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Brian
@vpofstuff.bsky.social
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Writer. Baker. Gardener. Coffee Slob, Tea Snob, INFJ. Milwaukee. He/Him
Born at 320 ppm atmospheric CO2
Banner: Orange sky sunrise with a crow on a slanted wire in front of a tree.
Profile: Partner crows on a wire. Early balmy winter morning.
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vpofstuff.bsky.social
Did it.
Put 15 year old raisins in my coffee.
Honestly, I didn't notice.
I forgot I did that until I saw the raisins in my mug...
They did reconstitute though.
#WhatsInMyCoffee
Old raisins in the bottom ofxa coffee mug with the excess drip ftom the pour over coffee grinder blooming, before the rest of the water is poured over.
November 6, 2025 at 4:02 PM
vpofstuff.bsky.social
6AM stooplerious after this daylight savings whatnot.

Found a 15 year old box of raisins in the cupboard.

Why wouldn't I put them in my steel cut oats?

I mean, people eat sun dried tomawant.

Why not cupboard dried raisins?

#breakfast
Bright yellow box top with red bold lettering. SUN-MAID CALIFIRNIA GOLDEN RAISINS RESEALABLE BAG INSIDE [in a white box with dot matrix print in bkack] BEST BEFORE 30APR2010 09:43
November 5, 2025 at 2:07 PM
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Outdoors today at lunch for a walk and a black cat crossed my path. Blurry, but the best I could do.
Halloween black cat crossing my path.
I love it! 🐈‍⬛️👣🖤
A blurry outdoir photo of a black cat walking away toward some bushes and plants. It saw me but did not care. Halloween Black Cat!
October 31, 2025 at 11:32 PM
vpofstuff.bsky.social
DO NO HARM
TAKE NO SHIT

#Milwaukee #street #photography #blackandwhite
yin yang style black and white sticker on a corner street post, "DO NO HARM / TAKE NO SHIT" with a crosswalk and street traffic in the background.
October 25, 2025 at 4:30 PM
vpofstuff.bsky.social
South Side MKE next to the lake likely verified. Bird bath has a sheet of ice at 8AM.
Temp dipped last night. 🥶
But then the sun... 🌞
#wiwx
Section of a cement bird bath with a sheet of ice over the top from an overnight dip below freezing. A hole is broken through near the edge where a bird dipped a tasty sip. A small curled leaf lays on the frost pattern ice and the grass appears to be green and lush behind the edge of the bath.
October 24, 2025 at 1:35 PM
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posted without comment
Hand holding a home made sign with cardboard and markers where the red circle backslash "NO" symbol is over a swastika, and the red circle is the O in the word NOPE
October 20, 2025 at 11:34 PM
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posted without comment
Public gathering of people with a home made sign of cardboard and markers held with sticks overhead, which reads, "FUCK YOU".
October 20, 2025 at 2:02 PM
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The Independent
Get rid of that next article swipe bubble. You want to build a reader base? Drop the UI de trop. I'm not reading this clutter...

You can quote me in your management meetings,
"swipe bubble eats ass".
Screenshot of an online article with a big obfuscating bubble that has a graphic of a handxabd finger swiping and sone text that reads "swipe fir next article."
October 18, 2025 at 1:01 PM
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Q: What's in my coffee?

[Halloween—all but just about says a coffee slob.]

A: Fun Size MilkyWay.

Although a slight creamy foam and chocolate gathered for the first sup, the creaminess waned. Albiet a bit of caramel and modest nougat presented, it mouthed slightly bitter.
~meh...

#WhatsInMyCoffee
Fun Size MilkyWay candy bar on a cutting board, cut into 4 pieces one of the pieces is on the side revealing the nougat and caramel layer. The used wrapper looms above, don't leave me my precious fun size. The knife blade peeks from below with residue on the blade; too late my wrapper friend. Fresh coffee top in the mug after sitting a bit to let a MilkyWay candy bar dissolve. There appears to be tiny Creamy bubbles gathered around a few chocolate coatings. I shall sip them with a slurpy sup before the coffee drinks them first.
September 26, 2025 at 1:51 PM
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I have a few caterpillars in my Dill. I chose to leave them be.

I believe Black Swallowtail (Papilio polyxenes), a native pollinator in Wisconsin.

