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David G.
@logophage.bsky.social
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Librarian, puzzler, cat guy, and yes, occasional logophage.
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So…this is a new error message for me. Gotta say, I admire Windows’ nonchalance here—and its quiet optimism.
Windows error message: “Something didn’t go as planned. No need to worry—undoing changes. Please keep your computer on.”
October 22, 2025 at 2:22 PM
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UPDATE: it turned out rather nice. Even the teens ate it, although, full disclosure, one of them pronounced it “bland.”
The same dish after roasting at 375°F for about 45 minutes, now poised on the dinner table.
September 24, 2025 at 11:49 PM
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I dunno what the hell I’m doing, but in theory this is gonna be dinner.
A pan of chicken thighs and diced root vegetables, all slathered in olive oil, rosemary, sage, salt, and pepper.
September 24, 2025 at 9:55 PM
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Dungeon Mouser (digital photography, 2025)
An orange cat comfortably ensconced behind a DM screen, surrounded by TTRPG accoutrements
August 23, 2025 at 5:56 PM
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Here it is, folks: the World’s Least Well Thought-Out Sundial™.
A wall mounted sundial whose face is more than half obscured by the shadow of the overhanging eave. The gnomon is completely in shadow.
July 19, 2025 at 5:10 PM
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Dude in a rhino t-shirt sitting in the kitchen, left arm fully extended to the side. An orange cat is sitting on his arm, stretched out from shoulder to mid-forearm. The cat looks alert; the guy has a bemused half-smile.
May 9, 2025 at 1:35 PM
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My little purple commuter town had 537 protesters—almost enough for an electoral college—at today’s #HandsOff rally. The supporting honks far outnumbered the disapproving gunned engines…unfortunately one passerby was so busy gunning his engine he rear-ended another driver.
Just a few of the over 500 protesters at this afternoon’s rally. Visible signs include RACISM IS NOT PATRIOTISM, HANDS OFF CENSORSHIP, and FEMINISTS FIGHTING FASCISM. A protester with a sign reading HONK IF YOU NEVER DRUNK TEXTED WAR PLANS A protester with a sign reading SEEN BETTER CABINETS ON TEMU Protesters with signs reading L❤️VE TRUMPS HATE and IT’S SO BAD EVEN INTROVERTS ARE HERE
April 5, 2025 at 10:07 PM
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The national security group chat
Children passing notes in the classroom
March 25, 2025 at 12:53 PM
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I just got a delivery from Penzey’s Spices and between the nice cozy box, the crinkly paper, and the scents, Ginger is ALL kinds of interested.
A cat standing in a shallow cardboard box, closely investigating the box’s packing paper
February 19, 2025 at 11:49 PM
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Unlike you, I get my news from a reliable source
A small turtle with bugged-out eyes and a gaping mouth, looks like it's screaming.
November 11, 2024 at 9:38 PM
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This is a cute animal checkpoint. All traffic must stop and present a cute animal before proceeding. Travelers are permitted to review cute animals while waiting to be processed.
A brown and white piebald cat and a gray tabby cat lying together, spoon fashion. The tabby is the little spoon, and the piebald’s legs are wrapped around her. A sleepy gray piebald cat resting against the leg of a seated person. She is emphatically not a lap cat, but will condescend to using a lap as a headrest if need be. A small orange and white cat standing astride a skeletal dragon figurine, as if she is riding it into battle. Two spotted white cats on the back of a couch, by a sunny window. They appear to be negotiating access rights to the sunlight.
November 5, 2024 at 3:17 PM
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Quote with your current read: Comedy of Terrors, by Lindsey Davis. I fell behind Davis' Flavia Albia series when my wife and I got out of the habit of reading these aloud--kids ate up our free time. Now they're older, we're picking them up again I hope?
Cover of A Comedy of Terrors, depicting a Roman woman with a dagger looking at a soldier in the middle distance, against the background of the packed Flavian amphitheater
October 28, 2024 at 1:17 PM
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Hey, remember Thursday Night Throwbacks? That was a thing I did for a while. I’ve been trying to recover some old photos lately, and I managed to get this throwback to October 2004, when I was a newlywed. I think this may be the best jack-o’lantern I ever carved.
Nighttime shot of two jack-o’-lanterns. On the right, a pretty standard grinning face carved by our then-four-year-old next door neighbor. On the left, a pair of skulls nuzzling one another intimately, one with a top hat and bow tie, the other with a head scarf and pearl necklace.
October 3, 2024 at 11:21 PM
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Is that a Fukumaru tree/pod? I like their wall mounted furniture but have been hesitant to get a pod. (Nimbus tax)
Gray-and-white piebald cat lounging on a Fukumaru hammock beneath three wall-mounted Fukumaru climbing posts
September 16, 2024 at 5:03 PM
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On an unrelated note, hey, I guess I can post videos now?
