M. Blind
@mdotblind.bsky.social
foundling raised by a feral tribe of sarcastic suburbanites || Hyperfocus for hire · Gamesmith, wordwright, rules wrangler · Fan of scifi & fantasy, lover of books, former bookseller || Interpuctgames.com, personal blog at rocketbomber.com || 52. He/him.
Gonna start a rumor that these were WWII era ammo containers and the company only switched to butter cookies after losing the big NATO contract to those ugly square things.
November 11, 2025 at 2:15 PM
Gonna start a rumor that these were WWII era ammo containers and the company only switched to butter cookies after losing the big NATO contract to those ugly square things.
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Start where you are
Use what you have
Do what you can
[Arthur Ashe]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:wwyplm4n5du3vbnu6snrrirv/bafkreiftf27jew7thyqcwxhllx6f2o33x5vg2v2yfhoxozmxhji6ppikeu@jpeg)
ugh. politics. I know I _have_ to pay attention but it always makes me angry and pissed off and frustrated.
for you and me both: have a capy.
for you and me both: have a capy.
November 3, 2025 at 1:38 PM
ugh. politics. I know I _have_ to pay attention but it always makes me angry and pissed off and frustrated.
for you and me both: have a capy.
for you and me both: have a capy.
there's some sort of stereotype that I'm obviously walking right into but I don't have the energy to fight it
November 1, 2025 at 1:39 PM
there's some sort of stereotype that I'm obviously walking right into but I don't have the energy to fight it
ugh. didn't have time to make coffee, guess I'll just make do with break room coffee
*break room coffee:
*break room coffee:
October 31, 2025 at 12:00 PM
ugh. didn't have time to make coffee, guess I'll just make do with break room coffee
*break room coffee:
*break room coffee:
sorry. sorry sorry. I hate that I have to pay attention to *waves arms at everything* and politics too.
penance, mea culpa, have a capy
penance, mea culpa, have a capy
October 28, 2025 at 3:35 PM
sorry. sorry sorry. I hate that I have to pay attention to *waves arms at everything* and politics too.
penance, mea culpa, have a capy
penance, mea culpa, have a capy
LOL
LMAO
neighbors, I do not think you could have more accurately played into every stereotype about "Peachtree City" if y'all had planned this in advance
no, not past the Lululemon! anarchy! dogs & cats etc
LMAO
neighbors, I do not think you could have more accurately played into every stereotype about "Peachtree City" if y'all had planned this in advance
no, not past the Lululemon! anarchy! dogs & cats etc
October 28, 2025 at 1:16 PM
LOL
LMAO
neighbors, I do not think you could have more accurately played into every stereotype about "Peachtree City" if y'all had planned this in advance
no, not past the Lululemon! anarchy! dogs & cats etc
LMAO
neighbors, I do not think you could have more accurately played into every stereotype about "Peachtree City" if y'all had planned this in advance
no, not past the Lululemon! anarchy! dogs & cats etc
S o u p W e a t h e r
pictured: one [1] serving of chili
pictured: one [1] serving of chili
![one 7 quart dutch oven. you might try this in a slow cooker but please note the total volume.
chili base -
. 1 28 can crushed tomatoes
. 1 15 oz can tomato sauce
. 1 15 oz can diced tomato
. Spices. This can be a chili kit. This can be like six packets of 'chili spices', cheap store brand.
In this particular case it is 4 of those store brand packets and then (freehand, but I can be heavy handed) amounts of minced garlic, chili flake, more chili powder, cayenne, and a 12 ounce container of fresh salsa that has like cilantro in it. [going back to check, it was a 16 oz container of Fresh Medium Pico de Gallo from the produce section of the local Kroger]
to the base, add -
. 2lbs 80/20 ground beef. I brown it off in a separate pan before adding it to the base
. six 15 oz cans of beans, drained and rinsed. As presented above, a mix of pinto, black, and kidney beans, two cans of each
. two packs of frozen veg. As presented above, two 12 oz packages of Kroger® Recipe Beginnings® Frozen 3 Pepper & Onion Blend (red green and yellow bell are the 3 peppers, so not super fancy or spicy but I like the little hits of color)
This batch was actually made last night after dinner. I'm dragging it out to reheat and will serve it over hash browns and a cheese omelet for brunch, and might have it over two baked jacket potatoes with lots and lots of cheese for dinner.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:wwyplm4n5du3vbnu6snrrirv/bafkreifld4zhxeoodi4r42iup6du6dkzmz7afz2fcnkhryqe7klw6f3uri@jpeg)
October 26, 2025 at 3:43 PM
S o u p W e a t h e r
pictured: one [1] serving of chili
pictured: one [1] serving of chili
good light. bad hair day.
not quite a full #Beardwatch update though the mustache is looking particularly presentable today
not quite a full #Beardwatch update though the mustache is looking particularly presentable today
October 21, 2025 at 5:54 PM
good light. bad hair day.
not quite a full #Beardwatch update though the mustache is looking particularly presentable today
not quite a full #Beardwatch update though the mustache is looking particularly presentable today
Last time, I was posting in the middle of the week, in the middle of a work day. So this week I waited. No Complaints.
also you can mute tags, if things get too spicy I'll drop the appropriate tag on it.
