Bruce Arthurs
@brucearthursaz.bsky.social
Long-time SF/F reader, occasional writer. I live in Arizona with my wife, several housemates, and a small mob of cats.
I strive for posts that are amusing, informative, and/or wise. (The last one's the toughie.)
I strive for posts that are amusing, informative, and/or wise. (The last one's the toughie.)
Family ancestors of Powerhouse, chicken-headed supervillain (ambiguously villainous, mostly because when he first tried to join a superhero group, they all laughed at the guy with the chicken head) from the Savage Dragon comics.
November 30, 2025 at 6:42 PM
Family ancestors of Powerhouse, chicken-headed supervillain (ambiguously villainous, mostly because when he first tried to join a superhero group, they all laughed at the guy with the chicken head) from the Savage Dragon comics.
It's just a little eyestrain....
November 27, 2025 at 1:50 AM
It's just a little eyestrain....
I dunno. With some careful application of frosting and piping, you could still present it as a...
...crabcake.
...crabcake.
November 26, 2025 at 9:57 PM
I dunno. With some careful application of frosting and piping, you could still present it as a...
...crabcake.
...crabcake.
Choose one: Plato or Pluto?
November 26, 2025 at 4:06 PM
Choose one: Plato or Pluto?
Pete Hegseth is just pissed off at the Boy Scouts because he only ever qualified for one merit badge.
November 26, 2025 at 7:43 AM
Pete Hegseth is just pissed off at the Boy Scouts because he only ever qualified for one merit badge.
You're kidnapped. The characters from the last show you watched are coming to rescue you.
I like my odds.
I like my odds.
November 25, 2025 at 8:17 PM
You're kidnapped. The characters from the last show you watched are coming to rescue you.
I like my odds.
I like my odds.
Did someone say Zombie Donuts?
November 24, 2025 at 9:18 PM
Did someone say Zombie Donuts?
Quite a change from your usual subject matter.
It made me think of how Kelly Freas did 400 portraits of saints for the Franciscans. (Hard to find examples online, because such an overwhelming amount is Freas' SF work.)
It made me think of how Kelly Freas did 400 portraits of saints for the Franciscans. (Hard to find examples online, because such an overwhelming amount is Freas' SF work.)
November 23, 2025 at 3:35 AM
Quite a change from your usual subject matter.
It made me think of how Kelly Freas did 400 portraits of saints for the Franciscans. (Hard to find examples online, because such an overwhelming amount is Freas' SF work.)
It made me think of how Kelly Freas did 400 portraits of saints for the Franciscans. (Hard to find examples online, because such an overwhelming amount is Freas' SF work.)
Today marks my 100th blood and platelet donation.
November 21, 2025 at 3:54 PM
Today marks my 100th blood and platelet donation.
A side-benefit of repainting the bedroom is the clutter on top of the bookcases got cleaned up.
Baldura, here, appears to be wondering if she should knock off the little Xmas decoration and finish the cleaning job.
Baldura, here, appears to be wondering if she should knock off the little Xmas decoration and finish the cleaning job.
November 20, 2025 at 1:52 AM
A side-benefit of repainting the bedroom is the clutter on top of the bookcases got cleaned up.
Baldura, here, appears to be wondering if she should knock off the little Xmas decoration and finish the cleaning job.
Baldura, here, appears to be wondering if she should knock off the little Xmas decoration and finish the cleaning job.
The Phoenix Art Museum will be re-opening its renovated North Wing, housing their Art of the Americas + Europe galleries, on November 28th.
@azcentral.com offers some samples of what will be on display:
www.azcentral.com/picture-gall...
@azcentral.com offers some samples of what will be on display:
www.azcentral.com/picture-gall...
November 19, 2025 at 7:59 PM
The Phoenix Art Museum will be re-opening its renovated North Wing, housing their Art of the Americas + Europe galleries, on November 28th.
@azcentral.com offers some samples of what will be on display:
www.azcentral.com/picture-gall...
@azcentral.com offers some samples of what will be on display:
www.azcentral.com/picture-gall...
“I’m you from the future, where your fate is entirely decided by the whims of a few billionaires whom you’ll never meet, so I don’t really have anything to tell you, advice-wise!”
