Spraynard Kruger @mjanssen.bsky.social · 7hIn my youth, my family lived down the street from a couple who were advocates of an invented language called Lojban, and I just found directions to their house for the 1990 Lojban festival mw.lojban.org/papri/me_lu_...mw.lojban.orgme lu ju'i lobypli li'u 12 moi - La Lojban 150
Reposted by Spraynard KrugerSpraynard Kruger @mjanssen.bsky.social · 04/08/2025Arrived home today to witness telephone-wire drama involving a blue jay, crow and mockingbird. I don't often see blue jays around here. The crow issued periodic caws. A whole orange lay on the street. Would a crow care about an orange? It was a fraught scene 2387
Spraynard Kruger @mjanssen.bsky.social · 08/10/2026It's on par with the best sentence (in English) of the 20th century, which is Eudora Welty's "Do you think it wise to disport with ketchup in Stella-Rondo's flesh-colored kimono?" 040
Spraynard Kruger @mjanssen.bsky.social · 08/10/2026my nomination for the best sentence our century will produce 170
Spraynard Kruger @mjanssen.bsky.social · 07/10/2026Yeah, my friend would just plow through a bag. She was a gringo, though, so I'm not really sure about the natives' approach. 010
Spraynard Kruger @mjanssen.bsky.social · 07/10/2026Guineps! Another name for those things, which I encountered in Honduras. I loved 'em. 110
Spraynard Kruger @mjanssen.bsky.social · 07/10/2026lol why does this video have a photo of a DC Metro station with it 010
Spraynard Kruger @mjanssen.bsky.social · 06/10/2026oh wow and the origin of that name is amazing — because the scotoma image was compared to castle fortifications designed bty Sébastien Le Prestre de Vauban, Louis XIV’s military engineer commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Pl...commons.wikimedia.orgFile:Plan citadelle Neuf Brisach.jpg - Wikimedia Commons 010
Spraynard Kruger @mjanssen.bsky.social · 06/10/2026Per that Wikipedia article I'm going to start calling mine "fortification of Vauban." "Dammit, I'm having fortification of Vauban again." 110
Spraynard Kruger @mjanssen.bsky.social · 06/10/2026I get this too. Had no idea there was a GIF about it. 100
Spraynard Kruger @mjanssen.bsky.social · 06/10/2026Agreed, that's rough. For me it was more the fork on the glass bowl 010
Spraynard Kruger @mjanssen.bsky.social · 06/10/2026My wife said National Guards guys were hanging around outside Masala Story in Brookland around 8:30 pm tonight. Get these fuckers out of here 0132
Spraynard Kruger @mjanssen.bsky.social · 06/10/2026I love the self-criticism — the fissure in the creamy one, the egg white visible in the other. Jacques isn't perfect! We don't have to be either! 230
Spraynard Kruger @mjanssen.bsky.social · 06/10/2026Such a satisfying video www.youtube.com/watch?v=viUN...youtube.comStandard Omelet vs. Classic French OmeletYouTube video by Jacques Pépin Foundation 4163
Spraynard Kruger @mjanssen.bsky.social · 05/10/2026Ambient electronic banjo? You bet I'm all over this richruth.bandcamp.com/album/alliso...richruth.bandcamp.comAllison de Groot & Rich Ruth, by Allison de Groot & Rich Ruth8 track album 060
Spraynard Kruger @mjanssen.bsky.social · 01/10/2026he also likes tennis www.tennis.com/news/article... 110
Spraynard Kruger @mjanssen.bsky.social · 01/10/2026I don’t think Rumsfeld necessarily wanted to be doing all that. Remember, this guy was a TV host. Just like the old man 000
Spraynard Kruger @mjanssen.bsky.social · 28/09/2026apparently this is not really a mug shot, it's a test for "North by Northwest" 010
Spraynard Kruger @mjanssen.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Dad band is starting to make multitrack recordings of our tunes, which I fear is going to further expose my many inadequacies as a guitarist. I need to start figuring out palm muting first. 020
Spraynard Kruger @mjanssen.bsky.social · 28/09/2026I was all ready to play banjo at yesterday's Hyattsville Porchfest and we got rained out, dagnabbit. But I'm hoping to find more gigs for this project with my friend soon. Meanwhile, the dad band also needs to be on the hunt for a next gig (and more originals to fill out our set) 260
Spraynard Kruger @mjanssen.bsky.social · 26/09/2026Well it wasn't that happy, but it was at least a bit hopeful. I figured a brave European wouldn't even go that far! 000
Spraynard Kruger @mjanssen.bsky.social · 26/09/2026Just watched "The Invite," which I enjoyed but I thought it was likely the Spanish version had a less happy ending. Looked it up and yep. America! 120
Spraynard Kruger @mjanssen.bsky.social · 25/09/2026Yes. My gobbledygook was "{{##javascript:void(0)###}}". I've gotten several texts from the number before 210
Spraynard Kruger @mjanssen.bsky.social · 25/09/2026Looks like nowhere. Best bet might be calling Schneider's in DC and seeing if they'll order it 120
Reposted by Spraynard Krugerwhet moser @whetmoser.com · 25/09/2026i want nathan fielder to do undecided voter focus groups 62431366
Spraynard Kruger @mjanssen.bsky.social · 25/09/2026I liked Doo Dads, why would they ever stop making them 000
Spraynard Kruger @mjanssen.bsky.social · 25/09/2026that NYT TV shows list doesn't have Tim and Eric on it, so it is not to be taken seriously 080
Spraynard Kruger @mjanssen.bsky.social · 25/09/2026Interesting. Roasted duck??? But it's not that hard to make bacon fat washed bourbon, really. 100
Spraynard Kruger @mjanssen.bsky.social · 25/09/2026Played an open mic tonight with my friend. Live sound is hard. Live electric banjo sound is harder! Nonetheless, we must learn by doing, and the crowd seemed into it. 0130
Spraynard Kruger @mjanssen.bsky.social · 25/09/2026There was a lot of discussion of how a wife made her husband a burrito and he ate it but he didn't enjoy it 120
Spraynard Kruger @mjanssen.bsky.social · 25/09/2026My first Lyft driver tonight was listening to one song on repeat. The second is listening to some bizarre AI-voiced audiobook 140
Spraynard Kruger @mjanssen.bsky.social · 24/09/2026I know this isn't the point of your thread, but what are you writing about community radio? 101