Alan Fisher
@amfisher.bsky.social
Attorney, gamer (computer, RPG, tabletop), GM, husband, father, occasional author. Hatch Act restricted, so don't expect much politics.
Bring bear spray, moose spray, and goose spray.
November 15, 2025 at 1:19 AM
Bring bear spray, moose spray, and goose spray.
There's still time for him to be killed by a cable that breaks lose and whips around, just like every other casualty in the show.
November 15, 2025 at 12:18 AM
There's still time for him to be killed by a cable that breaks lose and whips around, just like every other casualty in the show.
That's her big failure as a commander.
November 15, 2025 at 12:15 AM
That's her big failure as a commander.
Why Dani hasn’t spaced that fuck yet I do not understand.
November 15, 2025 at 12:09 AM
Why Dani hasn’t spaced that fuck yet I do not understand.
Addendum: unless the USN really wants to trot out a battle wagon for one last dance in the Gulf.
November 14, 2025 at 11:33 PM
Addendum: unless the USN really wants to trot out a battle wagon for one last dance in the Gulf.
Battleships as tools to kill battleships became obsolete (for the most part). A big gun monitor and antiaircraft platform becomes obsolete in the missile age.
November 14, 2025 at 11:31 PM
Battleships as tools to kill battleships became obsolete (for the most part). A big gun monitor and antiaircraft platform becomes obsolete in the missile age.
Ah, if you go to aisle 22 you can buy a Kaatten. Make sure you get the right size Allen wrench.
November 14, 2025 at 11:29 PM
Ah, if you go to aisle 22 you can buy a Kaatten. Make sure you get the right size Allen wrench.
The German Navy: providing the world with pre-nuclear steel since 1914.
November 14, 2025 at 10:50 PM
The German Navy: providing the world with pre-nuclear steel since 1914.
True; that's kind of the story of the entire Nazi military.
November 14, 2025 at 10:34 PM
True; that's kind of the story of the entire Nazi military.
True, but if the sole purpose of the German navy was to sink shipping - which it ended up being - the submarines were far more effective. The German surface fleet was Norwayed, kept as a figment of Sealion, and then a very notional fleet-in-being for the RAF to bomb (in my (ever-humble) opinion).
November 14, 2025 at 10:32 PM
True, but if the sole purpose of the German navy was to sink shipping - which it ended up being - the submarines were far more effective. The German surface fleet was Norwayed, kept as a figment of Sealion, and then a very notional fleet-in-being for the RAF to bomb (in my (ever-humble) opinion).
I'd argue they did more damage to the Germans, because all that steel and crew would have been far more useful as U-boats.
November 14, 2025 at 10:26 PM
I'd argue they did more damage to the Germans, because all that steel and crew would have been far more useful as U-boats.
And the French dreadnaughts gave everyone pause, if only to stop and chuckle for a moment.
November 14, 2025 at 9:46 PM
And the French dreadnaughts gave everyone pause, if only to stop and chuckle for a moment.
Soviet anti-shipping is easy.
November 14, 2025 at 9:39 PM
Soviet anti-shipping is easy.
One can buy doodads (noun) all the doodah (adj.) day.
November 14, 2025 at 9:16 PM
One can buy doodads (noun) all the doodah (adj.) day.
It's definitely a T2, but just too good a picture not to use. As for the Liberty Ships themselves, a lot of the early ones had brittle steel, and some were lost to breaking up. They were not good ships, but they were the ships we needed when we needed them.
November 14, 2025 at 9:04 PM
It's definitely a T2, but just too good a picture not to use. As for the Liberty Ships themselves, a lot of the early ones had brittle steel, and some were lost to breaking up. They were not good ships, but they were the ships we needed when we needed them.
The Liberty Ship (given it's unfortunately history of, oh, breaking in two).
November 14, 2025 at 8:41 PM
The Liberty Ship (given it's unfortunately history of, oh, breaking in two).
Do not leave them in your pant pocket when you run the laundry.
November 14, 2025 at 8:39 PM
Do not leave them in your pant pocket when you run the laundry.
More about king, to be fair, and the book covers the quick rise and even quicker fall of Assyria. But equally welcome are the diversions into ordinary life, what people ate, the jokes they told. If you're looking for a good book on a forgotten place, give this one a try.
November 14, 2025 at 8:35 PM
More about king, to be fair, and the book covers the quick rise and even quicker fall of Assyria. But equally welcome are the diversions into ordinary life, what people ate, the jokes they told. If you're looking for a good book on a forgotten place, give this one a try.
Featuring the 'Duel of the Filet Mignons'.
November 14, 2025 at 3:22 PM
Featuring the 'Duel of the Filet Mignons'.
I like it, but let's punch it up a bit. A severed finger with The One Ring stuck in the grill of his truck. The rest of the story is him trying to figure it out as a maimed Gollum limps after him in slow pursuit. "The recklessssss one hassss the Preciousssss, hit us in a crossssswalk will he?"
November 14, 2025 at 2:28 PM
I like it, but let's punch it up a bit. A severed finger with The One Ring stuck in the grill of his truck. The rest of the story is him trying to figure it out as a maimed Gollum limps after him in slow pursuit. "The recklessssss one hassss the Preciousssss, hit us in a crossssswalk will he?"
They're neat, but I almost missed my honeymoon flight when the one we were one stalled out between terminals. So I may hold them some animus.
November 14, 2025 at 2:21 PM
They're neat, but I almost missed my honeymoon flight when the one we were one stalled out between terminals. So I may hold them some animus.