Milcom Miasma @mmiasma.mastodon.sdf.org.ap.brid.gy · 30/09/2026How Mrs. Miasma and I felt when we retired from the workforce: #ModernWorkCulture 000 0
Milcom Miasma @mmiasma.mastodon.sdf.org.ap.brid.gy · 28/09/2026Really enjoyed this guys video on why Gen X doesn't care about the workplace anymore. He's not wrong but I'm Generation Jones and I felt the exact same way back in 2010. Also, I finally have my answer to the team-building question "What appliance are you?" […] [Original post on mastodon.sdf.org] 100 1
Milcom Miasma @mmiasma.mastodon.sdf.org.ap.brid.gy · 22/09/2026Surprise guest at lunch today. We told him he was welcome to sit with us but that he'd have to find his own lunch. 000 0
Milcom Miasma @mmiasma.mastodon.sdf.org.ap.brid.gy · 15/09/2026My... what a tiny rake you have Grandpa. My prompt said nothing about a "tiny" rake. I feel disrespected. My prompt: An old man holding a rake and shouting at the clouds while standing on the front porch of his weathered house. #OldPeopleOfMastodon #AIDrawing #AI 000 0
Milcom Miasma @mmiasma.mastodon.sdf.org.ap.brid.gy · 14/09/2026I don't know... It seems kind of important to me. Why did publishers decide to drop the most import part of the title from Mary Wollstonecraft's book I wonder? #Books 010 1
Milcom Miasma @mmiasma.mastodon.sdf.org.ap.brid.gy · 10/09/2026Hotel parlor tricks. "You have a water leak in the bathroom of room 410" says I to person at the front desk. "You're in room 410?" says they. "No. We're in 310 appreciating the modern art show that's evolving on our bathroom ceiling." A photo of the […] [Original post on mastodon.sdf.org] 010 1
Milcom Miasma @mmiasma.mastodon.sdf.org.ap.brid.gy · 10/09/2026"Another depressing song with the Colorado Symphony" --Gregory Alan Isakov, Red Rocks performance September 7th, 2026 Honestly, I'd say it was the best concert I've ever been to. If you like folk/blue grass don't miss a chance to see these guys live […] [Original post on mastodon.sdf.org] 021 2
Milcom Miasma @mmiasma.mastodon.sdf.org.ap.brid.gy · 26/08/2026Thwarted. Little bastards must have overheard me talking about my breakfast plans. #Food #OldPeopleOfMastodon 001 1
Milcom Miasma @mmiasma.mastodon.sdf.org.ap.brid.gy · 09/08/2026When they said You''ll watch the world burn", I didn't realize they'd booked me front row seats. If anyone wants to know what living life as a slow-roasted, smoked chicken is like, I'll take your questions now. #Wyoming #Wildfires 021 2
Milcom Miasma @mmiasma.mastodon.sdf.org.ap.brid.gy · 04/08/2026"You know, one of the tragedies of real life is that there is no background music" --Annie Proulx If there's a better visual metaphor (see below) for growing old in Wyoming, I've never seen it. I feel like it should be my screen background image. #Wyoming #OldPeopleOfMastodon 020 2
Milcom Miasma @mmiasma.mastodon.sdf.org.ap.brid.gy · 03/08/2026I don't believe it. I just watched Stanley Kramer's 1959 apocalyptic SciFi drama "On The Beach" starring Gregory Peck, Ava Gardner, Fred Astaire and Anthony Perkins. I've spotted a plot hole in the final scene where Peck is steering his sub towards home […] [Original post on mastodon.sdf.org] 000 0
Milcom Miasma @mmiasma.mastodon.sdf.org.ap.brid.gy · 02/08/2026"Do Not Deposit U.S. Mail or Cash Payments" Well how else am I supposed to get a bribe to a my favorite corrupt candidate? I get the sense that this collection container was re-purposed. At least I hope that's the case. #2026Primaries Image source: Wigwam Jones 000 0
Milcom Miasma @mmiasma.mastodon.sdf.org.ap.brid.gy · 01/08/2026Me, when my financial planner told me to stop reading and listening to the news. #TheLastPetal 000 0
