Roger Vaillancourt
@rogerjva.bsky.social
Professional explicator and maker of soothing sounds. Author of "The Inaccessible Rail" (2026) and "Un-ruined" (2022) novels from Malarkey Books
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Ghost Tropic (2019)
November 20, 2025 at 2:28 PM
Ghost Tropic (2019)
The true cost of having a father who never told you "let the weight of the hammer do the work"
November 14, 2025 at 6:00 PM
The true cost of having a father who never told you "let the weight of the hammer do the work"
I mean look upon the beauty of its writings
November 14, 2025 at 12:18 AM
I mean look upon the beauty of its writings
This is Elise and Bertram, two of the sweetest cats ever, littermates who left us one week apart this past March. They are dearly missed.
November 13, 2025 at 9:19 PM
This is Elise and Bertram, two of the sweetest cats ever, littermates who left us one week apart this past March. They are dearly missed.
Spicy stuff Rob
November 13, 2025 at 11:42 AM
Spicy stuff Rob
Miike Snow showed exactly where to go next
November 11, 2025 at 12:29 PM
Miike Snow showed exactly where to go next
This thread needs a label
November 8, 2025 at 3:51 AM
This thread needs a label
A four-in-hand rasp. One of the most useful rough carpentry tools, lasts forever. Handles everything between a saw cut and sandpaper.
November 2, 2025 at 8:17 PM
A four-in-hand rasp. One of the most useful rough carpentry tools, lasts forever. Handles everything between a saw cut and sandpaper.
!["At this festive season of the year, Mr. Scrooge," said the [one of the gentlemen], taking up a pen, "it is more than usually desireable that we should make some slight provision for the Poor and destitute, who suffer greatly at the present time. Many thousands are in want of common necessaries; hundred of thousands are in want of common comforts, sir."
"Are there no prisons?" asked Scrooge.
"Plenty of prisons," said the gentleman, laying down the pen again.
"And the Union workhouses?" demanded Scrooge. "Are they still in operation?"
"They are. Still," returned the gentleman, "I wish I could say they were not."
"The Treadmill and the Poor Law are in full vigour, then?" said Scrooge.
"Both very busy, sir."](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:3hatr7hhw64ndxci6owacvep/bafkreiaauramzq3ttiavy25et7fvkhqmmhutzr5t7fwm3dku2soj3wekce@jpeg)
If you don't have room for a barrel, buy them in handy individual packs
October 28, 2025 at 1:24 PM
If you don't have room for a barrel, buy them in handy individual packs
In short, there's simply not
A more congenial spot
For happily-ever-aftering
Than here in
A more congenial spot
For happily-ever-aftering
Than here in
October 26, 2025 at 8:08 PM
In short, there's simply not
A more congenial spot
For happily-ever-aftering
Than here in
A more congenial spot
For happily-ever-aftering
Than here in
For the consumer who found necco wafers dull and flavorless
October 24, 2025 at 1:44 PM
For the consumer who found necco wafers dull and flavorless
Or, for those more inclined to Gorey, a fantod
October 21, 2025 at 6:09 PM
Or, for those more inclined to Gorey, a fantod
Flashed me back to the classic Mac OS8.5 "Drawing Board" theme.
October 4, 2025 at 11:02 PM
Flashed me back to the classic Mac OS8.5 "Drawing Board" theme.
I remember it because Family Ties aired before Cheers, and so if you tuned in for Cheers a minute or two early you saw Ubu
October 4, 2025 at 4:56 PM
I remember it because Family Ties aired before Cheers, and so if you tuned in for Cheers a minute or two early you saw Ubu