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Pronounces licorice like Wile E. Coyote
@licoricemuncher.bsky.social
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Father. Husband. Reader of books, programmer of computers. Appreciator of fine scotches and elegant math proofs. Sweet tooth.
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My wife and I were surprised at how large it was. From cartoons, I expected it to be tiny. :-) It's the only one I've ever seen. (And my mistake: it was on Amherst Island, not Wolfe Island).
A large snapping turtle. It is lying in the sun on dry yellow grass.
November 29, 2025 at 4:28 AM
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If you see this, QTP with a video game that transports you back to your childhood.
An image from the TRS-80 Color Computer game Zaxxon. Given the limitations of the CoCo, everything is black, white, orange, or blue. The player's plane is in the air on the left. On the ground is a tank facing right and a pixelated explosion.
November 19, 2025 at 4:07 PM
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As on every Remembrance Day I'm remembering my late Grandpa Joe who fought as a tank driver in the Governor General's Foot Guards during WWII.
A photo taken (in the 80s or early 90s?) of my Grandpa Joe standing in front of the tank that used to be outside the old War Museum in Ottawa Canada. He always insisted that this was the tank he drove during WWII. He is wearing a burgundy coat, white shirt, red tie, and beige pants.
November 11, 2025 at 4:11 PM
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On our honeymoon in Paris 20 years ago, my wife (the art history major) made sure we went to Sainte Chapelle. Definitely a highlight!
Sainte Chapelle in Paris. The ceiling is vaulted, and there are towering stained glass windows on all sides lit by the sun.
November 6, 2025 at 3:21 PM
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Three bowls of Halloween candy. One contains a mixture of Nestle chocolate: Aero, Coffee Crisp, KitKat, and Smarties (Canadian). The second is full of Rockets (aka what American Smarties are called in Canada). The third is a mix of Skittles, Sour Patch Kids, and Swedish Fish
October 31, 2025 at 10:26 PM
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Our friend Chipotle the Chipmunk outside the front window in the yew tree. Such chubby cheeks!
September 25, 2025 at 2:11 PM
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You missed the El Yucateco Kutbil-Ik. I saw it recommended here on Bluesky, and it's the first hot sauce I've ever had to buy more of because I finished the bottle.
A 120ml bottle of El Yucateco hot sauce. The black label around the neck of the bottle reads "Mayan Sauce Xxtra Hot from Yacatan". The main label reads "Xxtra Hot Sauce. Sauce Kutbil-Ik Au Piment Habanero" (I'm in Canada, so there's a mix of English and French)
July 27, 2025 at 12:04 AM
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Wizkids Alhoon.

#miniatures #minipainting
The Alhoon is an undead mindflayer with grey skin. It has long, spindly fingers and its face looks squidlike with four tentacles. The creature is reading from a spellbook. Its robe looks like stars and nebulae. Black eldritch tentacles sprout from the ground behind it. A bright purple and pink tuft on the ground adds some visual contrast.
July 25, 2025 at 2:09 PM
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Felix wearing his snazzy new blue Hawaiian shirt.
Felix, a grey Russian Blue cat, is sitting on a carpet in front of a closed white door. He is wearing a blue Hawaiian shirt with an image of palm trees growing on a sandy beach. Felix, a grey Russian Blue cat, is walking away from the viewer. He is wearing a blue Hawaiian shirt. An image of palm trees growing on a sandy beach is clearly visible on the back of the shirt.
July 9, 2025 at 8:39 PM
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How hot did it get in Ottawa today? Hot enough to buckle the sidewalk!
Two large slabs of concrete, perhaps 5-6 on a side, have risen above the surrounding sidewalk. They look a bit like a shallow roof on a young child's drawing of a house. A close up of the same two slabs from the curb side. The peak formed by the slabs leaves a gap about as tall as the curb.
June 24, 2025 at 2:38 AM
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I walked right up beside this pileated woodpecker in a parking lot back in 2022.
A pileated woodpecker on the side of a tree. It is perched in front of an enormous hole in the tree. The same woodpecker post peck with its head buried in the hole.
May 17, 2025 at 10:57 PM
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Felix loves his backyard catio. The white mesh prevents birds and squirrels from getting in. Last summer he'd wait inside behind his cat flap and ambush them like a trap door spider.
Felix, an attractive grey cat, sits at the bottom of his catio. The catio is made of solid 2-inch black metal mesh. It is about 2.5 feet wide, 6 feet tall, and 1.5 deep. There is white 3/4" plastic mesh wrapped around it to keep out unsuspecting birds. Several small cat toys are on the bottom. Felix likes to store them outside. Felix sitting on one of the shelves in his catio.
April 27, 2025 at 8:20 PM
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Felix wishes everyone a happy #caturday.
Felix, a handsome Russian Blue cat with grey fur and green eyes sits upright on a red blanket in front of a large window. He has a red and black checked bowtie and teal star-shaped name tag around his neck. A branch with green needles can be seen outside the window.
April 12, 2025 at 7:00 PM
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I have many Robertson screwdrivers. Also, the Canadian Oxford Dictionary.
The spine of the "Canadian Oxford Dictionary". The book is a dark blue, the text is gold. Horizontally on two lines at the top are the words "Canadian Oxford". Running vertically down the spine is "Dictionary". At the bottom of the spine is (I think) the coat is arms of Oxford University.
