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I once sold a folding pocket knife to Nikki Sixx (of Mötley Crüe fame) when I worked at the (now long removed) Excalibur Cutlery shop on the Transit floor of the Westlake Mall in Downtown Seattle.
What is YOUR most mundane celebrity encounter?

Belle and Sebastian asked me to hold the elevator for them at a Holiday Inn in Paris, after a gig...
February 17, 2026 at 12:19 AM
I don't know how much a flex this is, but I do remember seeing 'Spacehunter: Adventures in the Forbidden Zone' (1983) in 3D as a first run in theaters. Nothing remarkable about the plot or even the 3D. But this post has made me think I should rewatch just to recapture what I've lost.
Have asked this before and always like the responses. What are your biggest “I saw that in the first run cinema” flexes? Couple of mine:

Transformers: The Movie (1986)
Batman: Mask of the Phantasm (1993)
Office Space (1999)
February 12, 2026 at 3:53 AM
I was going to give ‘A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms’ a pass since ‘House of the Dragon’ didn’t really pull me in and let’s be honest the end of Game of Thrones was more of a commitment than anything else.

But a trusted source named @marcbernardin.bsky.social gave it a positive wave in the same…
February 5, 2026 at 9:49 PM
Probably my hottest take in the Pop Music category; Don McLean's "American Pie" and all the covers of it could go unplayed for the rest of Time and I could finally stop getting Will Byers-type "goosies" from how bad it is. The song will always give me the ick.
Fuck your favourite song. Tell me your least favourite song. The one that makes you die inside the moment you hear the first 3 seconds.
February 4, 2026 at 4:02 AM
Forgot to post my favorite Feb 2 gif
a man is driving a car with the words `` do n't drive angry '' on the screen .
ALT: a man is driving a car with the words `` do n't drive angry '' on the screen .
media.tenor.com
February 3, 2026 at 2:47 AM
TFW months of record-keeping and research you've done because you could not find a wiki or other source that already contained the same data is suddenly deemed redundant because you did not use the same wording of header terminology and supporting links were also similarly titled differently.
January 31, 2026 at 12:03 AM
@casaos.bsky.social Discovered CasaOS by accident this morning and it has been a revelation!

Up to now I've exclusively used Webmin to manage my Home Server via GUI and done all my installs and config via SSH. I like that CasaOS is handling the docker in the bg while providing a pleasent UI.
January 22, 2026 at 9:36 PM
Looking forward to the relaunch of Fable, but I'm happy to watch all of the XBox Developer Direct with Jason Plays

www.youtube.com/watch?v=WczK...
Xbox Developer Direct 2026 Reaction Stream!
YouTube video by Jason Plays
www.youtube.com
January 22, 2026 at 5:51 PM
Masters of The Universe (Amazon/MGM 2026) trailer just hours away . . .
January 22, 2026 at 2:42 AM
For the record, Demogorgon Crunch is actually REALLY good!
January 18, 2026 at 6:15 AM
I wish I could make this up.

In following the rabbit hole that is the "Conformity Gate" business online, I tried to google a link to "stanger things netflix". Of course, Google autocorrected for me, but I noticed an illustrated 20-sided die at the bottom of the result.
January 7, 2026 at 11:29 PM
Holy Jeebus, Duffer Bros, what did I do to you?

Why did you have to make it so personal?

#Last30ofTheFinale #StrangerThings
January 1, 2026 at 5:06 AM
For 2026: I want to learn to grok treating servers as cattle not pets. But still on bare metal because VMs continue to seem too unreal.
December 31, 2025 at 1:21 PM
TFW your usually rock solid Internet Gateway recovered from a power surge, but silently zombies its LAN Port connection, causing all other Wifi Network traffic to behave normally, but completely tank your LAN.
December 26, 2025 at 9:38 PM
All the shows I've been following are ending.

Pluribus Season One Finale - Watched.

The War Between The Land and The Sea - Watched.

All that's left for 2025 is the last half of Stranger Things Season 5
December 25, 2025 at 11:42 AM
Wrapstodon 2025 for Xen
See how Xen used Mastodon this year!
mastodon.social
December 17, 2025 at 12:28 AM
My Steam Replay 2025

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xenzirril's STEAM REPLAY 2025
Check out my 2025 Steam Replay
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December 17, 2025 at 12:25 AM
Another Flood Watch declared by NWS for the area on Monday. Another system coming in tomorrow night before the Flood stages can recede fully.

forecast.weather.gov/showsigwx.ph...
WWA Summary by Location for 47.31N 122.26W with WAZ316/WAC033/WAZ657 emphasis Flood Watch
forecast.weather.gov
December 13, 2025 at 10:30 PM
Just a quick check in. I'm sure many images are hitting the feeds on the flooding happening in the Snoqualmie Valley.

Many roads at River level have taken on water today. This includes many parts of HWY 202 that passes through North Bend and on down the line.
December 11, 2025 at 12:47 AM
You will be visited by three spirits
December 9, 2025 at 7:52 AM
Movie you’ve watched more than six times with a gif. Hard mode: no Stars (Wars nor Trek), LOTR, or Marvel, Disney Animated or Pixar.
December 8, 2025 at 6:14 AM
Select screenshots from my YouTube Recap 2025
December 4, 2025 at 5:00 AM
My most-used words (so far) in 2025 were:

1. "show" (8×)
2. "season" (7×)
3. "episode" (7×)
4. "watch" (6×)
5. "game" (6×)

See which words you used the most here: anisota.net/harvest
December 3, 2025 at 3:30 AM
I have episodes of Stranger Things and Pluribus to get through . . .

But what I really want to watch tonight is Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead
November 29, 2025 at 11:30 PM
I didn't know Wesley Crusher was part Dalek

www.lego.com/en-us/produc...
November 28, 2025 at 6:02 AM