the mall in winter, we would cross a frozen containment pond which looked like the cover of Husker Du’s Warehouse: Songs and Stories beneath the ice due to all the toxic metals precipitating out of the water.
An important corollary to this:
Insurance coverage was cheaper/better, so you wouldn't necessarily bankrupt your family if you jumped your Huffy off the roof of the mothball factory or played a fun game of "throw and empty beer bottle in the air and try to hit it with another beer bottle."
Insurance coverage was cheaper/better, so you wouldn't necessarily bankrupt your family if you jumped your Huffy off the roof of the mothball factory or played a fun game of "throw and empty beer bottle in the air and try to hit it with another beer bottle."
Absolute truth. We’d drop our books and disappear into the cornfield, or the pine forest, or the hardwood jungle in the creek bottom. Total HUCK FINN wild roaming savages.
It. Was. Wonderful.
It. Was. Wonderful.
February 10, 2026 at 8:16 PM
An important corollary to this:
Insurance coverage was cheaper/better, so you wouldn't necessarily bankrupt your family if you jumped your Huffy off the roof of the mothball factory or played a fun game of "throw and empty beer bottle in the air and try to hit it with another beer bottle."
Insurance coverage was cheaper/better, so you wouldn't necessarily bankrupt your family if you jumped your Huffy off the roof of the mothball factory or played a fun game of "throw and empty beer bottle in the air and try to hit it with another beer bottle."
Another post about the Yakuza games got me thinking how they ended up being a vindication of the general concepts behind Shenmue, but with a more compelling narrative hook and a tighter focus on activities that don't feel like killing time.
February 10, 2026 at 7:58 PM
Another post about the Yakuza games got me thinking how they ended up being a vindication of the general concepts behind Shenmue, but with a more compelling narrative hook and a tighter focus on activities that don't feel like killing time.