Doug Wyatt
@dkwyatt.bsky.social
Father, musician, retired hacker
That update is pending on my phone and I’ve been dreading it.
December 10, 2025 at 6:05 PM
That update is pending on my phone and I’ve been dreading it.
Zork flashback: “You are knee deep in bat guano …”
November 24, 2025 at 6:57 AM
Zork flashback: “You are knee deep in bat guano …”
Grey’s law: Any sufficiently advanced incompetence is indistinguishable from malice.
November 23, 2025 at 7:19 PM
Grey’s law: Any sufficiently advanced incompetence is indistinguishable from malice.
I thought of the falling whale:
“I wonder if it will be friends with me?”
“I wonder if it will be friends with me?”
November 15, 2025 at 5:44 PM
I thought of the falling whale:
“I wonder if it will be friends with me?”
“I wonder if it will be friends with me?”
To Poochie is to disappear (verb, transitive) an unwelcome character as quickly and bluntly as possible. Relevant bit in the Wikipedia article:
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Poochie gets clumsily removed ..., and a handwritten intertitle explains, "Poochie died on the way back to his home planet."
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Poochie gets clumsily removed ..., and a handwritten intertitle explains, "Poochie died on the way back to his home planet."
November 6, 2025 at 3:03 AM
To Poochie is to disappear (verb, transitive) an unwelcome character as quickly and bluntly as possible. Relevant bit in the Wikipedia article:
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Poochie gets clumsily removed ..., and a handwritten intertitle explains, "Poochie died on the way back to his home planet."
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Poochie gets clumsily removed ..., and a handwritten intertitle explains, "Poochie died on the way back to his home planet."
This compelled me to research the verb "to Poochie". Does everyone else already know this?
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Itc...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Itc...
November 5, 2025 at 7:33 PM
This compelled me to research the verb "to Poochie". Does everyone else already know this?
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Itc...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Itc...
Made me look. Sure enough, could have been the same time in Pensacola, FL and Ontario, OR.
November 2, 2025 at 4:31 PM
Made me look. Sure enough, could have been the same time in Pensacola, FL and Ontario, OR.
I was gonna mention that.
October 24, 2025 at 4:09 PM
I was gonna mention that.
Ooh, I like this, and it captures well “Your religion is fine as long as it doesn’t hurt people.”
It also calls to mind the joke:
“What’s the difference between ignorance and apathy?”
“I don’t know and I don’t care.”
It also calls to mind the joke:
“What’s the difference between ignorance and apathy?”
“I don’t know and I don’t care.”
October 7, 2025 at 5:24 PM
Ooh, I like this, and it captures well “Your religion is fine as long as it doesn’t hurt people.”
It also calls to mind the joke:
“What’s the difference between ignorance and apathy?”
“I don’t know and I don’t care.”
It also calls to mind the joke:
“What’s the difference between ignorance and apathy?”
“I don’t know and I don’t care.”
Cosmic Osmo and the Worlds Beyond the Mackerel [1989]
September 27, 2025 at 5:43 AM
Cosmic Osmo and the Worlds Beyond the Mackerel [1989]
Hurrah! (I just preordered Fatsis’s “Unabridged” on your recommendation.)
September 26, 2025 at 4:08 PM
Hurrah! (I just preordered Fatsis’s “Unabridged” on your recommendation.)
A friend was once denied 4QUERAY (Forqueray, French composer of Baroque harpsichord music) because DMV thought he hated Ray.
September 24, 2025 at 4:39 AM
A friend was once denied 4QUERAY (Forqueray, French composer of Baroque harpsichord music) because DMV thought he hated Ray.
Grey’s law: Any sufficiently advanced incompetence is indistinguishable from malice.
September 14, 2025 at 10:22 PM
Grey’s law: Any sufficiently advanced incompetence is indistinguishable from malice.
Not even taking a break to finish that symphony?
September 5, 2025 at 9:20 PM
Not even taking a break to finish that symphony?
“We demand rigidly defined areas of doubt and uncertainty!” — DNA
August 26, 2025 at 7:39 PM
“We demand rigidly defined areas of doubt and uncertainty!” — DNA
It’s the people who assert, whether you’re one of them or not.
August 25, 2025 at 9:48 PM
It’s the people who assert, whether you’re one of them or not.
Oh yes, pictures would squelch the imagination.
July 28, 2025 at 9:08 PM
Oh yes, pictures would squelch the imagination.
When I searched for the Mitchum/Young version, successive results said—I swear—$5, $20, and $100.
July 5, 2025 at 7:57 PM
When I searched for the Mitchum/Young version, successive results said—I swear—$5, $20, and $100.
Now I want a gadget that speedily operates a rotary dial.
July 3, 2025 at 11:42 PM
Now I want a gadget that speedily operates a rotary dial.