@fred-decker.bsky.social
Freelance writer, interested in almost everything (but I repeat myself). Was the kid who read encyclopedias for fun, now am the grownup who reads academic papers and follows smart people online.
I went the other way and did deviled quail eggs for NYE with my longtime childhood friend, his wife, and his mother (my "mom #3). They're little and cute, so you aren't bloated after eating a half-dozen. Speaking hypothetically, of course. :P
January 4, 2026 at 11:46 PM
I went the other way and did deviled quail eggs for NYE with my longtime childhood friend, his wife, and his mother (my "mom #3). They're little and cute, so you aren't bloated after eating a half-dozen. Speaking hypothetically, of course. :P
I like his attitude (screw the ol' cease-and-desist, just go straight to occult retribution).
December 30, 2025 at 10:41 AM
I like his attitude (screw the ol' cease-and-desist, just go straight to occult retribution).
I was run off my feet all month, this year, and only got mine boxed up for delivery/mail last night.
So I scaled back to just decorated sugar cookies, gingerbread cookies, Linzers, zimmtsternen, vanillekipfeln (sp?) and a few others. Rough math says 16 dozen or thereabouts (not all shown).
So I scaled back to just decorated sugar cookies, gingerbread cookies, Linzers, zimmtsternen, vanillekipfeln (sp?) and a few others. Rough math says 16 dozen or thereabouts (not all shown).
December 27, 2025 at 5:18 PM
I was run off my feet all month, this year, and only got mine boxed up for delivery/mail last night.
So I scaled back to just decorated sugar cookies, gingerbread cookies, Linzers, zimmtsternen, vanillekipfeln (sp?) and a few others. Rough math says 16 dozen or thereabouts (not all shown).
So I scaled back to just decorated sugar cookies, gingerbread cookies, Linzers, zimmtsternen, vanillekipfeln (sp?) and a few others. Rough math says 16 dozen or thereabouts (not all shown).
I seldom have to deal with this crap, because I use Ubuntu at home and Windows only on my travel laptop, but still.
December 26, 2025 at 2:04 PM
I seldom have to deal with this crap, because I use Ubuntu at home and Windows only on my travel laptop, but still.
Something sweet to take you into the weekend.
December 19, 2025 at 8:56 PM
Something sweet to take you into the weekend.
Product listing: TEMUssolini (TM)
Made for the Caucasian person who's "dictator-curious," but not quite ready to commit to a real strongman.
Sounds persuasively threatening, but it's loaded with safety features:
* Limited memory and processing power
* "Safe word" function: Will roll over and /
Made for the Caucasian person who's "dictator-curious," but not quite ready to commit to a real strongman.
Sounds persuasively threatening, but it's loaded with safety features:
* Limited memory and processing power
* "Safe word" function: Will roll over and /
December 15, 2025 at 2:59 PM
Product listing: TEMUssolini (TM)
Made for the Caucasian person who's "dictator-curious," but not quite ready to commit to a real strongman.
Sounds persuasively threatening, but it's loaded with safety features:
* Limited memory and processing power
* "Safe word" function: Will roll over and /
Made for the Caucasian person who's "dictator-curious," but not quite ready to commit to a real strongman.
Sounds persuasively threatening, but it's loaded with safety features:
* Limited memory and processing power
* "Safe word" function: Will roll over and /
Hump day kitten post. Both Billy (darker) and Millie (lighter) are getting a bit tired of having the camera on them so much. :)
December 10, 2025 at 12:13 PM
Hump day kitten post. Both Billy (darker) and Millie (lighter) are getting a bit tired of having the camera on them so much. :)
LOL This morning my daughter sent me this, and it made me think of you and your playlists. Not that you strike me as a "Today's Light Rock Hits" kind of guy, but just, you know... broadly speaking.
December 7, 2025 at 12:06 PM
LOL This morning my daughter sent me this, and it made me think of you and your playlists. Not that you strike me as a "Today's Light Rock Hits" kind of guy, but just, you know... broadly speaking.
