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Sean Ryan @alphacounter.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

Aw, shit... Today of all days. RIP Dolly. We'd only recently become fans, especially since she supplied our daughter with free books for years. After hearing her interviews, stories, and music over the past few years, she truly earned my admiration.

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Sean Ryan @alphacounter.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

It's been ten years. I remember it like it was yesterday. My kid has reached double digits! Her life's reached a new metric, no longer limited by years, but by decades! I'm so proud of Natasha and how she's grown. Happy birthday, my wee one... I love you!

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Sean Ryan @alphacounter.bsky.social · 11/06/2026

I actually still have a couple copies of our fanzine. An old friend thankfully found them in his possession and sent them to me.

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Sean Ryan @alphacounter.bsky.social · 11/06/2026

I finally have it! So grateful to be a part of it and the generous pages of ink given to my name. (Only gonna share the art page here.) Gonna blaze through this over the weekend.

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Sean Ryan @alphacounter.bsky.social · 29/03/2026

I'm kinda proud of how I've arranged the hermit crab enclosure this round...

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Sean Ryan @alphacounter.bsky.social · 30/12/2025

For the last couple of days, we've had a resident bird take refuge in the eaves of our front porch. Haven't been able to quite identify it, it we're glad it finds us to be safe hosts on these cold winter nights.

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Sean Ryan @alphacounter.bsky.social · 29/12/2025

Your last saved meme is your moral philosophy.

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Sean Ryan @alphacounter.bsky.social · 07/11/2025

It seems every couple of weeks, some critter comes to visit me outside my warehouse door. This week was a rat snake I named Speedbump, cuz that's what he almost was. He was full of sass and not interested in my bullshit. (Got my first snake bite!)

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Sean Ryan @alphacounter.bsky.social · 05/11/2025

Dammit... They say don't judge a book by its cover and I found that true of Star Trek: Deep Space Nine - The Dog of War. Everything suggested I'd get a corgi Borg, but that NEVER happens. In fact, NO dog Borg as the cover suggests. 😡

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Sean Ryan @alphacounter.bsky.social · 24/10/2025

Been watching the new/final season of Solar Opposites and I absolutely want Terry's shirt of "Live Long and Shocker".

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Sean Ryan @alphacounter.bsky.social · 23/09/2025

Got to meet Lenore Zann this past weekend! Rogue is my main in the Vs. games, so her voice has a permanent residence in my ears. Hard to see, but she signed the controls of my MvsC2 arcade cab, "Good night, Suga! Lenore Zann aka Rogue". 🤩

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Sean Ryan @alphacounter.bsky.social · 13/09/2025

Got to meet @pattonoswalt.bsky.social today! I'm big fan! And it helps that he's in almost everything that I watch with my daughter.

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Sean Ryan @alphacounter.bsky.social · 05/09/2025

Though, unlike most beach towns we've been to like Myrtle Beach, we expected a high MAGA presence, but were impressed how minimized that is in that area. More often we'd see things like this...

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Sean Ryan @alphacounter.bsky.social · 05/09/2025

Had a hell of a time vacationing at Dollywood last week! Easily in our top 5 theme parks we've visited. The surrounding area was like the mountain towns we've already visited mixed with the tourist traps of Myrtle Beach.

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Sean Ryan @alphacounter.bsky.social · 15/08/2025

I think I only got Steam cuz it was required to install Portal, but I guess World of Goo was the killer app that got me to finally buy something. Post a screenshot of your first 5 Steam purchases and let Bluesky judge you.

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Sean Ryan @alphacounter.bsky.social · 15/08/2025

My eagle-eyed daughter spotted this little troublemaker sleeping along our neighborhood trail. I didn't want any dogs or small children to stumble upon it, so I poked it with my kid's herping hook until it found better cover.

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Sean Ryan @alphacounter.bsky.social · 22/07/2025

Found this visitor outside my door at work. It's a beauty AND a beast! (Regal moth.)

