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Brian Minsker
@bminsker.bsky.social
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Astros fan, Deadhead, board gamer, geek, husband of Dr. Barbara Minsker, dog concierge to Buddy. Back in Texas (Dallas) after 40 years in the wilderness. Opinions are my own.
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"Young man, I told you that reclining your seat without first asking the person behind you if it was okay was a venial sin. Now put your seat back up before I reclassify it as a mortal sin."
Pope Leo standing in the aisle of an airplane holding a baseball bat and looking down at the row of seats next to him.
November 30, 2025 at 12:24 AM
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Post something random or you’ll have an awful December
November 27, 2025 at 8:20 PM
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Likewise, I can think of only one movie that takes place (in part) in Lake Jackson, TX.
A poster for the movie Selena starring Jennifer Lopez. A young Hispanic woman singing in front of a crowd with a large picture of her face and shoulders superimposed on top. The title Selena is in cursive at the top.
November 24, 2025 at 12:54 PM
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I figured you probably did, but "interesting" by itself could go either way. Recipe below (back of card says "roll in conf. sugar again.")
Photo of a recipe for Pecan Rolls cookies.
November 24, 2025 at 3:04 AM
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Without a warning you broke my heart,
takin' it baby, tore it apart
And you left me standin' in the dark,
said your love for me was dyin'.
Come on baby, baby please
come on baby, cause I'm on my knees.
Turn on your lights, let it shine on me
Shine on your love light
Let it shine on me
Pope Leo at the microphone, channeling his inner Pigpen (lyrics in post are from Turn On Your Love Light by the Grateful Dead)
November 23, 2025 at 3:01 AM
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How I look reading your posts:
An upright koala bear with a tree trunk to his right holds eucalyptus leaves in his left hand. He stares ahead with a stunned look, two leaves hanging out from his open mouth.
November 19, 2025 at 2:09 PM
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Good morning, Womble. I'm currently reading Bury Our Bones in the Midnight Soil by V.E. Schwab. Also read The Time Traveler's Passport story collection this week. Cronus by @pdjeliclark.bsky.social and For a Limited Time Only by @pengshepherd.bsky.social were the best for very different reasons.
The cover of Bury Our Bones in the Midnight Soil by V.E. Schwab. A black background with three ghostly roses in gradients of blueish white behind the title and author text.
November 16, 2025 at 10:39 AM
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Good morning, Womble. I'm currently reading Automatic Noodle by @annaleen.bsky.social and enjoying the blend of cozy and Cory Doctorow.
The cover of Automatic Noodle by Annalee Newitz. A golden robot hand holding chopsticks pulls technicolor noodles out of a tub. The Golden Gate Bridge and three small golden robots are in the foreground at the bottom.
November 2, 2025 at 2:15 PM
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Good morning, Womble. I'm reading @scalzi.com's latest, The Shattering Peace, and enjoying being back in the Old Man's War universe.
The cover of The Shattering Peace by John Scalzi. A spaceship floats over a crashed spaceship on a moon or asteroid with a purple and orange planet in the background.
October 26, 2025 at 10:32 AM
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Good morning, Womble. Usually a SF/F reader, I've ventured off into mystery with Three Bags Full by Leonie Swann, and I'm enjoying the flock of sheep attempting to solve the murder of their shepherd.
The cover of Three Bags Full by Leonie Swann. Three sheep, a large white fluffy one, a black ram, and a small black sheep stand in a meadow. In the foreground, a red spade sticks out of the ground at an angle with a crow atop it.
October 12, 2025 at 9:54 AM
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Give it time...
An image of the giant kaiju shrimp Ebirah rising from the ocean taken from the Godzilla movie Ebirah, Horror of the Deep (1966)
October 10, 2025 at 1:21 AM
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Well, they are selling these Astros hats with the logo done in mirror image.
Picture of a Houston Astros baseball cap. A blue hat with an orange five-pointed star on it with a white capital H over the star.
October 3, 2025 at 10:44 PM
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Who's your favorite Jedi?
(wrong answers only)
A screen shot from the Star Wars Kid video from 2002. A pudgy teenager in a vertically-striped dark and light grey shirt and khaki pants stands on an empty floor with black curtains on the walls, his right arm outstretched to the side holding a pole in the middle like Darth Maul's dual-bladed lightsaber.
