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Scott Starkey
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I'm a #magician / #mentalist, #Clojure / #GroovyLang / #JavaScript developer for #PurdueUniversity, a #gameDeveloper / #illustrator, and I speak #Esperanto […]

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My mom, the former high school chemistry teacher would have loved #chemadvent and totally shared it with her students! 🤓

She passed away almost exactly 3 years ago, but here's a picture of her when she was in her prime.
My mom, Suzanne Starkey, from circa 1986. A woman in her 40s with red hair, somewhat thin face with safety goggles, also wearing a flower-print shirt and a white labcoat. On the coat is a button that reads with a bar sinister depicting "No Science Illiteracy". She's posing in a chemistry lab from the period.
December 5, 2025 at 2:26 PM
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OK #Indiana. We have a hot chocolate emergency. Repeat: the weather outside is frightful, so get your hot chocolate ready now!

#hoosiermast
selfie of me, a little scowly, covered in snow, with a winter wonderland behind me Also me, smiley, snow covered, with my snowy back yard behind me.
November 29, 2025 at 1:33 PM
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For the "size is everything" crowd, you can't do much better than Digby's Pub in Lafayette. A seriously ridiculous meat-to-bun ratio.
A pork tenderloin sandwich with a plate-sized piece of meat with a regular sized bun. Condiments and toppings leak around the sides. French fries are nestled in the background of the plate.
November 7, 2025 at 2:44 AM
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The danger is coming from INSIDE THE HOUSE!

#caturday #halloween
A cat is peeking out of what seems like a haunted house! It is actually a box built around a cat-scratcher, a double treat for our dear old tabby named Toby. The box has a pattern on it that looks like a haunted house, with a spooky spider, and a silhouette of a black cat in a faux window. But Toby looks out the real window of the box.
November 1, 2025 at 12:44 PM
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I love it that my employer apparently gives me the option of Advanced Dungeons & Dragons!

#dnd #adnd #dungeonsanddragons #annualenrollment
An excerpt from my health insurance signups for the year. It offers "AD&D" which might also presumably stand for Accidental Death & Dismemberment. But that's a grim thought! They automatically pay me if I am dismembered at work? How many hit points would I lose?
November 1, 2025 at 12:34 PM
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I managed to bop into the #nokings protest in #lebanonin on my way to a magic gig. The party is hopping in #booneco. #indiana #hoosiermast
Selfie of me, wearing a yellow No Kings bandana. The current protest is behind me. Courthouse Square in Lebanon, with a sign, "Time to Euchre Trump". Sunny day in Lebanon, with a robust priest starting. Horns thinking and a joyful atmosphere. Another pic of the protest, with a woman in patriotic garb holding a sign that says "No Kings since 1776"
October 18, 2025 at 4:03 PM
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I don't do very many free #magic shows during the year, but when I do, it's to benefit the #lafayettein #hungerhike.

#tippecanoeco #indiana #hoosiermast #magician #magiciansofmastodon
Me, in my professional magic vest and tie. My background is green trees.
September 21, 2025 at 5:24 PM
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"National Velveeta" #cheeseamovieorplay

[* Also the name of my old college improv comedy troupe.]
The movie poster for National Velvet, with a box of Velveeta cheese-stuff crudely superimposed over the word Velvet. The movie apparently stars Mickey Rooney and Elizabeth Taylor as teens or young 20-somethings.
September 2, 2025 at 12:41 PM
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No personal records broken on today's run. Just an old guy pounding the pavement and waving to neighbors.

As a bonus, here's a song from my #hoosiermast #genx playlist, mostly positive, uplifting songs with a beat around 140bpm.

"Everything looks so complete […]

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My stats from today's run. duration 47-39. distance 3.28 miles, 409 calories, 6058 steps, average pace 14:29, Max Pace 8:57, average speed 4.1 mph, Max speed 6.7 mph
September 1, 2025 at 3:11 PM
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Yesterday at my gig, I performed magic for a local celebrity, and former colleague at Purdue Athletics. (I was his computer guy about 20 years ago.) He said, "You're a really good magician!"

#lafayettein #purdue #mbb #hoosiermast #indiana #tippecanoeco
A picture of me with former Purdue Men's Basketball coach Gene Keady!
August 31, 2025 at 3:42 PM
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Yesterday at my gig, I performed magic for a local celebrity, and former colleague at Purdue Athletics. (I was his computer guy about 20 years ago.) He said, "You're a really good magician!"
A picture of me posing with Gene Keady, the undisputed royalty of Purdue Men's Basketball.
August 31, 2025 at 3:37 PM
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Hey #lafayettein, what dumb mischief can we get into today? At the #moseydownmainstreet.

#hoosiermast #indiana #magic #magician #magiciansofmastodon #tippecanoeco
Magician near a sign that says "Dumb Tricks, 1 dollar."
August 30, 2025 at 10:07 PM
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I've gone from 242 pounds in April to 208.6 as of this morning! So, that's 30+ pounds gone.