April 12, 2025 at 3:18 PM
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Happy #caturday, Felix!
Felix, a grey cat, sits in a box lined with red fabric on front of a picture window.
February 22, 2025 at 5:24 PM
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Mr. Dressup.
Ernie Coombs, better known as Mr Dressup, is a man with dark rimmed glasses and colourful, multi-patterned clothes - including a bold bow-tie, and a broad smile. He is shown with Casey and Finnegan, two puppets on the Mr Dressup TV show.
January 24, 2025 at 2:46 AM
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Felix's big sister tucked him in before going to school.
A grey cat with green eyes is lying in front of a picture window. It is snowy outside. He has pink and black blankets beneath him. On top is a red blanket added by his sister. A feather toy is within reach. He looks contententedly at the camera
January 23, 2025 at 1:56 PM
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Felix watching a chickadee through the front window.
Felix, a grey cat, lies on a black blanket at the bottom right. He is looking up at a black and white chickadee near the top right of a yew bush in front of the window.
January 19, 2025 at 7:31 PM
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Here's Felix wearing purple glasses.
Felix, a grey cat, is slouched in a green booster seat on the floor. His eyes are closed. He's wearing glasses with purple lenses. His collar sports a tartan bowtie and a turquoise star.
January 1, 2025 at 3:38 PM
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Three wild turkeys my daughter and I saw at the edge of a parking lot this afternoon.
December 23, 2024 at 9:48 PM
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My daughter's answer. Scorpia would take a while, but eventually she'd realize the ring is a bad friend.
Scorpio from She-Ra and the Princesses of Power.
December 23, 2024 at 6:49 PM
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This is a Reaper Miniatures banshee I finished painting recently. It is on a graveyard resin base I had lying around
#miniatures #minipainting
This is a painted miniature of a ghostly banshee flying above a graveyard. She has a long, flowing, ragged green dress that reaches to the ground. She has dark skin and flaming red hair. There are several broken tombstones and skulls beneath her on the mossy ground. The same banshee miniature from behind. Her dress looks really wragged from this angle.
December 7, 2024 at 4:10 AM
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Name a better qualified doctor than Dr Oz.
A can of the soft drink "Dr Pepper". It claims to be a blend of 23 different flavors. If Dr Oz has a flavor, I'm sure it is terrible. Dr Pepper, on the other hand, is delicious.
November 22, 2024 at 4:32 PM
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Name a show you're positive no one remembers but you
A poster for the 1987/88 sci-fi TV show "The Highwayman". The ridiculous semi truck with built-in helicopter is in the lower left. A portrait of our hero, the eponymous Highwayman, is centered at the top. Top left is a a helicopter with a floodlight and a sheriff with a shotgun. There are police cars on the lower right and a native American character on the top right.
November 19, 2024 at 10:08 PM
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Date yourself, post your first computer.

The TSR-80 Color Computer with a whopping 16K of RAM! It was a 1982 Christmas gift for the family. I taught myself how to program on this machine.
It was a red letter day when we had it upgraded to 32K of RAM a couple of years later.
An advertisement for the TRS-80 Color Computer. The computer itself, a sleek chrome-colored slab with grey, white, and red keys, is centered in the image. On the left, a mother and her daughter are playing a game using the black joysticks that came with the computer. Those joysticks were fun, since they encoded the XY coordinates using integer values between 0 and 255: no simple left or right for the CoCo! On the right, a gentleman in his office is entering data into a spreadsheet. The screen's background color is green, the default for the CoCo. A bookshelf with serious books and a model ship is in the background. The ad says this computer is "NEW for '81". "A Full-Fledged Programmable Computer for Personal Business, Education, Leisure." "53-Key Deluxe Keyboard" An ad for the TRS-80 Color Computer featuring Isaac Asimov, notable science fiction author and sex pest. Older models of the TRS-80 are in the background on pedestals. In the foreground is the new Color Computer hooked up to a small color TV. The game "Super Bustout" is displayed. To the right are two black joysticks with red buttons and silver handles, and the cartridge for the game. In the back is Isaac himself holding a joystick. The ad copy is at the top of the image and reads: "Get an Out-of-this-World Deal On My Favorite Color Computer!" Save $100 With This Incredible Offer From Radio Shack! "It's a fantastic deal on an exciting entertainer!" Take it from Isaac. Now you can save $100 on any TRS-80* Color Com- puter. That means you can get our 16K Standard BASIC Color Computer, regularly $399.95, for only $299.95! Add a pair of joy- sticks for $24.95 and you can play Super Bustout - our excit- ing action game that's also sale priced at just $19.95 - a $10.00 savings! You'll find the TRS-80 Color Computer to be an outstanding entertainer and educator for the whole family." "It's also a very serious, hard working computer." Just plug in a handy Program Pak" and your Color Computer can assist you in everything from word processing to setting up a fam- ily budget - even to creating your own electronic filing system. "Just one of many fine com- puters from Radio Shack." The Color Computer attaches eas- ily to any TV set. See it today at your nearest Radio Shack store, Computer Center or participat- ing dealer. "Hurry - this fantastic offer ends December 31, 1982." Get the $399.95 Standard BASIC Color Computer for just $299.95 - and pay only $19.95 for the $29.95 Super Bustout Program Pak"! And save $100 on any other TRS-80 Color Computer. -Isaac Asimov Renowned Science and Science Fiction Author
November 18, 2024 at 3:35 PM