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🄰🄻🄰🄽 @alanprachar.com · 26/09/2026

I suspected the approaching Nor’easter would deliver a wild sunset. Mother Nature didn't disappoint. 🌅 Storm prep is finished. Now we wait out 3–4 inches of rain and 40–50 mph winds. It was one hell of a show before the storm. ⛈️ #FreeholdBoro #NJWeather #Sunset #Noreaster @weathernj.bsky.social

A brilliant sunset over a residential street, with vivid orange and pink clouds spreading across a purple-blue sky. A white two-story farmhouse with illuminated porch lights fills the foreground.

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🄰🄻🄰🄽 @alanprachar.com · 18/09/2026

Morning trail-cam review: peanuts for the corvids brought Blue Jays and Grackles, while the nighttime kibble attracted the usual raccoon crew. Still no crows. Still no possum. The porch wildlife program continues. 🐦‍⬛🐦🦝 #Birds #Birdwatching #BirdPhotography #BlueJay #Grackle #Corvids #BackyardBirds

Common Grackle perched on a porch feeder beside a birdbath, with purple flowers and trees in the background.

Blue Jay flying away from a porch feeder with wings spread, beside a birdbath in bright morning sunlight.

Raccoon sitting on a porch feeder at night, reaching toward food beside purple flowers and a window.

Raccoon sitting upright on a porch feeder at night, surrounded by flowering plants and porch siding.

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🄰🄻🄰🄽 @alanprachar.com · 15/09/2026

I've been listening to Ron Bennington in one form or another for over 25 years, since his late-night days on 102.7 WNEW. This latest chapter, the new Portcast podcast, is wildly honest, poignant, sometimes hysterical, sometimes dark, and completely Ron. #bennington #portcast @bennington.bsky.social

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Ron Bennington Has Stage 4 Cancer. Now He’s Podcasting During Chemo

His diagnosis led to tributes from dozens of fellow stand-ups. Those inspired his novel show, featuring famous peers and recorded in the hospital. It can get dark.

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🄰🄻🄰🄽 @alanprachar.com · 08/09/2026

Final beach day of the summer with my parents. We always take pictures on the last one, so here’s the 2026 edition. One more beautiful day in Asbury Park before Jersey flips the summer switch off. ❤️🌊☀️🏖️🐚 #AsburyPark #JerseyShore #Summer2026 #FamilyTime #FunEmployment

Selfie of three family members relaxing on the beach in Asbury Park, with a colorful striped umbrella, sandy beach, and beachfront buildings under a clear blue sky.

Words written in the sand reading “LAST DAY IN ASBURY 9-8-26,” surrounded by footprints and marks in the beach sand.

Three family members smiling for a beach selfie beside the words “LAST DAY IN ASBURY 9-8-26” written in the sand.

An older couple holds hands, standing knee-deep in the ocean, facing the incoming waves on their final beach day of the summer.

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🄰🄻🄰🄽 @alanprachar.com · 07/09/2026

This one kinda hurt. (I was still doing job search work today, though.)

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🄰🄻🄰🄽 @alanprachar.com · 02/09/2026

Without saying your age, what is your favorite movie that came out when you were 20 years old?

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Surprise Whats In The Box

ALT: Surprise Whats In The Box

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🄰🄻🄰🄽 @alanprachar.com · 30/08/2026

Went to my cousin-in-law's wedding yesterday. The dress code was “Funky Formal.” Pretty sure I nailed it. #FunkyFormal #Menswear #WeddingStyle

Man wearing a light blue three-piece suit, floral tie and pocket square, Panama hat, and mirrored sunglasses outdoors under a clear blue sky.

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🄰🄻🄰🄽 @alanprachar.com · 26/08/2026

Tim Curry was such a huge part of my formative years. Rocky Horror, Clue, Legend, The Worst Witch… he could be sinister, hilarious, theatrical, ridiculous, and, regardless of the role, always magnetic. “Anything can happen on Halloween…” 🎃🖤🦇 What a loss. #TimCurry #RIPTimCurry #RockyHorror #Clue

Tim Curry as the Grand Wizard in The Worst Witch, wearing an elaborate shimmering white suit with a high-collared cape and a bat-shaped bow tie costume and a dark library background.

