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graybandit @graybandit.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

I'm not @apsciencebylyn.bsky.social but trust me this was a LARGE spood this morning at the job site.

A large spider on a concrete sidewalk. It has a grey, furry head, a black body with light green markings, and long black legs with spines that taper to a brownish coffee color where the last section connects to the body

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graybandit @graybandit.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

I mean come on Check your local Wal-Mart clearance aisle

Transformers Breakaway toy in Robot mode. It is red & blue with Team USA and Autobot livery, and the outer armored shell is silver. It transforms into a soccer ball

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graybandit @graybandit.bsky.social · 28/04/2026

it's only Taco Tuesday because it happened to be today when I got tacos may you all eat well and prosper

a Mexican glass bottle Coca-Cola, four asada street tacos with limes and salsa Rojas in a styrofoam box on the center console of a truck

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graybandit @graybandit.bsky.social · 23/03/2026

I clearly need to caucus next time

Lego Versions of Gundam Wing, about 14" scale, arrayed on a wood tabletop. Shenlong, Sandrock, Wing, Deathscythe, and Heavyarms

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graybandit @graybandit.bsky.social · 21/03/2026

If you like bagels and ever miss Bagel Bites, I have also been doing homemade pizza bagel bites as of late...which is a ludicrous amount of dinking around but delicious

Tiny bagels baking on a sheet, viewed through the oven door glass

Homemade pizza bagel bites on cookie trays

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graybandit @graybandit.bsky.social · 10/03/2026

I mean, for all aesthetic purposes...

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graybandit @graybandit.bsky.social · 19/01/2026

he taught us to be stubborn and question authority. he didn't like cops, lawyers, or building inspectors. our church started getting weirdly conservative, so my dad left and started sending his tithe money to a homeless shelter. he'd always push back on conspiracy theories with some common sense.

my dad with all his grandkids on our last visit to see him

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graybandit @graybandit.bsky.social · 19/01/2026

he had issues with diabetes and a work injury that resulted in an amputated toe, then his leg below the knee. despite cancer and amputations, he still worked his PT and got back on the golf course on a prosthetic leg, even when they told him at first it was too risky and a long-shot.

my dad sitting in a chair, smiling with my daughter, one of his favorite people

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graybandit @graybandit.bsky.social · 19/01/2026

he was a huge boise state football fan, his adopted team once we moved to boise in 1994. no matter what time of year it was, it was always a good time to talk about what the next season's prospects were, or why the P4/5 was overrated, and why we should have been in the PAC-12 years before.

my dad in a boise state shirt, holding my daughter

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graybandit @graybandit.bsky.social · 19/01/2026

he never got rich doing construction, but he did ok. he was always secretly helping people out, like paying for my last semester of school, or my honeymoon, or helping me with a house down payment. he was an opinionated asshole, but he could love anybody in front of him, no matter who they were.

my dad pushing my two oldest kids on our old backyard swingset

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graybandit @graybandit.bsky.social · 19/01/2026

he helped build up multiple companies in minnesota and then idaho, before eventually starting his own company. he always told me not to get into construction, but he was cool so I followed his lead anyway. when covid hit, he decided to retire on his terms, wound everything down, and went golfing.

my dad in his company shirt, smiling in better times

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graybandit @graybandit.bsky.social · 19/01/2026

he was a blunt guy, but he loved building things & he loved kids, even though he'd tell you he didn't. those blocks on the coffee table were my christmas present back when I turned 3, he made them because we were poor as shit but he had skills all my kids got to play with them (and him)

my dad and my son sit on a blue leather sofa, admiring their gigantic skyscrapers made of wooden blocks on the coffee table

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graybandit @graybandit.bsky.social · 28/11/2025

After The Game We Don't Talk About, we definitely worked out some feelings to the tune of 50-6 in 2010, despite AI hallucinating otherwise

A Google AI summary falsely claiming Boise State and Utah State did not face each other during the 2010 football season

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graybandit @graybandit.bsky.social · 03/09/2025

This also reminds me that I have this from then. Desert Storm merch, I guess?

A pewter keychain of a badge/shield emblazoned with lightning bolts, an F-15, a naval ship, an M-15 and a tank, with a scroll of the text "DESERT STORM" on the bottom. A relic of 1991.

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graybandit @graybandit.bsky.social · 26/06/2025

It's a wee bit humid this morning.

A sugar free rockstar can covered in condensation droplets, sitting on a desk in a work trailer. There is an iPad in a tough case out of focus on the desk in the background, and part of a window is visible on the wall.

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graybandit @graybandit.bsky.social · 10/06/2025

With the logo mirrored, my brain just sees Homestar Runner's face, apple bite as the mouth. My brain's auto complete can't unsee it. I blame being a millennial or something.

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graybandit @graybandit.bsky.social · 10/06/2025

I for one am still reckoning with my own age, much less being the same age as competent and stylish columnists who also share my love of Gundam.

Lego versions of Gundam Wing, including Death scythe, Heavyarms, Sandrock, and Wing

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graybandit @graybandit.bsky.social · 26/05/2025

Looks pretty slick with the lights off.

Commercial gas fire pizza ovens with black steel doors, white beveled subway tile fronts, blue glass subway tile walls behind, and gold ducted exhausts above. Blue glass globe light fixtures suspended in front. A spiral duct supply air runs overhead.

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graybandit @graybandit.bsky.social · 24/05/2025

Looked up Hinckley, Minnesota to see if it was due to Gordon B or John Jr (because that would be hilarious) but instead found it was named after an Isaac Hinckley, railroad tycoon. More impressive was the blurb about Isaac Hinckley's father, Isaac Hinckley, who they should have named it for.

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graybandit @graybandit.bsky.social · 24/04/2025

Working on renovating an historic building while also trying to bond with a Symbiote

Ominous black ooze dripping from a roof joist in slow motion, like molasses with murderous intent

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graybandit @graybandit.bsky.social · 24/04/2025

*singing* "Nine-dollar...nine-dollar fooooot loooong"

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graybandit @graybandit.bsky.social · 27/03/2025

Dug my old one up just because it scratched a brain itch. Used to get my Powerbook 1400c online back in 2007. Shout out to the Low End Mac forums back then...

An early PCMCIA wifi card, rectangular metal card with a plastic antenna area with two indicator LEDs

Back of an early PCMCIA wifi card, with a Lucent Technologies PC24E-H-FC label and relevant certifications/technical data. 5V 16bit PC Card

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graybandit @graybandit.bsky.social · 02/02/2025

I am terrible about taking pictures of anything not work project related, so these are a bit out of date.

Views of tiny home on a trailer during construction. Bare wood framing.

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graybandit @graybandit.bsky.social · 20/01/2025

man I love working in construction

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graybandit @graybandit.bsky.social · 10/12/2024

I regret to inform you that not all electric griddle marketing is a lie

Electric griddle with bacon and pancakes cooking on it

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graybandit @graybandit.bsky.social · 09/12/2024

Made Pizza Bread tonight. French bread dough, rolled flat, made a pizza, then rolled it up. Mostly a hit with the kids, who are very confused on whether it's a rolled calzone or a pizza roll or pizza bread or pizza cinnamon rolls...

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