Mike Perschon
@docperschon.bsky.social
Father, husband, teacher, bard. Tabletop Roleplaying Games, Fantasy Minis, Comic Books, Speculative Fiction, Horror, Fantasy, and SF books and movies. A little bit rock and roll.
Hi! I found this Movie recommendation for you on Likewise. Check it out - I think you'll like it!
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May 20, 2024 at 11:16 PM
Hi! I found this Movie recommendation for you on Likewise. Check it out - I think you'll like it!
likewise.com/Movies/29367...
likewise.com/Movies/29367...
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A company on Facebook is advertising a "love shower" for Mother's Day, which consists of a mechanism blasting card-sized paper all over the place, because nothing says "love" like making yet another mess around the house for your mom to clean up
May 1, 2024 at 6:23 PM
A company on Facebook is advertising a "love shower" for Mother's Day, which consists of a mechanism blasting card-sized paper all over the place, because nothing says "love" like making yet another mess around the house for your mom to clean up
Working with Man of Steel on in the background. I know there's a lot of hate for this movie, but there's something about it that just clicks for me. It's one of my "comfort food" movies - you know, the ones you put on when you need some emotional support in the background?
April 26, 2024 at 8:49 PM
Working with Man of Steel on in the background. I know there's a lot of hate for this movie, but there's something about it that just clicks for me. It's one of my "comfort food" movies - you know, the ones you put on when you need some emotional support in the background?
For my fall syllabi: "If you fail to attend class and demonstrate a complete lack of knowledge about the writing skills I've been teaching, you forfeit constructive feedback, office hours wherein you can get "caught up" on content from the writing lectures, or any other writing assistance from me."
April 26, 2024 at 7:00 PM
For my fall syllabi: "If you fail to attend class and demonstrate a complete lack of knowledge about the writing skills I've been teaching, you forfeit constructive feedback, office hours wherein you can get "caught up" on content from the writing lectures, or any other writing assistance from me."
Listening to the soundtrack to Challengers by Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross. Firstly, it's awesome. Secondly, if you'd have told me 30 years ago that the guy who made Pretty Hate Machine was going to score a movie about tennis in the far future, I'd have laughed in your face.
April 26, 2024 at 6:51 PM
Listening to the soundtrack to Challengers by Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross. Firstly, it's awesome. Secondly, if you'd have told me 30 years ago that the guy who made Pretty Hate Machine was going to score a movie about tennis in the far future, I'd have laughed in your face.
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"Bless me father. This is more of a comment than a confession, but..."
April 21, 2024 at 7:58 PM
"Bless me father. This is more of a comment than a confession, but..."
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All of my meetings with the dean seem to go like this. I am sure she is happy that we have our last meeting of the semester this week. #AcademicSky
April 17, 2024 at 12:50 PM
All of my meetings with the dean seem to go like this. I am sure she is happy that we have our last meeting of the semester this week. #AcademicSky
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@locusmag.bsky.social is so very important. It's the only venue that reviews short SFFH fiction, which means it is often the first place where emerging writers have a chance to be seen, helping level the playing field. Please contribute and share the campaign. igg.me/at/locusmag2...
Locus Mag: Science Fiction, Fantasy, Horror 2024
Celebrating and uplifting authors, artists, and story -- the guide to the world's imagination
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April 1, 2024 at 4:25 PM
@locusmag.bsky.social is so very important. It's the only venue that reviews short SFFH fiction, which means it is often the first place where emerging writers have a chance to be seen, helping level the playing field. Please contribute and share the campaign. igg.me/at/locusmag2...
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Told my friend Brooke about feeling uncomfortable sometimes as a journalist among academics and she was like “Yeah it’s true that academics think that journalists are unserious dilettantes. But on the other hand, journalists make the jerk-off gesture every time an academic talks.”
April 16, 2024 at 1:17 PM
Told my friend Brooke about feeling uncomfortable sometimes as a journalist among academics and she was like “Yeah it’s true that academics think that journalists are unserious dilettantes. But on the other hand, journalists make the jerk-off gesture every time an academic talks.”
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Me: we all have the same 25 hours
Friend: you mean 24 hours?
Me, realizing my friend can’t afford the secret 25th hour: yes
Friend: you mean 24 hours?