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🄰🄻🄰🄽 @alanprachar.com · 26/08/2026

Greetings from Asbury Park. Umbrella up, ocean breeze on, cold beer, and a perfect late-summer beach day with Mom and Dad. No complaints from this chair. 🌊☀️🏖️ #AsburyPark #JerseyShore #BeachDay #SummerVibes

View from a beach chair in Asbury Park, with tattooed legs in the foreground beneath a colorful umbrella, a striped towel hanging nearby, and the Atlantic Ocean and beachgoers stretching across the background.

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🄰🄻🄰🄽 @alanprachar.com · 25/08/2026

Dolly Parton was more than a national treasure. She was joyful, generous, funny, and deeply decent, someone who seemed to care about people simply because they were people. Somewhere, somebody needs to start the paperwork for sainthood. ❤️✨ #DollyParton #NationalTreasure #RIPDolly

Publicity shot of American singer Dolly Parton, 1977

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🄰🄻🄰🄽 @alanprachar.com · 22/08/2026

Went to the barber to clean up 9 months of hair and beard growth. I had a scheduling mix-up and didn't get my usual guy. Gave very specific instructions; the barber said, "OK," then ignored everything and gave me the cut he felt I should have. Irritated to lose all that length, but it looks good.

Picture of me before my haircut, very scruffy.

Picture of me after my haircut, much less scruffy.

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🄰🄻🄰🄽 @alanprachar.com · 18/08/2026

Went out to refill the porch feeder tray with peanuts for the corvids and found this ridiculously photogenic monarch taking over the butterfly bush instead. 🦋🪻🌿🌱 Not the visitor I was expecting, but I’ll allow it. #Butterflies #MonarchButterfly #BackyardNature #WildlifePhotography #Nature

Monarch butterfly with wings open on purple butterfly bush flowers, showing bright orange wings edged in black with white spots against a soft green background.

Monarch butterfly feeding on purple butterfly bush flowers with wings mostly closed, showing the paler orange underside patterned with black veins and white spots.

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🄰🄻🄰🄽 @alanprachar.com · 01/08/2026

Man, I don't know when Amazon started forcing its Alexa AI panel to open on every product search. It just started happening to me last night. Infuriating, but this Chrome extension kills it completely.

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Adios Alexa for Shopping (formerly Rufus Remover) - Chrome Web Store

Amazon renamed Rufus to 'Alexa for Shopping' — same intrusive AI, same one-click goodbye. Shop without being 'assisted'.

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🄰🄻🄰🄽 @alanprachar.com · 29/07/2026

Too many! I was torn! Radiohead - OK Computer, Blind Melon - Soup, Belly - Star, NIN - The Downward Spiral, Faith No More - Angel Dust, STP - Purple, Hole - Live Through This. But I stand by this one. Post a perfect album from the '90s that isn't Nirvana, Soundgarden, Pearl Jam, or Alice In Chains

The album cover art for Neutral Milk Hotel's In The Aeroplane Over The Sea

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🄰🄻🄰🄽 @alanprachar.com · 20/07/2026

My ten-year-old twin niece and nephew are up visiting from North Carolina, and they came bearing gifts for the Jeep. Uncle Alan approves! #jeeplife #duckduckjeep #jeep

Five small rubber ducks meant for a Jeep Wrangler dashboard. A pink dragon duck, a tan and green camouflage duck, a duck dressed as a cow, a pink duck with flappy dog ears, and a blue duck with a mohawk.

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🄰🄻🄰🄽 @alanprachar.com · 20/07/2026

Spent the day in South Jersey visiting the in-laws. While the adults were adulting, I spent most of the day entertaining my niece and nephew. While they were playing with bubble guns in the yard, I snapped this shot of a black swallowtail on a pink zinnia, and I love it. #butterflies #gardens 🦋🌺🌱🌸💐

A Black Swallowtail butterfly feeding on a pink zinnia.

