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So much truer than it was 12 years ago.

Sometimes the future is bullshit on a lighter.

DigDoug @digdoug.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Day 16 As Gen-Xers, We were told we'd become more conservative as we aged. Like nearly everything Boomers tried to teach, that was wrong. I have gotten softer as I've aged, and, as always, Vonnegut has a line for it: (image stolen from "a little book of humanism")

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DigDoug @digdoug.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

The cool thing about flying west at 500 miles an hour? Sunset never stops. (At this latitude the real number is ~ 800 mph)

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DigDoug @digdoug.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

It’s a magical planet we’ve conquered. And I’m abusing it to go talk about OKRs and other peoples priorities.

50 miles outside of 5000 feet in the air. Sunset.

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DigDoug @digdoug.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Day 14 In 2018 there was a Kickstarter for this movie Frank Oz and his wife made. original muppet performers talking. One backer benefits was a 1000 person private group. One of the others in the group was an assistant to Mr. Spinney. He got me the book.. and feather. Yeah, I teared up. Still do

The Wisdom of Big Bird
An autographed photo of Carola Spinney
A big yellow feather.

Autographed Muppet guys talking dvd. Autographed photo of gonzo.

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DigDoug @digdoug.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Day 13 This huge tome of George Harrison lyrics and notes about his songs. Harrison became my favorite Beatle as an adult and All Things Must Pass is a balm when my mind gets frazzled.

I Me Mine : extended edition by George Harrison

Page fold for Give Me Love

GIVE ME LOVE. Sometimes you open your mouth and you don't know what you are going to say, and whatever comes out is the starting point. If that happens and you are lucky—it can usually be turned into a song. This song is a prayer and personal statement between me, the Lord and whoever likes it.

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DigDoug @digdoug.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Day 12 of DougDays: Dogs. Period. Dogs are good. Current Dog: Osti. First Dog: Opal. Best Dog: Einstein and Hedy and Hux and Prince and Guinness and Mandy

Osti looking up at the camera. Black and white greyhound with a well lived in face.

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DigDoug @digdoug.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Dogs are a net positive. And fall weather just makes me happy. Fuck a bunch of summer, ya know?

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DigDoug @digdoug.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Damn, boy... m̭̓̓ő̗r̘̘᷆᷆ë́̈́͢͢ l͚͚̍i̕̕͢k͖̔e̱̍̍ t᷿̀e͎̓̓c̪̪̅̅h̳̳᷾n̪̔̔o︡͢-̻̌̌o̐͜͜r͚͡g̫̫̾a̜͊s̠︢︢m̞ͪͪì̘̘̀c̞︢︢,̝ͬͬ a̮ͮͮm̘̑i͉᷀r᷊᷊᷾᷾i͉̋t᷉᷉͜͜e̡ͩ?̗̗͌͌

New Mutants's Warlock, by Bill Sienkiewicz

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DigDoug @digdoug.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Found it. (The pic. I know where the pic is. In a place of honor in my office at home) A custom made frame from a childhood sled? What’s cooler than that?

Last Calvin and Hobbes. In a custom frame made from a sled. A quonsar gift from Bondcliff years ago!

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DigDoug @digdoug.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Dude at work made a Calvin and Hobbes reference. Wondered if I knew what it was. Broke out this pic and blew his mind. (now gotta find my bondcliff quonsar gift to keep him off balance)

my first ipod. Her name was "Weird Bugs"
and it is engraved "I must obey the inscrutable exhortations of my soul" and is posed in front of a Calvin and Hobbes collection.

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DigDoug @digdoug.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

This is a poll of the the wrong constituents. As we learned back in 2012,

Corporations are people, my friend
--Mitt Romney

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DigDoug @digdoug.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

In the old building I’d have gone to the terrace. Here I’ll sit in this parking lot for a few minutes and wonder why other people aren’t just stopping for a few minutes to appreciate this.

Sunrise through the waves of clouds. Pinks and blues abound.

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DigDoug @digdoug.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

So easy to just toggle back and forth. I cannot imagine how this will get explained in 50 years.

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DigDoug @digdoug.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

I made this “pun” 15 years ago today. It still haunts me.

Red/green hulk image. With meme text

These colors don’t run
The Indelible Hulk

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DigDoug @digdoug.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Day 7 In addition to my aforementioned love of books, and what 'makes a book', I really like books that aren't just books. So what about a 'box set' made up of comics in half a dozen formats and fold outs, all telling an amorphous story about 'life' Building Stories by Chris Ware

Image stolen from pw.org write up of the book.

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DigDoug @digdoug.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

All of Calvin and Hobbes lives rent-free in my head. Even if I thought I should charge, I wouldn't even know where to send the bill. Mr Watterson is very private.

Extremely well drawn sunday Calvin and Hobbes of Mom making food for the family
Calvin sees her putting in Giant Octopus, Gasoline, Shrunken head, Weed killer, Paint.

"I saw what went in it! I'm not touching it!"

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DigDoug @digdoug.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Hey, if you have a local comic shop, go give them a few bucks and pick this up. Sure, multiverses are tired, but c'mon...

Interior panels of comic, Kermit welcomes you to the muppet show, and Wolverine is using his claws as kebab skewers with the Swedish Chef.

