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Buffalo buffaloed Rams, rammed by Buffalo Bills buff block

The options are kind of overwhelming. I usually keep a close cropped full beard when I’ve had one, but I’ve had goatees and ‘burns over the years. Now that it’s going white, I’m not sure what would look best. Guess I’ll get to experiment.

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Vinyl is great, but in tandem with streaming. This album doesn’t officially come out until 10/23 and I’ve only been able to listen on the turntable at home. #slightinconvenience #endoftheworld

There are a lot of options and most would look terrible. 😄

Fahrenheit. Time to bring in the tropical plant from the back patio. 🌴🥶

Saturday, October 17. High of 45 degrees Fahrenheit, low of 35 degrees, with a 23% chance of precipitation.

“The dream of the (18)90s is alive.” - Portlandia

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Ugh, I’m sorry. Ministry does get the feeling across.

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Or, I could bring back the ‘90s sideburns and goatee. (See number 2 ⬆️)

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Brian Halligan @halligan.bsky.social · 14/10/2026

Personal grooming tipping point: 1. Grow a beard, because the weather’s getting cooler and the beard/sweater/glasses combo looks good, at least in a college professor or 1980s professional kind of way, I haven’t had one in a while, and I can shave it to a trendy mustache for a laugh. 2. Hell no.

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My patio would be nicer if you could.

Brian Halligan @halligan.bsky.social · 14/10/2026

Why does this sticker go so hard? Wait.. “It’s Because of Me”. I am my own goalkeeper. 😳 Dang, that’s one harsh sticker.

Black and white sticker on a dark blue notebook: “If at first you don’t succeed it’s because of me. Goalkeeper.”

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Brian Halligan @halligan.bsky.social · 14/10/2026

We finished third at trivia this week after taking a week off. Turns out the team that won tonight won the week we were gone. We have a nemesis! And we’re going to crush them next week with our semi-useless* knowledge. *It wins us gift cards.

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Brian Halligan @halligan.bsky.social · 12/10/2026

I almost always root for underdogs, so of course I want to see the Brewers and Guardians in the World Series. But in that series, I’d have to pull for the Brewers, because they’ve never won. I’d still be happy though if the Guardians were World Champions.

Brian Halligan @halligan.bsky.social · 11/10/2026

It was the beginning of the end of it for me the second I learned as a little kid that God didn’t personally dictate the Bible.

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Super excited my copy is on the way and may arrive today ahead of schedule!

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I don’t need another pen. I don’t need another pen. I don’t need another pen. This one is also a screwdriver, bottle opener, phone stand, ruler, and stylus! I don’t need another pen. But! I don’t need another pen. I could always carry it, you know. It would come in handy! I don’t need another pen…

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The crime podcasts of the 1950s

Old books on a library shelf from blue to yellow and red. Best Detective Stories. Each book includes stories from one year, starting in 1949. There is also a Best of the Best Detective Stories book.

It was appropriately closed for business (for the night).

B-10? I wouldn’t cross B-8 if I were you. All you’ll find is sorrow and flights to Manchester, New Hampshire.

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The Baltimore airport is a microcosm of American society. The old section is dingy and gross and there’s a new section that’s shiny and a mini-mall inside it. You’re walking down a brightly lit, polished hallway and then suddenly the lights are dim and the floors are gray, dirty, and stained.

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I made it from scratch once and it came out great. I blew my budget on shredded cheddar though lol

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Top 10 pics from Cincinnati this week. Until next time, Queen City.

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For context, that plate is only 6” across. 😊

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Mike Ditka is shufflin’ to the Super Sky Bowl.

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Kentucky over the Ohio River this morning

Maybe that’s why it’s for sale.

Robert "The Bobby Yaga" McNees @mcnees.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

You would think the Classical Music Hall of Fame would be in, I don’t know, Vienna? Not Cincinnati.

Art Deco building facade that reads Classical Music Hall of Fame in purple above I assume the name of the building, Herschede.

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Very sad to hear that Margaret Hamilton has passed away. Here's a short thread about her role in the Apollo mission, and her lesser-known work on the simulations that led to the discovery of Chaos Theory. 🧪 👩‍🔬 ⚛️

news.mit.edu

Margaret Hamilton, computing pioneer who led software development for the Apollo program, dies at 90

Margaret H. Hamilton, a profoundly influential computer scientist best known for leading the software engineering team at MIT’s Instrumentation Lab during NASA’s Apollo program, died at age 90.

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Downtown Cincy looking good. The Blink light show tomorrow night should be amazing. www.blinkcincinnati.com

Color-changing lit Cincinnati sign in pink on the side of a building.

Street signs in a row, including Paris Baguette, 4th+Race, the 3CDC lobby and parking and Paycor.

A mural of J.P. Ball with icons of old fashioned cameras, coins, and a briefcase, with a camera shutter behind his likeness.

Work trip hotel room view not too shabby

Cincinnati skyline and a rooftop lounge.

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The big neighborhood debate right now is whether to support a proposed Taco Bell. Can’t we all just live and let live más?

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“Fun” fact from XKCD about the power of a supernova, or the collapse of a star much more massive than the Sun. The closest candidate to us is a star called IK Pegasi, which is 154 light years away. Our Sun will never go supernova, as it has too low of a mass. 😎

Which of the following would be brighter, in terms of the amount of energy delivered to your retina:

A supernova, seen from as far away as the Sun is from the Earth, or

The detonation of a hydrogen bomb pressed against your eyeball?

Applying the physicist rule of thumb suggests that the supernova is brighter. And indeed, it is ... by nine orders of magnitude.

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Zombieland is fun. Then there’s the “so bad they’re funny” category, like Troll 2, which played at The Little recently, or Jesus Christ Vampire Hunter. I’ve never seen Scary Movie, the Wayans Bros. horror spoof, but that might have its moments.

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To be woken up early by a reminder text from an airline that I’ll be waking up early tomorrow. Thanks, 21st century.

But yay! We got a Green Lantern show! Gotta accentuate the positive.

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Lanterns was a cool take on Green Lantern. Too bad the production of streaming shows is broken and it may not come back until 2029, if ever.

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Brian Halligan @halligan.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Fireworks? At this time of year? At this time of night? In this part of the city? Localized entirely within a neighbor’s yard? Yes.

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I’m not sure whether this validates or refutes my random decision to root for Newcastle United this year.

Brian Halligan @halligan.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Reality or Rush song? Eventually, AI is going to write gibberish that’s cryptic and intriguing enough that entire careers will be built around deciphering its supposed meaning and religions will rise to worship its plastic wisdom. Literal Deux ex machina, but without the tidy resolution.

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Brian Halligan @halligan.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

You know how I know Jon Bon Jovi is the killer in this terrible horror movie I’m watching? Because he’s wanted, waaaantedddd, dead or alive.