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Mike Ely
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Technologist, dad, author, ally if you want one. Writing site used to update weekly.

"The limits of what you are willing to imagine are an epitaph you wrote […]

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You can make these from a couple feet of romex and about fifteen dollars worth of stuff from the hardwork store. Bear in mind, the only allowed use for these is to leave them on the desk of the plant safety manager on the first day of the fourth month of the year.
November 18, 2025 at 2:40 AM
When you have an old car, get into an accident, and just want all the pieces to be where they're supposed to be without spending a lot of money:
#mechanic
November 16, 2025 at 10:22 PM
MoViNg Is FuN!1!!
November 16, 2025 at 4:53 AM
I realize it's really complicated but just stay with me here... #epstein
November 15, 2025 at 2:38 AM
Guys, I have a question about this dress...
November 11, 2025 at 3:59 AM
Seems like a perfectly good night to post pictures of a #cave - don't you agree?
November 10, 2025 at 4:00 AM
Current status:
November 3, 2025 at 2:41 AM
Here is (literally) the "very hard IQ test" that Trump bragged to the world about taking. If it were me I'd be worried that the doctors were making me take this exam in the first place.

Note for the visually impaired: this document (which due to […]

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October 30, 2025 at 6:24 AM
My first Halloween with a doorbell camera...
October 28, 2025 at 8:51 PM
Facebook's language translation engine is so bad as to be a close cousin to sabotage.
October 22, 2025 at 3:30 AM
Made this to commemorate the last 24 hours of the Internet:
October 21, 2025 at 12:27 AM
Sign I carried today at our local #nokings gathering:
October 18, 2025 at 8:22 PM
One dog. One week. One flight of stairs. WTF
October 17, 2025 at 5:30 PM
When you need to get a pull request approved by your colleagues in order to finish a task, sometimes a bit of marketing is required. Is it fun? No. Did I make it seem fun? Probably not. Will it be enough to convince my coworkers to take pity on me and approve the PR? Here's hoping...
October 17, 2025 at 4:57 PM
This here ballot measure has the best title:
"The Texas Legislature Can Eat My Whole Entire Ass Act"
In two parts: #uspol
October 15, 2025 at 1:46 AM
Went to hop out of the car on a quick errand and... #nope
October 14, 2025 at 3:14 AM
Came around a random corner and discovered this needless temptation for anyone who grew up watching Dukes of Hazzard:
October 5, 2025 at 8:48 PM
Goddammit lol...
#sysadmin
October 3, 2025 at 11:35 PM
My ex wife and I have a 14-year-old together. We get along great, but sometimes (often) we miscommunicate. This is like the perfect example. #parenting
October 2, 2025 at 4:38 AM
[Tiny tragedy, big feels]

Last bits of cleaning out the garage and I found the most tragic thing: a hummingbird had somehow got into the garage without a way out and spent its last moments gazing out the window where all the food and water it needed was […]

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September 30, 2025 at 2:14 AM
A duck and its guardian
September 28, 2025 at 4:50 PM
Couldn't resist comparing the current muppet to a past muppet:
September 28, 2025 at 5:10 AM
Turns out when you rent a cargo van from one of the local non-chain outfits it comes with "free candy" not yet spray painted on the side, but you can see it there anyway.
September 27, 2025 at 4:14 AM
Narcissus and Goldmund have been catching up in our front yard. They have a lot to talk about.
September 22, 2025 at 1:52 AM
Yes, let's mount the track light right here, because bulbs never ever burn out. Right?

By the way, if anyone has suggestions as to the right way to access this please let me know.
September 18, 2025 at 6:35 PM