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Derryl Murphy
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Author, photographer, football/soccer fan. I've written some books, but good luck finding them.
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I knew it was coming, but learning of the death of my friend Dave Drummond today was still a kick in the gut. We'd been friends for 60 years, since he was 10 and I was 12. Shitty day, shitty week. Farewell, my brother. Love you.
Dave, sitting in a chair looking thoughtful, curly-haired, left hand up by his face and right arm lifted and tucked behind his head. Black and white photo of Dave, now mostly bald, arms crossed and body turned to the right but looking at the camera. An oxygen tube is strapped across his face and in his nose. Me, bald as ever, smiling and leaning in as Dave, oxygen tubes in place, leans towards me to give me a kiss.
November 12, 2025 at 2:52 AM
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Post you from a different era.

My Youth Hostel membership taken shortly before I left for 4 months of backpacking through Australasia.
A 1982 Hostelling Association booklet cover with a B&W photo of me on the left. My hair is dark and existing, a curly mane kinda approaching my shoulders, and a full beard. My moustache is lighter and my signature still somewhat juvenile. I was not yet 19.
November 7, 2025 at 7:49 PM
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After a walk down to the river on a stunning fall day (there are dozens of sandhill cranes on the island across the way, and they are LOUD) we came home to find Jo had made a chowder of every vegetable available in the fridge. Sprinkled with parmesan and sourdough bread on the side, delish!
White dog wearing a black harness standing on a sandy beach and looking up at the camera, the sun casting a long shadow to the right. Behind the dog is a placid river, on the other side of it the shore of an island. Looking down at a bowl of soup with a spoon in it. Carrots, butternut squash, zucchini, celery, onion and probably more in a creamy broth with parmesan cheese strands sprinkled on top.
November 1, 2025 at 8:24 PM
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9 years ago, FB reminds me, my son Aidan (then 20) threw together a last-minute Halloween party costume as Ted Cruz, the Zodiac Killer.
A young man posing, looking off into the distance. He wears a black jacket, white shirt, and red tie. The shirt looks bloodstained, with two of the Zodiac Killer's marks - a circle with crosshairs through it and spilling out - in fake blood as well. He wears a name tag and holds a knife. The name tag, closer up, has the Texas flag and seal and a photo of Ted Cruz. It says Identification for the Great State of Texas in larger type and then below Name: Ted Cruz DOB: 12/22/1970 Party: Republican Serial Killer: No, obviously not why would you even ask that. There is no reason to believe I have ever murdered anybody ever haha. Birthplace: Calgary, AB, Canada
October 30, 2025 at 2:51 AM
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At least TSN had the good sense to not have both of these on their page in the same place, instead of having to scroll down from one to the next.
Picture of Blazers coach Billups with headline Blazers coach Billups, Heat G Rozier among 3-plus arrested as part of FBI gambling inquiry. Photo of TJ Hockenson of the Minnesota Vikings, holding his helmet, with the headline Morning Coffee: FanDuel best bets for Thursday Night Football.
October 23, 2025 at 7:08 PM
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Zevon concurs.
A white dog sitting beside a chair, looking at the camera, his right ear straight up and pointing to the camera, the left ear half up and turned to the right of the picture. His mouth is open and he looks happy.
October 22, 2025 at 11:59 PM
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Whitecap Dog Park is a fave, but because of my knee for the past two years Zevon and I have had to stay up top in the field. On the weekend I was able to go down the hill and we walked the forest trails. Too cool to hit the beach and he frolic in the river, but still, so lovely.
A white dog running and jumping towards the camera, a few yellow leaves left on the trees surrounding him. A white dog walking on a trail, the ground strewn with fallen leaves. He's framed by two large trees.
October 21, 2025 at 12:51 AM
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Who robbed the Louvre? Right answers only.
In a scene from the movie Entrapment, Catherine Zeta-Jones crawls along the floor with her butt up in the air, trying to dodge laser sensors.
October 20, 2025 at 1:50 AM
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As mentioned to @karmageddon.bsky.social earlier when talking about the Liverpool game, I did indeed hear from My Son the Coach (as did my other son) after supper tonight.
Brennan on the right, with a beard, a salmon-coloured t-shirt holds his magnetic white board designed to look like a soccer/football field. There are red round magnets on the field and Aidan, on the left in a red t-shirt, is holding one of the magnets as he clarifies something Brennan has told us. A glass of wine sits on the table in front of the board.
October 20, 2025 at 1:41 AM
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The weather is taking a turn for the worse tomorrow but today was a lovely time for Zevon and I to go for a stroll.
White dog with a black harness sits on the leaf-strewn ground, tongue out, behind him a tall tree that's lost close to half its mostly-yellow leaves, the sky above a glorious blue.
October 11, 2025 at 8:55 PM
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I have a vivid memory of Auckland, 1982, staying in a hostel and deciding to go see REDS with a guy I'd just met. The hostel locked doors at a certain time and the movie had a friggin' intermission, so we had to run, got in just under the wire. I loved Diane Keaton in that film. RIP.
Diane Keaton, scarf over her unkempt hair, staring straight ahead, just a tad right of the camera.
October 11, 2025 at 8:15 PM
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How I, a Canadian child, first learned about Hessians.
Yosemite Sam from the Bugs Bunny short "Bunker Hill Bunny," wearing a tall hat, lighting a match to a fuse, not knowing that he's been followed by a trail of gunpowder. A cannon with cannon balls sit in the background.
October 11, 2025 at 4:22 AM
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From a couple of winters ago, Zevon (white) and one of his Irish wolfhound buddies (then a pup) along with a couple others. Always enjoy when we come across the big dogs at the park.
Four dogs running in play through the snow with trees in the background. Bringing up the rear is an Irish wolfhound, followed by the smallest dog, a black one, then Zevon, ears up and mouth open, and in the lead a brown dog. All running left to right. This photo always makes me think of nothing but sheer joy.
October 8, 2025 at 11:59 PM
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Zevon and Banjo making a beeline for me while we were out on our walk today.
On a leafy fall trail surrounded by trees, two dogs run hard towards the camera. The white dog on the left looks like it has the brown dog on the right strapped to his side, as the brown dog's feet are in the air and it is ignoring rules about personal space.
October 8, 2025 at 12:37 AM
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I haven’t posted our weekly cocktail for a while, but damn.

