That Old Guy with the Beard
@ianamartin.mstdn.ca.ap.brid.gy
photographer ▩ polyamorous ▩ he / him / hey you ▩ reincarnation of Robert Benchley (look him up, kids)
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I really admire the confidence in their precision.
January 7, 2026 at 4:25 PM
I really admire the confidence in their precision.
@anthonyfloyd.ca I say to choose the longest song you can find, perform with costume and choreography. Bring in a band if you can scrounge up enough people to accompany you.
January 7, 2026 at 2:59 AM
@anthonyfloyd.ca I say to choose the longest song you can find, perform with costume and choreography. Bring in a band if you can scrounge up enough people to accompany you.
If anyone’s wondering why I’m seemingly more upbeat in the last hour or so, it’s because coffee. ☕️
January 1, 2026 at 8:46 PM
If anyone’s wondering why I’m seemingly more upbeat in the last hour or so, it’s because coffee. ☕️
This will happen in the next twelve hours. If for no other reason than it gives me a specific task to do whilst drinking coffee after actually staying up after breakfast for a change. It will also give me a place to vent my frustration with what is now last year’s […]
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January 1, 2026 at 12:13 PM
This will happen in the next twelve hours. If for no other reason than it gives me a specific task to do whilst drinking coffee after actually staying up after breakfast for a change. It will also give me a place to vent my frustration with what is now last year’s […]
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> Tell your friends about Outlook!❞
Why in blazes would I want to impose the nonsense that is MS Office’s email client on someone? If I actually call them my friend, I want to see the best for them, do I not? I also want to keep them as a friend, which, if I made […]
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Why in blazes would I want to impose the nonsense that is MS Office’s email client on someone? If I actually call them my friend, I want to see the best for them, do I not? I also want to keep them as a friend, which, if I made […]
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December 30, 2025 at 11:47 AM
> Tell your friends about Outlook!❞
Why in blazes would I want to impose the nonsense that is MS Office’s email client on someone? If I actually call them my friend, I want to see the best for them, do I not? I also want to keep them as a friend, which, if I made […]
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Why in blazes would I want to impose the nonsense that is MS Office’s email client on someone? If I actually call them my friend, I want to see the best for them, do I not? I also want to keep them as a friend, which, if I made […]
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I am so tired of the struggle.
‘Which struggle,’ you ask?
‘Yes,’ is my answer, specifying all of them simultaneously, because I haven’t the energy to list all of them.
‘Which struggle,’ you ask?
‘Yes,’ is my answer, specifying all of them simultaneously, because I haven’t the energy to list all of them.
December 30, 2025 at 5:41 AM
I am so tired of the struggle.
‘Which struggle,’ you ask?
‘Yes,’ is my answer, specifying all of them simultaneously, because I haven’t the energy to list all of them.
‘Which struggle,’ you ask?
‘Yes,’ is my answer, specifying all of them simultaneously, because I haven’t the energy to list all of them.
This is weird.
The alarm’s going at 05:00 for work at 06:00 for the next few weeks.
So this is me in my ‘why am I awake in the middle of the night?’ mode… and it’s only 10:00pm.
WHO AM I…‽
The alarm’s going at 05:00 for work at 06:00 for the next few weeks.
So this is me in my ‘why am I awake in the middle of the night?’ mode… and it’s only 10:00pm.
WHO AM I…‽
December 29, 2025 at 6:06 AM
This is weird.
The alarm’s going at 05:00 for work at 06:00 for the next few weeks.
So this is me in my ‘why am I awake in the middle of the night?’ mode… and it’s only 10:00pm.
WHO AM I…‽
The alarm’s going at 05:00 for work at 06:00 for the next few weeks.
So this is me in my ‘why am I awake in the middle of the night?’ mode… and it’s only 10:00pm.
WHO AM I…‽
This is on CBC Gem for only a few more days. Watch this as soon as you can — tonight, even — and relive something that’s timeless, pure, and more kind than anything you’ve experienced in a long time.
Please trust me when I say you should keep some tissues handy […]
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Please trust me when I say you should keep some tissues handy […]
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December 29, 2025 at 2:08 AM
This is on CBC Gem for only a few more days. Watch this as soon as you can — tonight, even — and relive something that’s timeless, pure, and more kind than anything you’ve experienced in a long time.
Please trust me when I say you should keep some tissues handy […]
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Please trust me when I say you should keep some tissues handy […]
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An incredible achievement of breathtaking accomplishment.
I would like both #plur1bus (#pluribus) and Rhea Seehorn to be nominated for all the awards. Even the Nobel Prize for Physics. Also, the writers, directors, cinematographers, producers, costume, art, editors […]
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I would like both #plur1bus (#pluribus) and Rhea Seehorn to be nominated for all the awards. Even the Nobel Prize for Physics. Also, the writers, directors, cinematographers, producers, costume, art, editors […]
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December 27, 2025 at 6:27 AM
An incredible achievement of breathtaking accomplishment.