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🄰🄻🄰🄽 @alanprachar.com · 07/07/2026

I was reminiscing about my first trip to Costa Rica and found these. The Airbnb's best amenity wasn't the rooms, the view, or the jacuzzi. It was a tree branch stuck in the ground just off the deck, adorned with chunks of melon. Bird TV all day long. #Birds #BirdPhotography #CostaRica #LaFortuna 🦜

Bright Yellow Warbler perched on a branch adorned with papaya chunks in a lush tropical garden in La Fortuna, Costa Rica.

A female Passerini's (Scarlet-rumped) Tanager resting on a papaya-feeding branch against a soft green tropical background.

A Blue-gray tanager perched beside a chunk of papaya on a simple garden bird-feeding branch.

Amale Passerini's (Scarlet-rumped) Tanager perched among pieces of papaya on a rustic feeder while another blue-gray bird hides below.

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🄰🄻🄰🄽 @alanprachar.com · 02/07/2026

Because of the heatwave hitting the Northeast right now, I was out there getting my steps in last night after sunset. It needs to be said that if you're lighting your house with cool white bulbs... I'm judging you. We got beef.

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🄰🄻🄰🄽 @alanprachar.com · 29/06/2026

The porch is finally hitting its stride. The hanging baskets have filled in, the railing planters are overflowing, and the hydrangeas are almost at peak bloom. A pretty good place to spend a summer evening after a hot day working in the yard. 🌿🪴🌱🌸🌺🌼🌷💐🪻💙🏡 #Gardening #Hydrangeas #PorchLife

View from a cozy wicker porch daybed surrounded by lush hanging baskets and colorful plants. Blue jeans and red socks are visible in the foreground, with greenery filling the porch on a summer afternoon.

Long view down a front porch featuring a wicker egg chair, hanging plants, ferns, and bright green sweet potato vines in decorative containers. The white railing and colorful outdoor rug create a welcoming garden retreat.

Close-up of overflowing porch planters filled with coleus, impatiens, vinca vines, sweet potato vines, and other colorful foliage. Blue hydrangeas bloom below the railing, creating layers of vibrant summer color.

Full view of a white two-story farmhouse with a flower-filled front porch, hanging baskets, and blooming blue hydrangeas along the front garden bed. Pride and American flags fly from the porch during sunset light.

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🄰🄻🄰🄽 @alanprachar.com · 26/06/2026

I suspect that as the width of your dashboard fills up, you get ducked less. However, yesterday I was ducked for the first time in at least six months, and I was thrilled about it. Keep 'em coming. #jeep #jeeplife #duckduckjeep

A pink duck on the driver's door handle of my 2017 Chief Jeep Wrangler

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🄰🄻🄰🄽 @alanprachar.com · 21/06/2026

Happy Father’s Day to all the dads, stepdads, grandfathers, mentors, and father figures out there. Thank you for the lessons, the support, the terrible jokes, the advice, and the countless things you did that made all the difference. 👔🍔🌭☀️ 💙 #FathersDay #HappyFathersDay #Family

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🄰🄻🄰🄽 @alanprachar.com · 20/06/2026

Just a raccoon eating chunks of watermelon out of a basket on my porch... completely adorbs. #raccoons #wildlife #critters 🍉🦝

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🄰🄻🄰🄽 @alanprachar.com · 08/06/2026

Aaaaaaand after skipping it for the last two summers, we're back in soft-top mode. Still have a goal of finding a white soft top to replace the perfectly good black one. I just miss the white top during the summer. #jeep #jeeplife #duckduckjeep

My Jeep Wrangler Chief with the soft top up and installed.

My Jeep Wrangler Chief from behind with the soft top down.

My white Wrangler hard top is stowed with a pulley system against the ceiling of my garage.

