John Firth
@bitteroldguy.bsky.social
Reader, putterer, and avid ne'er-do-well.
Food Production +10%: Maybe you can't eat everythingjust because there is maple syrup on it, but there are definitely some non-food items that become food with syrup.
November 5, 2025 at 6:32 PM
Food Production +10%: Maybe you can't eat everythingjust because there is maple syrup on it, but there are definitely some non-food items that become food with syrup.
The Jays have a Vlade, so if you just squint and let your imagination run free, you might see the world you wanted.
October 21, 2025 at 12:40 PM
The Jays have a Vlade, so if you just squint and let your imagination run free, you might see the world you wanted.
It will take less than a day for someone to use ChatGPT to transform all written reviews into numerical scores and just keep it going.
October 19, 2025 at 9:39 PM
It will take less than a day for someone to use ChatGPT to transform all written reviews into numerical scores and just keep it going.
Now I'm picturing Milton grabbing his crouch proclaiming, "I've got your canon right here!"
October 6, 2025 at 2:01 AM
Now I'm picturing Milton grabbing his crouch proclaiming, "I've got your canon right here!"
I picked up a book on this very subject at a used book store a few years back called Is God a Mathematician? I thought it was a good read.
And that title might be humorous to an even wider audience.
And that title might be humorous to an even wider audience.
September 15, 2025 at 9:14 PM
I picked up a book on this very subject at a used book store a few years back called Is God a Mathematician? I thought it was a good read.
And that title might be humorous to an even wider audience.
And that title might be humorous to an even wider audience.
"Crictical"? You really have zero understanding of politics in your own city? Wow.
September 15, 2025 at 12:46 AM
"Crictical"? You really have zero understanding of politics in your own city? Wow.
It's funny, in a not very funny way, that the decades-old business truism "if your business is wholly dependent on another business, you don't have a business" is getting reinvented yet again.
September 4, 2025 at 2:58 AM
It's funny, in a not very funny way, that the decades-old business truism "if your business is wholly dependent on another business, you don't have a business" is getting reinvented yet again.
It really should be 100% off.
"Go ahead kid, give it a try. First one's free"
"Go ahead kid, give it a try. First one's free"
August 30, 2025 at 12:17 AM
It really should be 100% off.
"Go ahead kid, give it a try. First one's free"
"Go ahead kid, give it a try. First one's free"
Sadly, the perfect title was far too on the nose for the marketing team, "This F-ing Sh*t Again?"
August 5, 2025 at 12:16 AM
Sadly, the perfect title was far too on the nose for the marketing team, "This F-ing Sh*t Again?"
With due respect to favorite quotes, the most useful day in and day out is clearly "You must chill!"
July 23, 2025 at 7:17 PM
With due respect to favorite quotes, the most useful day in and day out is clearly "You must chill!"
Not to brag, but I have no idea who that is other than other people seem to talk about him.
If it's not obvious, I said that only to brag.
If it's not obvious, I said that only to brag.
July 23, 2025 at 4:03 AM
Not to brag, but I have no idea who that is other than other people seem to talk about him.
If it's not obvious, I said that only to brag.
If it's not obvious, I said that only to brag.
Oh, and for those who pick Chelsea, would you just root for the Yankees because they win? What the hell is wrong with you?
Sorry for the rant, back to lurking now.
Sorry for the rant, back to lurking now.
July 16, 2025 at 3:28 AM
Oh, and for those who pick Chelsea, would you just root for the Yankees because they win? What the hell is wrong with you?
Sorry for the rant, back to lurking now.
Sorry for the rant, back to lurking now.
I am an american, but perhaps with an aussie heart because that need to pull for a team, any team, always eludes me. I mean, wtf?, why?
July 16, 2025 at 3:27 AM
I am an american, but perhaps with an aussie heart because that need to pull for a team, any team, always eludes me. I mean, wtf?, why?
I sorta understand why the LA Times covers movies this way (they used to run this under a "Company Town" section), but I've always been confused why anyone else does.
July 1, 2025 at 2:45 AM
I sorta understand why the LA Times covers movies this way (they used to run this under a "Company Town" section), but I've always been confused why anyone else does.
If it was Buffett at least people would know it is dangerous to be in your way. Or on the water with you at all.
