@aquahaute.bsky.social
Insolent purveyor of chicanery
Books, board games, video games, crafts. Library employee but not a librarian.
Profile picture from art by @dicesms.bsky.social
Books, board games, video games, crafts. Library employee but not a librarian.
Profile picture from art by @dicesms.bsky.social
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One of the worst things about our electoral system is that it lets people who live in states that consistently vote 45/55 feel morally superior to people who live in states that consistently vote 55/45.
December 28, 2025 at 1:55 AM
One of the worst things about our electoral system is that it lets people who live in states that consistently vote 45/55 feel morally superior to people who live in states that consistently vote 55/45.
Watching Desk Set, still want to be Bunny Watson when I grow up
December 28, 2025 at 12:18 AM
Watching Desk Set, still want to be Bunny Watson when I grow up
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a lot of people don't realize that Christmas carols and traditions are actually folk memories of suppressed pre-Christian events, namely the end of the Third Age and the Fall of Sauron.
December 24, 2025 at 10:05 PM
a lot of people don't realize that Christmas carols and traditions are actually folk memories of suppressed pre-Christian events, namely the end of the Third Age and the Fall of Sauron.
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*ruffles through my jacket haphazardly* Wait, is this the "Almost Christmas" image you were looking for? No? Gee, I'm sorry!
December 24, 2025 at 3:46 PM
*ruffles through my jacket haphazardly* Wait, is this the "Almost Christmas" image you were looking for? No? Gee, I'm sorry!
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Disclosure Day
December 16, 2025 at 8:48 PM
Disclosure Day
At the bookmobile, where there’s a “would you rather” poll on the whiteboard.
Kid: “would you rather be Santa or an elf?”
Me: “would I rather do all the behind-the-scenes work and not get the credit?”
Kid: “would you rather be Santa or an elf?”
Me: “would I rather do all the behind-the-scenes work and not get the credit?”
December 9, 2025 at 11:42 PM
At the bookmobile, where there’s a “would you rather” poll on the whiteboard.
Kid: “would you rather be Santa or an elf?”
Me: “would I rather do all the behind-the-scenes work and not get the credit?”
Kid: “would you rather be Santa or an elf?”
Me: “would I rather do all the behind-the-scenes work and not get the credit?”
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Captain Bernie Cooper of the Arthur M. Anderson later described November 9 as “one of those special days on Lake Superior - ripples of water, sunny and warm for November.
As we departed we could see the Edmund Fitzgerald.”
As we departed we could see the Edmund Fitzgerald.”
November 9, 2025 at 4:07 PM
Captain Bernie Cooper of the Arthur M. Anderson later described November 9 as “one of those special days on Lake Superior - ripples of water, sunny and warm for November.
As we departed we could see the Edmund Fitzgerald.”
As we departed we could see the Edmund Fitzgerald.”
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Hey, happy 30th birthday GameFAQs! Launched on November 5th, 1995!
The earliest scrape I can find on Wayback is December 1996, but I doubt the site changed much. But yes, here it is in its earliest days as the Video Game FAQ Archive!
The earliest scrape I can find on Wayback is December 1996, but I doubt the site changed much. But yes, here it is in its earliest days as the Video Game FAQ Archive!
November 5, 2025 at 7:00 PM
Hey, happy 30th birthday GameFAQs! Launched on November 5th, 1995!
The earliest scrape I can find on Wayback is December 1996, but I doubt the site changed much. But yes, here it is in its earliest days as the Video Game FAQ Archive!
The earliest scrape I can find on Wayback is December 1996, but I doubt the site changed much. But yes, here it is in its earliest days as the Video Game FAQ Archive!
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Normal People Don’t Want This Shit is running away with the vote tonight
November 5, 2025 at 2:09 AM
Normal People Don’t Want This Shit is running away with the vote tonight
Framed more art!
Prints by @thejedhenry.bsky.social, a cross-stitch piece from a pattern by @craftigurumi.bsky.social, and comics by @xkcd.com and nathanwpyle.art
Prints by @thejedhenry.bsky.social, a cross-stitch piece from a pattern by @craftigurumi.bsky.social, and comics by @xkcd.com and nathanwpyle.art
November 4, 2025 at 11:36 PM
Framed more art!