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🄰🄻🄰🄽 @alanprachar.com · 04/06/2026

A little late to post, but happy Pride from our home to your. 🏳️‍🌈 #pride

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🄰🄻🄰🄽 @alanprachar.com · 28/05/2026

Spring has officially arrived in my backyard. Roses, clematis, catmint, and peonies are all taking their turn in the spotlight this week. I love watching it transition from twigs, to leaf buds, and finally blooms. 🌸🌷🌹🪻🌱💚🌿🐝🦋🐞🐌 #Garden #Gardening #GardenLife #GardenSky #InMyBackyard #BloomScrolling

My Knock Out Roses with bright fuchsia blooms.

Clematis 'Rebecca' with deep violet-red blooms.

My Jackmanii Clematis is climbing a trellis mounted to my garage wall, it has large purple blooms with yellow centers.

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🄰🄻🄰🄽 @alanprachar.com · 24/05/2026

Yeeeeeah, yesterday wasn't great, my body still hurts, but I got it done, and the yard is back to normal. My body hurts a lot. Oh, and I broke two chainsaws, so there are a lot of parts coming my way. #stormdamage #newjersey #freehold

A 25-foot section of fir tree down in my backyard.

The 25-foot section of fir tree with most of the smaller limbs with needles removed and divided into two piles, leaving just the trunk.

The 25-foot section of fir tree with most of the smaller limbs with needles removed and divided into two piles, and the trunk chopped into manageable logs.

All of the tree parts were moved to the curb of my house. My house has red, white, and blue bunting and lights for Memorial Day.

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🄰🄻🄰🄽 @alanprachar.com · 22/05/2026

Last Saturday I had to go into the city. There was track work being done, and my subway shot past the station I was intending to go to. I ended up having to walk 9 blocks. Imagine my surprise when I looked up and saw I was here... before it's gone. @colbertlateshow.bsky.social #TheLateShow #Colbert

Me standing in front of the awning for the Ed Sullivan Theater. The sign reads The Late Show Stephen Colbert

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🄰🄻🄰🄽 @alanprachar.com · 21/05/2026

Fourth time. This is the fourth time a storm has taken down a huge section of a neighbor's tree into my yard. Going to be a chainsaw weekend over here. At least the fence is completely ok, no damage. Stay safe, Jersey. #NewJersey #thunderstorm #derecho

The top third of a fir is sitting in the grass in the back of my yard.

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🄰🄻🄰🄽 @alanprachar.com · 19/05/2026

1/ Well… this has been a surreal morning. I haven't spoken about it here, but I was unexpectedly laid off from my Director of Digital Marketing Operations role three weeks ago. Since then, I’ve started a post series on LinkedIn about burnout, workplace culture, and layoffs.

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🄰🄻🄰🄽 @alanprachar.com · 12/05/2026

It took a few weekends, but all the garden beds front and back have been mulched, including building a brand new bed for a Rose of Sharon privacy hedge I planted last fall. All told, it took 7 cubic yards of mulch to get the job done. 🌱👨🏻‍🌾🚜🌿💐🌷🌹🌸🌺🌻☀️🐝 #gardening #landscaping #diy

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🄰🄻🄰🄽 @alanprachar.com · 06/04/2026

Another year... another Cookiepuss. Today was a wonderful Easter and a wonderful birthday. My 5th-grade teacher, Mr. Stenkin, had the same birthday and told me it would fall on Easter a few times during my life. So far twice today and back in 2015. The next one will be in 2037. #easter #birthday

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🄰🄻🄰🄽 @alanprachar.com · 22/03/2026

Unexpected side quest while at Home Depot today. Parked my Jeep and immediately locked my keys in the car. Contemplated calling AAA or a locksmith, instead went inside and bought this tool set for $15. Removed the driver's door hinges. Popped that side open, reached in, and unlocked it. #jeeplife

Three wrench sets, A Standard Allen, a Metric Allen, and a Torx set.