June 30, 2025 at 2:02 AM
If it was Buffett at least people would know it is dangerous to be in your way. Or on the water with you at all.
Yeah, Michael Silverblatt (Bookworm) retiring a couple years back seriously curbed my consumption.
June 9, 2025 at 6:01 PM
Yeah, Michael Silverblatt (Bookworm) retiring a couple years back seriously curbed my consumption.
Apologies, but you just triggered me on my 1899 experience where Netflix kept emailing me with a reminder to finish 1899.
Why the hell didn't they finish 1899 I thought every time.
Why the hell didn't they finish 1899 I thought every time.
June 5, 2025 at 4:27 AM
Apologies, but you just triggered me on my 1899 experience where Netflix kept emailing me with a reminder to finish 1899.
Why the hell didn't they finish 1899 I thought every time.
Why the hell didn't they finish 1899 I thought every time.
I happen to rub elbows with C-level types - not at this level, but still - from time to time and have answered this question for myself that it is absolutely brain rot.
June 4, 2025 at 6:13 PM
I happen to rub elbows with C-level types - not at this level, but still - from time to time and have answered this question for myself that it is absolutely brain rot.
Is it a potluck? Did Orel bring the cheese?
Probably not I suppose. That was never his thing.
Probably not I suppose. That was never his thing.
May 30, 2025 at 6:40 PM
Is it a potluck? Did Orel bring the cheese?
Probably not I suppose. That was never his thing.
Probably not I suppose. That was never his thing.
Well, it is but a stupid pet theory, but I didn't so much as catch a cold for nearly 4 years. That's not nothing.
Oh, and now I have allergies where I never did before. *shrug*
Oh, and now I have allergies where I never did before. *shrug*
May 28, 2025 at 6:53 PM
Well, it is but a stupid pet theory, but I didn't so much as catch a cold for nearly 4 years. That's not nothing.
Oh, and now I have allergies where I never did before. *shrug*
Oh, and now I have allergies where I never did before. *shrug*
For causation, you might also consider my pet theory that years of lockdown left our immune systems bored and dying to do something, anything.
It doesn't change anything to do with treatment, but is merely offered as food for thought.
It doesn't change anything to do with treatment, but is merely offered as food for thought.
May 28, 2025 at 5:18 PM
For causation, you might also consider my pet theory that years of lockdown left our immune systems bored and dying to do something, anything.
It doesn't change anything to do with treatment, but is merely offered as food for thought.
It doesn't change anything to do with treatment, but is merely offered as food for thought.
My dearest wish at this moment is that somehow this post is preserved for millenia for historians to struggle to understand its meaning.
May 9, 2025 at 3:42 AM
My dearest wish at this moment is that somehow this post is preserved for millenia for historians to struggle to understand its meaning.
Yes, obviously. But any angle to put tech bros in jail for human rights abuses should be given some consideration.
April 25, 2025 at 2:25 AM
Yes, obviously. But any angle to put tech bros in jail for human rights abuses should be given some consideration.
Drake, deep in an ill-starred feud with Kendrick feels like a typical Mountain Goats protagonist.
The guy from 'Waylon Jennings Live!' immediately comes to mind as being in a similar situation.
The guy from 'Waylon Jennings Live!' immediately comes to mind as being in a similar situation.
April 24, 2025 at 1:34 PM
Drake, deep in an ill-starred feud with Kendrick feels like a typical Mountain Goats protagonist.
The guy from 'Waylon Jennings Live!' immediately comes to mind as being in a similar situation.
The guy from 'Waylon Jennings Live!' immediately comes to mind as being in a similar situation.
All this word salad describing the game sounds accurate. People gave me that laundry list and said, "if you like that kind of game..."
I shrugged and said I have no idea but I'll give it a try.
I do like it FWIW.
I shrugged and said I have no idea but I'll give it a try.
I do like it FWIW.
April 17, 2025 at 1:59 AM
All this word salad describing the game sounds accurate. People gave me that laundry list and said, "if you like that kind of game..."
I shrugged and said I have no idea but I'll give it a try.
I do like it FWIW.
I shrugged and said I have no idea but I'll give it a try.
I do like it FWIW.