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Michael Alan Peck @michaelalanpeck.com · 29/09/2026

We think alike. Earlier today, I put together a slide of the co-conspirators.

Hawkeye (Marvel), Hawkeye (M*A*S*H), Hawkman

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Michael Alan Peck @michaelalanpeck.com · 29/09/2026

We didn't even get to see his next poster, featuring the co-conspirators.

Hawkeye (Avengers), Hawkeye (M*A*S*H), Hawkman

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Michael Alan Peck @michaelalanpeck.com · 19/09/2026

Cmd-F says... Because it must never be mentioned. Ever. It's a Scooby-Doo episode, only the meddling kids refuse to see or investigate the guy in the werewolf costume.

Search results for "covid" in an article: 0/0.

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Michael Alan Peck @michaelalanpeck.com · 03/09/2026

Without saying your age, what is your favorite movie that came out when you were 20? Too many to choose, so I'm going with three.

THE ADVENTURES OF BUCKAROO BANZAI ACROSS THE 8TH DIMENSION

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Michael Alan Peck @michaelalanpeck.com · 28/08/2026

Texas is looking pretty grim these days.

U.S. COVID-19 heat map dated August 24, 2026, based on CDC wastewater data last updated August 15. County-level estimates range from very low (pale blue-green) to very high (purple). Very high levels are concentrated across Texas and parts of the Gulf Coast and Southwest, with generally lower levels across much of the Midwest and Northeast. Alaska, Hawaii, and U.S. territories appear in inset maps.

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Michael Alan Peck @michaelalanpeck.com · 15/08/2026

Well, by all means, let's install him and see how he does.

Screen capture of text saying, "There's a new version of you available."

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Michael Alan Peck @michaelalanpeck.com · 03/08/2026

Just in case he knows something I don't about my life in Chicago, I stepped outside to check. He's right. As you can see, the trees are gross, and everything stinks. And I really hate that they've torn up the street to prep for resurfacing it, which is such a commie move. Why do I even live here?

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Michael Alan Peck @michaelalanpeck.com · 17/07/2026

Why did I even bother to switch to vaping?

An iPhone weather screencap with an AQI of 500 out of 500: hazardous.

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Michael Alan Peck @michaelalanpeck.com · 29/06/2026

I turned 12 that year, and it was EVERYWHERE. It was an especially big deal at school, with special coins we wanted to collect, etc. And everyone was united (no pun intended) in celebrating something that really did feel bigger than us. Even the superheroes got in on it (this is from my collection).

The cover of CAPTAIN AMERICA 200, a "special bicentennial issue."

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Michael Alan Peck @michaelalanpeck.com · 04/06/2026

No furry friends, alas, but this is Zachary, our peace lily—so named because whenever he's thirsty, he wilts dramatically, as if to silently scream: "The pain! The pain!"

Zachary the peace lily, enjoying some indirect sunlight on a wooden windowsill.

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Michael Alan Peck @michaelalanpeck.com · 30/05/2026

Think it's a good idea to break in? You're dead wrong. (Apologies if this doesn't strike you as humerus.)

A fence with a sign that says: "This house is protected by Catherine Zeta Bones. Safe. Secure. Skeleton."

A large skeleton in a front yard with a t-shirt on that has the refrain from Edwin Starr's "War" on it.

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Michael Alan Peck @michaelalanpeck.com · 23/05/2026

I had another dream about lions at the door They weren't half as frightening as they were before But I'm thinkin' about eternity...

A stuffed lion peers out at you through the duct-taped window of an apple-red pick-up truck, the reflection of the Chicago streetscape behind you framing its face in the glass on a blue, sunny afternoon.

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Michael Alan Peck @michaelalanpeck.com · 11/05/2026

I remember Under-Baby! He was Underdog's sidekick!

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Michael Alan Peck @michaelalanpeck.com · 08/05/2026

"I'm pleased and happy to repeat the news that we have, in fact, caught and killed a large predator that supposedly injured some bathers. But as you see, it's a beautiful day, the beaches are open, and people are having a wonderful time."

Mayor Larry Vaughn (Murray Hamilton) speaks to a reporter in JAWS.

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Michael Alan Peck @michaelalanpeck.com · 08/05/2026

Are we sure it's not one of those guys who stay really still and wait until you're posing for a picture, then move and startle the crap out of you for viral videos? Either way, I'll take Scary Lucy.

Terrifying Lucy statue that looks more like Paulie Walnuts than Lucille Ball

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Michael Alan Peck @michaelalanpeck.com · 22/04/2026

Pretty happy with this promo poster-type thing for my contemporary fantasy novel series.

A promo poster for the Commons contemporary fantasy book series.