Gold foil cover of The Muppets take the Marvel Universe

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DigDoug @digdoug.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Advent of Doug: Day 6 The Voyager Golden Record. Carl Sagan might make the list again. A ten year old Kickstarter project I still think about all the time. It had a place of honor on my shelves, I think it’s still readily available from legit folks on the web. ozmarecords.com/pages/voyager

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DigDoug @digdoug.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Advent of Doug: Day 5 My bookshelf about books and how they came to be (mostly)

A collection of books. About writing, paper, books and libraries. Bookended by some horse bookends made from quartz. Books are not photographed on the shelf in my office/library because it’s a wreck and I just took it to the dining room for better light.

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DigDoug @digdoug.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

From @dansinker.com This is a very well made chapeaux. I love a good English word with multiple meanings.

Bearded nerd in cluttered office. Wearing a hat that reads “TRYING”

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DigDoug @digdoug.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

The original photo... I can't find the camera currently (and I'm working, so no going through stuff in the basement or nothing)

original scanned photo mentioned above. With notes!

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DigDoug @digdoug.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Advent of Doug: Day 4 This photo I found in a family album over 20 years ago. I scanned in a tattered copy, cleaned it up and made a few prints. One is in my office right over my desk. My aunt later gifted me the camera that took the picture. I teared up a little.

Shawnee Park in Louisville KY 1939. A picnic photo from a low angle. My grandmother is the baby sitting in her father’s lap. The photographer was my great-grandmother. (The people on the outside are great-great aunt and uncle)

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DigDoug @digdoug.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Dreaming dogs are very distracting sometimes. In the best way. I will not torment her. I will not torment her. Much.

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DigDoug @digdoug.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Did you know that your flag decal won't get you in to heaven anymore?

today's 1001albumsgenerator album, John Prine by John Prine, from 1971. (The on with Paradise, Angel from Montgomery and a bunch of other stuff you likely have heard)

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DigDoug @digdoug.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Local BBSes count, right?

ASCII art splashscreen for Trade Wars 2002

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DigDoug @digdoug.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Ordered this ages ago… arrived today.

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DigDoug @digdoug.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Surprisingly nice. I still wear readers but this font size is fine by me. (I’d like to kill the full justification though)

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DigDoug @digdoug.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

So, if search didn’t suck now, I’d have a dozen links of people doing cool shit with these xteink devices. Not just “influencers”. That said, they are neat (the magnets seem to grip right here real well, very weird how comfortable we are with tons of magnets these days)

Xteink eink reader showing cover of Starter Villain by John Scalzi

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DigDoug @digdoug.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

It took me way too long to realize that was the 'image progress' overlay, not a friggin' robot.

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DigDoug @digdoug.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

I'm so tired of these people assuming my time has no value.

Screenshot of 'How did we do?' survey on web page? asking why I rated the experience poorly.

I answered
For fuck's sake. It's bill paying, not massage. Why would I enjoy the experience?

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DigDoug @digdoug.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Had a conversation at work that reminded me of Hux’s attempts to conserve angular momentum during his zoomies. Man I miss this monster.

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DigDoug @digdoug.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

251 or 253 are possible still scryfall.com/sets/fra?as=...

https://scryfall.com/sets/fra?as=checklist&order=set

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DigDoug @digdoug.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

Man, sometimes just seeing it written forces you to do uncomfortable math.

battle.net birthday
11/23/2004
(that was WOW release day, y'all)

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DigDoug @digdoug.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

Mail Call. @coldchef.bsky.social loves us and wants us happy. (Happy pre bday, I got just the thing for you muchacho)

Hand crafted bit of love from coldchef
Two fists with knuckle tats reading POOP FACE

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DigDoug @digdoug.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

He used a small Kentucky printer to do a lot of his work the last couple of decades. On my birthday one year I saw this hanging on the wall of a bookstore and had to have it.

Slowly slowly they return
By Wendell Berry. Signed broadside from 2013

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DigDoug @digdoug.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

I gripe about work a lot. But I do enjoying riffing with some of my coworkers, even the ones that cause me to get phone calls from OTHER coworkers.

Me:
whatever works, lady. I don't care how you do it. BUT IF YOU EFF UP ETL AGAIN IMMA COME AT YOU.

Them:
LOL
"do whatever, but don't do it wrong"

Me:
I am my father's son.

Them:
I shall continue to make my own rules then

Me:
Sometimes it's easier to ask forgiveness than permission
My mom taught me that...
I wonder why they got divorced

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DigDoug @digdoug.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

Reloaded my gifting pile!

4 copies of The Sparrow by Mary Doris Russell.

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DigDoug @digdoug.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

It’s like mom got there early and yelled at me in print. (Today’s mom’s bday! I may post other things about me Mini-Mom)

Me. In full beard mode bewildered, pointing to a sign that reads DOUGLAS with stuffed animals

Behind tth display is a fake cherry blossom tree.

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DigDoug @digdoug.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

No cheating: share the last photo of the sky from your camera roll.

View of Merchant Ice Tower (abandoned my entire 50 year life) from Trelis Brewing in Louisville KY

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DigDoug @digdoug.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

Work's arranging a ballpark day, and I just sent the coordinator this pic. This may prove to be a mistake. But damn, that was fun. ~35 bucks the day after every home game. 1988 bucks too! All I had to do was sweat in polyester pants that would likely have softdrinks spilled on them for a few hours