Peter Janes
@peterjanes.ca
peterj is just zis guy, you know? (he/him)
Here to interact with folks who prefer Bluesky, but I'm mostly on the fediverse as @me@peterjanes.ca (@mastodon.peterjanes.ca in this app)
Here to interact with folks who prefer Bluesky, but I'm mostly on the fediverse as @me@peterjanes.ca (@mastodon.peterjanes.ca in this app)
Time to plug another Canadian tradition: CBC's Christmas Eve rebroadcast of Alan Maitland reading "The Shepherd" by Frederick Forsythe. (It's online at www.cbc.ca/radio/asitha... if you can't listen live during As It Happens — which is an institution of its own — at 6:30 local time tomorrow night.)
'Fireside' Al Maitland reads Frederick Forsyth's The Shepherd | CBC Radio
The year is 1957. An RAF pilot is heading home from Germany for Christmas. Fog sets in, and all radio communication is lost.
www.cbc.ca
December 24, 2025 at 2:09 AM
Time to plug another Canadian tradition: CBC's Christmas Eve rebroadcast of Alan Maitland reading "The Shepherd" by Frederick Forsythe. (It's online at www.cbc.ca/radio/asitha... if you can't listen live during As It Happens — which is an institution of its own — at 6:30 local time tomorrow night.)
Could probably do a video of similar length with just his oblivious self-owns.
Similar but different: I think the two-line exchange at 31s of this video from The Simpsons may be the hardest I ever laughed at the show. (It starts a bit early just for context.) www.youtube.com/watch?v=OmxD...
Similar but different: I think the two-line exchange at 31s of this video from The Simpsons may be the hardest I ever laughed at the show. (It starts a bit early just for context.) www.youtube.com/watch?v=OmxD...
December 20, 2025 at 3:15 PM
Could probably do a video of similar length with just his oblivious self-owns.
Similar but different: I think the two-line exchange at 31s of this video from The Simpsons may be the hardest I ever laughed at the show. (It starts a bit early just for context.) www.youtube.com/watch?v=OmxD...
Similar but different: I think the two-line exchange at 31s of this video from The Simpsons may be the hardest I ever laughed at the show. (It starts a bit early just for context.) www.youtube.com/watch?v=OmxD...
Of or by? (Would be good either way.)
December 20, 2025 at 2:11 AM
Of or by? (Would be good either way.)
I'll bet @electrolemon.bsky.social knows about this, but if not...
December 9, 2025 at 7:42 PM
I'll bet @electrolemon.bsky.social knows about this, but if not...
It's been four hours and no one has responded to this with the "Homer disappearing into a bush" meme video yet?
December 8, 2025 at 4:50 AM
It's been four hours and no one has responded to this with the "Homer disappearing into a bush" meme video yet?
When I moved to my current place from the other tower in the complex I figured it would be easy; I wouldn't even have to go outside, so why would I "pack" for the move? 827 trips down the hall, down the elevator, across the commercial area, up the elevator, and down the hall later...
November 28, 2025 at 2:30 PM
When I moved to my current place from the other tower in the complex I figured it would be easy; I wouldn't even have to go outside, so why would I "pack" for the move? 827 trips down the hall, down the elevator, across the commercial area, up the elevator, and down the hall later...
Without Bea Arthur, is there even any point?
November 27, 2025 at 6:08 AM
Without Bea Arthur, is there even any point?
I'm surprised Lucy would willingly try to catch snowflakes in her mouth, knowing that they come out of the ground "just like the flowers".
November 24, 2025 at 7:42 PM
I'm surprised Lucy would willingly try to catch snowflakes in her mouth, knowing that they come out of the ground "just like the flowers".
Freeze-Frame by J. Geils Band. No idea why.
First song I got REALLY into that I'm still into? @alyankovic.bsky.social's I Lost on Jeopardy!, natch. (I can—and will—do Don Pardo's part verbatim, in character, at the drop of a hat.)