Mom always said plant three gardens:
one for you
one for disease
and one for the critters.
#caterpillar #garden 🌱🐛
September 20, 2025 at 3:51 PM
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You know, if you put a Halloween Pumpkin Peep in your coffee and let the Peep dissolve, you get a creepy face staring at you on that first sip. Just sayin.
#WhatsInMyCoffee
An orange Halloween Pumpkin Peep with a smiling face floating in a cup of coffee. A cupbof coffee with a grungy orange film foam on top with a darker orange where a Halloween Pumpkin Peep used to be. The creepy smiling face remains undisturbed.
September 19, 2025 at 4:07 AM
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Found it.
I was a bit disappointed there wasn't a sign for the Outer Ting Tong.
Road sign on Google Maps of INNER TING TONG posted between two posts in all caps. roadside is green with dense brush in the background.
September 17, 2025 at 1:10 PM
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Dense Fog this morning.
I took a chance risking death by pausing in the crosswalk to take a photo of the street.
#wiwx #cars #pedestrians #fog
Photo of a street from a crosswalk. I can make out the outline of a few trees and two vehicles. Other than that, a dense fog diminishes vision to about four city lot houses. Even the passing dashes in the center fade out.
September 12, 2025 at 8:35 PM
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Quote post with a dramatic black and white

Milwaukee County Courthouse, Jury Duty, 2019.
Milwaukee County Courthouse hallway. The end of the hall is glass windows, so the picture seems dark and back-lit by the windows. The hall is empty except for one person walking and chairs outside of courtrooms. The floor is reflective. Accent lighting cones ftom the old ornate hanging lights.
September 7, 2025 at 9:42 PM
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i'm tired
but i wish
to watch
the moon in transit
i dream
of waxing gibbous
toward full
merely an hour
yet i retire.
[full moon in slumber]
A cloudy sky with tree tops and utility poles and wires mostly cloudy, but the moon peeks out brightky between two arborvitae and illuminates the sky scape.
September 7, 2025 at 3:21 AM
vpofstuff.bsky.social
Follow your own path; you are unique.
Fortune cookie opened on a plate with the fortune revealed: Follow your own path; you are unique.
September 5, 2025 at 7:12 PM
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Yep.
#1970s #TV #SubtleRacism
An orange background with diagonally crossing bands forming an X with white light bulbs dotting the blue bands. In front is a celebrity guest answering a question. Edited is an embarrassed emoji sticker covering their face.
September 5, 2025 at 4:42 AM
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One more will fix it.
An arial view of an interstate with what looks like 23 lanes of traffic jam bumper to bumper Hell. One more lane will fix the congestion.
August 25, 2025 at 6:28 PM
vpofstuff.bsky.social
Grab your Balls, it's canning season. 🌱🌶
First pickles of the season:
Apple Honey Jalapeño
sweet & tangy with a bite.
A Ball canning jar closeup with jalapeño coins, apple chunks, and a golden apple cider honey brine.
August 25, 2025 at 2:38 AM
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From the old 1970's Match Game TV game show, when the guest celebrities answer questions, why does the background look like the confederate flag?
#1970s #TV #SubtleRacism
An orange background with diagonally crossing bands forming an X with white light bulbs dotting the blue bands. If front is a celebrity guest answering a question. Edited is an embarrassed emoji sticker covering their face.
August 24, 2025 at 12:40 AM
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bodies of victims
the head
and the crotch
two points
reference to body
curb to body
MAKE HEAD MEASUREMENT
FROM CENTER OF HEAD
Accident scene training paper, a body "chalk" line drawing with a circular reference point, a curb, and double arrow reference lines for measuring. Text: Bodies of victims to be measured using the head and the crotch as the two points for both measurements — from the reference point to the body and from the curb to the body. This will allow the exact positioning of the body at a later time if necessary. Diagram shows body outline in a street, curb line and reference point with a note pointing to the head: MAKE HEAD MEADUREMENT FROM CENTER OF HEAD
August 23, 2025 at 5:21 PM
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I have some car loading to do and it is raining hard. So I stopped by AL WADI COFFEE HOUSE for some pistachio cheesecake and chai to let the rain pass pleasantly.
delicious! I recommend!
"where coffee meets culture"
Interior of a coffee house with tables abd chairs. A glass pot of chai is on the immediate table. In the distance, a vase of real plants (unknown to me, but real) and across tge room are brass coffee equipment on shelves and a lighted sign, "where coffee meets culture".
August 10, 2025 at 5:51 PM
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When I go to sleep tonight I will remember this sun.
The setting sun through a hole th the foliage of trees. The foliage seems black, the sky is grey with a pink tint and tgecsun is hot white orange with an orange halo around it.
August 4, 2025 at 4:07 AM
vpofstuff.bsky.social
through the blinds
through the dirty panes
a crow in the bird bath
dipping shelled peanuts
to ease a stabbing beak
as three others
on this wire look out
for the murder
awaiting their turn
Black and white of three crows on a slanted wire, to the right side, left side a branch is visible. the hirizontal window shades Nyack out the top and bottom of the image, as if peeking through. All three crows looking in different directions.
August 2, 2025 at 4:02 PM
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Post a random picture or everything will go bad in August...
Oven rack in the oven preheated with a lime green cutting board on it. It's all melted to drips and the remaining plastic hangs from the rack like melted lime green disaster.
August 1, 2025 at 11:50 PM