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Sean Ryan @alphacounter.bsky.social · 17/07/2025

Hung out with some lemurs today!

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Sean Ryan @alphacounter.bsky.social · 15/06/2025

Got in some Father's Day herping... Found a sweet garter snake. I feel kinda bad cuz we scared off it's lunch as we approached it.

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Sean Ryan @alphacounter.bsky.social · 08/06/2025

Saw a great movie last night...

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Sean Ryan @alphacounter.bsky.social · 28/04/2025

Pics are coming out of the upcoming Star Trek attraction at Universal Studios Hollywood. I have a few of my own that I saw of it being constructed. I do hope this is a semipermanent feature so that I may be able to see it all next time I'm out there.

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Sean Ryan @alphacounter.bsky.social · 27/04/2025

We had a phenomenal trip out to Southern California this past week! Spent time with family and friends, toured movie studios and my old haunts, and had a great time in some tide pools... These are a few personal highlights of our time there.

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Sean Ryan @alphacounter.bsky.social · 30/03/2025

Rescued this little idiot from being stepped on. It decided to take a nap on the sidewalk along our greenway. (Harmless baby water snake.)

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Sean Ryan @alphacounter.bsky.social · 29/03/2025

Herping season is officially on!

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Sean Ryan @alphacounter.bsky.social · 20/02/2025

STOP ✋ if you are reading this, you've reached a Pokemon check point. You're now obligated to share your favorite Pokemon 🙏✨

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Sean Ryan @alphacounter.bsky.social · 16/02/2025

I was browsing around our local European grocery yesterday and thanks to your post, this caught my eye. We tried it out and...we have no idea how to describe the flavor.

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Sean Ryan @alphacounter.bsky.social · 01/02/2025

Gonna see Star Trek: First Contact in a theater with the kid tomorrow... In this photo is a gold-plated metal comm badge that I got 30-ish years ago next to a plastic one I bought today that makes the chirp sound... We're still deciding who will wear which one for the event.

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Sean Ryan @alphacounter.bsky.social · 13/01/2025

Bill and Ted's Excellent Adventure

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Sean Ryan @alphacounter.bsky.social · 24/12/2024

"You'll be visited by three spirits." The three spirits:

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Sean Ryan @alphacounter.bsky.social · 24/12/2024

So instead of Guy Fawkes masks now, just saying...

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Sean Ryan @alphacounter.bsky.social · 18/12/2024

I get up from my chair for 3 goddamn minutes...

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Sean Ryan @alphacounter.bsky.social · 17/12/2024

RIP Kiwi... We gave her a couple extra months than she would've had in the wild. I just hope they were as good for her as they were for us.

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Sean Ryan @alphacounter.bsky.social · 08/12/2024

Charlie has been helping with the festivities...

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Sean Ryan @alphacounter.bsky.social · 05/12/2024

Huh, well I had just been laid off... 😅

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Sean Ryan @alphacounter.bsky.social · 05/12/2024

While looking for the Anniversary edition of the DVD, I also found this for a few bucks, so if course I grabbed it. I do have my PSP still, but you can see I've yet to open this thing to try it out.

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Sean Ryan @alphacounter.bsky.social · 29/11/2024

Thankful for the friends and family I can spend this holiday with. We never know who won't make it to the table next year.

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Sean Ryan @alphacounter.bsky.social · 21/11/2024

Best wife ever! On her way back from a trip to Atlanta, she grabbed some Jack-in-the-Box tacos for me!

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Sean Ryan @alphacounter.bsky.social · 20/11/2024

My kid just became a yellow belt in her Hapkido classes! So proud that she kept with it and has the passion to keep going!

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Sean Ryan @alphacounter.bsky.social · 06/11/2024

I mean, I just lost a cousin to suicide. I dunno who he would've voted for, but this Thanksgiving, I'll still toast to him.

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