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Stephen Van Doren
@svandoren.bsky.social
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Leftist, voice actor/narrator (National Library Service)
he/him | quite queer

www.youtube.com/@vocalClassics
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Narrating the Zhuangzi for the National Library Service, definitely the most complex a d difficult narration I've ever attempted. Need a lot of digital assistance to get all the info in front of my face.
Steve's narration setup for his current book, the Zhuangzi, foundational text of Taoism. Need endnotes, footnotes, the main text, and a pronunciation guide displayed at all times.
February 11, 2025 at 3:07 PM
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The hell did I see walking around Denver this morning?
A motherfucking turkey or some shit.
February 1, 2025 at 7:52 PM
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more birb
Old Baldy, staring right at ya. A different Old Baldy, this one not staring at you.... OR IS IT?
December 25, 2024 at 8:02 PM
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Saw a pair of what I like to call Flying Terries out on our walk this morning.

Cc @telthetrekkie.bsky.social
Two majestic bald eagles, not, as their (and the symbolically-linked unnamed nation state) actions suggest, vultures. They're perched on two different branches, and have garish white feathered hoods, unlike that same nation state, whose white hoods tend to be linen or cotton mesh) blends.
December 25, 2024 at 7:01 PM
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I mean, it took all of three seconds to find an NPR article from 2013 pointing out how the panic never really happened.

www.npr.org/sections/the...
From an NPR article, including a quote from Slate: ___ Well, Slate has a different opinion. "The supposed panic was so tiny as to be practically immeasurable on the night of the broadcast," it concludes. According to Slate: "Far fewer people heard the broadcast — and fewer still panicked — than most people believe today. How do we know? The night the program aired, the C.E. Hooper ratings service telephoned 5,000 households for its national ratings survey. 'To what program are you listening?' the service asked respondents. Only 2 percent answered a radio 'play' or 'the Orson Welles program,' or something similar indicating CBS. None said a 'news broadcast,' according to a summary published in Broadcasting. In other words, 98 percent of those surveyed were listening to something else, or nothing at all, on Oct. 30, 1938. This miniscule rating is not surprising. Welles' program was scheduled against one of the most popular national programs at the time — ventriloquist Edgar Bergen's Chase and Sanborn Hour, a comedy-variety show."
December 15, 2024 at 2:31 PM
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Time to enjoy a favorite of mine, cracking open an old bald. Cc @telthetrekkie.bsky.social
A Terry's brand chocolate orange, still in its box.
December 13, 2024 at 7:05 PM
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Christ, @eomproject.bsky.social, you call this ONE chapter? It's an endurance sport with you, obviously.

Anyway, one down (and being processed); three (!) to go. Thanks to everyone who has pestered him (or me) about the audiobook's status.
Screenshot of a REAPER audio session, showing over 2 hours (2h16m59s) of recorded audio.
November 30, 2024 at 8:16 PM
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Sagan is a winter snow baby. Caught him catching snowflakes on his big warm tongue. #dogsofbluesky
Sagan, a Rottweiler-Husky mix, looking up during the beginning of a snow storm. He's lit by a single porch light which also illuminates a swath of snow, falling faster than the shutter speed can reasonably capture. A thin coat of snow covers everything in view, including the beginnings of a coat of snow on the dog's back.
November 28, 2024 at 5:54 PM
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Just the best birthday present I could ever give myself. #dogsofbluesky
The most adorable Rottie, Sagan, napping with his muzzle resting on the arm of an overstuffed easy chair, post walkies in his new harness.
November 24, 2024 at 5:18 PM
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I mark 45 years in this life today, and I'll admit, this was my real birthday present. Sagan is a very different personality from Cahir, but I've already determined if he asked me to, I would do truly unfathomable things.

Look at dose eyes.....daaaaaaawwww
#dogsofbluesky
Sagan, a black and white Rottweiler, sits in a chair like a lord, looking back at you with eyes that have seen those horrible things you did, and while he's not angry, he is a little disappointment.
November 24, 2024 at 1:12 PM
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Sagan is just so picturesque. #dogsofbluesky
Sagan, a white-muzzled black Rottweiler holds a chew toy between his paws and applies the appropriate verb to it. Sagan, a black Rottie with a white face, does a face of wild eyed insanity while applying teeth to a cow's shin bone.
November 23, 2024 at 5:06 PM
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Meet Sagan. #dogsofbluesky

I just came home from the shelter with this beautiful guy. He keeps licking the tears of joy off my face.
Sagan, a black Rottweiler-Husky mix dog, with white spots over his eyes and a white muzzle, tongue lolling. He is the best boy, because he's here leaving the shelter for the last time.
November 22, 2024 at 9:53 PM
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So, because my heart yearns for connection, I've begun browsing the nearest shelter, and I've come across this beauty, who has been there for almost a month, and it just boggles the mind.

