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Not Richard, but Nick
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I once had people fly cross country to meet my cat because of a dumb Star Trek podcast.

I live in Northern California. It’s p. nice.

I have an unused […]

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Oh no
A picture of a little kid playing quietly in a living room, but in the blurry foreground, a tentacle rises up
December 9, 2025 at 3:14 AM
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Before I bought this house, it belonged to my wife's parents. They had never used the fireplace since I've known them, and I have no idea when the chimney was last swept. Im in no hurry to use it, since there's a little kid around. But I've found it's nice to light a few candles in it.
A fireplace with lit candles in it
December 8, 2025 at 4:48 AM
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#silentsunday
A Christmas tree illuminated only by the lights on the tree. The lights are casting multicolored shadows on the walls
December 8, 2025 at 3:13 AM
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Yesterday at my house (there's a Star Trek gif for literally anything)
December 8, 2025 at 2:47 AM
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Christmas ornaments '25
Various mismatched ornaments A little clay good fortune cat An ornament with Wile E Coyote and Roadrunner around a picture of a girl (my wife, aged 11). (She wasn't my wife then) (we hadn't even met yet) A Santa made from a clay handprint
December 7, 2025 at 8:41 PM
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Merry Christmas 2025
Christmas tree where literally nothing matches A round red glazed clay ornament with a bike and DAVIS Luchadorvas Christmas ornament An ornament shaped like a tree with a portrait of a kid in it (the kid is me)
December 7, 2025 at 8:34 PM
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Posted via Tusky [McMammoth]
#caturday
Cat face, close up. The cat is my tortie, Tusky McMammoth
December 6, 2025 at 8:03 PM
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#caturday loaf
December 6, 2025 at 7:25 PM
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Okay so I didn't actually do any financial counseling at the Folsom Branch, but I did help the staff put up their Christmas tree
Christmas tree in an office
December 5, 2025 at 11:26 PM
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@skinnylatte Wesley says hi
V O I D
December 5, 2025 at 5:18 AM
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The Boy!? (My Son!!!1) is wearing a sweater worthy of Wesley Crusher today
A little kid wearing a 90s inspired sweater. The sweater is navy, with three broad bands of colorful stripes. The stripes are each yello, orange, pink, and light blue
December 3, 2025 at 3:59 PM
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I switched my weather app to metric and I have no idea what these numbers mean
Weather app, but in Celsius, not Fahrenheit
December 3, 2025 at 3:24 PM
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Tfw you take a walk in the arboretum and Merlin throws you a bird completely out of left field #birdwatching #Birds
Hammond's flycatcher??? Empidonax hammondii???
August 26, 2025 at 7:39 PM
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[Spider]

So the #spider on the front porch finally let me photograph her. I think she's too big to be a black widow. The body is idk 10 cm long? Anyone know what she is?

#spiders
A black spider of generally orb weaver shape with a red dot on her belly Black spider hidden among orbs
August 26, 2025 at 2:51 AM
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Cats of our family
Crayon-drawn cat portraits
August 26, 2025 at 12:58 AM
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Oh dang look at all that rain in the Sierra #cawx
Weather map of Northern California and Western Nevada showing rain and thunderstorms in the Sierra Nevada
August 25, 2025 at 9:54 PM
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“Look, it’s a castle!” —The Boy
(It’s actually the #sacramento #trainstation)
#trains
A cavernous train station with chandeliers
August 24, 2025 at 8:50 PM
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[Centipede]

I found that we have a houseguest
Big ol house centipede with lots of brushy legs
August 24, 2025 at 2:32 PM
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#silentsunday which was actually on Saturday #fuckthepolice
California State Capitol at sunset and it's
August 24, 2025 at 4:31 AM
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#void #catstodon
Black cat s t r e m t c h i n g out on a chair
August 22, 2025 at 1:54 AM
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#tortietursday #catstodon
A tortie cat
August 22, 2025 at 1:46 AM
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I don’t think I’ve ever seen The Boy so taken aback as when he realized that the big tree in the back yard was gone.

“It broke off”
A little kid realizes that a big tree in his backyard was cut down
August 19, 2025 at 5:06 AM
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#code47 from @Bridgemakes !
#friendsofdesoto
Packij
August 19, 2025 at 12:00 AM
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#caturday is celebrated late this week, sorry
#smol
Week old kitten Week old kitten
August 17, 2025 at 10:57 PM
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Fairy Tale Town has items from all the nursery stores, including John Carpenter’s The Thing
A sculpture in a playground that’s supposed to be a king ant (?) but looks like something from The Thing
August 17, 2025 at 6:30 PM