Gary K. McCormick 🇺🇸🇺🇦🌻🌊🏌📝 🔩⚙️
@willotheglen.bsky.social
NorCal native, retired mechanical engineer, golfer, freelance writer. I like golf, cars, motorcycles, books, movies, whiskey, wine, and BBQ – not necessarily in that order.
Member GWAA.
Member GWAA.
A left-handed musket? #AmericanRevolution
November 20, 2025 at 6:31 AM
A left-handed musket? #AmericanRevolution
If you’re not shaping your leaf piles like wightish barrows what are you even doing?
November 18, 2025 at 6:58 PM
If you’re not shaping your leaf piles like wightish barrows what are you even doing?
Rivet counter…
November 17, 2025 at 4:33 AM
Rivet counter…
“in their withering power”?
November 15, 2025 at 7:20 PM
“in their withering power”?
Show of hands – who is surprised?
November 15, 2025 at 3:01 AM
Show of hands – who is surprised?
I have been given to understand, from someone who is much more involved with Democratic Party politics than I am, that Schumer and the Hateful 8 were part of a cunning plan to end the shutdown and – well, fuck, I don’t know.
November 13, 2025 at 7:13 PM
I have been given to understand, from someone who is much more involved with Democratic Party politics than I am, that Schumer and the Hateful 8 were part of a cunning plan to end the shutdown and – well, fuck, I don’t know.
By the end of this month sunset at my house will be at 4:50 PM.
November 3, 2025 at 2:31 AM
By the end of this month sunset at my house will be at 4:50 PM.
We need to get some of that action going on over on this side of the pond for the resident pedo in the White House.
October 30, 2025 at 7:40 PM
We need to get some of that action going on over on this side of the pond for the resident pedo in the White House.
What on earth were they thinking?
October 28, 2025 at 11:53 PM
What on earth were they thinking?
Current mood:
October 28, 2025 at 4:08 PM
Current mood:
Supporting player? @markhamillofficial.bsky.social ?
October 27, 2025 at 8:32 AM
Supporting player? @markhamillofficial.bsky.social ?
Along those lines:
October 24, 2025 at 6:10 PM
Along those lines:
Here’s my favorite Spitfire, an LF Mark XVIE in the Auckland Museum – a Spitfire with some firepower, not just those rifle-caliber .303 popguns.
October 24, 2025 at 5:43 PM
Here’s my favorite Spitfire, an LF Mark XVIE in the Auckland Museum – a Spitfire with some firepower, not just those rifle-caliber .303 popguns.
I'm just going to leave this here. IYKYK... #ADirtyJob
October 23, 2025 at 9:30 PM
I'm just going to leave this here. IYKYK... #ADirtyJob
Read this bit in @theauthorguy.bsky.social ’s “A Dirty Job” just as I was about to close the book and screen the John Cusack film “High Fidelity”. IYKYK.
October 23, 2025 at 2:37 AM
Read this bit in @theauthorguy.bsky.social ’s “A Dirty Job” just as I was about to close the book and screen the John Cusack film “High Fidelity”. IYKYK.
Stop scrolling and post two characters who bring you happiness.
October 22, 2025 at 5:43 AM
Stop scrolling and post two characters who bring you happiness.
Spotted in the “Pet Food/Pet Supplies” section of my local supermarket – hellhound-size leash carabiners (IYKYK). cc: @theauthorguy.bsky.social
October 22, 2025 at 4:50 AM
Spotted in the “Pet Food/Pet Supplies” section of my local supermarket – hellhound-size leash carabiners (IYKYK). cc: @theauthorguy.bsky.social
Love the glow-in-the-dark details on the cover of “A Dirty Job” by @theauthorguy.bsky.social – especially when they’re juiced-up by hitting them with some UV light!
October 21, 2025 at 7:13 AM
Love the glow-in-the-dark details on the cover of “A Dirty Job” by @theauthorguy.bsky.social – especially when they’re juiced-up by hitting them with some UV light!
Watching the 2004 movie “King Arthur” – which is an interesting take on the Arthurian legend, I guess – and wondering what a 19-year-old Keira Knightley's reaction was to the “battle dress” costume for her character, “Guinevere”.
October 19, 2025 at 6:38 AM
Watching the 2004 movie “King Arthur” – which is an interesting take on the Arthurian legend, I guess – and wondering what a 19-year-old Keira Knightley's reaction was to the “battle dress” costume for her character, “Guinevere”.
“They are essential for the missions of the Secretary of Homeland Security”
October 18, 2025 at 10:51 PM
“They are essential for the missions of the Secretary of Homeland Security”
Dr Taylor's book has just floated to the top of my non-fiction TBR stack. I am interested in reading about the BoB from the Luftwaffe POV, but my general reaction to “it was hard for the fascist oppressors, too” is:
October 17, 2025 at 3:49 PM
Dr Taylor's book has just floated to the top of my non-fiction TBR stack. I am interested in reading about the BoB from the Luftwaffe POV, but my general reaction to “it was hard for the fascist oppressors, too” is:
No one’s hanging about over a smelting furnace at nearly 2,000°F without protective gear. I've poured molten bronze at 1,675°F – it's serious business.
October 12, 2025 at 5:37 AM
No one’s hanging about over a smelting furnace at nearly 2,000°F without protective gear. I've poured molten bronze at 1,675°F – it's serious business.