I would like both #plur1bus (#pluribus) and Rhea Seehorn to be nominated for all the awards. Even the Nobel Prize for Physics. Also, the writers, directors, cinematographers, producers, costume, art, editors […]
[Original post on mstdn.ca]
I would like both #plur1bus (#pluribus) and Rhea Seehorn to be nominated for all the awards. Even the Nobel Prize for Physics. Also, the writers, directors, cinematographers, producers, costume, art, editors […]
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It has now been Christmas for five minutes here.
WHERE IS MY STOCKING FILLED WITH THINGS LIKE A NEW BOOK, CANDY, AND AN ORANGE IN THE TOE?
I’m waiting… I can wait all day if I have to…
WHERE IS MY STOCKING FILLED WITH THINGS LIKE A NEW BOOK, CANDY, AND AN ORANGE IN THE TOE?
I’m waiting… I can wait all day if I have to…
December 25, 2025 at 8:08 AM
It has now been Christmas for five minutes here.
WHERE IS MY STOCKING FILLED WITH THINGS LIKE A NEW BOOK, CANDY, AND AN ORANGE IN THE TOE?
I’m waiting… I can wait all day if I have to…
WHERE IS MY STOCKING FILLED WITH THINGS LIKE A NEW BOOK, CANDY, AND AN ORANGE IN THE TOE?
I’m waiting… I can wait all day if I have to…
It’s not everyday that I need to recharge my shoes at lunch.
December 24, 2025 at 8:04 PM
It’s not everyday that I need to recharge my shoes at lunch.
This is a surprisingly good entry in the Dr Mabuse series of pictures. Here, Mabuse moves his operations to England, having secured a mind-control device, and sets about setting up a new government. Thankfully, New Scotland Yard’s finest save the day, one of whom is […]
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December 24, 2025 at 5:57 AM
This is a surprisingly good entry in the Dr Mabuse series of pictures. Here, Mabuse moves his operations to England, having secured a mind-control device, and sets about setting up a new government. Thankfully, New Scotland Yard’s finest save the day, one of whom is […]
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Wow. Musical / Comedy / Romance / Science Fiction. All at once.
To begin with, this seems like a transfer from a pretty good VHS tape. There are so many moose artifacts in the image I’m not sure if the dancers are fully naked or wearing outfits that are mostly […]
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To begin with, this seems like a transfer from a pretty good VHS tape. There are so many moose artifacts in the image I’m not sure if the dancers are fully naked or wearing outfits that are mostly […]
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December 23, 2025 at 5:56 AM
Wow. Musical / Comedy / Romance / Science Fiction. All at once.
To begin with, this seems like a transfer from a pretty good VHS tape. There are so many moose artifacts in the image I’m not sure if the dancers are fully naked or wearing outfits that are mostly […]
[Original post on mstdn.ca]
To begin with, this seems like a transfer from a pretty good VHS tape. There are so many moose artifacts in the image I’m not sure if the dancers are fully naked or wearing outfits that are mostly […]
[Original post on mstdn.ca]
It’s not often you have a sex farce / musical / romantic / disaster film these days. Given this came out in 1930, it’s probable that the idea was to cram as much sound into the thing as possible, so it ended up being ALL TALKING! ALL SINGING! ALL KABOOMING! as a […]
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December 22, 2025 at 7:23 AM
It’s not often you have a sex farce / musical / romantic / disaster film these days. Given this came out in 1930, it’s probable that the idea was to cram as much sound into the thing as possible, so it ended up being ALL TALKING! ALL SINGING! ALL KABOOMING! as a […]
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Once again, I wish to thank the makers of Tiger Balm (Ultra) for their mystical powers.
December 17, 2025 at 7:44 AM
Once again, I wish to thank the makers of Tiger Balm (Ultra) for their mystical powers.
I have no words.
This is astonishing in its pacing (slow), its story (thin), and its ability to suspend disbelief (nill). The fact that one of the actors was nominated for an Academy Award is… uh… it’s really true.
I’m going to delay the #mst3000 viewing until […]
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This is astonishing in its pacing (slow), its story (thin), and its ability to suspend disbelief (nill). The fact that one of the actors was nominated for an Academy Award is… uh… it’s really true.
I’m going to delay the #mst3000 viewing until […]
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December 16, 2025 at 5:03 AM
I have no words.
This is astonishing in its pacing (slow), its story (thin), and its ability to suspend disbelief (nill). The fact that one of the actors was nominated for an Academy Award is… uh… it’s really true.
I’m going to delay the #mst3000 viewing until […]
[Original post on mstdn.ca]
This is astonishing in its pacing (slow), its story (thin), and its ability to suspend disbelief (nill). The fact that one of the actors was nominated for an Academy Award is… uh… it’s really true.
I’m going to delay the #mst3000 viewing until […]
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December 15, 2025 at 5:59 AM
To Whom it May Concern;
I wish to register a complaint about my left shoulder.
It has been bothering me occasionally for the past two years. At one point it had lasted two months and had become so bad that when I travelled with it to Cuba I publicly begged […]
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I wish to register a complaint about my left shoulder.