Milcom Miasma @mmiasma.mastodon.sdf.org.ap.brid.gy · 30/07/2026Every year we pick new annuals to plant in the pots on our front porch. Every year we try to pick plants that do well in direct sunlight (4+ hours/day) and we hope would attract hummingbirds. The five years we've been doing this have been failures to one […] [Original post on mastodon.sdf.org] 000 0
Milcom Miasma @mmiasma.mastodon.sdf.org.ap.brid.gy · 22/07/2026My friend lives in southern Michigan. They had three days where their air quality index was over 400 during the worst of the fire smoke last week. Here's what his furnace/AC filters looked like when they replaced them yesterday. #Forest_Fires #AirQuality 000 0
Milcom Miasma @mmiasma.mastodon.sdf.org.ap.brid.gy · 15/07/2026"Le mauvais goût mène aux crimes" (Bad taste leads to crime) --Henri Stendhahl We should really listen more to the French I think. #PresidentialTravesty #WhiteHouseAbuse Image Source: itsrachelscott via TikTok 000 0
Milcom Miasma @mmiasma.mastodon.sdf.org.ap.brid.gy · 13/07/2026Bloody seabird bloody flavor... Like all bullies, once Iran stood up to him, Trump had no plan B. He hasn't got one now and perhaps more importantly, he hasn't got anyone on his senior staff capable of coming up with one. Hormuz will remain a political […] [Original post on mastodon.sdf.org] 000 0
Milcom Miasma @mmiasma.mastodon.sdf.org.ap.brid.gy · 13/07/2026"El sueño de la razón produce monstruos" --Francisco Goya My new favorite title for a piece of art. "The sleep of reason brings forth monsters." #Art #Ontology Attr: By Francisco Goya - FAF4YL0zP9cjHg at Google Cultural Institute maximum zoom level […] [Original post on mastodon.sdf.org] 010 1
Milcom Miasma @mmiasma.mastodon.sdf.org.ap.brid.gy · 08/07/2026The Grim Reaper is undefeated but Susan Dell has decided to go kicking, screaming and not at all gentle into that good night. Dylan Thomas didn't say anything about making yourself into a fright mask. Maybe she's trying to scare Death to death. Jesus what […] [Original post on mastodon.sdf.org] 001 1
Milcom Miasma @mmiasma.mastodon.sdf.org.ap.brid.gy · 01/07/2026I don't get it. Given the hot, dry weather Colorado is experiencing, most of the front range cities have banned anything that burns hotter than heated looks for this July 4th. So 100 miles up I-25 they come, to two giant fireworks stores just over the […] [Original post on mastodon.sdf.org] 000 0
Milcom Miasma @mmiasma.mastodon.sdf.org.ap.brid.gy · 28/06/2026I've loved Ridley Scott's movie "Kingdom of Heaven" since the first time I saw it. It caused me to become fascinated with King Baldwin IV and Saladin. Recently I was made aware of a theory that the knight/priest known only as "The Hospitaller" played by […] [Original post on mastodon.sdf.org] 000 0
Milcom Miasma @mmiasma.mastodon.sdf.org.ap.brid.gy · 26/06/2026Charge? A temperate day for campaigning. Jean-Michel performed well and the sortie was complete in just over an hour. I've attached photos of today's action. The first is prisoners being loaded for transport and the second is your narrator trying to look […] [Original post on mastodon.sdf.org] 000 0
Milcom Miasma @mmiasma.mastodon.sdf.org.ap.brid.gy · 24/06/2026Mrs Miasma says I don't know anyone in Oregon well enough to go to tea with them despite there being no rush. But you can certainly go in my stead if you're up for some tea with apparently no other implied obligations. 🙄 #SPAM #Scam 000 0
Milcom Miasma @mmiasma.mastodon.sdf.org.ap.brid.gy · 22/06/2026I guess they skipped the middle man. The package of hamburger buns we purchased last week had part of the "best if used by" date printed on two of the buns instead of the packaging. I'm hoping it's not the beginning of a trend. #Food 022 2
Milcom Miasma @mmiasma.mastodon.sdf.org.ap.brid.gy · 13/06/2026I watched off and on late into the night as workers erected scaffolding to begin the process of removing an act of vandalism that involved litigation, super-glue and sociopathy. An apt illustration that it is always harder to clean up a mess than it is to […] [Original post on mastodon.sdf.org] 001 1
