Tim Willoughby
@timswheelbarrow.bsky.social
Sometime magician, full time nerd. He/him
MTG Commander Format Panel member
Attacker of the Oxford comma, defender of taking time for joy
MTG Commander Format Panel member
Attacker of the Oxford comma, defender of taking time for joy
I wonder how frequently the term ‘cinema’ is used in the western speaking world each day, compared to visits to the actual cinema.
November 14, 2025 at 12:51 PM
I wonder how frequently the term ‘cinema’ is used in the western speaking world each day, compared to visits to the actual cinema.
I could be sleeping right now. I *should* be sleeping right now.
In fact, I'm working on a karaoke mashup of Imagine by John Lennon and What's Up? by Four Non Blondes.
Some of us are just built different, ok?
In fact, I'm working on a karaoke mashup of Imagine by John Lennon and What's Up? by Four Non Blondes.
Some of us are just built different, ok?
November 14, 2025 at 3:49 AM
I could be sleeping right now. I *should* be sleeping right now.
In fact, I'm working on a karaoke mashup of Imagine by John Lennon and What's Up? by Four Non Blondes.
Some of us are just built different, ok?
In fact, I'm working on a karaoke mashup of Imagine by John Lennon and What's Up? by Four Non Blondes.
Some of us are just built different, ok?
It is a cruel twist of numbers that I wasn’t alive in the last summer of ‘69, and that I’ll be in my 80s on the next summer of ‘69.
November 13, 2025 at 1:50 PM
It is a cruel twist of numbers that I wasn’t alive in the last summer of ‘69, and that I’ll be in my 80s on the next summer of ‘69.
The lurid mess that was Francis Ford Coppola’s Dracula came out 33 years ago.
Some wild performances/story choices/effects in there. My favourite thing about it was this;
youtu.be/vhG8zC4npsE?...
Some wild performances/story choices/effects in there. My favourite thing about it was this;
youtu.be/vhG8zC4npsE?...
Love Song For A Vampire
YouTube video by Annie Lennox
youtu.be
November 13, 2025 at 1:21 PM
The lurid mess that was Francis Ford Coppola’s Dracula came out 33 years ago.
Some wild performances/story choices/effects in there. My favourite thing about it was this;
youtu.be/vhG8zC4npsE?...
Some wild performances/story choices/effects in there. My favourite thing about it was this;
youtu.be/vhG8zC4npsE?...
Not saying it's better or worse, but the way that a lot of measurement in the US works feels whimsically imprecise.
For cooking, it's cups, and butter is sticks. For cocktails it's often measures. And then there's inches.
It all feels a bit like eyeballing it, shrugging and saying 'close enough'.
For cooking, it's cups, and butter is sticks. For cocktails it's often measures. And then there's inches.
It all feels a bit like eyeballing it, shrugging and saying 'close enough'.
November 13, 2025 at 12:31 AM
Not saying it's better or worse, but the way that a lot of measurement in the US works feels whimsically imprecise.
For cooking, it's cups, and butter is sticks. For cocktails it's often measures. And then there's inches.
It all feels a bit like eyeballing it, shrugging and saying 'close enough'.
For cooking, it's cups, and butter is sticks. For cocktails it's often measures. And then there's inches.
It all feels a bit like eyeballing it, shrugging and saying 'close enough'.
The year was 2019. Things weren’t perfect… far from it. But there was still just enough wide-eyed innocence and joy in the world to make this.
Would that we could find such times again.
youtu.be/vqCHdVOzetc?...
Would that we could find such times again.
youtu.be/vqCHdVOzetc?...
Steamed Hams but it's Basket Case by Green Day
YouTube video by Juliana Egg
youtu.be
November 12, 2025 at 3:18 AM
The year was 2019. Things weren’t perfect… far from it. But there was still just enough wide-eyed innocence and joy in the world to make this.
Would that we could find such times again.
youtu.be/vqCHdVOzetc?...
Would that we could find such times again.
youtu.be/vqCHdVOzetc?...