First song I got REALLY into that I'm still into? @alyankovic.bsky.social's I Lost on Jeopardy!, natch. (I can—and will—do Don Pardo's part verbatim, in character, at the drop of a hat.)
November 19, 2025 at 3:38 AM
Freeze-Frame by J. Geils Band. No idea why.
First song I got REALLY into that I'm still into? @alyankovic.bsky.social's I Lost on Jeopardy!, natch. (I can—and will—do Don Pardo's part verbatim, in character, at the drop of a hat.)
First song I got REALLY into that I'm still into? @alyankovic.bsky.social's I Lost on Jeopardy!, natch. (I can—and will—do Don Pardo's part verbatim, in character, at the drop of a hat.)
I recently started reading a novel I'd seen recommended on here, and its epigraph quoted Loeb (of whom I mostly know by reputation). Hard to continue after that.
November 18, 2025 at 7:20 AM
I recently started reading a novel I'd seen recommended on here, and its epigraph quoted Loeb (of whom I mostly know by reputation). Hard to continue after that.
Taskmaster is worth an exception. Unless he's studying for your future trials...
November 18, 2025 at 3:27 AM
Taskmaster is worth an exception. Unless he's studying for your future trials...
Yeah, like seeing Hamlet without "To be &c."
November 16, 2025 at 4:41 PM
Yeah, like seeing Hamlet without "To be &c."
The Scottish play tonight, then? Loved the smoke and mirrors. (I was at Here for Now Theatre a few blocks away to see Pandora; amazing show.)
November 16, 2025 at 4:10 AM
The Scottish play tonight, then? Loved the smoke and mirrors. (I was at Here for Now Theatre a few blocks away to see Pandora; amazing show.)
Alt text: "Say no to generative AI art – buy art from real degenerates" written in white capital letters on a black square, followed by creator Joe Wos's signature. (A black Sharpie marker lies diagonally across the top left corner.)
Source (Wos's Facebook post): www.facebook.com/story.php?st...
Source (Wos's Facebook post): www.facebook.com/story.php?st...
Joe Wos
#noaiart #ai #noai
www.facebook.com
November 11, 2025 at 10:38 PM
Alt text: "Say no to generative AI art – buy art from real degenerates" written in white capital letters on a black square, followed by creator Joe Wos's signature. (A black Sharpie marker lies diagonally across the top left corner.)
Source (Wos's Facebook post): www.facebook.com/story.php?st...
Source (Wos's Facebook post): www.facebook.com/story.php?st...
I've been in meetings where it's been used both ways; which meaning was generally clear from context. Can't say which side of the Canada/US border those who used it were from offhand, but I think I'd personally tend to the first interpretation. (southwestern Ontario, Canada)
November 5, 2025 at 5:10 PM
I've been in meetings where it's been used both ways; which meaning was generally clear from context. Can't say which side of the Canada/US border those who used it were from offhand, but I think I'd personally tend to the first interpretation. (southwestern Ontario, Canada)
"I'm not blue, I just look that way."
a woman in a pink dress and high heels is walking down a runway .
Alt: From "Who Framed Roger Rabbit?", the ridiculously long legs of Jessica Rabbit (an animated human) as she walks down a runway in a pink dress and high heels.
media.tenor.com
October 31, 2025 at 5:07 PM
"I'm not blue, I just look that way."
Blinky, Inky, Pinky, and Clyde are cowering in their box.
October 31, 2025 at 4:14 AM
Blinky, Inky, Pinky, and Clyde are cowering in their box.
Hope you (and 🐦) have two more of these in the tank.
October 29, 2025 at 3:31 AM
Hope you (and 🐦) have two more of these in the tank.
You have no rights, but you can scream (which, in Ellison's original, featured AM).
October 22, 2025 at 7:10 PM
You have no rights, but you can scream (which, in Ellison's original, featured AM).