Bill (Pliny the Older)
@plinytheolder.bsky.social
the older & wiser Pliny | fiftysomething queer | San Francisco since 1994 | on the web since 1996 | fka Mermaniac back in the blogging days | he/him
Got myself out of the house on this warm weekend afternoon. Heading over to Stonestown to look at Labubus and find something fun for lunch. Have a good day!
August 9, 2025 at 8:59 PM
Got myself out of the house on this warm weekend afternoon. Heading over to Stonestown to look at Labubus and find something fun for lunch. Have a good day!
Reading and journaling in this cafe this morning
July 16, 2025 at 9:33 PM
Reading and journaling in this cafe this morning
Having a wonderful lunch. I wore my red shirt and blue shorts because we are going to see a Sunday matinee of Superman at a great little local movie theater.
July 13, 2025 at 10:24 PM
Having a wonderful lunch. I wore my red shirt and blue shorts because we are going to see a Sunday matinee of Superman at a great little local movie theater.
Always stop by Hanapepe for the Friday Night Mart. There's a new Stitch mural but the old mural is still there too. (Much of the look and feel of Lilo's home in the movie was based on Hanapepe.)
July 13, 2025 at 7:40 PM
Always stop by Hanapepe for the Friday Night Mart. There's a new Stitch mural but the old mural is still there too. (Much of the look and feel of Lilo's home in the movie was based on Hanapepe.)
At a little cafe with my markers and my art journal this morning
July 11, 2025 at 7:52 PM
At a little cafe with my markers and my art journal this morning
Watching the fascinating HBO documentary Enigma, and I'm obsessed with how many possible birth months and birth years that Amanda Lear has claimed over the years.
In the doc Amanda says she doesn't remember her birth last name or the last name of her parents.
In the doc Amanda says she doesn't remember her birth last name or the last name of her parents.
July 10, 2025 at 6:00 PM
Watching the fascinating HBO documentary Enigma, and I'm obsessed with how many possible birth months and birth years that Amanda Lear has claimed over the years.
In the doc Amanda says she doesn't remember her birth last name or the last name of her parents.
In the doc Amanda says she doesn't remember her birth last name or the last name of her parents.
Every year I get a few t-shirts screen printed at a little shop in Hanalei. Yesterday I got a few more, including orange (finally!). Nice to have the whole rainbow at last.
July 10, 2025 at 4:03 AM
Every year I get a few t-shirts screen printed at a little shop in Hanalei. Yesterday I got a few more, including orange (finally!). Nice to have the whole rainbow at last.
Sunrise this morning
July 9, 2025 at 11:01 PM
Sunrise this morning
Been spending a lot of time at the ocean and relaxing. Heading out soon for dinner at one of our favorite restaurants (today is 🎰).
July 8, 2025 at 2:49 AM
Been spending a lot of time at the ocean and relaxing. Heading out soon for dinner at one of our favorite restaurants (today is 🎰).
Arrived yesterday so expect a lot of nonsense from me for the next couple of weeks. Our anniversary is next week — we got married on 07-07-07 — and we’ve been planning this trip for a while now.
The world is frequently awful but I’m focusing on queer and trans joy.
Your queer uncle loves you.
The world is frequently awful but I’m focusing on queer and trans joy.
Your queer uncle loves you.
July 5, 2025 at 7:30 PM
Arrived yesterday so expect a lot of nonsense from me for the next couple of weeks. Our anniversary is next week — we got married on 07-07-07 — and we’ve been planning this trip for a while now.
The world is frequently awful but I’m focusing on queer and trans joy.
Your queer uncle loves you.
The world is frequently awful but I’m focusing on queer and trans joy.
Your queer uncle loves you.
Spent a few minutes in a cafe that I love today. Spending the day doing last minute errands.
July 3, 2025 at 9:00 PM
Spent a few minutes in a cafe that I love today. Spending the day doing last minute errands.
Whenever I go to Gus's Fried Chicken in Oakland I take a selfie with the EAT ME chicken.
July 3, 2025 at 6:11 AM
Whenever I go to Gus's Fried Chicken in Oakland I take a selfie with the EAT ME chicken.
First day of my summer
July 1, 2025 at 8:51 PM
First day of my summer
Can’t see Sutro Tower or the Pink Triangle, but the rainbow lasers that shine down Market Street are making a beautiful addition to the fog above the Castro on the last night of Pride.
