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Got rained on, saw people throw fish, stuck gum on a wall, visited the gay plant store, held a Super Bowl LX ring in my hand, rode a ferry, ate delicious seafood. You know, just your typical Seattle trip so far.

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Mike W @mjwallace42.bsky.social · 22h

I think supposed to be in Youngstown on Monday as well.

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Mike W @mjwallace42.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

For YEARS I thought the second verse of Robert Plant's "Ship of Fools" is the literary masterful: "Donne claims that no man is an island / While I land up in jeopardy" As opposed to the actual: "Who claims that no man is an island?" And I'm still mad at Plant for not doing better. 🤣

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Mike W @mjwallace42.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

"...and your wisemen don't know how it feels..."

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Mike W @mjwallace42.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

😬 I should look at mine & ask about my dad's

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Mike W @mjwallace42.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

I am fine* but others in the household don't like it quite as cool as I do, so we've had the heat on just to take the edge off in the mornings. * I grew up in a house where temps often dipped into the low 50s F overnight; THANKS MOM

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Kate Manne @katemanne.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

You can educate a man about consent all you want; you can't force him to care about it katemanne.substack.com/p/they-didnt...

katemanne.substack.com

They Didn’t Want Consent

On the fallacy of educating men not to rape

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Mike W @mjwallace42.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Unfortunately, I need to set this aside, as I have 1.5 books to read first. But fortunately, those are paperbacks, so I can savor small sips of DS on my phone in the meantime.

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Mike W @mjwallace42.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

I purchased the C.J. Cherryh Humble Bundle yesterday (I believe today's the last day), as I haven't read any of her works yet. I started to read the first few pages of 'Downbelow Station' last night. I haven't even gotten past the background story yet, and I am HOOKED.

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Mike W @mjwallace42.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

How do you say "All right, all right, all right" in Shyriiwook?

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Mike W @mjwallace42.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

their Scottish Morn was quite good iirc

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Mike W @mjwallace42.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

It's been a few years, but I've liked Harney & Sons. They have several options. (I take mine black without sugar.)

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Mike W @mjwallace42.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Oooooh this is def relaxing (as least the first handful of levels).

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Mike W @mjwallace42.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

This morning I had a dream that an old man landed his ultralight on the sidewalk in front of the house and then proceeded to stand there and yell at us that we shouldn't be using the microwave to heat the swimming pool. (We don't have a swimming pool.)

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Mike W @mjwallace42.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Regardless, the show was fun & I had a great time hanging out with Pi and some friends!

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Mike W @mjwallace42.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Way too many yinzers at The Crystal Method / Paul Oakenfold show either a) held full-on conversations the entire time and/or b) left early (to beat the traffic out of McKees Rocks?!)

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Mike W @mjwallace42.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Yep. One of our two is in full bloom also. (In the spring both of them got zapped twice by frost & freezing temps.)

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Mike W @mjwallace42.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Still not good there's Bad Chemicals in pet food, likely at higher levels than in human food. I just have high expectations of better reporting, rather than what seems to me to be fear mongering.

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Mike W @mjwallace42.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Clicking through to the Clean Label report gives some more data. But also there are some of the usual issues I have with consumer product testing, e.g., single samples from each product (replication plz), & while "any lead is bad" is known, I would like more context for typical lead levels in food.

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Mike W @mjwallace42.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

I like to use both American and [American deli style] provolone.

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Mike W @mjwallace42.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

If you see this, post a vampire that isn't Dracula

Paul Reubens as Amilyn in Buffy the Vampire Slayer the movie. He has an angry exasperated expression on his face. He has longish hair, a trim goatee, and is wearing a leather jacket over a red shirt.

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Mike W @mjwallace42.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Is the most asshole move in rummy playing a set of queens early in the hand?

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Andy “voice of Brak” Merrill. 🎅🏻🤡🐒💩 @amerrill2.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

It’s October 1st. It’s time for… BRAK’S TALES OF SUSPENSE!!!!! Live from the darkest room in the house, the bathroom!!!!

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Mike W @mjwallace42.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Pi hangs hers up and orders them by strap width. (The black dresses are sorted similarly.)