Milcom Miasma @mmiasma.mastodon.sdf.org.ap.brid.gy · 12/06/2026Well provisioned. My sister Mellifluous and her husband Mundungus are spending the night on their way to visit their grandkids. She told us not to go to any trouble for their stay. Yeah, like I'm gonna fall for _that_ again... I was born at night, but it wasn't last night. #IceCream #Family 010 1
Milcom Miasma @mmiasma.mastodon.sdf.org.ap.brid.gy · 08/06/2026The National Weather Service (or what's left of them) says 60-100 mph (97-161 kph) gusts in our area all night long. I hear Cleveland is nice this time of year. I hope they don't mind some new residents flying in from the west. 000 0
Milcom Miasma @mmiasma.mastodon.sdf.org.ap.brid.gy · 07/06/2026My latest favorite in a category of art I like to call "sardonic reductivism." Part of an exhibition at the Brinton Museum in Sheridan, Wyoming detailing the Battle of Little Bighorn from the Native American perspective. Dwayne "Chuck" Wilcox "Two Out of […] [Original post on mastodon.sdf.org] 022 2
Milcom Miasma @mmiasma.mastodon.sdf.org.ap.brid.gy · 23/05/2026Oh, oh! Guess what I found in the used Science Fiction section of worlds largest independent bookstore (Powell's in Portland, Oregon)? #TerryPratchett #ScienceFiction #Books 013 3
Milcom Miasma @mmiasma.mastodon.sdf.org.ap.brid.gy · 21/05/2026The nerve of some people. Ordinarily I delight in writing some kind of snark on the cover page of the Gideons Bible they leave in my hotel rooms. But somebody got here before me and brought their "A" game... Well played fellow traveler, well played. #Hotels #Religion 000 0
Milcom Miasma @mmiasma.mastodon.sdf.org.ap.brid.gy · 21/05/20263of6 and a maintenance issue. Okay - hotels are weird and every single one of them has at least one "thing" but this one has _six_ hallways like the one in the picture and earlier today when I was wheeling our luggage past the maintenance guy in endless […] [Original post on mastodon.sdf.org] 000 0
Milcom Miasma @mmiasma.mastodon.sdf.org.ap.brid.gy · 21/05/2026"Two paths diverged in a yellow wood." --Robert Frost's commentary on my car's GPS (probably) I hope this hotel doesn't charge by the platitude... #Travel #HotelRooms 000 0
Milcom Miasma @mmiasma.mastodon.sdf.org.ap.brid.gy · 19/05/2026The closest Miasma is interested in ever being to the edge of the Seattle Space Needle. 000 0
Milcom Miasma @mmiasma.mastodon.sdf.org.ap.brid.gy · 15/05/2026Portland Japanese Garden Adventurous us - we took public transit from the hotel out to the Portland Japanese Garden today. We're footsore but it was beautiful and we only got rained on a little. #Gardens 011 1
Milcom Miasma @mmiasma.mastodon.sdf.org.ap.brid.gy · 14/05/2026Counter service. Last time I sat at the counter in a restaurant was with my mom in the 1970s. Fuller's Coffee Shop in downtown Portland is a treat. Diner food with genuine attitude. Our waitress had the word "Nope" tattooed on her arm. 5/5 We'll be going […] [Original post on mastodon.sdf.org] 031 3
Milcom Miasma @mmiasma.mastodon.sdf.org.ap.brid.gy · 13/05/2026Half-a-cup o' coffee blues. We're staying in a downtown Portland, Oregon hotel and the people working here are incredibly nice and helpful, but I do have a complaint. This is the coffee ration I'm allotted from the Keurig instant coffee maker in our room […] [Original post on mastodon.sdf.org] 000 0
Milcom Miasma @mmiasma.mastodon.sdf.org.ap.brid.gy · 12/05/2026We stopped and had lunch at a little restaurant called "Revelry" in downtown Bozeman, Montana today. If you're ever in Bozeman - *definitely* give this place a try. The smashburger with jalapenos was probably the best variant of a cheeseburger I've ever had […] [Original post on mastodon.sdf.org] 000 0
Milcom Miasma @mmiasma.mastodon.sdf.org.ap.brid.gy · 08/05/2026Last night at our banned book club meeting I was made aware of the theory of necropolitics and was re-acquainted with Wilhoit's law. Needless to say, it was a rough night for my world view. #SocietyInFreefall #SocialScience src […] [Original post on mastodon.sdf.org] 001 1
Milcom Miasma @mmiasma.mastodon.sdf.org.ap.brid.gy · 06/05/2026Caffeinated edge. I was going to post "Can you spot the rogue coffee bean that refused to enter my coffee grinder this morning?" and then something pithy like "Yeah, neither can I." But then I uploaded the image to my computer and there, bold as brass, the […] [Original post on mastodon.sdf.org] 000 0
Milcom Miasma @mmiasma.mastodon.sdf.org.ap.brid.gy · 04/05/2026Black is a slimming color. Mrs Miasma and I just joined a subversive organization. I'm a little disappointed AARP doesn't sell the kind of branded merch we currently need here in America but the travel discounts are nice. #OldPeopleOfMastodon #AARP 000 0
Milcom Miasma @mmiasma.mastodon.sdf.org.ap.brid.gy · 28/04/2026I don't know why historical researchers or people who have to be accurate in their work output don't want to work with AI... Jonathan Winters spent 2 1/2 years in the United States Marine Corps fighting in the Pacific Theater during World War II. At the […] [Original post on mastodon.sdf.org] 001 1
Milcom Miasma @mmiasma.mastodon.sdf.org.ap.brid.gy · 27/04/2026So, we're not crazy. Mrs Miasma and I would lie in bed giggling on mornings when we heard sandhill cranes calling. We knew no matter how fast we got up and dressed, we wouldn't see them. We never had and we'd tried many times... until today. A pair of […] [Original post on mastodon.sdf.org] 000 0
Milcom Miasma @mmiasma.mastodon.sdf.org.ap.brid.gy · 25/04/2026This morning we have rock-filled clouds. I wish I was a better photographer. #Wyoming #LowClouds 010 1
Milcom Miasma @mmiasma.mastodon.sdf.org.ap.brid.gy · 18/04/2026Homewrecker. Myself, Mrs Miasma and gravity must each accept our share of blame for this tragedy. "First time home builders fail to secure HOA approval. Dream of home ends in tears." -- The imaginary newspaper article I wrote in my head just now Robins […] [Original post on mastodon.sdf.org] 000 0
Milcom Miasma @mmiasma.mastodon.sdf.org.ap.brid.gy · 15/04/2026I think it's safe to say I'm not nearly as funny as I wish I was... But apparently I'm tremendous fodder AI investment wisdom. #NotWhatIMeant #MoneyForNothing 000 0
Milcom Miasma @mmiasma.mastodon.sdf.org.ap.brid.gy · 14/04/2026And now... My reward for NOT falling for the first scam I've ever seen on Mastodon. (I'm pouring for anybody in the neighborhood - so stop by.) * Thanks for the quick answers. I appreciate it. 000 0
Milcom Miasma @mmiasma.mastodon.sdf.org.ap.brid.gy · 14/04/2026Never seen this before in the four years I've been here, so naturally, I'm suspicious it's a scam. Anybody else been hit with it? I'm pretty sure it's a scam. (I've blurred the link in the snapshot image). The originating user show as "Account suspended" […] [Original post on mastodon.sdf.org] 000 0
Milcom Miasma @mmiasma.mastodon.sdf.org.ap.brid.gy · 11/04/2026When you see it, you'll see it. Either somebody has a good sense of humor or the geolocation/navigation capabilities of the U.S. Navy are a lie. My last Garmin device (bought around the same time as this photo was taken), tried to drive me off a mountain […] [Original post on mastodon.sdf.org] 000 0
Milcom Miasma @mmiasma.mastodon.sdf.org.ap.brid.gy · 04/04/2026The old man and the chicken sandwich. (A cautionary tale) I don't go through drivethru's anymore. I want to go inside to see if the walls, floors or employees have food on them. Also if there are flies present. Even this doesn't help sometimes. Mrs Miasma […] [Original post on mastodon.sdf.org] 001 1