October 1, 2025 at 2:55 AM
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Hi, some folks call me man's best friend. Seeing that you're a man, that makes me your best friend. One thing best friends do is SHARE, and I see you're grating cheese...
A brown and white dog stands looking plaintively for some cheese. P.S. He got some.
September 29, 2025 at 12:54 PM
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Good morning, Womble. I'm continuing my way through the @terrypratchett.bsky.social Discworld books this week with the last in the wizards series, Unseen Academicals.
The cover of Unseen Academicals by Terry Pratchett. A glowing green soccer ball is reached for by two pointy hands. Between the wrists are figures kicking and a banana peel. Two lit candles are on the outer sides of the wrists. The city of Ankh-Morpork is in the background. Two pies hover above the ball.
September 28, 2025 at 10:27 AM
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Good morning Womble. I'm reading Gnomes of Lychford by @paulcornell.bsky.social and it's been a lot of fun so far.
The cover of Gnomes of Lychford by Paul Cornell. A small, blurry humanoid figure stands on leafy ground in a foggy wood. It is unclear if they are facing towards or away from the viewer. Dead trees are on either side, and a large, thin ring several times the height of the figure is in the background. The whole cover is all lit in glowing, foggy orange.
September 21, 2025 at 9:37 AM
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Got to remind all those Arlington #Rangers fans here in Dallas who the real Texas team is #Astros
Picture of a Texas state flag in front of a house, but the lone star is replaced with the Houston Astros orange star and white H and the red stripe is orange. The Silver Boot trophy that goes to the season series winner between the Houston Astros and Texas Rangers. The boot has an Astros logo on the upper part of the boot and a Rangers logo being crushed beneath the toe of the boot.
September 18, 2025 at 1:06 PM
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Yeehaw!
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September 12, 2025 at 2:23 AM
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Good morning, Womble. I've been periodically working my way through The Dresden Files and am now up to the 7th book, Dead Beat.
The cover of Dead Beat by Jim Butcher. A man in a dark duster coat and black hat holding a staff walks down a Chicago street.
September 7, 2025 at 10:25 AM
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Knight, at least: Sir Shake-A-Lot. Needless to say, there's a lot of inbreeding in his ancestry.
A picture of Sir Shake-A-Lot from Burger King. A man with stacked cups for arms and legs, a layered metal armored metal shirt, and a milkshake cup with a straw on his head. He's got a rather goofy expression.
September 2, 2025 at 10:30 PM
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Good morning, Womble. I'm reading Some Desperate Glory by @emilytesh.net and really enjoying it.
The cover of Some Desperate Glory by Emily Tesh. A blonde woman in dark grey shirt and pants with a military cut walking towards the reader. Two golden doors open behind her, revealing a planet. The doors have a winged figure that, with the doors apart, make it look like the woman has wings.
August 24, 2025 at 2:16 PM
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So I discovered this was one of the cookbooks my mom moved into her senior living apartment with.

Context: Ron Paul was our Representative, this appears to have been sent to everyone, and he was also my mom's ObGyn and delivered my little sister.
The cover of The Ron Paul Family Spring Cookbook, with the subtitle Including "The American Dream, Through the Eyes of Mrs. Ron Paul." The background is bluebonnets in front of some trees. Centered is a photo of Ron Paul and his wife.
August 22, 2025 at 11:21 AM
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Spotted this Southern Two-Striped Walkingstick in our front door alcove this morning. #BugSky
A large, long brown bug with tan stripes and a tube-looking appendage pointing back up along it's back.
August 12, 2025 at 3:29 PM
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Nice sunrise on our morning walk today. #Dallas
Looking down a trail along a street, trees lining either side, with a sunrise above lighting wispy high clouds in pale yellows and deeper pinks near the horizon, with grey low-level clouds in front. Overlooking a paved trail with trees on either side, the sunrise lights the higher clouds in white with grey lower clouds in front of them and an orange glow on the horizon.
August 12, 2025 at 2:24 PM
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Quote this with a book you read way too young that explains why you are the way you are.
The cover of 2001: A Space Odyssey by Arthur C. Clarke. Astronaut Dave Bowman looks through the visor of his spacesuit, it covered with reflections of lights inside the monolith.
August 12, 2025 at 12:33 AM