Ngl, I kinda like this one.
December 2, 2025 at 11:48 AM
Ngl, I kinda like this one.
My daughter shared this one the other day, and I thought "Yup, that's pretty much how a lot of days go..."
November 28, 2025 at 2:42 AM
My daughter shared this one the other day, and I thought "Yup, that's pretty much how a lot of days go..."
Yup. My home and native land, folks. :P
November 15, 2025 at 1:22 PM
Yup. My home and native land, folks. :P
Timeline cleanse. Meet Millie and Billy, the newest additions to our menagerie.
November 13, 2025 at 3:14 PM
Timeline cleanse. Meet Millie and Billy, the newest additions to our menagerie.
My great-grandfather's regimental tobacco pouch, ca. 1917. The 219th would never fight as a unit, as it turned out; the men were instead parceled out to other regiments as reinforcements.
November 12, 2025 at 1:02 AM
My great-grandfather's regimental tobacco pouch, ca. 1917. The 219th would never fight as a unit, as it turned out; the men were instead parceled out to other regiments as reinforcements.
Newsom's social media team had that covered.
November 6, 2025 at 11:08 PM
Newsom's social media team had that covered.
It's baby quail time again! First hatch from the new incubator. Forty-ish to date, and many more still in the incubator in various stages of hatching.
November 3, 2025 at 3:59 PM
It's baby quail time again! First hatch from the new incubator. Forty-ish to date, and many more still in the incubator in various stages of hatching.
How about if I think about adverbs every time I see this box?
October 4, 2025 at 9:06 PM
How about if I think about adverbs every time I see this box?
"Amusing juxtapositions" dept:
(Pretty sure it'll take longer than that)
(Pretty sure it'll take longer than that)
October 3, 2025 at 10:57 AM
"Amusing juxtapositions" dept:
(Pretty sure it'll take longer than that)
(Pretty sure it'll take longer than that)
Timeline cleanse. Taken in the gardens at my mom's nursing home a few days ago.
October 2, 2025 at 12:11 PM
Timeline cleanse. Taken in the gardens at my mom's nursing home a few days ago.
Shared by my daughter on FB. I'll put it here as well for her, my GF, and everyone else who struggles with their mobility.
September 26, 2025 at 12:13 PM
Shared by my daughter on FB. I'll put it here as well for her, my GF, and everyone else who struggles with their mobility.
Found on FB:
September 18, 2025 at 2:03 PM
Found on FB:
My father was briefly fascinated by Grey Owl after seeing a documentary on TV, so I gave him this book that I'd found in a thrift store. I reclaimed it after he passed away.
It's a sympathetic and lightly fictionalized biography by a personal friend (details in Alt text).
It's a sympathetic and lightly fictionalized biography by a personal friend (details in Alt text).
September 18, 2025 at 12:21 PM
My father was briefly fascinated by Grey Owl after seeing a documentary on TV, so I gave him this book that I'd found in a thrift store. I reclaimed it after he passed away.
It's a sympathetic and lightly fictionalized biography by a personal friend (details in Alt text).
It's a sympathetic and lightly fictionalized biography by a personal friend (details in Alt text).
If you're wondering what it is on the ground near our front steps, at the end of that video, our grandson built a "Ninja Warrior obstacle course" for the birds from various things he'd scavenged from around the yard.
Because ninja chickens are totally a thing.
Because ninja chickens are totally a thing.
September 9, 2025 at 4:02 PM
If you're wondering what it is on the ground near our front steps, at the end of that video, our grandson built a "Ninja Warrior obstacle course" for the birds from various things he'd scavenged from around the yard.
Because ninja chickens are totally a thing.
Because ninja chickens are totally a thing.
Tfw your team runs out onto the field:
September 9, 2025 at 3:56 PM
Tfw your team runs out onto the field: