Mark Schaefer
@marcusandreasdc.bsky.social
Attorney, author (SF/F), wordsmith, linguist, preacher, Upstate NYer, Gen-Xer, TKLL & Trekkie.
IPA: [maɹk ʃɛjfɚ]
Books:
bit.ly/dtc-novel
bit.ly/goodnews-mark
bit.ly/CofUNC
IPA: [maɹk ʃɛjfɚ]
Books:
bit.ly/dtc-novel
bit.ly/goodnews-mark
bit.ly/CofUNC
The hardest part about the results of that game is the heartbreak felt in the city of my birth and home to so many wonderful people.
But, as surely as blue cheese goes with wings and horseradish on beef on ’weck, the @buffalo-bills.bsky.social will rise again.
(image: Buffalo Skyline, by my dad)
But, as surely as blue cheese goes with wings and horseradish on beef on ’weck, the @buffalo-bills.bsky.social will rise again.
(image: Buffalo Skyline, by my dad)
January 27, 2025 at 3:54 AM
The hardest part about the results of that game is the heartbreak felt in the city of my birth and home to so many wonderful people.
But, as surely as blue cheese goes with wings and horseradish on beef on ’weck, the @buffalo-bills.bsky.social will rise again.
(image: Buffalo Skyline, by my dad)
But, as surely as blue cheese goes with wings and horseradish on beef on ’weck, the @buffalo-bills.bsky.social will rise again.
(image: Buffalo Skyline, by my dad)
So, if the Romans did have a salute, it was more likely this, which looks a hell of a lot more like, "Oh, hey! Hi there!" (Lat. O heus! Salve!) h/t romanempiretimes.com/the-roman-sa...
January 21, 2025 at 12:53 AM
So, if the Romans did have a salute, it was more likely this, which looks a hell of a lot more like, "Oh, hey! Hi there!" (Lat. O heus! Salve!) h/t romanempiretimes.com/the-roman-sa...
In case you're wondering, the belief that that is a "Roman legion salute" comes from one single painting from 1784, the "Oath of the Horatii" by Jacques-Louis David. So, yeah, it's not a Roman Legion salute.
January 21, 2025 at 12:43 AM
In case you're wondering, the belief that that is a "Roman legion salute" comes from one single painting from 1784, the "Oath of the Horatii" by Jacques-Louis David. So, yeah, it's not a Roman Legion salute.
Apropos of nothing, I keep thinking about this passage from Dickens’ “A Christmas Carol” in which the Ghost of Christmas Future takes Scrooge to the home of a family living under huge debt to an unnamed creditor just in time to see the husband come home to tell his wife how asking for leniency went.
January 21, 2025 at 12:07 AM
Apropos of nothing, I keep thinking about this passage from Dickens’ “A Christmas Carol” in which the Ghost of Christmas Future takes Scrooge to the home of a family living under huge debt to an unnamed creditor just in time to see the husband come home to tell his wife how asking for leniency went.
January 20, 2025 at 12:41 AM
A very Merry Christmas, Happy Hanukkah, and Happy Holidays to all, with prayers for peace, justice, love, and grace in the coming year and always. #christmas #hanukkah #holidays #christmastime #peace
December 25, 2024 at 4:03 PM
A very Merry Christmas, Happy Hanukkah, and Happy Holidays to all, with prayers for peace, justice, love, and grace in the coming year and always. #christmas #hanukkah #holidays #christmastime #peace
I found this accidental juxtaposition particularly amusing. #Nostradamus #PolarExpress
December 24, 2024 at 8:16 PM
I found this accidental juxtaposition particularly amusing. #Nostradamus #PolarExpress
I can type Command-F, but that brings this window up, requiring me to click first on the three dots and then on the "Replace..." option. It's super inefficient, requiring two extra steps, and it strikes me that it should be a first-level option.
December 15, 2024 at 8:12 PM
I can type Command-F, but that brings this window up, requiring me to click first on the three dots and then on the "Replace..." option. It's super inefficient, requiring two extra steps, and it strikes me that it should be a first-level option.
Sadly, on a Mac, Command-H hides the application, and there doesn't seem to be a keystroke command for "Find and Replace," nor does the command appear as one of the ones I can assign to the keystroke of my choice. :-/
December 15, 2024 at 8:05 PM
Sadly, on a Mac, Command-H hides the application, and there doesn't seem to be a keystroke command for "Find and Replace," nor does the command appear as one of the ones I can assign to the keystroke of my choice. :-/
I appreciate how the New York State Academy of Trial Lawyers uses the same typeface that Law & Order does. I see what you're doing there, NYSATL. @lawandordertv.bsky.social
December 3, 2024 at 11:54 PM
I appreciate how the New York State Academy of Trial Lawyers uses the same typeface that Law & Order does. I see what you're doing there, NYSATL. @lawandordertv.bsky.social
I love this kind of football—old school gridiron football showing its rugby roots. #buffalobills #snf
December 2, 2024 at 3:32 AM
I love this kind of football—old school gridiron football showing its rugby roots. #buffalobills #snf
Wings, blue cheese, LaBatt beer, and my lucky socks. All set for this game. Let’s go @buffalo-bills.bsky.social! #buffalo #buffalobills #nfl #buffalowings
December 2, 2024 at 1:32 AM
Wings, blue cheese, LaBatt beer, and my lucky socks. All set for this game. Let’s go @buffalo-bills.bsky.social! #buffalo #buffalobills #nfl #buffalowings
Happy Thanksgiving from Upstate New York! #thanksgiving
November 28, 2024 at 6:31 PM
Happy Thanksgiving from Upstate New York! #thanksgiving
Uh oh. I think I've seen this movie before.
November 26, 2024 at 10:34 PM
Uh oh. I think I've seen this movie before.
November 20, 2024 at 9:00 PM
My phone notifications these days are just a litany of shit. A shitany, if you will. #kakistocracy
November 20, 2024 at 12:51 AM
My phone notifications these days are just a litany of shit. A shitany, if you will. #kakistocracy
Social media is all about (1) shared experience and (2) shameless self-promotion. Therefore, to fill my obligations to part (2), I present one of my favorite lines from my recently published #sciencefiction novel "Delivering the Commonwealth." bit.ly/dtc-novel
November 19, 2024 at 11:33 PM
Social media is all about (1) shared experience and (2) shameless self-promotion. Therefore, to fill my obligations to part (2), I present one of my favorite lines from my recently published #sciencefiction novel "Delivering the Commonwealth." bit.ly/dtc-novel
November 17, 2024 at 10:45 PM
Just posting this definition from @merriamwebster.bsky.social
for no particular reason. #Kakistocracy
for no particular reason. #Kakistocracy
November 14, 2024 at 6:34 PM
Just posting this definition from @merriamwebster.bsky.social
for no particular reason. #Kakistocracy
for no particular reason. #Kakistocracy
Posting this definition from @merriamwebster.bsky.social for no particular reason. #kakistocracy
November 13, 2024 at 2:46 AM
Posting this definition from @merriamwebster.bsky.social for no particular reason. #kakistocracy
Yo, @tiktok, isn’t this supposed to be “You’re following”? #grammarfail
November 20, 2024 at 11:49 PM
Yo, @tiktok, isn’t this supposed to be “You’re following”? #grammarfail