Now, let me share some of my favorite people, they deserve a little love and more followers
also you can mute tags, if things get too spicy I'll drop the appropriate tag on it.
Now, let me share some of my favorite people, they deserve a little love and more followers
October 18, 2025 at 8:03 PM
Last time, I was posting in the middle of the week, in the middle of a work day. So this week I waited. No Complaints.
also you can mute tags, if things get too spicy I'll drop the appropriate tag on it.
Now, let me share some of my favorite people, they deserve a little love and more followers
also you can mute tags, if things get too spicy I'll drop the appropriate tag on it.
Now, let me share some of my favorite people, they deserve a little love and more followers
Looks like there's going to be a lot of fantastic weather this weekend, all over the US.
This Saturday would be a great day to plan a walk. you know, with friends. a few friends :)
maybe see the local historic downtown
This Saturday would be a great day to plan a walk. you know, with friends. a few friends :)
maybe see the local historic downtown
October 15, 2025 at 4:47 PM
Looks like there's going to be a lot of fantastic weather this weekend, all over the US.
This Saturday would be a great day to plan a walk. you know, with friends. a few friends :)
maybe see the local historic downtown
This Saturday would be a great day to plan a walk. you know, with friends. a few friends :)
maybe see the local historic downtown
Not putting Scalzi on blast— because yeah, I agree with him, you can follow that discussion here bit.ly/47r56y7 — but a screenshot so I can take off from there with my own point:
there's probably a bit of latent untapped demand here.
Not that the YA market is hurting (far from it)
there's probably a bit of latent untapped demand here.
Not that the YA market is hurting (far from it)
![screenshot of a bluesky post https://bsky.app/profile/scalzi.com/post/3m34gootzw22s
John Scalzi
@scalzi.com
This is why I get so exasperated when people suggest SF written 50+ years ago as the place for new readers of the genre, especially young readers, to start with. There is SO MUCH that will throw them out of the work, from outdated tech to outdated social structures. They'll leave and not come back.
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J. Hammer-Slay PhD 🎃🧛♂️🧟♂️🧌👻
@jhammersley.bsky.social
Yup was just gonna comment on this! My kids always notice how outdated computers or other technology seem when I make them rewatch e.g. original Star Wars trilogy rr something](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:wwyplm4n5du3vbnu6snrrirv/bafkreih3brzctfju3joxpkv7wjr4jzssgeso66byrhtlekj6rt47yjyxoq@jpeg)
October 15, 2025 at 3:13 PM
Not putting Scalzi on blast— because yeah, I agree with him, you can follow that discussion here bit.ly/47r56y7 — but a screenshot so I can take off from there with my own point:
there's probably a bit of latent untapped demand here.
Not that the YA market is hurting (far from it)
there's probably a bit of latent untapped demand here.
Not that the YA market is hurting (far from it)
BerrdWatch: long overdue for a bit of a trim & I might have been too enthusiastic & taken away too much
a proper mustache is what takes time though; at least on me, it seems to come in so much more slowly
the rest will grow back like weeds. give it a month
a proper mustache is what takes time though; at least on me, it seems to come in so much more slowly
the rest will grow back like weeds. give it a month
October 14, 2025 at 1:06 PM
BerrdWatch: long overdue for a bit of a trim & I might have been too enthusiastic & taken away too much
a proper mustache is what takes time though; at least on me, it seems to come in so much more slowly
the rest will grow back like weeds. give it a month
a proper mustache is what takes time though; at least on me, it seems to come in so much more slowly
the rest will grow back like weeds. give it a month
Early Columbo, before the raincoat (and the actor) got quite so rumpled.
for those who celebrate the holiday
for those who celebrate the holiday
October 13, 2025 at 10:41 AM
Early Columbo, before the raincoat (and the actor) got quite so rumpled.
for those who celebrate the holiday
for those who celebrate the holiday
Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha so funny
October 11, 2025 at 4:03 PM
Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha so funny
when a tumblr post goes from "ha ha ikr" to "ok wow" to 1000%+10% extra in less than three
www.tumblr.com/grammarpedan...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=JiOc...
www.tumblr.com/grammarpedan...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=JiOc...