Just discovered that some lovely person gifted me a membership to @hellstormmikey.bsky.social's Hellstorm Wargaming YouTube channel. What a bloody treat!
Looking forward to ducking into all that extra content, as I paint up my new mini projects. Thanks, mystery person!
Looking forward to ducking into all that extra content, as I paint up my new mini projects. Thanks, mystery person!
November 8, 2025 at 2:12 AM
Just discovered that some lovely person gifted me a membership to @hellstormmikey.bsky.social's Hellstorm Wargaming YouTube channel. What a bloody treat!
Looking forward to ducking into all that extra content, as I paint up my new mini projects. Thanks, mystery person!
Looking forward to ducking into all that extra content, as I paint up my new mini projects. Thanks, mystery person!
Watching a breakdown of Mamdani’s victory speech. Did not realise that in there he quoted Mario Cuomo (Andrew Cuomo’s dad) after saying that it’d be the last time he uttered Cuomo’s name.
That’s a Kendrick move right there, before we even begin to break down 4 words that might have referenced KRS1.
That’s a Kendrick move right there, before we even begin to break down 4 words that might have referenced KRS1.
November 7, 2025 at 3:00 PM
Watching a breakdown of Mamdani’s victory speech. Did not realise that in there he quoted Mario Cuomo (Andrew Cuomo’s dad) after saying that it’d be the last time he uttered Cuomo’s name.
That’s a Kendrick move right there, before we even begin to break down 4 words that might have referenced KRS1.
That’s a Kendrick move right there, before we even begin to break down 4 words that might have referenced KRS1.
We all live in our own bubbles, and I’m pretty happy being in the ‘fuck no to both generative AI or LLMs’ zone, but I am kind of intrigued as to who, beyond companies trying to save money, is a proponent of AI art?
November 6, 2025 at 7:20 PM
We all live in our own bubbles, and I’m pretty happy being in the ‘fuck no to both generative AI or LLMs’ zone, but I am kind of intrigued as to who, beyond companies trying to save money, is a proponent of AI art?
I know that normally YouTube algorithm complaints come from creators, but as a viewer what is going on with YouTube?
It’s suddenly offering me a lot of videos from 5-10 years ago, of thoroughly medium quality/relevance to me at best.
Anyone else found it’s acting oddly for them?
It’s suddenly offering me a lot of videos from 5-10 years ago, of thoroughly medium quality/relevance to me at best.
Anyone else found it’s acting oddly for them?
November 5, 2025 at 2:38 AM
I know that normally YouTube algorithm complaints come from creators, but as a viewer what is going on with YouTube?
It’s suddenly offering me a lot of videos from 5-10 years ago, of thoroughly medium quality/relevance to me at best.
Anyone else found it’s acting oddly for them?
It’s suddenly offering me a lot of videos from 5-10 years ago, of thoroughly medium quality/relevance to me at best.
Anyone else found it’s acting oddly for them?
This evening I will mostly be working on playing Bach's prelude in C Major. I know it's quite easy, but I'm rrrrrrubbish at the piano, so I think it'll be good for me.
November 4, 2025 at 8:15 PM
This evening I will mostly be working on playing Bach's prelude in C Major. I know it's quite easy, but I'm rrrrrrubbish at the piano, so I think it'll be good for me.
I don’t have the money to indulge in Secret Lairs, but I’m still super outraged on behalf of those who do over the fiasco of how they’re sold.
When the amount made is a homeopathic dose compared to demand just make them a lottery or don’t bother. Dangling impossibilities hurt those who care.
When the amount made is a homeopathic dose compared to demand just make them a lottery or don’t bother. Dangling impossibilities hurt those who care.
November 4, 2025 at 9:52 AM
I don’t have the money to indulge in Secret Lairs, but I’m still super outraged on behalf of those who do over the fiasco of how they’re sold.
When the amount made is a homeopathic dose compared to demand just make them a lottery or don’t bother. Dangling impossibilities hurt those who care.