June 30, 2025 at 6:28 AM
Can’t see Sutro Tower or the Pink Triangle, but the rainbow lasers that shine down Market Street are making a beautiful addition to the fog above the Castro on the last night of Pride.
Had a great time at Pride on Pink Saturday today
June 29, 2025 at 5:33 AM
Had a great time at Pride on Pink Saturday today
Serious daddy at Pride on Pink Saturday
June 29, 2025 at 5:32 AM
Serious daddy at Pride on Pink Saturday
This week I made two minizines about queer spirituality and the original eight colors of the first Pride flag, and sold them along with my first regular zine at a Queer Tarot Happy Hour. It was my first time talking about and selling my work. Kind of fun, actually!
June 28, 2025 at 4:37 PM
This week I made two minizines about queer spirituality and the original eight colors of the first Pride flag, and sold them along with my first regular zine at a Queer Tarot Happy Hour. It was my first time talking about and selling my work. Kind of fun, actually!
What's a book—or series of books—that you loved as a kid that almost nobody seems to read or even remember nowadays?
The Matthew Looney were about an alien kid whose family lived on the moon — they didn’t breathe air so he needed a reverse spacesuit to visit Earth. Great Gahan Wilson illustrations.
The Matthew Looney were about an alien kid whose family lived on the moon — they didn’t breathe air so he needed a reverse spacesuit to visit Earth. Great Gahan Wilson illustrations.
June 28, 2025 at 2:52 PM
What's a book—or series of books—that you loved as a kid that almost nobody seems to read or even remember nowadays?
The Matthew Looney were about an alien kid whose family lived on the moon — they didn’t breathe air so he needed a reverse spacesuit to visit Earth. Great Gahan Wilson illustrations.
The Matthew Looney were about an alien kid whose family lived on the moon — they didn’t breathe air so he needed a reverse spacesuit to visit Earth. Great Gahan Wilson illustrations.
Smokey Bear shirtless in his blue jeans looking out on Market Street just in time for Pride. We'll see him at the Lone Star afterward.
June 28, 2025 at 2:38 PM
Smokey Bear shirtless in his blue jeans looking out on Market Street just in time for Pride. We'll see him at the Lone Star afterward.
Mind blown that the Levi's store in San Francisco has done a collab with iconic gay bar The Stud, including making several patches that reproduce vintage pins from the archives. I have a long history with the Stud so I had to get them all.
June 28, 2025 at 2:18 PM
Mind blown that the Levi's store in San Francisco has done a collab with iconic gay bar The Stud, including making several patches that reproduce vintage pins from the archives. I have a long history with the Stud so I had to get them all.
Felt very pastel yesterday for trans pride
June 28, 2025 at 2:09 PM
Felt very pastel yesterday for trans pride
Every year on the morning of the trans march there is an intergenerational event put on by Openhouse (services for LGBTQ seniors) and Lyric (services for LGBTQ youth). We went with dear friends and had a good time.
June 27, 2025 at 9:29 PM
Every year on the morning of the trans march there is an intergenerational event put on by Openhouse (services for LGBTQ seniors) and Lyric (services for LGBTQ youth). We went with dear friends and had a good time.
Last Saturday's launch party for the 10.1 issue of @foglifterpress.bsky.social was a blast. Here are some photos of T.S. Leonard, @baruchporras.bsky.social and @dapowell.bsky.social reading. Feels really important to support queer literary magazines these days.
June 27, 2025 at 5:38 PM
Last Saturday's launch party for the 10.1 issue of @foglifterpress.bsky.social was a blast. Here are some photos of T.S. Leonard, @baruchporras.bsky.social and @dapowell.bsky.social reading. Feels really important to support queer literary magazines these days.
Thinking about @sasquatchers.wtf’s Middle Age Tiger Beat, and I have a nomination: Adam Bartley aka The Ferg on Longmire.
June 27, 2025 at 3:13 PM
Thinking about @sasquatchers.wtf’s Middle Age Tiger Beat, and I have a nomination: Adam Bartley aka The Ferg on Longmire.
Off to homo book club on a gorgeous Sunday afternoon
June 22, 2025 at 10:40 PM
Off to homo book club on a gorgeous Sunday afternoon