Nicholas "phi" Shectman
@totient.bsky.social
Professional generalist. Four season cyclist. Conrunner. Photographer. Process geek.
An album cover with a motor vehicle on it.
November 8, 2025 at 7:13 PM
An album cover with a motor vehicle on it.
What's your sign?
September 29, 2025 at 4:14 AM
What's your sign?
What perfect album came out when you were sixteen?
(Not politically perfect, just musically.)
(Not politically perfect, just musically.)
July 27, 2025 at 3:02 AM
What perfect album came out when you were sixteen?
(Not politically perfect, just musically.)
(Not politically perfect, just musically.)
Somerville Open Studios is this weekend. I am showing in the basement of Mad Oyster Studios. So far it is going well.
May 3, 2025 at 4:43 PM
Somerville Open Studios is this weekend. I am showing in the basement of Mad Oyster Studios. So far it is going well.
Today's empties.
Don't worry, there's a 14oz bag of garam masala to back up the empty 7oz bag here.
Don't worry, there's a 14oz bag of garam masala to back up the empty 7oz bag here.
April 7, 2025 at 12:34 AM
Today's empties.
Don't worry, there's a 14oz bag of garam masala to back up the empty 7oz bag here.
Don't worry, there's a 14oz bag of garam masala to back up the empty 7oz bag here.
Post you from another era.
March 16, 2025 at 11:43 PM
Post you from another era.
I am not doing this meme as a quote post because while I am OK *aspiring* to this level of badassery, I have the wrong kind of pair for achieving it.
March 15, 2025 at 1:13 PM
I am not doing this meme as a quote post because while I am OK *aspiring* to this level of badassery, I have the wrong kind of pair for achieving it.
Today's empty spice container. Not sure I'm really comfortable continuing to call them dead soldiers.
February 23, 2025 at 12:51 AM
Today's empty spice container. Not sure I'm really comfortable continuing to call them dead soldiers.
If you see this, quote post with a beach photo from your gallery.
February 13, 2025 at 5:56 AM
If you see this, quote post with a beach photo from your gallery.
It's not that I have it, it's that I have it *right next to me*. Here's a wide angle from a recent LinkedIn head-shot photo session taken in the very spot I'm sitting in as I type this.
January 25, 2025 at 2:31 AM
It's not that I have it, it's that I have it *right next to me*. Here's a wide angle from a recent LinkedIn head-shot photo session taken in the very spot I'm sitting in as I type this.
You've been kidnapped. The characters from the last TV show you watched are trying to rescue you. Who is coming to save you?
Tim thought *he* was lucky.
Tim thought *he* was lucky.
January 4, 2025 at 8:57 PM
You've been kidnapped. The characters from the last TV show you watched are trying to rescue you. Who is coming to save you?
Tim thought *he* was lucky.
Tim thought *he* was lucky.
This was a very helpful hint. So:
Hard mode: name a FEMALE non-LOTR character that could resist the One Ring.
Hard mode: name a FEMALE non-LOTR character that could resist the One Ring.
December 24, 2024 at 10:22 PM
This was a very helpful hint. So:
Hard mode: name a FEMALE non-LOTR character that could resist the One Ring.
Hard mode: name a FEMALE non-LOTR character that could resist the One Ring.
"You'll be visited by three spirits."
The three spirits:
The three spirits:
December 24, 2024 at 4:04 PM
"You'll be visited by three spirits."
The three spirits:
The three spirits:
Yeah, I don't think Jason is so much Tom Bombadil as he is Smeagul. He blows in the wind and the ring would surely change him. But Sauron would definitely not be able to perceive that he had it, and in the end he'd definitely be the one to destroy it.
My own Bombadilian suggestion:
My own Bombadilian suggestion:
December 23, 2024 at 2:25 AM
Yeah, I don't think Jason is so much Tom Bombadil as he is Smeagul. He blows in the wind and the ring would surely change him. But Sauron would definitely not be able to perceive that he had it, and in the end he'd definitely be the one to destroy it.
My own Bombadilian suggestion:
My own Bombadilian suggestion:
Of all the yellow onions we bought Tuesday, this is the one remaining.
November 28, 2024 at 11:50 PM
Of all the yellow onions we bought Tuesday, this is the one remaining.
No cooking yesterday, after making garam masala Monday. But we did buy Wegmans out of yellow onions. And today I am starting with some mint simple.
November 27, 2024 at 5:58 PM
No cooking yesterday, after making garam masala Monday. But we did buy Wegmans out of yellow onions. And today I am starting with some mint simple.
Toasted, ground, and ready to blend.
November 26, 2024 at 12:51 AM
Toasted, ground, and ready to blend.
Here we go! A guest is allergic to cinnamon, which will be a challenge not because garam masala leans on that flavor note per se, so much as that cinnamon ties blends together and by so doing makes their exact proportions less critical.
November 25, 2024 at 11:32 PM
Here we go! A guest is allergic to cinnamon, which will be a challenge not because garam masala leans on that flavor note per se, so much as that cinnamon ties blends together and by so doing makes their exact proportions less critical.
If you see this, post a bridge.
October 25, 2024 at 1:04 PM
If you see this, post a bridge.
If you see this, quote post a beach pic from your gallery.
September 3, 2024 at 12:58 AM
If you see this, quote post a beach pic from your gallery.
If you see this, post your blue art.
July 19, 2024 at 11:55 AM
If you see this, post your blue art.
What is your favorite black and white movie?
June 30, 2024 at 2:20 PM
What is your favorite black and white movie?