Key Lime Pie

3oz white rum, 1.5oz coconut water, .25oz lime juice, .25oz agave, 1tbsp Greek yogurt. Shake with ice and strain into coupe.
Two glasses of a lovely white drink.
October 5, 2025 at 10:23 PM
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Zevon and Banjo digging the Fall colours.
White dog (Zevon) and brown dog (Banjo) smiling up at the camera, mouths open and tongues hanging out, on a trail in the middle of a forest with yellow and red leaves.
October 3, 2025 at 12:08 AM
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Hey, we’re bored!
Me, a bald guy with a grey goatee and even greyer hoodie, sitting and looking at the camera while Zevon and Banjo, a white dog and a brown dog, lean their chins imploringly on my arm and look at me.
October 2, 2025 at 11:03 PM
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Found a lovely graffiti while there.
Graffiti of a silhouetted flamenco dancer performing with the xenomorph from Alien.
September 30, 2025 at 1:14 PM
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IF U SEE THIS, POST A BRIDGE
A steel railroad bridge on concrete pillars, wooden handrails on top for the pedestrian footpath, goes from near left towards the distance but disappears in the thick haze of fog.
September 28, 2025 at 1:55 PM
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Here's a pic I took in war-ravaged Portland a number of years ago on my last visit. My son, the one being attacked with streams of water here, was scarred for life.
Silhouette of a child in a bathing suit in the midst of lots and lots of water at a spray park.
September 27, 2025 at 6:19 PM
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More mystery in Richard's shot than in mine, but I too love them. So much that one is a character in my story "Mars Needs Psychopaths."
Orange sky with the sun rising just over the horizon. On the left of the photo is a line of metal transmission towers appearing to march from foreground to background, on the right are wooden towers doing the same.
September 27, 2025 at 3:00 PM
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Found one in Mexico City taking you to even more - portable - portals.
An off-white wall and ceiling with rectangular hole that looks through to bookshelves of a library, and a pot with flowers sitting right on its edge.
September 27, 2025 at 2:33 PM
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Zevon, getting a bit of mid-day shuteye with his favourite stuffy.
A white dog, eyes closed, chin resting on a stuffed teddy bear.
September 23, 2025 at 11:26 PM
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Had a small drop-in for my retirement today and now Jo and I and a couple of friends are sitting around what is ludicrously our first fire of the year.
Flames leaping high in the dark with my wife sitting on the other side.
September 21, 2025 at 3:33 AM
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Who has two thumbs and as of today is retired?
Me, a bald guy with a grey goatee, smiling at the camera and pointing at myself with a certain number of my own thumbs.
September 18, 2025 at 9:46 PM