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Mike W @mjwallace42.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

this is paddington crisps erasure

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Mike W @mjwallace42.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Me listening to "Stuck in a Moment You Can't Get out Of" in 2026:

Gandalf (a wizard with long grey beard and pointy felt grey hat) about to utter "I have no memory of this place" from the movie The Fellowship of the Ring

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Jess Samhain 🔮🌙 @jessicajrossana.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Millennial bisexuals everywhere arise! The beacons are lit!

Brendan Fraser and Rachel Weisz on the set of The Mummy 4

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Mike W @mjwallace42.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

My lilacs got zapped at least 2x by freezing weather in the spring and never blossomed. So they decided to blossom in September.

Two bunches of lilac blossoms on separate woody stems. The 4-lobed flowers are a pale lavender color.

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Mike W @mjwallace42.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Immediately changing my wake-up alarm to this. Yeah, I was also wondering if some of these isolated tracks already existed in the wild.

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Mike W @mjwallace42.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

I've been listening through some stripped down / acoustic performances, but these all tend to have piano or drums or acoustic guitar behind.

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Mike W @mjwallace42.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Do you need single vocal (without harmonies)? There's bits at the start of "Songs from the Wood" by Jethro Tull and around the 10-min mark of "Crystallised" by Haken, but these quickly fall into madrigal/fugue sections with layered vocals. Still brainstorming on my music library...

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Walking Eagle News @theeagleist.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

A prominent member of the red-tailed hawk community says they’re tired of eagles getting all the credit for the haunting cries heard in films, TV shows or whenever Indigenous people say something sacred. walkingeaglenews.com/2021/09/24/r...

walkingeaglenews.com

Red-tailed hawk sick of eagles getting credit for its haunting cries

A prominent member of the red-tailed hawk community says they're tired of eagles getting all the credit for the haunting cries that are heard in films, television shows or whenever Indigenous people s...

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Mike W @mjwallace42.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Damn, that is indeed fast. I just timed one for reference and it took me almost 4 minutes.

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Mike W @mjwallace42.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Are you willing to share with us the final clock time?

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Mike W @mjwallace42.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

I sometimes feel the cat is just watching & waiting for me to die so he can eat me. (More seriously, the cat in our household likes to be at the edges of the social circle, w/ occasional scritches, while one dog is medium to close range, and the other dog's range is close to I CAN SEE YOUR SOUL.)

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Mike W @mjwallace42.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

Rush 50 Something concert in Cleveland was absolutely amazing. Very emotional!

Mike is seen from the side as he stands with both arms clapping above his head during "The Spirit of Radio"

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Mike W @mjwallace42.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

Rush beer at the Rush concert!

Mike holding a can of Rush branded Golden Ale.

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Mike W @mjwallace42.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

I am alone for the evening, so I made myself a charcuterie board.

It's a cooked-from-frozen pepperoni pizza with some extra provolone cheese, sliced and resting on a wooden cutting board.

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Mike W @mjwallace42.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

Gaahhh! Apparently I am going to have to track down (i.e., borrow) a copy of The Magician's Nephew, as I can only find my copies of books 1-5.

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Mike W @mjwallace42.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

I had to go to the "Following" option to even see the static post. I didn't notice the Story either, but I usually flip through those rather quickly and may not have been paying attention. (Espec. since I'd already seen the email this morning.)

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Mike W @mjwallace42.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

I am literally speechless and unable to compose a witty remark.

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Mike W @mjwallace42.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

I saw the surface of that subject, thought about it for a little while, and decided not to jump in. (I have bookmarked the apple article to read later.)

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Mike W @mjwallace42.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

Living amongst the wolves and marking your territory?

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Mike W @mjwallace42.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

If The Actual Star is not on your TBR, you should definitely add it! It's an epic and adventurous read!

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Mike W @mjwallace42.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

Putting "Personal Tvdivev" on my resume.

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Mike W @mjwallace42.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

Agree with Jayme here. Since you're unable to access area in the basement where there is possibly a shutoff valve for the fridge water line, you'll have figure out the best way to add one to the part of the line in the kitchen. Installation team has it in their language most likely for liability.

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