I posted this triple-meta nerd joke 6 years ago today and nobody got it and I'm clearly still salty about it.

So we're gonna just escalate right to "Not only are you somewhere you shouldn't be, but you're clearly not you — you're not even doing a good job of being a person pretending to be you."

Breaking out a classic costume for trick or treaters. Happy Halloween! #ghostbusters

Also at the end of the trail today: free bike tune-ups by Friends of the W&OD.

Me, ashamed of riding this thing too hard without proper care: “I know it’s been too long since I’ve had a tune up. How bad am I?”

Him, after 4 seconds of silence: “… beautiful day, isn’t it.”

Word on the street is that you’re doing awesome.
(Spotted at the end of the W&OD trail after a morning ride)

Someone complimented the reference on my shirt with the subtlety of a drug deal at the grocery store. "Nice shirt," he said from behind his oncoming cart. "Yeah, a deep cut," I replied as we passed. "Hey, if you know, you know," he said, and we were gone. #neverfadeaway #cyberpunk2077

Power is out, which means an excuse to dig in the Halloween storage bins.

Pros: Can do dishes
Cons: Think I summoned something

'Transfer to a toll booth?' C'mon, scammer — what does that even mean? Do *I* get transferred to a toll booth? Is it like a workplace relocation, or more of a quantum state phenomenon?

I sure am glad Apple has kept the ability for me to add my friends' ICQ usernames in Contacts

Convinced @newsweek.com has the greatest newsroom break room view in all of breakroomdom. As a native Nebraskan, this never gets old:

We are getting MOBBED with trick-or-treaters. It's Spielbergian out there. Ran out of candy long ago. We are down to protein bars, y'all. We're 11 trick-or-treaters away from giving out Taco Bell hot sauce packets.

Sure, it could have been the wind who knocked my skeletons over, but my money is on the guy on the left. Just looks way too guilty.

Missing the entertainingly dumb spambots of yesteryear. From my editor days and the shared 'Obituaries' inbox account:

Assembling my crow army, day 92: After a couple weeks away, they’ve come back and brought friends! At least 10 of them are patiently waiting for snacks.

These guys have seen better days — their joints are falling apart and their eyes don’t light up anymore…. It’s OK, skeleton crew., we feel you.

“Live and Let Die”
“Chicken Pot Pie”
“Write Your Reply”

Only fitting that my first Bluesky post be about one of my favorite times of the year. Working on my Halloween Class of 2023 props! A dozen down, ___ to go.