Erik Wennstrom (Dr. When)
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Erik Wennstrom (Dr. When)
@drwhen.bsky.social
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he/him

Bloomington, Indiana
Indiana University
Lindy Hop (Swing Dance Club @IU)
Math, logic, CS
JoCo Cruise
Crosswords, interactive fiction, puzzle games, sci-fi/fantasy
Band-in-a-Hat
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If you see this, quote post with your favorite Pokemon
(wrong answers only)
Southern three-banded armadillo
October 15, 2025 at 3:33 PM
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Using one photo already on your phone, what is the announcement tomorrow at 2?
I'd like to revisit our conversation last month about hiring a new CEO for our startup. We had a candidate who was very tall and had great hair, but some of the board was hesitating because he was a giraffe. You urged us to go ahead with the hire, pointing out the broad popularity of giraffes among people of all ages. Now, a month into his tenure as CEO, the giraffe has failed to make a single executive decision, and instead spends his time in the campus courtyard stripping the trees of leaves. The board is extremely disappointed, and asked me to request an explanation and a formal apology. Thank you for the update, though I'm genuinely sorry to hear how things have unfolded. In retrospect, my recommendation to proceed with the hire was based too heavily on superficial traits-charisma, universal appeal, and a commanding physical presence-and not enough on executive competency, decision-making aptitude, or opposable thumbs. While the candidate's towering stature and enviable hair made a strong initial impression, I failed to adequately account for his species-specific limitations, particularly his lack of business acumen, human language fluency, and capacity for boardroom strategy beyond "find tree, eat leaves."
September 2, 2025 at 10:15 PM
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For your consideration:
Upside-down image on the cover of a pizza box for da Vinci Pizza & Pasta. The logo is a chef holding up a rolling pin and a couple stalks of wheat. Notably, the head and chef hat look a lot like a penis and testicles.
August 16, 2025 at 9:42 PM
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My band will be playing at a benefit for All-Options Pregnancy Resource Center tonight at 7pm!

We are the Magical Space Wizards from Outer Space, a folk/emo/metal/ska band, and this is our second show ever! We'll be playing along with The Sera-Tones and Negative Glow
August 16, 2025 at 5:55 PM
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i think there might be an issue with the tracker or the website...
Screenshot of the tracker website showing a list of "Words We Haven't Seen", including the word "i".
August 13, 2025 at 2:29 AM
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More people are considering AI lovers and we shouldn't judge
July 22, 2025 at 1:33 PM
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Does anyone remember RC Draft? I was obsessed with this stuff in like 1995.
4 pack of bottles of Royal Crown Draft Cola. Looks very much like bottles of beer
July 14, 2025 at 1:01 AM
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If you see this, quote with a robot that isn’t from “Star Wars,” “Star Trek,” “Dr. Who,” or “Transformers.”
A small Roomba-shaped robot with two lights on stalks that of painted like the French flag, with the numbers 1812 painted on it. (1812, from Farscape)
July 4, 2025 at 10:44 PM
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Post a game you were obsessed with but you're sure no one played.
Black and white screenshot of an old computer game: CONFIDENTIAL BELOW IS YOUR RESIGNATION CODE. IT SIGNIFIES FOR REASONS FOR LEAVING THE COMPANY. COMMIT IT TO MEMORY, WRITE IT DOWN, BUT UNDER NO CIRCUMSTANCES REVEAL IT TO ANYONE. RESIGNATION CODE: 943 ** PRESS <SPACE BAR> TO CONTINUE...
June 23, 2025 at 10:10 PM
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I'll be playing with my randomly-assigned (but totally awesome) ska/folk/metal/emo band Magical Space Wizards from Outer Space as part of the Band In A Hat Showcase on Sunday (6/22),
June 20, 2025 at 11:46 PM
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I cheated and picked some couples too:

Kate Kane (Batwoman) and Renee Montoya (The Question)

Billy Kaplan (Wiccan) and Hulkling

Danny the Street
Kate Kane and Renee Montoya kissing Billy Kaplan (Wiccan) and Hulkling kissing at their wedding Danny the Street
June 6, 2025 at 12:21 PM
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Without downloading any new pics, where are you mentally?
Box full of wires and cables and dongles
June 1, 2025 at 11:47 PM
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Glass harmonica
A horizontally stacked and nested sequence of glass bowls spinning as a man (Rob Scallon) holds his fingers on the edges of several bowls.
April 22, 2025 at 1:38 AM
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Having now watched the video, A+ for chutzpah and concept, and I was going to give them a D- for execution...

And then I saw Arnoldas Lukošius's dancing, and that's enough to bring them up a full letter grade.
A bald white man in a suit and a red tie (Arnoldas Lukošius) dances like a maniac face to face with another man playing an electric violin (Eimantas Belickas).
March 30, 2025 at 11:04 PM
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$6 haul from the Monroe County Public Library book sale, including books by @badmachinery.com and @skottieyoung.bsky.social

Also, I found a mint-condition, fancy-ass hardback "Dictionary of the Khazars" (male edition) hiding in the reference section.

Also "The Right to Arm Bears".
"Dictionary of the Khazars", by Milorad Pavić "The Right to Arm Bears", by Gordon R. Dickson "Giant Days vol. 2" and "Giant Days: Extra Credit vol. 1", by John Allison et al. "New Dictionary of American Family Names" .
March 30, 2025 at 6:36 PM
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Well, it is the anniversary of the first Rickroll...
March 29, 2025 at 3:04 PM
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Today is the anniversary of the very first Rickroll!
March 29, 2025 at 3:00 PM
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A cereal box for Reese's Puffs featuring Goku from Dragon Ball Z
March 22, 2025 at 2:06 PM
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Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you.

One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order.

No explanations, no reviews, just covers.

(Limiting myself to non-graphical fiction for now.)

Day 20
Book cover for "A Void" (translation of "La Disparition"
January 22, 2025 at 2:28 PM
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Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you.

One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order.

No explanations, no reviews, just covers.

(Limiting myself to non-graphical fiction for now.)

Day 19
Book cover for "Robot Dreams" by Isaac Asimov
January 22, 2025 at 2:34 AM
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Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you.

One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order.

No explanations, no reviews, just covers.

(Limiting myself to non-graphical fiction for now.)

Day 18
Book cover for "Hyperion" by Dan Simmons
January 20, 2025 at 2:26 PM
drwhen.bsky.social
Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you.

One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order.

No explanations, no reviews, just covers.

(Limiting myself to non-graphical fiction for now.)

Day 17 (numbers got off)
Book cover for "Piranesi" by Susanna Clark
January 19, 2025 at 1:53 PM
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It doesn't help that even packs of simple athletic socks come in packs where every pair has slightly different accent colors, and when they put out the "same" socks the next year, they have a very slightly different pattern.
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Six Puma no-show athletic socks in shades of gray and black, with very slightly different patterns on them.
January 18, 2025 at 2:15 PM
drwhen.bsky.social
Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you.

One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order.

No explanations, no reviews, just covers.

(Limiting myself to non-graphical fiction for now.)

Day 15
Book cover for "Redshirts"by John Scalzi
January 18, 2025 at 1:49 PM
drwhen.bsky.social
Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you.

One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order.

No explanations, no reviews, just covers.

(Limiting myself to non-graphical fiction for now.)

Day 14
Book cover for "The Girl Who Circumnavigated Fairyland in a Ship of Her Own Making" by Catherynne M. Valente.
January 17, 2025 at 2:11 PM