September 13, 2024 at 12:34 PM
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We're overdue for a Thursday night (er, afternoon) throwback. March 2007, having just signed a lease and about to move in. Teeny cracker-box house, two bedrooms, washer/dryer hookups in the kitchen and no dishwasher. Great for us as a childless couple; we moved before firstborn came along.
Slightly under-lit photo of a small, empty kitchen. The walls and fixtures are off-white, while the gas stove, range hood, and refrigerator are white. There's barely enough room to open the oven and fridge at the same time. Frontal view of a small one-story red brick house with aluminum awnings over the windows and door. A blossoming Bradford pear tree is visible in the front yard, and various other trees can be seen behind the house.
June 27, 2024 at 7:23 PM
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I'm reminded of the Perry Bible Fellowship strip...
Three panel comic. Panel 1: Hooded figure holds two plates, each with a mushroom on it. Says "One is certain death. The other grants membership to the order." Panel 2: zooming out a bit, a plain-clothed figure stands among four hooded figures, and selects a mushroom. Original hooded figure says "Choose wisely". Panel 3: zooming out a bit more, we are outside a public library. Someone is being loaded into an ambulance, and cops are in the process of arresting two hooded figures. Another cop is interviewing a person who seems to have hastily tossed their hooded robe in a nearby trash can. A hand-lettered sign on the library wall reads "MYCOLOGY CLUB MEETUP TODAY".
June 25, 2024 at 12:33 PM
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Thursday night throwback: May 2016, this must have been the start of summer vacation. (Yes, summer vacation starts super early in Georgia; we make up for it by starting school again in August.) visiting my mom and the kids raided her costume jewelry and scarves to play dress-up.
A seven-year-old and five-year-old are bedecked in beads and scarves. They are in their grandmother’s bedroom.
May 16, 2024 at 9:24 PM
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Amused by the custom icon option names in the Citymapper app.
A selection screen of alternate colors for the default green Citymapper icon, with such descriptive names as “not green,” “not green 2,” and “not green 3.” The black version is called “really really dark green,” and the white “really really light green.”
May 9, 2024 at 4:04 PM
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Thursday night throwback: my parents on vacation in 2003. Dad passed last November, and tomorrow I’ll be hosting his memorial service.
A cheerful aging couple, both wearing blue, sitting on a rocky beach.
April 26, 2024 at 1:44 AM
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Thursday night throwback, eclipse week edition: in 2017 we stayed with cousins in South Carolina and, so help me, went to Bob Jones University to view totality. The day before, the kids made their own t-shirts, using fabric paint and a paper plate for a stencil.
Four black t-shirts drying on hangers on a porch swing. The shirts are hand painted with eclipse images done in white, yellow, and orange paint around a solid black circle, surrounded by paint-splatter stars.
April 11, 2024 at 8:23 PM
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Thursday night throwback: St. Patrick's Day, 2007. We were about to move from an apartment into a house (signed the lease the next day). I prepared the traditional Irish breakfast of green eggs, green grits, bacon, and tea.
Two places set at a wooden dining table. Each place has a plate of bacon and green-dyed scrambled eggs, and a bowl of green-dyed grits. Empty mugs are set out for tea, with a teapot standing by; and there are two glasses of cranberry juice. Two computers, a printer, and some paper are strewn on the table in the background.
April 4, 2024 at 11:27 PM
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Thursday night throwback: summer 2015, kid#1 at the airport after a visit with my parents. No points for guessing what state my parents live in.
A six year old dressed in a t-shirt and shorts, wearing a backpack and standing in a busy airport concourse, wearing a yellow foam cheese necktie and cowboy hat, holding a yellow foam cheese football, and pretending to drink from a wedge-shaped yellow foam cheese drink holder.
March 28, 2024 at 8:10 PM
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I’ve been champing at the bit to get an electric car for a while. Today I learned (via carboncounter.com) that my hybrid (#2) is actually…not too shabby. We should definitely replace spouse’s car (#1) first.
Scatter plot of a bunch of different vehicle models, plotted on cost (X axis) and emissions (Y axis), and color coded by internal combustion (black), hybrid (red), or electric (yellow) power. Numbers 1 and 2 mark a gas and hybrid vehicle driven by my spouse and myself, respectively. 1 is only fair-to-middling on both cost and impact, while 2 beats out even most electric vehicles on cost, and some on both cost and impact.
March 25, 2024 at 5:28 PM
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Thursday night throwback: it was four years ago this week that our part of the world went into COVID lockdown. We optimistically set up all our workspaces (2 professionals, 2 elementary schoolers) around the dining room table. As I recall, this arrangement was scrapped before it was ever used.
A dining room table, decked in a blue-and-green tablecloth, upon which are distributed four laptops. One is still in a carry-case; one is covered in stickers. Various papers and accessories are arranged next to each. A power strip in the middle of the table to supply power to them all.
March 21, 2024 at 11:12 PM