When the amount made is a homeopathic dose compared to demand just make them a lottery or don’t bother. Dangling impossibilities hurt those who care.
Pussyliquor are a fucking rad punk band, many of whom used to work at my bar Rule Zero between gigs. Hell, they played our closing party.
Now they are playing Download 2026, on the same bill as Guns & Roses. Sick as all Hell.
Now they are playing Download 2026, on the same bill as Guns & Roses. Sick as all Hell.
November 4, 2025 at 9:43 AM
Pussyliquor are a fucking rad punk band, many of whom used to work at my bar Rule Zero between gigs. Hell, they played our closing party.
Now they are playing Download 2026, on the same bill as Guns & Roses. Sick as all Hell.
Now they are playing Download 2026, on the same bill as Guns & Roses. Sick as all Hell.
For some reason when it comes to my YouTube Magic algorithm, it's switched from showing me gameplay from people I'm subscribed to playing great games, to folks with ~300 views playing some pretty questionable ones.
This is not ideal.
This is not ideal.
November 4, 2025 at 12:18 AM
For some reason when it comes to my YouTube Magic algorithm, it's switched from showing me gameplay from people I'm subscribed to playing great games, to folks with ~300 views playing some pretty questionable ones.
This is not ideal.
This is not ideal.
At some point a naïve me who hadn’t planned birthday celebrations stated I’d just celebrate my prime birthdays going forward.
In 40 minutes I turn 43, and my birthday plans involve catching up on The Traitors and eating a slice of cake, while trying not to obsess on how a recent job interview went.
In 40 minutes I turn 43, and my birthday plans involve catching up on The Traitors and eating a slice of cake, while trying not to obsess on how a recent job interview went.
November 2, 2025 at 11:22 PM
At some point a naïve me who hadn’t planned birthday celebrations stated I’d just celebrate my prime birthdays going forward.
In 40 minutes I turn 43, and my birthday plans involve catching up on The Traitors and eating a slice of cake, while trying not to obsess on how a recent job interview went.
In 40 minutes I turn 43, and my birthday plans involve catching up on The Traitors and eating a slice of cake, while trying not to obsess on how a recent job interview went.
Tim’s sneaky NMM tip. Trying to figure out a set of reflections for a cylinder while painting NMM? Wear a shiny ring and take a photo of it, to use as a reference.
November 2, 2025 at 8:52 PM
Tim’s sneaky NMM tip. Trying to figure out a set of reflections for a cylinder while painting NMM? Wear a shiny ring and take a photo of it, to use as a reference.
I don't think that IQ tests are good. They have institutional bias built in, and even if they perfectly measured how well someone's mind handles complex reasoning, I don't think that's an especially useful predictor of their success.
However, I'd get a kick out of watching AOC vs Trump taking one.
However, I'd get a kick out of watching AOC vs Trump taking one.
November 2, 2025 at 2:23 PM
I don't think that IQ tests are good. They have institutional bias built in, and even if they perfectly measured how well someone's mind handles complex reasoning, I don't think that's an especially useful predictor of their success.
However, I'd get a kick out of watching AOC vs Trump taking one.
However, I'd get a kick out of watching AOC vs Trump taking one.
Would some folks in the US be willing to share (publicly or privately) some grocery receipts?
Would like to figure out for myself both the relative cost of groceries in the US compared to the UK, and how this varies for fresh vs processed options.
Would like to figure out for myself both the relative cost of groceries in the US compared to the UK, and how this varies for fresh vs processed options.
November 2, 2025 at 5:35 AM
Would some folks in the US be willing to share (publicly or privately) some grocery receipts?
Would like to figure out for myself both the relative cost of groceries in the US compared to the UK, and how this varies for fresh vs processed options.
Would like to figure out for myself both the relative cost of groceries in the US compared to the UK, and how this varies for fresh vs processed options.
It's nearly 10pm. If I'm watching the World Series game 7, that means heading to my local casino for the midnight game start(!)