It has been bothering me occasionally for the past two years. At one point it had lasted two months and had become so bad that when I travelled with it to Cuba I publicly begged […]
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December 14, 2025 at 11:32 AM
To Whom it May Concern;
I wish to register a complaint about my left shoulder.
It has been bothering me occasionally for the past two years. At one point it had lasted two months and had become so bad that when I travelled with it to Cuba I publicly begged […]
[Original post on mstdn.ca]
I wish to register a complaint about my left shoulder.
It has been bothering me occasionally for the past two years. At one point it had lasted two months and had become so bad that when I travelled with it to Cuba I publicly begged […]
[Original post on mstdn.ca]
Mick Herron has a knack of creating thrilling stories with dark humour which are almost flawless. The fact that he’s been able to create two worlds in which these take place — ‘Slough House’ and the ‘Zoë Boehm’ novels — makes him almost too good to allow him to […]
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December 13, 2025 at 7:47 AM
Mick Herron has a knack of creating thrilling stories with dark humour which are almost flawless. The fact that he’s been able to create two worlds in which these take place — ‘Slough House’ and the ‘Zoë Boehm’ novels — makes him almost too good to allow him to […]
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Well… I just spent about 30 minutes setting up a VPN for the first time on my handset and my desktop.
Now I’m going to have a nap.
How’s _your_ day going?
Now I’m going to have a nap.
How’s _your_ day going?
December 13, 2025 at 1:38 AM
Well… I just spent about 30 minutes setting up a VPN for the first time on my handset and my desktop.
Now I’m going to have a nap.
How’s _your_ day going?
Now I’m going to have a nap.
How’s _your_ day going?
Oh! Today was also the first day back at work for a full shift in Footwear!
It went just fine!
Granted, it was astonishingly quiet, but everyone was super supportive and checking in on me and genuinely happy to see me back doing my old job again.
Next week I’ll […]
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It went just fine!
Granted, it was astonishingly quiet, but everyone was super supportive and checking in on me and genuinely happy to see me back doing my old job again.
Next week I’ll […]
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December 11, 2025 at 4:52 AM
Oh! Today was also the first day back at work for a full shift in Footwear!
It went just fine!
Granted, it was astonishingly quiet, but everyone was super supportive and checking in on me and genuinely happy to see me back doing my old job again.
Next week I’ll […]
[Original post on mstdn.ca]
It went just fine!
Granted, it was astonishingly quiet, but everyone was super supportive and checking in on me and genuinely happy to see me back doing my old job again.
Next week I’ll […]
[Original post on mstdn.ca]
This show will not appeal to everyone. But if it does, you will like it a great deal.
The narrative is linear, but the visual techniques are anything but conventional. There are things done here which I have never seen and may never will again. It’s both familiar […]
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The narrative is linear, but the visual techniques are anything but conventional. There are things done here which I have never seen and may never will again. It’s both familiar […]
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December 11, 2025 at 4:42 AM
This show will not appeal to everyone. But if it does, you will like it a great deal.
The narrative is linear, but the visual techniques are anything but conventional. There are things done here which I have never seen and may never will again. It’s both familiar […]
[Original post on mstdn.ca]
The narrative is linear, but the visual techniques are anything but conventional. There are things done here which I have never seen and may never will again. It’s both familiar […]
[Original post on mstdn.ca]
First day back at work with a full shift (8 hours -lunch).
That was okay!
Again, all in on-line order department, very little public contact, but still… it was okay!
That was okay!
Again, all in on-line order department, very little public contact, but still… it was okay!
December 8, 2025 at 11:14 PM
First day back at work with a full shift (8 hours -lunch).
That was okay!
Again, all in on-line order department, very little public contact, but still… it was okay!
That was okay!
Again, all in on-line order department, very little public contact, but still… it was okay!
This has a great concept and delves deep into the questions of both self-satisfaction as well as self-worth. But the at the same time it’s really fun!
So, yes, it’s complicated, but somehow they find a balance between asking hard questions about life, and descision […]
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So, yes, it’s complicated, but somehow they find a balance between asking hard questions about life, and descision […]
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December 7, 2025 at 6:36 AM
This has a great concept and delves deep into the questions of both self-satisfaction as well as self-worth. But the at the same time it’s really fun!
So, yes, it’s complicated, but somehow they find a balance between asking hard questions about life, and descision […]
[Original post on mstdn.ca]
So, yes, it’s complicated, but somehow they find a balance between asking hard questions about life, and descision […]
[Original post on mstdn.ca]
I have awoken from a dream in which I was at a massive cinema watching _Apocalypse Now_ and then changed into being in a massive theatre of war in which I was living _Apocalypse Now_ and we were all trying to get to Saigon to escape via the Air Base.
I’m trying not […]
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I’m trying not […]
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December 6, 2025 at 8:08 PM
I have awoken from a dream in which I was at a massive cinema watching _Apocalypse Now_ and then changed into being in a massive theatre of war in which I was living _Apocalypse Now_ and we were all trying to get to Saigon to escape via the Air Base.
I’m trying not […]
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I’m trying not […]
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