John LaRue
@john-larue21.bsky.social
Higher ed art director, formerly @hardball_times @vivaelbirdos, baseball/film/TV. Official Guy Who Created Those Breaking Bad Infographics™.
How it started/how it’s going
November 27, 2025 at 8:20 PM
How it started/how it’s going
The latest horror movie to demonstrate ways my dog ruins my sleep is Tremors. He burrows under the blanket, tunnels along, then emerges next to the edge. When I frantically try to stop him from falling off the edge in the dark, he takes my spot in the ensuing chaos, tail wagging.
November 23, 2025 at 1:59 PM
The latest horror movie to demonstrate ways my dog ruins my sleep is Tremors. He burrows under the blanket, tunnels along, then emerges next to the edge. When I frantically try to stop him from falling off the edge in the dark, he takes my spot in the ensuing chaos, tail wagging.
You know, I want to eat a pig, but I wish it tasted more like ice cream.
November 17, 2025 at 11:37 PM
You know, I want to eat a pig, but I wish it tasted more like ice cream.
Halloween decorations need to come down. Eventually Christmas decorations will need to go up. Let’s multitask.
November 1, 2025 at 8:51 PM
Halloween decorations need to come down. Eventually Christmas decorations will need to go up. Let’s multitask.
It looks like you have a crazy square afro and your forehead is on fire.
October 27, 2025 at 1:15 AM
It looks like you have a crazy square afro and your forehead is on fire.
My Halloween decoration does it better
October 26, 2025 at 1:40 AM
My Halloween decoration does it better
Actually now updated to include his chalkboard sketch for his plans to outpizza the hut.
October 24, 2025 at 6:38 PM
Actually now updated to include his chalkboard sketch for his plans to outpizza the hut.
Updated to include his pizza blueprint in his pocket.
October 24, 2025 at 6:33 PM
Updated to include his pizza blueprint in his pocket.
My teacher (who is French) was confused as hell about the concept of bribing children with pizza to make them read.
October 23, 2025 at 4:14 PM
My teacher (who is French) was confused as hell about the concept of bribing children with pizza to make them read.
I see the Angels have hired a manager and it's (checks article)... Kurt Suzuki?
October 21, 2025 at 5:30 PM
I see the Angels have hired a manager and it's (checks article)... Kurt Suzuki?
To close this loop…
October 18, 2025 at 12:23 AM
To close this loop…
I also have a cooked turkey inside the house
October 17, 2025 at 6:50 PM
I also have a cooked turkey inside the house
I’m taking a mental health day. Smoking a lamb shoulder with a worcestershire and vinegar baste (aka “black dip”), reading spooky Shirley Jackson stories, and drinking bourbon. 
October 17, 2025 at 6:01 PM
I’m taking a mental health day. Smoking a lamb shoulder with a worcestershire and vinegar baste (aka “black dip”), reading spooky Shirley Jackson stories, and drinking bourbon. 
Some new Halloween decorations this year (hooray, plague!), plus our old classic “Samantha and her Magical Wheelbarrow of Baby Doll Heads”.
October 11, 2025 at 8:10 PM
Some new Halloween decorations this year (hooray, plague!), plus our old classic “Samantha and her Magical Wheelbarrow of Baby Doll Heads”.
And a kindly M I Z to yous this fall morning, French champagne bottle emblazoned in gold tiger print…
October 11, 2025 at 2:40 PM
And a kindly M I Z to yous this fall morning, French champagne bottle emblazoned in gold tiger print…
Look, KwizIQ, I like you and you're helpful but literally nobody thinks that this sentence means that this dude has a dog named Cher.
October 4, 2025 at 2:41 PM
Look, KwizIQ, I like you and you're helpful but literally nobody thinks that this sentence means that this dude has a dog named Cher.
The bad: the goofy shape made it dry out a little because I treated it like a regular shoulder. It wasn’t bad, just more in the B- range.
The good: the leftovers made for amazing smoked pork cuban sandwiches with mustard bbq sauce, ham, pickles, and a smooshed bun.
The good: the leftovers made for amazing smoked pork cuban sandwiches with mustard bbq sauce, ham, pickles, and a smooshed bun.
September 26, 2025 at 1:37 AM
The bad: the goofy shape made it dry out a little because I treated it like a regular shoulder. It wasn’t bad, just more in the B- range.
The good: the leftovers made for amazing smoked pork cuban sandwiches with mustard bbq sauce, ham, pickles, and a smooshed bun.
The good: the leftovers made for amazing smoked pork cuban sandwiches with mustard bbq sauce, ham, pickles, and a smooshed bun.
I thought I’d smoke a pork shoulder today because that’s what I asked for at the farmer’s market. The bad news is that what he sold me was long and thinner like a pork steak. The good news is that I am now smoking appx. 4 pork steaks stacked on top of one another into a single Voltron pork steak.
September 20, 2025 at 4:10 PM
I thought I’d smoke a pork shoulder today because that’s what I asked for at the farmer’s market. The bad news is that what he sold me was long and thinner like a pork steak. The good news is that I am now smoking appx. 4 pork steaks stacked on top of one another into a single Voltron pork steak.
I laughed so hard at this thing turning into Mushroom Forager Off Day. FYI, I I took the full blue oyster mushroom cluster, squished it with a skillet so it was vaguely steak thickness, then cooked it in a skillet with bourbon barrel-aged soy, and herbes de provence.
September 4, 2025 at 9:12 PM
I laughed so hard at this thing turning into Mushroom Forager Off Day. FYI, I I took the full blue oyster mushroom cluster, squished it with a skillet so it was vaguely steak thickness, then cooked it in a skillet with bourbon barrel-aged soy, and herbes de provence.