October 7, 2025 at 10:24 AM
when a tumblr post goes from "ha ha ikr" to "ok wow" to 1000%+10% extra in less than three
www.tumblr.com/grammarpedan...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=JiOc...
www.tumblr.com/grammarpedan...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=JiOc...
you might not have space but if there's a corner that would fit it: imagine this 'shoe organizer' except full of art supplies in bins and yarn sorted by weight and color www.wayfair.com/storage-orga...
(also I'm guessing this ships flat packed so there'd be assembly)
(also I'm guessing this ships flat packed so there'd be assembly)
October 6, 2025 at 1:35 PM
you might not have space but if there's a corner that would fit it: imagine this 'shoe organizer' except full of art supplies in bins and yarn sorted by weight and color www.wayfair.com/storage-orga...
(also I'm guessing this ships flat packed so there'd be assembly)
(also I'm guessing this ships flat packed so there'd be assembly)
sorry for politics even before most of us are awake. capy tax:
![https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Hydrochoerus_hydrochaeris_in_Okayama_Forest_Park_02.jpg
おかやまフォレストパーク「ドイツの森」にてカピバラ
[google translate: Capybaras at Okayama Forest Park's "German Forest"]
A capy in a nature park. A keeper or a vistor, off frame to the right but reaching in and down, is petting the capybara but the capy seems more interested in the grass growing by a fence.
Date 20 September 2022, 11:39:44
Author ノボホショコロトソ
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October 6, 2025 at 10:41 AM
sorry for politics even before most of us are awake. capy tax:
was the 13th Warrior a fantasy movie? (it's definitely 'mid'.)
But it has swords and the swinging of swords and Antonio Banderas.
But it has swords and the swinging of swords and Antonio Banderas.
September 26, 2025 at 4:32 PM
was the 13th Warrior a fantasy movie? (it's definitely 'mid'.)
But it has swords and the swinging of swords and Antonio Banderas.
But it has swords and the swinging of swords and Antonio Banderas.
"Why don't you like Avatar?" the original was fine I just never clicked with the remake
![https://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2017/04/ferngully-making-of
"While living in the Australian surfing village of Byron Bay in the late 1970s, Wayne Young had an unhip idea for an animated children’s movie about the rain forest. Young’s wife at the time, Diana, told their children bedtime stories inspired by the subtropical woodland around them, home to platypus, kookaburra, luminescent mushrooms, and more ('basically unbelievable,' Young says). That tale, about a tribe of fairies living in endangered nature, would make a great children’s movie, Young and his wife thought. 'But,' he says, nearly 40 years later, 'we had to wait until Hollywood star power got behind the environment.'"
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0104254/
FernGully: The Last Rainforest [1992]
Rated G, 1h 16m
20th Century Fox
"The magical inhabitants of a rainforest fight to save their home, which is threatened by logging and a polluting force of destruction called Hexxus."
Director Bill Kroyer
Writers Jim Cox & Diana Young
Stars (voice acting, partial list): Samantha Mathis, Christian Slater, Robin Williams, Tim Curry, Jonathan Ward](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:wwyplm4n5du3vbnu6snrrirv/bafkreiginryh6lcf4j4yxnzishk4noehqjzs4mtld57pkgwxvbvqy477ha@jpeg)
September 26, 2025 at 4:18 PM
"Why don't you like Avatar?" the original was fine I just never clicked with the remake
Hey y'all, just a heads up for my SE US/East Coast neighbors — you should add the hurricane center to your bookmarks www.nhc.noaa.gov (if you haven't already) and it'd probably be good to check for the storm forecasts whenever you check your local weather over the next couple of weeks
September 25, 2025 at 7:27 PM
Hey y'all, just a heads up for my SE US/East Coast neighbors — you should add the hurricane center to your bookmarks www.nhc.noaa.gov (if you haven't already) and it'd probably be good to check for the storm forecasts whenever you check your local weather over the next couple of weeks
"Compensation, not just wages"
hell, I'll take a raise too, we could all use one. but enjoying the benefits of a more productive economy should also include GETTING SOME OF *OUR* GODDAMN TIME BACK.
nothing magical or mystical or sacred about 40 hours a week
hell, I'll take a raise too, we could all use one. but enjoying the benefits of a more productive economy should also include GETTING SOME OF *OUR* GODDAMN TIME BACK.
nothing magical or mystical or sacred about 40 hours a week
September 25, 2025 at 12:01 PM
"Compensation, not just wages"
hell, I'll take a raise too, we could all use one. but enjoying the benefits of a more productive economy should also include GETTING SOME OF *OUR* GODDAMN TIME BACK.
nothing magical or mystical or sacred about 40 hours a week
hell, I'll take a raise too, we could all use one. but enjoying the benefits of a more productive economy should also include GETTING SOME OF *OUR* GODDAMN TIME BACK.
nothing magical or mystical or sacred about 40 hours a week