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I bet your championship Swiss watch precision skills would translate well to winning the Operation World Championship.

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Even if someone offered a million dollars to place that ad, there's no way Pinch Sulzberger would allow it.

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After he got called out on this, he played the "you're all racist bullies"card. Cuz Lovecraft was a racist, so anyone who likes Lovecraft's stories is a racist, too.

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Bill Moakler @bmoakny.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Do Zombie Princess zombies devour hearts instead of brains?

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I once encountered someone online who insisted on using the "original Japanese title" for your Gou Tanabe Lovecraft translations and would throw "インスマスの影" and such into the thread instead of using the English titles.

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Bill Moakler @bmoakny.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

That particular one really grates on me and seems very common.

Bill Moakler @bmoakny.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

The sale document’s fine print says that you must dress like Rick Nielsen for as long as you own said guitar.

Bill Moakler @bmoakny.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

How do you determine the back cover credits? I can't find a signature hidden in that drawing.

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Today’s laundromat reading: The Bones Beneath My Skin by TJ Klune.

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The curse of John-Boy Walton.

Thanks. I was confused by an obviously Golden Age character in the cover of a 12-cent comic.

Frozen Charleston Chews were on a higher level than those two.

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Sounds like a job for Jelly Belly!

Bill Moakler @bmoakny.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Can I get a T-shirt with a "Human Yelp Page" logo?

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"Is this a fucking dagger which I see before me?"

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Did The Sorceress of Zoom ever get the cover slot?

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I don't take pictures of my food, but I do take pictures of the restroom...when they glow everything up like at the Copper Cricket! What I ate at my most recent visit: The Irish skillet w/corned beef. two eggs over easy, home fries, caramelized onions, clover sprouts & hollandaise.

The Copper Cricket is only about a year old, but can get very crowded on weekends, with only seats at the horseshoe-shaped counter facing the open kitchen. The food is upscale diner/comfort food, with the blackboard specials being typical. The excellent beef stew had a puff pastry cover

Lunch specials on blackboard: Fried Calamari, Salmon Caesar Salad w/ roasted vegetables, Pulled Pork Mac & Cheese Burger w/french fries.

Soups: New England Clam Chowder, Beef Stew.

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Bill Moakler @bmoakny.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Next up is The Copper Cricket in Hamilton. It bills itself as a "Finer Diner". and is the kind of breakfast/lunch diner that closes at 2pm. It's a refurbished Pizza Hut and leans heavily into the name by painting everything copper.

Sign reads: Copper Cricket-Culinary Company, Finer Diner

The exterior of the Copper Cricket. You can see the distinctive Pizza Hut roof shape, now painted copper.

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Nice turtleneck he’s wearing.

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Bill Moakler @bmoakny.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Did the Guardians of the Galaxy ever return to their future and did they just stay stuck on Earth in the 70s.

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Bill Moakler @bmoakny.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

You're putting titles on those book spine again, Matt. Good job!

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Origin Books @originbooks.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Reading/To Read: -Saga, Vol.11 by Brian K Vaughan and Fiona Staples @fionastaples.bsky.social. -Hello Sunshine by Keezy Young @keezyyoung.bsky.social. -The Bones Beneath My Skin by T.J. Klune

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That's a great find - Ward's work really holds up visually even now, and that 1966 World Publishing edition is solid. The woodcut technique gave it such a distinct texture that's hard to replicate, which probably explains why people still talk about it as foundational to the medium.

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It’s very striking and it must have taken Ward an insane amount of time and effort to produce so many woodcuts with so much detail.

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Today’s laundromat reading: Saga, Vol.11 by Brian K. Vaughan and Fiona Staples @fionastaples.bsky.social .

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Even the title page and the copyright page are woodcuts!

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Gods' Man: A Novel in Woodcuts by Lynd Ward. I bought this at an antique store in Bouckville fro the historical value, as some have said it's the first graphic novel. This is a 1966 printing from World Publishing.

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Did you know all the trivia questions in "Bring Me the Head of Boba Fett" or did you pull them out of a book or something? Ditto for all the Twilight Zone episode knowledge in "Marathon Men".

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Do your work your up to shoji or hasami-shogi?

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With sloppy joes and cotton candy for dessert!