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🄰🄻🄰🄽 @alanprachar.com · 07/03/2026

I am totally down with selling items on eBay or FB Marketplace so they end up someplace where they're valued, as opposed to a landfill... but... Facebook Marketplace is absolutely DIABOLICAL. Regardless, pretty sure the offer I just got from this dude is totally legit. #facebook #facebookmarketplace

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🄰🄻🄰🄽 @alanprachar.com · 23/02/2026

Just brutal work out there. Freehold got hammered, definitely more than two feet. #newjersey #blizzard #snowstorm

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🄰🄻🄰🄽 @alanprachar.com · 23/02/2026

I woke up today with an upper respiratory / sinus infection, and I have to figure out how to deal with this shit. 0 Stars, do not recommend. #blizzard #snowstorm

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🄰🄻🄰🄽 @alanprachar.com · 21/02/2026

We're really in for it here tomorrow into Monday. Freehold is firmly in Zone F. Most of the snow from the January 25th storm has melted so at least there's room to put it all somewhere. Silver linings? #newjersey #blizzard @weathernj.bsky.social

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🄰🄻🄰🄽 @alanprachar.com · 11/02/2026

Love this question: Drop a banger in a language other than English: Las Ligas Menores - A 1200 km As 90s Indie as you can get without actually being 90s Indie. youtu.be/sbYzzyrrB3Y

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Las Ligas Menores - A 1200 km

YouTube video by Las Ligas Menores

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🄰🄻🄰🄽 @alanprachar.com · 08/02/2026

Crazy wind and brutal cold have created some amazing icicles on the bird bath. It's been a wild weekend weather-wise here in Jersey. #birds

My heated birdbath ringed in an array of icicles.

A finch sitting on the rim of my heated birdbath, the fountain is spraying water and the rim is ringed in icicles.

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🄰🄻🄰🄽 @alanprachar.com · 08/02/2026

Ok, sooooo on my Jeep feed a while back, someone asked about air fresheners. I use Bath & Bodyworks car fresheners, and quite appropriately, BBW has the Billy the Duck air freshener holder. At the time it was sold out, but it has since been restocked. Just an FYI. #jeep #jeeplife #duckduckjeep

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🄰🄻🄰🄽 @alanprachar.com · 04/02/2026

Faith No More - The Gentle Art Of Making Enemies What's your favorite song with a title 6 writers or longer?

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🄰🄻🄰🄽 @alanprachar.com · 31/01/2026

A Yellow Shafted Northern Flicker Woodpecker and a Blue Jay stopped by for some water this morning while I was making tea. It was 8º out. The heated birdbath is a big deal when it gets this cold; there's not enough liquid water around for them. I have to refill it multiple times a day. #birds

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🄰🄻🄰🄽 @alanprachar.com · 30/01/2026

This was hard. Bowie's Black Star would have been automatic, but it's 3 seconds short. Considered many Pink Floyd songs, Shine On (but it's divided into two parts) Pigs (Three Different Ones), or Echoes. Considered some Tool... some old GnR. But in the end, I chose Television... final answer.

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Marquee Moon

YouTube video by Television - Topic

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🄰🄻🄰🄽 @alanprachar.com · 25/01/2026

Been snowing like crazy since I woke up. The birds are having a great time though. #birds #snowstorm #cardinal @weathernj.bsky.social

A cardinal perched on the icy rim of my heated bird bath, looking up at the falling snow during a New Jersey snowstorm.

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🄰🄻🄰🄽 @alanprachar.com · 03/01/2026

No cheating, reskeet with the most recent photo of your pet. My distinguished gentlemen on Christmas. Jules was clearly exhausted.

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🄰🄻🄰🄽 @alanprachar.com · 28/12/2025

I have been told we are posting perfect '90s albums... I have so many... so I'll go controversial. #genx #grunge

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🄰🄻🄰🄽 @alanprachar.com · 19/12/2025

The blue jays were all about this feeder during last weekend's snowstorm. I set this feeder up to try to befriend crows, but the jays are all about it. #corvids #birds #BirdOfTheDay #newjersey

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