A. Parise
@jerseyoutwest.bsky.social
I like soup. Sci-fi writer. Data architect. BLM. ACAB includes AI. Plants, rocks, cats, occasional hiking pics. He/him. Located in sunny NE Portland, OR.
Also I wrote this li’l thing: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B08CKXS61S
Also I wrote this li’l thing: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B08CKXS61S
Thats exactly why i kept them.
November 17, 2025 at 1:27 AM
Thats exactly why i kept them.
I have some old photoa of my dad’s around, i’ll try to get some time to look through them and see if there’s some solid 80s-tacular pics of the business. I have some of his old manuals scattered around the house :)
November 17, 2025 at 1:22 AM
I have some old photoa of my dad’s around, i’ll try to get some time to look through them and see if there’s some solid 80s-tacular pics of the business. I have some of his old manuals scattered around the house :)
For a couple weeks dad would call the second i got home from elementary school to ask questions on how it worked 😹😹😹
November 17, 2025 at 1:13 AM
For a couple weeks dad would call the second i got home from elementary school to ask questions on how it worked 😹😹😹
Fun personal trivia: my parents had a bunch of equipment installed on the same day and there was no one to take the training on the Ampex AVA digital art system so at 8 years old i was the first person outside California to be trained on a modern style digital art system.
November 17, 2025 at 1:13 AM
Fun personal trivia: my parents had a bunch of equipment installed on the same day and there was no one to take the training on the Ampex AVA digital art system so at 8 years old i was the first person outside California to be trained on a modern style digital art system.
This is amazing. Any of these could have been filmed in my parents’ business. I only got halfway through but i kept expecting them or their employees to show up in it.
November 17, 2025 at 1:11 AM
This is amazing. Any of these could have been filmed in my parents’ business. I only got halfway through but i kept expecting them or their employees to show up in it.
Every type of federal land has its own special set of rockhounding rules. Most rivers rules are state-specific but there might be federal overlap, i don’t honestly know.
November 17, 2025 at 12:56 AM
Every type of federal land has its own special set of rockhounding rules. Most rivers rules are state-specific but there might be federal overlap, i don’t honestly know.
I dont know if it’s different in other states but it is absolutely illegal in Oregon,and the group in question is Oregon only.
November 17, 2025 at 12:55 AM
I dont know if it’s different in other states but it is absolutely illegal in Oregon,and the group in question is Oregon only.
I mod a rockhound forum on Facebook and once got death threats for confirming that digging in stream banks is, in fact, illegal.
November 16, 2025 at 10:17 PM
I mod a rockhound forum on Facebook and once got death threats for confirming that digging in stream banks is, in fact, illegal.
The second one is *amazing* given the obvious depth of their disdain for one another.
November 16, 2025 at 10:14 PM
The second one is *amazing* given the obvious depth of their disdain for one another.
Worst. Taco. Ever.
November 16, 2025 at 10:12 PM
Worst. Taco. Ever.
There’s a local event that i table monthly during the summers and i bought a bag of cheap Brazilian quartz points to hand out to kids because it makes them happy, I’m surprised but not displeased i was just part of the gestalt.
November 16, 2025 at 10:06 PM
There’s a local event that i table monthly during the summers and i bought a bag of cheap Brazilian quartz points to hand out to kids because it makes them happy, I’m surprised but not displeased i was just part of the gestalt.
I was using a video editor controller that ran off 8” floppies — the Ampex ACE — at my parents’ business until 2002. Those things were something else.
November 16, 2025 at 9:03 PM
I was using a video editor controller that ran off 8” floppies — the Ampex ACE — at my parents’ business until 2002. Those things were something else.
I made a medlar mead a couple years ago, it worked pretty well!
November 16, 2025 at 5:00 AM
I made a medlar mead a couple years ago, it worked pretty well!
“Songs about ships” will prolly add some sons and also “nautical disaster” has opened up some new territory once i get back to building up the playlist :)
November 16, 2025 at 4:44 AM
“Songs about ships” will prolly add some sons and also “nautical disaster” has opened up some new territory once i get back to building up the playlist :)
I tried a couple jimmy buffets and they didnt fit but i’ll try this one, thanks!
November 16, 2025 at 4:43 AM
I tried a couple jimmy buffets and they didnt fit but i’ll try this one, thanks!
Shoulda put it in the middle, next time
November 15, 2025 at 7:02 PM
Shoulda put it in the middle, next time
Similar to how i took Southern Cross off because its an excellent song about a midlife crisiswith a tangentially related boat 😹
November 15, 2025 at 4:06 AM
Similar to how i took Southern Cross off because its an excellent song about a midlife crisiswith a tangentially related boat 😹
Just one version of Wooden Ships. I tried Closer to Home and like many other excellent songs its an excellent song but its not enough about a non-metaphorical boat to fit the theme, alas.
November 15, 2025 at 4:04 AM
Just one version of Wooden Ships. I tried Closer to Home and like many other excellent songs its an excellent song but its not enough about a non-metaphorical boat to fit the theme, alas.
I have a sketchy outline for a murder mystery set in the German fleet at Scapa Flow that ends with the Great Scuttle, that i don’t know if i will ever write… but kinda want to.
November 14, 2025 at 11:34 PM
I have a sketchy outline for a murder mystery set in the German fleet at Scapa Flow that ends with the Great Scuttle, that i don’t know if i will ever write… but kinda want to.
I tried a couple, its too… silly/yacht rocky? None of them were really about boats either.
November 14, 2025 at 10:55 PM
I tried a couple, its too… silly/yacht rocky? None of them were really about boats either.
About 1/4 of gpt’s suggestions are either in the playlist or were considered but ultimately rejected. I was pretty merciless, i cut some really good songs for not being quite right.
November 14, 2025 at 10:02 PM
About 1/4 of gpt’s suggestions are either in the playlist or were considered but ultimately rejected. I was pretty merciless, i cut some really good songs for not being quite right.
There’s some good stuff in that playlist. Barrett’s Privateers is a particular banger.
November 14, 2025 at 10:00 PM
There’s some good stuff in that playlist. Barrett’s Privateers is a particular banger.
“AI” doesnt seem to be able to make such distinctions.
November 14, 2025 at 9:56 PM
“AI” doesnt seem to be able to make such distinctions.