Mark Robert McMullen
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Mark Robert McMullen
@markrmcmullen.bsky.social
Father of two great kids who are committed to having me committed and a professional Floridiot.
I'm unsure what it really is, but my male brain is convinced it is the Whoopie Cushion of Destiny.
November 27, 2025 at 12:21 AM
The local Aldi on the afternoon before Thanksgiving in an area of Florida visited by lots of Snowbirds. They are arriving this week. Every single heat-and-eat meal, dip, and package of lunch meat is gone. Most of the bread is gone, too.

#Florida #snowbird
November 26, 2025 at 7:08 PM
The All Saints Day Alligator.

#fortpeirce #gator #alligator
November 1, 2025 at 9:26 PM
Lazy coworkers milling about outside the office trying to avoid coming in to work.

#peacock #fortpierce
October 31, 2025 at 1:53 PM
I don't know why those other parents got so worked up at the kids' party yesterday. It's not like a four feet long alligator swam towards the kids. It was at least six feet long.
October 26, 2025 at 12:55 PM
He had a rough morning protecting me from the robot vacuum as I worked from home.
October 21, 2025 at 5:53 PM
Lucky shot at the local beach with my daughter.

#blueskyartshow. #home. #FortPierceInlet
September 13, 2025 at 6:18 PM
Kids caught 5 hermit crabs at the beach and saw several blue crabs. We forgot our net, so the blues scurried away uncaught.

#beach #hermitcrab #crab #fortpierce
September 13, 2025 at 3:05 PM
To accompany the picture I just posted.
August 31, 2025 at 7:24 PM
Welcome to Port St.Lucie, Florida! Who ya gonna call?
August 31, 2025 at 7:23 PM
Simply beautiful
August 27, 2025 at 8:14 PM
Over a dozen peacocks, peahens, and chicks at the office today.

#peacock, #peahen
August 27, 2025 at 5:13 PM
Peahen and chick at dawn (Picture from 8/15/2025). They beat me to the office.

#peacock
August 17, 2025 at 2:22 PM
Momma wolf spider and ALL her babies came by for a visit this morning. Not whom I wanted to visit my bathroom first thing in the morning, though.

Shown in the container used to transport them back outside so they can keep eating bugs.
August 2, 2025 at 12:27 PM
It's Longan Season! For the next two-and-half weeks, we'll be eating fresh dragon eyes (longans).
July 27, 2025 at 4:23 PM
Two kids. Two tiny blue crabs. A successful first morning of vacation.

#crab #beach
July 26, 2025 at 5:29 PM
Just soaking black beans in homemade vegetable stock. I love the deep, purple color of the soaking liquid.
July 25, 2025 at 1:32 AM
My neighbor threw away her cast iron pan because it was rusted. Here's the pic after the 1st wash and 1 after I seasoned it. Maybe 15 minutes of work. Most of my cast iron was inherited from my mom, who got it as a wedding present. I'm 59. Knowing what you have and caring for it are important.
July 12, 2025 at 8:49 PM
My daughter caught her 1st crab (with some help). She immediately transformed from hesitant and scared to bold and adventurous, and then caught a 2nd using a small bowl, not a net.

Show your kids how to do something hard and encourage them to do it. You'll both love it.

#crab #beach #parenting
July 5, 2025 at 4:40 PM
If you catch a hermit crab for your son at the beach then you entertain him for a morning. But if you teach him how to catch hermit crabs at the beach, then you teach him how to make friends at the beach.

#hermitcrab #beach
July 4, 2025 at 4:32 PM
Peacocks, peahens, and even a peachick at the office today at lunch.
July 2, 2025 at 4:19 PM
Flame Steaked Box Crab. We caught two (3" and 5") today in the Fort Pierce Inlet. I didn't know what they were at the time and we released them back. Apparently they don't belong in Florida and are delicious, so I really screwed up.
June 22, 2025 at 3:33 PM
The world's largest heart statue was just finished in Port St. Lucie, Florida. My kids are in front of it for scale. It officially opens in July.
June 16, 2025 at 9:26 PM
Everyone remember to give Jason Voorees a big hug on his special day!
June 13, 2025 at 3:09 PM
Before 007: Ian Fleming's origin story for "Q," the man who built "those wonderful gadgets."
June 12, 2025 at 12:38 AM