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Rex Harrison as Abraham Lincoln @captfrankdrebin.bsky.social · 11/07/2026

My latest thrift score for my presidential plate collection smells of cigarettes even after washing v well with soap and hot water. Don’t smoke, kids.

A plate hanging on a wall. The plate has a drawing of FDR on it.

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Rex Harrison as Abraham Lincoln @captfrankdrebin.bsky.social · 13/06/2026

Biathlon but make it summer: bike to the archery range

An electric bike on a bike trail with a bow bag attached to the back

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Rex Harrison as Abraham Lincoln @captfrankdrebin.bsky.social · 12/06/2026

Hey #quiltsky what are the designs on this piece of fabric I picked up from my quilt guild scrap table?

A blue piece of fabric with light blue icons on it

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Rex Harrison as Abraham Lincoln @captfrankdrebin.bsky.social · 05/06/2026

First salmonberry of the year (I’ve been inattentive)

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Rex Harrison as Abraham Lincoln @captfrankdrebin.bsky.social · 04/05/2026

None of the ADUs in this Seattle Times article are used for housing. One’s a pottery studio. One’s a 2nd kitchen and occasional guest room. One’s a music room. One is for the homeowner’s parents to stay in “several months a year.” It’s like a parody of an article about life here.

The cover of today’s Seattle Times Sunday magazine section

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Rex Harrison as Abraham Lincoln @captfrankdrebin.bsky.social · 19/03/2026

So lost in this quilt pattern (and my unwise changes to it) that I had to break out the colored pencils to make sure it still makes sense. And also to check for accidental swastikas, a constant quilting problem.

A notebook with a sketch of some quilt blocks.

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Rex Harrison as Abraham Lincoln @captfrankdrebin.bsky.social · 13/03/2026

Orange quilt: done! This one put up a fight but in the end I love it.

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Rex Harrison as Abraham Lincoln @captfrankdrebin.bsky.social · 03/02/2026

I’m as mad about ICE as the next person but this is going a bit too far for me

Fridge outside a gas station with a sign saying “ICE IS FOOD”

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Rex Harrison as Abraham Lincoln @captfrankdrebin.bsky.social · 02/02/2026

I was supposed to be helping track dolphins but they kept walking away

Photo of a dolphin leaping out of the water. It was in Costa Rica but you can’t tell from the photo.

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Rex Harrison as Abraham Lincoln @captfrankdrebin.bsky.social · 11/01/2026

Made felt flowers today for a piece that will be part of @mohaiseattle.bsky.social ‘s Day of Remembrance display in Feb. The workshop was a good balance of an interesting talk about local history, and playing with glue guns.

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Rex Harrison as Abraham Lincoln @captfrankdrebin.bsky.social · 10/01/2026

“Shanghai Express” passes the Bechdel Test. And is so good! Genuinely entertaining, which I wasn’t expecting.

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Rex Harrison as Abraham Lincoln @captfrankdrebin.bsky.social · 02/01/2026

Help me, sewingsky. I was given this great pair of snips, and there seems to be a needle (?) stuck in the handle wrap. I presume it comes out but it’s stuck firmly in there like it’s supposed to stay. Should I yank it out? #quilt

A pair of Japanese sewing snips with a pin or needle sticking out from the handle.

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Rex Harrison as Abraham Lincoln @captfrankdrebin.bsky.social · 28/12/2025

A high school principal in East Wenatchee is going to let a high school cop Taser him if attendance rates go up. Oh, the wacky hijinks! And so many valuable lessons to be learned, e.g. Tasers aren’t a big deal, weapons are funny toys, and armed cops in high schools are fine and normal.

An article from the Wenatchee World News about the tasering plan. It’s black and white because my camera got weird for some reason.

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Rex Harrison as Abraham Lincoln @captfrankdrebin.bsky.social · 07/12/2025

Hear, hear. “The Big Dark” sounds so contrived.

A rant from the Seattle Times “Rant & Rave” column, protesting the rise of the term “the big dark”

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Rex Harrison as Abraham Lincoln @captfrankdrebin.bsky.social · 04/12/2025

Boys’ high school basketball: huge article. Women’s professional hockey, local team wins: wayyy down in the corner.

The front page of the sports section of the Seattle Times Dec 4

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Rex Harrison as Abraham Lincoln @captfrankdrebin.bsky.social · 01/12/2025

I cannot do quilt math in my head and am in awe of people who can. This is me figuring out what size I want to make my mushroom quilt. Not shown: the agony of binding yardage. I know calculators exist and yet.

A notebook with a drawing of a quilt, with a lot of scribbling and washi tape

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Rex Harrison as Abraham Lincoln @captfrankdrebin.bsky.social · 30/11/2025

Cute lil’ upside-down mushrooms. Pinewood gingertail, says the Seek app. #fungifriends

Small orange mushrooms, some growing upside-down

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Rex Harrison as Abraham Lincoln @captfrankdrebin.bsky.social · 30/11/2025

Mushroom quilt: finished! This one was an emotional journey, with me alternating liking it and wanting to shove it in a bag and pretend I never started it. Now that it’s done and has crinkled, I’m v pleased.

