Chas, The Verruca Gnome🇺🇦
@chassmith.bsky.social
Reader, life-long learner, ttrpg gamer, machinist
Current Books:
Going Postal, by Terry Pratchett
The Water Margin, by Shi Nanian (H. J. Jackson - translator)
Lakota America, by Pekka Hämäläinen
Current Books:
Going Postal, by Terry Pratchett
The Water Margin, by Shi Nanian (H. J. Jackson - translator)
Lakota America, by Pekka Hämäläinen
There's an Oppenheimer joke in there somewhere, but I'm too tired to find it
November 29, 2025 at 10:54 AM
There's an Oppenheimer joke in there somewhere, but I'm too tired to find it
I'd recommend starting with _Guards! Guards!_.
November 27, 2025 at 10:42 AM
I'd recommend starting with _Guards! Guards!_.
When I managed a pizza shop near a university, my recommendation was 2 slices per person min, 3 if it was in your budget, and 4 if you liked the students.
Pretty everyone'll eat two, half the people'll eat more if it's available, and leftovers can be taken home by poor students.
Pretty everyone'll eat two, half the people'll eat more if it's available, and leftovers can be taken home by poor students.
November 7, 2025 at 1:45 AM
When I managed a pizza shop near a university, my recommendation was 2 slices per person min, 3 if it was in your budget, and 4 if you liked the students.
Pretty everyone'll eat two, half the people'll eat more if it's available, and leftovers can be taken home by poor students.
Pretty everyone'll eat two, half the people'll eat more if it's available, and leftovers can be taken home by poor students.
F*#k you. I won't do what you tell me.
October 30, 2025 at 11:03 PM
F*#k you. I won't do what you tell me.
I just finished it a couple hours ago (for the fourth time)
October 28, 2025 at 7:54 AM
I just finished it a couple hours ago (for the fourth time)
It's not a normal beach ball, but I want it anyway
October 19, 2025 at 6:08 PM
It's not a normal beach ball, but I want it anyway
We prefer the term _Persons of Hench_
October 18, 2025 at 3:21 PM
We prefer the term _Persons of Hench_
‘I used to be good at tiddley-rats* when I was a nipper…’
*A famous Ankh-Morpork gutter game, second only to Dead Rat conkers. Turd Races in the gutter appear to have died out, despite an attempt to take them upmarket with the name poosticks.
-_Thud_, Terry Pratchett
*A famous Ankh-Morpork gutter game, second only to Dead Rat conkers. Turd Races in the gutter appear to have died out, despite an attempt to take them upmarket with the name poosticks.
-_Thud_, Terry Pratchett
October 15, 2025 at 12:28 AM
‘I used to be good at tiddley-rats* when I was a nipper…’
*A famous Ankh-Morpork gutter game, second only to Dead Rat conkers. Turd Races in the gutter appear to have died out, despite an attempt to take them upmarket with the name poosticks.
-_Thud_, Terry Pratchett
*A famous Ankh-Morpork gutter game, second only to Dead Rat conkers. Turd Races in the gutter appear to have died out, despite an attempt to take them upmarket with the name poosticks.
-_Thud_, Terry Pratchett
Are they using them to play conkers?
October 15, 2025 at 12:20 AM
Are they using them to play conkers?
They have those. The frog version is particularly popular right now.
October 10, 2025 at 11:08 PM
They have those. The frog version is particularly popular right now.
[sliding down my pantsleg to hide my Mona Lisa compression socks]
October 10, 2025 at 10:54 PM
[sliding down my pantsleg to hide my Mona Lisa compression socks]
And they're not driverless
October 10, 2025 at 10:45 PM
And they're not driverless
Sorry about all this.
The news reminded me that I still hadn't bought your book. That's fixed now.
The news reminded me that I still hadn't bought your book. That's fixed now.
October 10, 2025 at 1:02 AM
Sorry about all this.
The news reminded me that I still hadn't bought your book. That's fixed now.
The news reminded me that I still hadn't bought your book. That's fixed now.
Sleepaway Camp 2, but I'm biased. A friend of mine played one one the victims in it.
October 9, 2025 at 9:59 PM
Sleepaway Camp 2, but I'm biased. A friend of mine played one one the victims in it.
Next years rates are being decided and announced now.
November is too late.
Now is late, this should've already happened, but hiding the Epstein files takes a lot of time
November is too late.
Now is late, this should've already happened, but hiding the Epstein files takes a lot of time
October 9, 2025 at 9:57 PM
Next years rates are being decided and announced now.
November is too late.
Now is late, this should've already happened, but hiding the Epstein files takes a lot of time
November is too late.
Now is late, this should've already happened, but hiding the Epstein files takes a lot of time
The non-car lane should be equal in size to one of the car lanes, and physically separated from them. Bikes and runners can then share it.
October 9, 2025 at 1:27 PM
The non-car lane should be equal in size to one of the car lanes, and physically separated from them. Bikes and runners can then share it.
My understanding is that she was, but I've never read a biography of her.
I could be biased. She's my favorite singer 😇
I could be biased. She's my favorite singer 😇
October 8, 2025 at 3:04 AM
My understanding is that she was, but I've never read a biography of her.
I could be biased. She's my favorite singer 😇
I could be biased. She's my favorite singer 😇
Ella Fitzgerald
October 8, 2025 at 2:52 AM
Ella Fitzgerald