In April, I went to the doctor for my 57th year checkup. I weighed more than I ever had in my life. I also had high blood pressure. So, a few numbers were rolling in […]

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A badge on my Samsung app that says I broke a new record on the 5k Run: 44 minutes and 34 seconds. Selfie of me, post exercise. Drenched in sweat. Stinky.
August 23, 2025 at 3:54 PM
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Can I please enlist #mastohelp for the #uxui of my #prototype card game?

1. Title text is taller on long names.

2. Dropped weapons now have an "Activation Zone" with text that says that.

3. Weapons now do Targeted damage or Distributed damage. Previously […]

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The new version of two cards, with sections numbered in the main text. The first card is a dropped weapon, the "Mother of All Bombs". It says "Zone Activation: Distributed Fire damage: 7 dice +1, with +1 Aim. Targets within Medium range also take the same amount of damage minus one." The second card is the machine gun, that says "Targeted Demolition damage: 4 dice, with +1 Aim. [S/M range]". Both are illustrated with AI art. The first version of the card. The first card is the "Mother of All Bombs". It's a dropped weapon with power text "8d + 1 Distributed damage". The second card says Machine Gun, has iconified S and M range. It says "4d damage. +1 Targeting". They both have AI art. The new version has better icons, but also has verbosity in the power text.
August 10, 2025 at 3:15 PM
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Freehand pencil sketch for my car demolition derby game Vroom Zoom Boom. Just think about how awesome I will be when I discover perspective! 🤓

#nonaiart #gameart #vroomzoomboom #art #pencil #gamedev
Just like it says on the tin! A rather crudely drawn pencil sketch of a car, from a slightly elevated perspective. Although the angles are a bit off, making it look like it exists in non-Euclidean space. It's just practice and for fun!
August 8, 2025 at 12:04 PM
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At #gencon - I've heard you like #pinball.

#gencon2025 #indianapolis #indiana #hoosiermast
At the convention, there are new pinball machines as far as the eye can see.
August 1, 2025 at 10:40 PM
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I'm demoing #stabbits today at #gencon Booth 2002. #indianapolis #hoosiermast #gencon2025
Selfie next to the board game Stabbits where you play murderous rabbits trying to stand each other.
August 1, 2025 at 9:04 PM
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If you see me at #gencon today, you can player my car demolition derby game #vroomzoomboom. Please pardon my bad #aiart - I haven't had a chance to replace it with my own. #gencon2025 #indianapolis #hoosiermast
An A.I. generated image of explosions around a muscle car and the name Vroom Zoom Boom. With my written apology: Please pardon my AI art! Will replace soon!
August 1, 2025 at 2:36 PM
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Yesterday, at #gencon - a few pictures.

#indianapolis #hoosiermast #indiana #gencon2025
An art display featuring thousands of photographic slides arranged in a beautiful eye pattern. The floor of the RCA Dome - Colts Stadium - covered with gamers. Looking down upon Cardhalla, where old card games are used to create card towers. Outside the GenCon block party, with dozens of food vendors. In the background is the Colts Stadium.
August 1, 2025 at 1:38 PM
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If you find me at #gencon and tell me "Saluton", I'll give you a swanky green ribbon.

Se vi trovus min ĉe GenCon kaj salutus min, mi donus al vi mojosa verdan rubandon.
Via bonamiko Scotto portas nomŝildo de ĜenKon, kun Esperanta rubando!
July 31, 2025 at 2:19 PM
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#gencon - I am in you!

#hoosiermast #indiana #gencon2025
The front of the Will Call line, a lovely oasis in the crowd.
July 30, 2025 at 11:26 PM
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For no particular reason, here's the front of my house right now.

#indiana #hoosiermast #pride
Pride flag flying on the front porch.
June 28, 2025 at 5:57 PM
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Hey, #purdue, how's it going?

...

Oh, crap.

Remember folks: When you want to remove diversity, equity, and inclusion - that means you are pro: white people, supremacy, and segregation.

#hoosiermast #indiana #dei #diversity #equity #inclusion
A set of two photos from Reddit r/Purdue that says, "Interesting developments in the college of pharmacy. It shows workers scraping a word-cloud mural off a wall, supporting Diversity, Equity, Collaboration, Support, Growth, and other worthy goals.
June 12, 2025 at 3:33 PM
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Fun date night in #lafayettein. Started with seeing Buster Keaton's Sherlock Junior with a trippy modern R.E.M. soundtrack. Then over to Digby's pub to see #thebandsheeza. #sheeza is a super-talented young multi-instrumentalist and vocalist that is your next […]

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A sandwich with a crunchy tenderloin patty beneath it, about 5 times the size of the bun. Truly massive! The Band Sheena playing on an outdoor patio of the pub "Written and directed by Buster Keaton".
June 7, 2025 at 1:29 AM
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Yesterday, my wife and I went to the #tippecanoeco library. Tucked away in that building is a local historical archive. Further hidden in a book there is a photo of this very suave and very studly graduate in 1992.

#hoosiermast #purdue #purdueuniversity #hillsboroin #fountainco
A yearbook picture of me. Some names are blotted out at the right, but mine is there, stating that I graduated from the school of Liberal Arts, and I'm from Hillsboro, Indiana.
June 1, 2025 at 11:32 AM