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Michael Alan Peck @michaelalanpeck.com · 16/04/2026

Quote post with something good that lasted longer than the Confederacy (1861-1865). My dog, Peppy (1974–1988).

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Michael Alan Peck @michaelalanpeck.com · 02/04/2026

Our fathers lit this fire in us. This is my dad, my brother, and me in front of Apollo 11, a couple of weeks before liftoff. (Dad was there working on Biosatellite 3.) We choose to go to the moon. Indeed. It still makes me tear up. And we all need to rediscover that collective lump in our throats.

My dad, my brother, and me in front of Apollo 11—1969.

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Michael Alan Peck @michaelalanpeck.com · 24/03/2026

Also, if emotional trauma counts, this messed me up but good. I didn't quite understand what, exactly, had happened. But I knew getting over your head in adult doings meant big feelings and, potentially, nobody to help you out with them.

Gary Grimes and Jennifer O'Neill in SUMMER OF '42

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Michael Alan Peck @michaelalanpeck.com · 02/03/2026

When our peace lily feels a bit parched, it goes full drama queen and droops flat, like it's never been so dry and has no hope of feeling the touch of water ever again. Give it a little, and it perks right back up again. So tonight, my wife and I named it Zachary. "The pain! The pain!"

LOST IN SPACE's Dr. Zachary Smith (the late Jonathan Harris) emoting.

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Michael Alan Peck @michaelalanpeck.com · 01/03/2026

I didn't know about this, so thank you for the heads-up. For anyone interested, here's how to find the setting.

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Michael Alan Peck @michaelalanpeck.com · 23/02/2026

No cheating: your last saved pic of a celebrity is your therapist. (These are gonna be some loud sessions.)

Sweaty Meat Loaf in a frilly shirt and vest, scream-singing into a microphone.

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Michael Alan Peck @michaelalanpeck.com · 14/02/2026

A lot of South Florida is only habitable because of huge drainage canals. They spend billions just to keep Miami above water. Underground tunnels there isn't innovation—it's denial. But if they need a consultant, I know a guy.

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Michael Alan Peck @michaelalanpeck.com · 08/02/2026

I asked ChatGPT to create a meat-and-ferments food pyramid in the style of an informational poster you'd find in a school cafeteria. I think we could just tack this up as is.

A food pyramid chart with fermented foods at the bottom, then other meats, fatty meats, and organ meats.

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Michael Alan Peck @michaelalanpeck.com · 06/02/2026

How many words is a picture worth again?

A woman struggles to avoid a kiss from Isaac Asimov.

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Michael Alan Peck @michaelalanpeck.com · 09/01/2026

The stogie really sells him as likable and relatable.

COURAGEOUS CAT AND MINUTE MOUSE's villainous Chauncey "Flat-Face" Frog

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Michael Alan Peck @michaelalanpeck.com · 28/12/2025

I thought for sure someone would've gotten to this first, unless they did and I missed it.

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Michael Alan Peck @michaelalanpeck.com · 25/12/2025

I've followed the exploits of you and your colleagues for years now.

The cast of LAND OF THE GIANTS with an enormous camera.

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Michael Alan Peck @michaelalanpeck.com · 19/12/2025

The #1 movie when you were 10 years old is how your 2026 is going to go. So...just like 2025.

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Michael Alan Peck @michaelalanpeck.com · 14/12/2025

Ho-ho-ho, tee-hee-hee Eric the half a brie

Half a brie. (I mean, it'd be silly for it to be anything else.)

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Michael Alan Peck @michaelalanpeck.com · 12/12/2025

I hear you. Yours is a lot more pleasant-looking than mine.

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Michael Alan Peck @michaelalanpeck.com · 12/12/2025

“As the face gets worse, the clothes have to get better.” — Steve Martin

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Michael Alan Peck @michaelalanpeck.com · 11/12/2025

Criticize all you like, but I, for one, think it's pretty cool that one of our founders was young Brian Eno.

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Michael Alan Peck @michaelalanpeck.com · 05/12/2025

It’s nearly 11 at night. Single-digit temperatures. And a guy in shorts and a hoodie just jogged past our windows, headed south on Glenwood. You magnificent bastard. Never change, Chicago.

Screenshot of Apple’s weather app saying it’s 7 degrees out and feels like -3.

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Michael Alan Peck @michaelalanpeck.com · 26/11/2025

Brad Bird was also responsible for my other answer. That man owes me at least a box of tissues.

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Michael Alan Peck @michaelalanpeck.com · 17/11/2025

What perfect album came out the year you turned 16?

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Michael Alan Peck @michaelalanpeck.com · 04/11/2025

Blade, leader of the murderous puppets, has just endorsed Andrew Cuomo.

Blade, from the Puppet Master movies, with a bloody, well...blade. (Why'd you think he was called that?)

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