A twin-sized quilt being held up outside. The fabric is largely mushroom-themed.

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Rex Harrison as Abraham Lincoln @captfrankdrebin.bsky.social · 06/11/2025

They tried to make us all chant "Let's go Torrent!" but it was definitely half-assed. Quick! Someone smarter than me come up with a better cheer and let's get it out there before the first game. We HAVE to do better than "Let's go Torrent." #SeattleTorrent I guess

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Rex Harrison as Abraham Lincoln @captfrankdrebin.bsky.social · 06/11/2025

Let’s go, Seatte Orren! Seattle Ttoreni? Seattle Ttoren Setorrents? Orteni Torrent? #SeattleTorrent kinda

An unusually designed Seattle Torrent t-shirt.

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Rex Harrison as Abraham Lincoln @captfrankdrebin.bsky.social · 04/11/2025

The true generational divide is old people like me who have coffee mugs they keep at work (usually hideous) and the younger people who use the work-provided disposable ones.

An unexpectedly clean coffee mug with a day-glo drawing of Paul Revere

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Rex Harrison as Abraham Lincoln @captfrankdrebin.bsky.social · 17/10/2025

I don’t usually watch live TV, so I find myself fascinated by the commercials — especially the ad for dehydrated food cooked in a dirty pot. It’s for patriots! Patriots who don’t know what QR codes are!

A photo of a TV showing a dirty pot on a stove

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Rex Harrison as Abraham Lincoln @captfrankdrebin.bsky.social · 19/08/2025

Going to try out Focus Friend later today when I have some boring work to do and see if if helps or if it’s a distraction of its own. I have, of course, named the bean Suzuki.

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Rex Harrison as Abraham Lincoln @captfrankdrebin.bsky.social · 01/08/2025

In this house we believe in moving small objects and signs around to absurd places (e.g. a small plastic hand that shows up in a coffee mug, then in your shoe, then in your sleeping bag while you’re backpacking). I think I’m setting myself up with this note, intended to stop grocery waste

A large expired bottle of juice in a fridge with a post it reading “this always expires before it gets drunk”

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Rex Harrison as Abraham Lincoln @captfrankdrebin.bsky.social · 01/08/2025

My book group won trivia night, as we often do. Yes, that’s me not knowing the “30 days hath September” mnemonic. I use my knuckles to identify the months like a civilized person 👊

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Rex Harrison as Abraham Lincoln @captfrankdrebin.bsky.social · 26/07/2025

I used to work in magazine publishing, including time at Lincoln magazine (for owners of Lincolns) and New Jersey Bride (for New Jersey brides). This selection at my archery range delights me. Do I read them? No. But I am happy to see them.

A selection of niche magazines such as Game & Fish, Bowhunter, and Shooting Sports Retailer.

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Rex Harrison as Abraham Lincoln @captfrankdrebin.bsky.social · 11/07/2025

Hakeem Jeffries giving off strong “Better Off Dead” Paperboy vibes in my texts.

Screenshot of a text saying “It’s Hakeem Jeffries. Ten dollars.”

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Rex Harrison as Abraham Lincoln @captfrankdrebin.bsky.social · 08/07/2025

I guess this AI garbage explains the confidence the women I met on this train had that they have tickets on a ferry from Vancouver, Wash to Victoria, BC. They were nice; I hope they’re right and I’m wrong.

Screen shot of an AI search result that confuses the two Vancouvers

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Rex Harrison as Abraham Lincoln @captfrankdrebin.bsky.social · 15/06/2025

From yesterday’s No Kings protest. Hello, my fellow Gen Xer, I agree. We’ll tramp the dirt down.

A person, face cropped, holding a photo of Elvis Costello’s “The King of America” album cover with “the only king of America” written on it.

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Rex Harrison as Abraham Lincoln @captfrankdrebin.bsky.social · 03/06/2025

Found this relic in a drawer at work. My boss had never seen one before. I started to explain “imagine forwarding e-mail, but paper” but soon gave up. (Yes, I know that hyphen in the e-mail also adds years to my apparent age.) 👵🏻

A photo of an inter-department delivery envelope, the kind with the red thread in the back

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Rex Harrison as Abraham Lincoln @captfrankdrebin.bsky.social · 15/05/2025

Picked up this fabric at my quilting guild’s meeting. No selvedge. I have no idea what to make of (or from) it.

A piece of cotton fabric. Blue background, white stars, four figures who look like Chinese people in Mao suits, discussing books they’re holding

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Rex Harrison as Abraham Lincoln @captfrankdrebin.bsky.social · 03/05/2025

Yeah, I’m making four big chunks that I hope will fit together. Here’s another chunk, not quite finished.

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Rex Harrison as Abraham Lincoln @captfrankdrebin.bsky.social · 03/05/2025

“I don’t need patterns any more,” I said. “I can improv all my quilts now,” I said.

Irregular quilt squares, all in orange, not lined up nicely

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