If I were rooting for the Blue Jays to win, that might get me there. Closer to the mark is that I'm rooting for Ohtani to do impressive things but the Dodgers to lose.
If I were rooting for the Blue Jays to win, that might get me there. Closer to the mark is that I'm rooting for Ohtani to do impressive things but the Dodgers to lose.
November 1, 2025 at 9:57 PM
It's nearly 10pm. If I'm watching the World Series game 7, that means heading to my local casino for the midnight game start(!)
If I were rooting for the Blue Jays to win, that might get me there. Closer to the mark is that I'm rooting for Ohtani to do impressive things but the Dodgers to lose.
If I were rooting for the Blue Jays to win, that might get me there. Closer to the mark is that I'm rooting for Ohtani to do impressive things but the Dodgers to lose.
Sketching out 40k lists, and even though a cheeky assassin would be very good in many of them, I vow not to include one until I've won one for finding the hidden assassin who moves every day in the Warhammer World diorama.
November 1, 2025 at 6:06 PM
Sketching out 40k lists, and even though a cheeky assassin would be very good in many of them, I vow not to include one until I've won one for finding the hidden assassin who moves every day in the Warhammer World diorama.
Pretty much every idea I have for a tattoo is effectively a more aesthetically pleasing version of writing an affirmative note on the back of my hand.
November 1, 2025 at 11:42 AM
Pretty much every idea I have for a tattoo is effectively a more aesthetically pleasing version of writing an affirmative note on the back of my hand.
When you are prepping a Warhammer army, do you write out a cheat sheet for it?
For me it's a core part of playing a list well. I can never remember stats, and writing out stats/abilities really helps me fix in my mind the full scope of how my army operates.
For me it's a core part of playing a list well. I can never remember stats, and writing out stats/abilities really helps me fix in my mind the full scope of how my army operates.
November 1, 2025 at 11:11 AM
When you are prepping a Warhammer army, do you write out a cheat sheet for it?
For me it's a core part of playing a list well. I can never remember stats, and writing out stats/abilities really helps me fix in my mind the full scope of how my army operates.
For me it's a core part of playing a list well. I can never remember stats, and writing out stats/abilities really helps me fix in my mind the full scope of how my army operates.
Much like myself, my commander decks aren’t so laser focused that I can’t sacrifice 1% of my plan to try something silly that might prove fun.
A lot of the time I try to change out one card per game, just to see what sits right with me.
A lot of the time I try to change out one card per game, just to see what sits right with me.
November 1, 2025 at 10:10 AM
Much like myself, my commander decks aren’t so laser focused that I can’t sacrifice 1% of my plan to try something silly that might prove fun.
A lot of the time I try to change out one card per game, just to see what sits right with me.
A lot of the time I try to change out one card per game, just to see what sits right with me.
Am I making plans to watch game 7 of the World Series? I might just be…
November 1, 2025 at 6:48 AM
Am I making plans to watch game 7 of the World Series? I might just be…
Spending my Halloween chilling out and ranking my useless skills.
‘Being able to sing songs replacing every syllable with BA-RACK-O-BA-MA on a loop’ is pretty close to the top of the list.
For the record, currently the most satisfying song I’ve found to do this to is Bohemian Rhapsody.
‘Being able to sing songs replacing every syllable with BA-RACK-O-BA-MA on a loop’ is pretty close to the top of the list.
For the record, currently the most satisfying song I’ve found to do this to is Bohemian Rhapsody.
October 31, 2025 at 7:45 PM
Spending my Halloween chilling out and ranking my useless skills.
‘Being able to sing songs replacing every syllable with BA-RACK-O-BA-MA on a loop’ is pretty close to the top of the list.
For the record, currently the most satisfying song I’ve found to do this to is Bohemian Rhapsody.
‘Being able to sing songs replacing every syllable with BA-RACK-O-BA-MA on a loop’ is pretty close to the top of the list.
For the record, currently the most satisfying song I’ve found to do this to is Bohemian Rhapsody.