Me, realizing my friend can’t afford the secret 25th hour: yes
April 16, 2024 at 12:22 PM
Me: we all have the same 25 hours
Friend: you mean 24 hours?
Me, realizing my friend can’t afford the secret 25th hour: yes
Friend: you mean 24 hours?
Me, realizing my friend can’t afford the secret 25th hour: yes
I repainted my goggles just in time for the #steampunk event this past weekend! And I’m posting for endorphin hits, banking on the inexorable lovability of #steampunkgoggles. Why? I learned that a steampunk course I was teaching for a community org got cancelled. Hiding tears behind dark lenses.
April 16, 2024 at 1:45 PM
I repainted my goggles just in time for the #steampunk event this past weekend! And I’m posting for endorphin hits, banking on the inexorable lovability of #steampunkgoggles. Why? I learned that a steampunk course I was teaching for a community org got cancelled. Hiding tears behind dark lenses.
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there is a very short leap from “hey let me casually take some pictures of birds with this inexpensive zoom lens” to “what do i need to sell to afford this ultra-telephoto lens so i can get a proper close up of the red-tailed hawk that occasionally takes a perch in the neighbor’s tree”
April 16, 2024 at 12:38 PM
there is a very short leap from “hey let me casually take some pictures of birds with this inexpensive zoom lens” to “what do i need to sell to afford this ultra-telephoto lens so i can get a proper close up of the red-tailed hawk that occasionally takes a perch in the neighbor’s tree”
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and don't get me started about our ORBITAL POSITION, folks. they call where we are the 'goldilocks zone' as if to make fun of their OWN explanation that earth just happens to be "not to cold, and not too hot". They're LAUGHING at us!
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April 16, 2024 at 1:20 PM
and don't get me started about our ORBITAL POSITION, folks. they call where we are the 'goldilocks zone' as if to make fun of their OWN explanation that earth just happens to be "not to cold, and not too hot". They're LAUGHING at us!
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April 15, 2024 at 12:07 PM
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oh you want BRAKES with this car too? Well, step right up, and for $149 per month, you can download this app Stahp, which gives you 99 guaranteed brake depressions per month
April 14, 2024 at 11:52 PM
oh you want BRAKES with this car too? Well, step right up, and for $149 per month, you can download this app Stahp, which gives you 99 guaranteed brake depressions per month
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In the late 1990s / early 2000s every home had a halogen floor lamp that could light a room, but when tipped over would burn down your house. That's the crucible that created Gen X / Millennials.
April 15, 2024 at 2:22 AM
In the late 1990s / early 2000s every home had a halogen floor lamp that could light a room, but when tipped over would burn down your house. That's the crucible that created Gen X / Millennials.
That was a big ass screen last night at the Telus Spark in #yyc! #steampunk
April 14, 2024 at 10:15 PM
That was a big ass screen last night at the Telus Spark in #yyc! #steampunk
The sudden return of the #steampunk scholar!
April 14, 2024 at 12:45 AM
The sudden return of the #steampunk scholar!
I’m away from home by myself for the first time since I can’t remember when. Pre-Covid. Pre-2016. I think 2014 was my last solo trip. I feel untethered, and yet this used to be normal. It feels wildly strange. And wonderful.
April 13, 2024 at 5:33 PM
I’m away from home by myself for the first time since I can’t remember when. Pre-Covid. Pre-2016. I think 2014 was my last solo trip. I feel untethered, and yet this used to be normal. It feels wildly strange. And wonderful.
Today, I’m giving two talks on #steampunk at the Telus Spark Science Centre in #yyc. It’s been around 15 years since I started researching steampunk, and Twitter was a big part of the first leg of that journey. Hoping Blue Sky can be a big part of the next leg.
April 13, 2024 at 4:57 PM
Today, I’m giving two talks on #steampunk at the Telus Spark Science Centre in #yyc. It’s been around 15 years since I started researching steampunk, and Twitter was a big part of the first leg of that journey. Hoping Blue Sky can be a big part of the next leg.
The first post is like a journal you haven’t written in. I always used to agonize over what to write in journals. Now I just go for it, and I just realized the same is true of a new social media.
April 13, 2024 at 4:03 PM
The first post is like a journal you haven’t written in. I always used to agonize over what to write in journals. Now I just go for it, and I just realized the same is true of a new social media.