(Today's cartoon from The New Yorker, by Will McPhail)
(Today's cartoon from The New Yorker, by Will McPhail)
November 19, 2025 at 7:32 PM
“I’m you from the future, where your fate is entirely decided by the whims of a few billionaires whom you’ll never meet, so I don’t really have anything to tell you, advice-wise!”
(Today's cartoon from The New Yorker, by Will McPhail)
(Today's cartoon from The New Yorker, by Will McPhail)
If you see this post your getaway vehicle.
(image by Dapper Carnotaurus)
(image by Dapper Carnotaurus)
November 19, 2025 at 4:43 PM
If you see this post your getaway vehicle.
(image by Dapper Carnotaurus)
(image by Dapper Carnotaurus)
The Stuffed Quesadilla at local chain Caramba's is pretty awesome. (They also feature the two-pound-plus Caramba Giant Burrito, enchilada style, which I've used to provide nearly a week's worth of lunches.)
November 19, 2025 at 3:14 AM
The Stuffed Quesadilla at local chain Caramba's is pretty awesome. (They also feature the two-pound-plus Caramba Giant Burrito, enchilada style, which I've used to provide nearly a week's worth of lunches.)
Intermittent rain here since yesterday, with some short but heavy downpours. And just had our first burst of pea-sized hail. (The small white dots in the pic below; a little hard to see against the ground mulch.)
November 18, 2025 at 8:56 PM
Intermittent rain here since yesterday, with some short but heavy downpours. And just had our first burst of pea-sized hail. (The small white dots in the pic below; a little hard to see against the ground mulch.)
In The Century Book of Famous Americans (1896), a chapter on Thomas Jefferson used this illustration of a Monticello holiday dinner being served.
A picture showing more than likely intended. In this case, a reminder slaveowner Jefferson worked enslaved children alongside adults.
#holidays #history
A picture showing more than likely intended. In this case, a reminder slaveowner Jefferson worked enslaved children alongside adults.
#holidays #history
November 17, 2025 at 4:24 PM
What perfect album came out the year you turned 16?
November 17, 2025 at 7:46 AM
What perfect album came out the year you turned 16?
The long (LONG) delayed bedroom repainting is finally done. Former pale blue walls now a stronger blue, decorative frames & chair rail a brighter white, lower half of walls under frames a sea green.
November 15, 2025 at 9:26 PM
The long (LONG) delayed bedroom repainting is finally done. Former pale blue walls now a stronger blue, decorative frames & chair rail a brighter white, lower half of walls under frames a sea green.
Where do you think Langwidere got all her heads?
(Head-swapping Langwidere was an off-screen plot element in my Spaghetti-Western Oz story "The Kansas Kid and the Wizard of Dodge" in BLACK CAT WEEKLY.)
(Head-swapping Langwidere was an off-screen plot element in my Spaghetti-Western Oz story "The Kansas Kid and the Wizard of Dodge" in BLACK CAT WEEKLY.)
November 13, 2025 at 11:05 PM
Where do you think Langwidere got all her heads?
(Head-swapping Langwidere was an off-screen plot element in my Spaghetti-Western Oz story "The Kansas Kid and the Wizard of Dodge" in BLACK CAT WEEKLY.)
(Head-swapping Langwidere was an off-screen plot element in my Spaghetti-Western Oz story "The Kansas Kid and the Wizard of Dodge" in BLACK CAT WEEKLY.)
Got up way too early to take Blaze (formerly Tully) to the vet* to get his testicles trimmed. Pick him back up later today.
*pretty sure the cats think of our local animal hospital as The Place Where They Stick Things Up Your Butt.
*pretty sure the cats think of our local animal hospital as The Place Where They Stick Things Up Your Butt.
November 13, 2025 at 3:21 PM
Got up way too early to take Blaze (formerly Tully) to the vet* to get his testicles trimmed. Pick him back up later today.
*pretty sure the cats think of our local animal hospital as The Place Where They Stick Things Up Your Butt.
*pretty sure the cats think of our local animal hospital as The Place Where They Stick Things Up Your Butt.
Musk and Oates
November 13, 2025 at 1:29 AM
Musk and Oates