She's a Catahoula Leopard Hound, a breed I'd never heard of. Might have to meet her next week. #DogsOfBlueSky
A beige and white Catahoula Leopard Hound with heterochromatic eyrs wearing an orange bandana and looking so adorable you could just die.
November 16, 2024 at 5:01 PM
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It's amazing what time does. It grays the face but needn't dim the brightness of our eyes. My first and last photos of my dear sweet Cahir.

Looking at these two photos next to each other brings enormous love and pride to my heart. He was the most amazing companion.
November 9, 2024, Cahir at 6.5 years old, looking up and off camera, tongue lolling happily. The last photo taken of my sweet potato bear. August 30 2018, little puppy Cahir, a black and brown Rottweiler at six weeks old. He's looking right at the camera and being pet on his tiny, perfect head. The first photo I took of my dear companion
November 14, 2024 at 12:05 AM
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Oooh, the Lower Decks mobile game has Berman's number
A screenshot the Star Trek Lower Decks mobile game featuring a TOS style Gorn addressing Travis Mayweather, saying v"Web that's it. It doesn't look like your character has been fleshed out too much yet."
November 11, 2024 at 10:23 PM
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roughhousing, silent contemplation of the neighborhood during long smoke breaks. He was part of nearly all the best parts of my life over the past 6.5 years. The tears come with smiles today, The Day After. I keep referring to this message a dear friend sent me that might mean something to you:
Text from Instagram reads: "One other thing, sappy I know, but because it's truly a deep belief of mine: you gave him a beautiful life. I know it feels too brief...but what wouldn't have? Every moment you loved him, and there isn't a thing more fucking pure than that. You gave him a life, and he gave you a lifetime. It's perfect."
November 10, 2024 at 2:24 PM
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I miss my dog so much this morning. It was always our time, because I get up absurdly early and don't start work until hours and hours later. He'd get his morning treat while I made coffee and had morning ablutions, then outside for potty patrol, back in for breakfast together, then walks,
Noble Rottweiler, a black and brown dog with a gray muzzle, stares off to the right, lying on a door mat next to the brick wall of a house. He's glorious.
November 10, 2024 at 2:24 PM
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I had to say goodbye to my baby today. I'll never forget him.
My sweet Rottweiler, on his last day. He's black and brown with a greying muzzle, he's sitting in front of a purple door, looking off in the distance
November 10, 2024 at 12:40 AM
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Today, among the dreadful news across the US, Denver got a good snow, and so my baby has gotten some good playtime out there.

Treatment hasn't been the best, but it also hasn't been the worst. He's had nearly no adverse reactions to medications, just limited effectiveness.

Happy boy, though.
A snowy scene featuring a black and brown Rottweiler staring at the camera, obvious ready to pounce! An acrobatic Rottweiler, running through snow.
November 7, 2024 at 12:42 AM
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He's responded well to prednisone so far, for a couple days now. His lymph node swelling has gone down, and we've been able to take a couple walks. Still breathes very loudly, sometimes startlingly so.

But it passes, and I can even fool myself into thinking he's not a very sick boy. Sometimes.
Cahir, my Rottweiler, admiring a double rainbow over a neighbors house. He's a big black dog with a shiny silver chain around his neck.
August 7, 2024 at 11:27 PM
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Cahir has lymphoma. He's my sweet boy, he's only six, this shouldn't happen to such a good boy. Gonna try to get him another 6-8 months but I'm scraping by as it is.

He's always loved playing the snow, and this summer has been brutal. I'm gonna fight so he can have one more winter.

❤️
A happy Rottweiler, my sweet Cahir, amid gardenias and tomato plants, looking off and watching the world.
August 7, 2024 at 11:22 PM
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I presented a show last night to this house, and holy crap that was amazing. Never had such a big room fill up with my voice. Exhilarating
The Elie Caulkins Opera house in Denver Colorado, as viewed from backstage
September 4, 2023 at 1:01 PM
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Older movies didn't shy away from making a scene horny as fuck even when it really shouldn't have been probably
Timothy Dalton (Phillip II) and John Castle (Geoffrey, son of Henry II) in The Lion in Winter
July 26, 2023 at 1:08 AM
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I just don't understand anyone who doesn't love this show. It's just so adorable. Star Trek: Prodigy really does deserve a home for its second season.
Dal & Pog, from Star Trek: Prodigy, on the bridge of the USS Enterprise 1701-D, with crew Spock, Dr. Crusher, Odo, and Uhura.
July 11, 2023 at 2:03 AM
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Bonus goose content.
Fuckin' goose man, goosin' around in Big Trouble in Little China
July 8, 2023 at 9:37 PM