Prints by @thejedhenry.bsky.social, a cross-stitch piece from a pattern by @craftigurumi.bsky.social, and comics by @xkcd.com and nathanwpyle.art
Prints by @thejedhenry.bsky.social, a cross-stitch piece from a pattern by @craftigurumi.bsky.social, and comics by @xkcd.com and nathanwpyle.art
Just described Where The Wild Things Are - specifically the book’s design where the illustrations get larger and larger until slightly shrinking again at the end - as the picture book equivalent of a Jim Steinman song
November 2, 2025 at 1:09 AM
Just described Where The Wild Things Are - specifically the book’s design where the illustrations get larger and larger until slightly shrinking again at the end - as the picture book equivalent of a Jim Steinman song
Taking the kid trick or treating tonight is the perfect chance to bust out these costumes we originally wore in 2006/2007
October 31, 2025 at 9:46 PM
Taking the kid trick or treating tonight is the perfect chance to bust out these costumes we originally wore in 2006/2007
Unfortunately those exact things turn out to be the hook that brings me back 25 years later
I was reminded anew that FFT, while a great game, was FULL of shit that ONLY 20-year-old me would endure without complaint.
October 30, 2025 at 6:05 PM
Unfortunately those exact things turn out to be the hook that brings me back 25 years later
Ok team, how are we reconciling the finally unambiguous “stones I beseech thee!” with the implication that there is something left of Ramza to refuse to bury, and that with the “let’s start new lives and families” conversation, and that with “they were never seen again”
October 29, 2025 at 8:17 PM
Ok team, how are we reconciling the finally unambiguous “stones I beseech thee!” with the implication that there is something left of Ramza to refuse to bury, and that with the “let’s start new lives and families” conversation, and that with “they were never seen again”
THIS GAME IS COMPLETE
Genuinely can’t remember the last time I put this much time into a game that wasn’t Animal Crossing or a casual puzzle game. This game is still REALLY good. I thought maybe I was elevating it unfairly based on nostalgia but no, this is still in my very top handful of games.
Genuinely can’t remember the last time I put this much time into a game that wasn’t Animal Crossing or a casual puzzle game. This game is still REALLY good. I thought maybe I was elevating it unfairly based on nostalgia but no, this is still in my very top handful of games.
October 29, 2025 at 1:32 AM
THIS GAME IS COMPLETE
Genuinely can’t remember the last time I put this much time into a game that wasn’t Animal Crossing or a casual puzzle game. This game is still REALLY good. I thought maybe I was elevating it unfairly based on nostalgia but no, this is still in my very top handful of games.
Genuinely can’t remember the last time I put this much time into a game that wasn’t Animal Crossing or a casual puzzle game. This game is still REALLY good. I thought maybe I was elevating it unfairly based on nostalgia but no, this is still in my very top handful of games.
Seconding some other very white people here to say that this isn't weird at all? My parents were born in the early '40s and I was raised calling my parents' cousins and other odd relations "Aunt" and "Uncle." Now my daughter calls MY cousin "Aunt" (as well as MY mom's cousin that I call "Auntie").
In a bit of a tense moment, one of the La Mega co-hosts presses Mamdani on why he "lied" about his "aunt" having been scared to ride the subway after 9/11 while wearing a hijab.
Mamdani says it was "not a lie" because he refers to his father's cousin as his "aunt."
Mamdani says it was "not a lie" because he refers to his father's cousin as his "aunt."
October 28, 2025 at 6:41 PM
Seconding some other very white people here to say that this isn't weird at all? My parents were born in the early '40s and I was raised calling my parents' cousins and other odd relations "Aunt" and "Uncle." Now my daughter calls MY cousin "Aunt" (as well as MY mom's cousin that I call "Auntie").
