Maeldwyn
@mikepietrafesa.bsky.social
NY born and bred
SVA alumn who now writes code for a living.
Love art, history, music and reading- some of my faves are Loren Eiseley, Gary Snyder and Ogden Nash.
SVA alumn who now writes code for a living.
Love art, history, music and reading- some of my faves are Loren Eiseley, Gary Snyder and Ogden Nash.
I have come to believe that the whole world is an enigma, a harmless enigma that is made terrible by our own mad attempt to interpret it as though it had an underlying truth.
Umberto Eco
Umberto Eco
December 19, 2025 at 5:49 PM
I have come to believe that the whole world is an enigma, a harmless enigma that is made terrible by our own mad attempt to interpret it as though it had an underlying truth.
Umberto Eco
Umberto Eco
Some primal termite knocked on wood.
And tasted it, and found it good.
And that is why your Cousin May
Fell through the parlor floor today.
Ogden Nash
And tasted it, and found it good.
And that is why your Cousin May
Fell through the parlor floor today.
Ogden Nash
December 15, 2025 at 3:50 PM
Some primal termite knocked on wood.
And tasted it, and found it good.
And that is why your Cousin May
Fell through the parlor floor today.
Ogden Nash
And tasted it, and found it good.
And that is why your Cousin May
Fell through the parlor floor today.
Ogden Nash
They should add a virtual “B” button to skip the cut scenes on trailers.
December 13, 2025 at 7:50 PM
They should add a virtual “B” button to skip the cut scenes on trailers.
Growth for the sake of growth is the ideology of the cancer cell.
Edward Abbey
Edward Abbey
December 13, 2025 at 7:45 PM
Growth for the sake of growth is the ideology of the cancer cell.
Edward Abbey
Edward Abbey
Be careful of the Cobra Clutch.
December 13, 2025 at 4:27 PM
Be careful of the Cobra Clutch.
Each one of us is a statistical impossibility around which hover a million other lives that were never destined to be born.
December 13, 2025 at 1:32 AM
Each one of us is a statistical impossibility around which hover a million other lives that were never destined to be born.
At best you’re gonna be up to your ankles in shag carpet.
December 11, 2025 at 2:19 AM
At best you’re gonna be up to your ankles in shag carpet.
It would be worse if you said that about a song that did have a guitar solo in it.
January 26, 2025 at 4:42 PM
It would be worse if you said that about a song that did have a guitar solo in it.
Next week: egg theory and dark eggs.
January 26, 2025 at 4:35 PM
Next week: egg theory and dark eggs.
Wait until your 50s when sneezes are also caregorislzed by number 1 or number 2…
January 26, 2025 at 4:33 PM
Wait until your 50s when sneezes are also caregorislzed by number 1 or number 2…
Keep your chin up, don’t let them see you blubber.
January 26, 2025 at 4:31 PM
Keep your chin up, don’t let them see you blubber.
Better than being compared to Jiminy Glick.
January 20, 2025 at 4:45 PM
Better than being compared to Jiminy Glick.
Was the shrew dreaming it was an elephant or was the elephant dreaming it was a shrew?
January 20, 2025 at 2:08 AM
Was the shrew dreaming it was an elephant or was the elephant dreaming it was a shrew?
If they all vibrate at the same frequency…
January 20, 2025 at 12:59 AM
If they all vibrate at the same frequency…
I play Doom for the articles.
January 20, 2025 at 12:58 AM
I play Doom for the articles.
Burying your head on the sand puts the target squarely on your tuchus. Make whatever analogy you want out of that.
January 19, 2025 at 11:03 PM
Burying your head on the sand puts the target squarely on your tuchus. Make whatever analogy you want out of that.