Had an exquisite run at Balk 2 and while I did beat Hashmalum, two things:
1) you can’t save after Hashmalum anymore
2) Hashmalum has more HP in this version, ON NORMAL, than Altima 2 did the first time around
(I know these haven’t been the names since 2007 but they are the names my neurons know)
1) you can’t save after Hashmalum anymore
2) Hashmalum has more HP in this version, ON NORMAL, than Altima 2 did the first time around
(I know these haven’t been the names since 2007 but they are the names my neurons know)
October 28, 2025 at 3:02 AM
Had an exquisite run at Balk 2 and while I did beat Hashmalum, two things:
1) you can’t save after Hashmalum anymore
2) Hashmalum has more HP in this version, ON NORMAL, than Altima 2 did the first time around
(I know these haven’t been the names since 2007 but they are the names my neurons know)
1) you can’t save after Hashmalum anymore
2) Hashmalum has more HP in this version, ON NORMAL, than Altima 2 did the first time around
(I know these haven’t been the names since 2007 but they are the names my neurons know)
Finished reading a biography of Eunice Kennedy.
1) wowwww Joe was a real piece of work
2) ngl I'm a little bit in love with Sargent Shriver
3) I'm not Catholic but I'm very much here for the energy in the pictured quote:
1) wowwww Joe was a real piece of work
2) ngl I'm a little bit in love with Sargent Shriver
3) I'm not Catholic but I'm very much here for the energy in the pictured quote:
October 23, 2025 at 8:47 PM
Finished reading a biography of Eunice Kennedy.
1) wowwww Joe was a real piece of work
2) ngl I'm a little bit in love with Sargent Shriver
3) I'm not Catholic but I'm very much here for the energy in the pictured quote:
1) wowwww Joe was a real piece of work
2) ngl I'm a little bit in love with Sargent Shriver
3) I'm not Catholic but I'm very much here for the energy in the pictured quote:
Framed some more art today. This time it’s pieces by @dicesms.bsky.social, @rhondalibbey.bsky.social, and ryangoldsberry.com.
October 22, 2025 at 8:30 PM
Framed some more art today. This time it’s pieces by @dicesms.bsky.social, @rhondalibbey.bsky.social, and ryangoldsberry.com.
Started framing some of our game-related art tonight. Should have a few more framed and ready to show off by the end of the week.
This pic features pieces by @mouseguard.bsky.social, @alaynadanner.bsky.social, @naomivandoren.bsky.social, and tinnellovitt.com.
This pic features pieces by @mouseguard.bsky.social, @alaynadanner.bsky.social, @naomivandoren.bsky.social, and tinnellovitt.com.
October 22, 2025 at 12:28 AM
Started framing some of our game-related art tonight. Should have a few more framed and ready to show off by the end of the week.
This pic features pieces by @mouseguard.bsky.social, @alaynadanner.bsky.social, @naomivandoren.bsky.social, and tinnellovitt.com.
This pic features pieces by @mouseguard.bsky.social, @alaynadanner.bsky.social, @naomivandoren.bsky.social, and tinnellovitt.com.
Oh nooo, I left my Tigers hoodie at work, if we lose tonight it’s my fault 😬
Baseball is an ILLNESS
Baseball is an ILLNESS
October 11, 2025 at 1:09 AM
Oh nooo, I left my Tigers hoodie at work, if we lose tonight it’s my fault 😬
Baseball is an ILLNESS
Baseball is an ILLNESS
Algus Sadalfas radicalized me
October 8, 2025 at 2:13 AM
Algus Sadalfas radicalized me
Milleuda Folles is BASED
October 6, 2025 at 12:18 AM
Milleuda Folles is BASED
If you, at this age, still have the desire, time, and attention span to play a video game longer than a few hours, you simply cannot go wrong with Ivalice Chronicles
October 5, 2025 at 11:36 PM
If you, at this age, still have the desire, time, and attention span to play a video game longer than a few hours, you simply cannot go wrong with Ivalice Chronicles
Owwww my pixels
(trying the classic version first)
(It’s extra funny because they’ve clearly edited it to say Square Enix instead of Squaresoft)
(trying the classic version first)
(It’s extra funny because they’ve clearly edited it to say Square Enix instead of Squaresoft)
October 2, 2025 at 11:47 PM
Owwww my pixels
(trying the classic version first)
(It’s extra funny because they’ve clearly edited it to say Square Enix instead of Squaresoft)
(trying the classic version first)
(It’s extra funny because they’ve clearly edited it to say Square Enix instead of Squaresoft)