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Paul Goracke @pgor.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 12/10/2026

🎵 Paula Cole @ Edmonds Center for the Arts (Edmonds, WA) October 10, 2026 Wonderful show. Great to see her back out there, in smaller venues. I hadn’t even known this theater 12min away from home existed. paulacole.com/#tour

Wide stage shot: Chris Bruce on guitar, Paula Cole at the microphone, Katie Marie Richards on drums.

[Paula Cole @ Edmonds Center for the Arts (Edmonds, WA) October 10, 2026]

Zoomed stage shot: Chris Bruce on guitar, Paula Cole at the microphone, Katie Marie Richards on drums.

[Paula Cole @ Edmonds Center for the Arts (Edmonds, WA) October 10, 2026]

Zoomed stage shot: Paula Cole on the piano and vocals, Katie Marie Richards on drums, Chris Bruce on bass.

[Paula Cole @ Edmonds Center for the Arts (Edmonds, WA) October 10, 2026]

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Paul Goracke @pgor.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 08/10/2026

I’ve been growing grumpy that this Finder “Sort” button doesn’t seem to work in Column view, but now I learn that the behavior changed to “group by”? WTF.

A screenshot of the Finder toolbar. The tooltip for the (or what I thought was the) Sort button reads “Change the item grouping (hold down Option to change the sort)”

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Paul Goracke @pgor.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 18/09/2026

What happened to the “app only” text size widget option on my iPhone, and why are there so many options on my iPad? These are both running 27.0.

Text Size widget on my iPhone. Currently set to 160%, with no “app only” or “all apps” buttons below like there used to be.

Text Size widget on my iPad Pro. Currently set to 120%, with buttons below for “Safari Only” (with a placeholder app icon, I must point out), “Family Only”, “Ivory Only” (the actual current app), and “All Apps”.

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Paul Goracke @pgor.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 27/08/2026

Check your fonts and text encoding, people.

WNBA game banner for Toronto Tempo vs. Seattle Storm on August 26, 2026. The player at the free throw line is the Tempo’s Temi Fágbénlé, but the on-screen callout displays her last name with x’d out boxes (the “notdef glyph”) for all three accented vowels.

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Paul Goracke @pgor.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 17/08/2026

Sunday was Neal Morse Band at the Triple Door, a pretty intimate venue for the 5-piece. Highlight was telling Mike Portnoy I’ve been a fan since “Images & Words”, and for my girlfriend to turn and say, “That drummer is amazing!” three songs in. (“Yes, he is […] [Original post on mastodon.social]

Meet-and-greet photo with the band in front of a Triple Door venue banner. From left to right: Eric Gillette (guitar, vocals), Mike Portnoy (drums, vocals), Bill Hubauer (keyboards, vocals), me, my date, Neal Morse (vocals, guitar, keyboards), and Randy George (bass).

Wide shot of the Triple Door stage as the Neal Morse Band concert begins, shot from our seats in the back right corner of the venue. On stage from left to right: Randy George (bass) , Mike Portnoy (drums, vocals), Neal Morse (vocals, keyboards), Bill Hubauer (keyboards, vocals), and Eric Gillette (guitar, vocals).

Closer shot of the stage during the Neal Morse Band concert. On stage from left to right: Randy George (bass) , Mike Portnoy (drums, vocals), Neal Morse (vocals, keyboards), Bill Hubauer (keyboards, vocals), and Eric Gillette (guitar, vocals).

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Paul Goracke @pgor.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 17/08/2026

Full weekend of concerts, Sugar was first up on Saturday. The Paramount stage kind of engulfed them, but the smaller clubs certainly no longer can accommodate all the fans like me who wanted to see them.

A wide shot of Sugar on the Paramount stage. A lot of open space with David Barbe (bass) at the microphone on the left, Bob Mould (guitar) at microphone on the right, and Malcolm Travis (drums) on a short riser in the back. A very large “Sugar” banner is hung behind the band.

A closer shot of Sugar on the Paramount stage. A lot of open space with David Barbe (bass) on the left, Bob Mould (guitar) at microphone on the right, and Malcolm Travis (drums) on a short riser in the back.

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Paul Goracke @pgor.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 14/08/2026

Autocaptioning will save us all. …wait, *doom.* I meant *doom.*

Screen capture of an Amazon “unbiased review” video, captioned “it’s a really nice cement flavor”

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Paul Goracke @pgor.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 12/08/2026

Can’t get back to sleep, but I solved my 300th #Wordle in a row. 🥳 Wordle 1,880 5/6* ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ 🟨⬜🟨⬜⬜ 🟨🟨🟨⬜🟩 ⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

Wordle statistics: 1,482 games played, 99% win ratio, current and max streak 300.

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Paul Goracke @pgor.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 08/08/2026

Oops, I #BandcampFriday‘d 😳 Some preorders, a solid chunk of new pieces, and a large amount of replacing old MP3 or iTunes AACs with CD+ ALAC. Full list duplicated in each image’s alt text. Bit of a binge, but music makes me happy.

** Pre-order

Steve Hackett, Steve Rothery, "The Roaring Waves" (24-bit HD audio)
Stick Men, "Let's THRAK Again (REEL ONE)"
Stick Men, "Let's THRAK Again (REEL TWO)"
The Fierce And The Dead, "Regional Theatre"

** New

212°, "Transmissions"
Arcanum 14, "Wichapi Win"
Arrogant Worms, "Fan Funded Songs 2024"
Arrogant Worms, "Fan Funded Songs 2025"
California Guitar Trio, "Echoes"
David Knudson, "The Only Thing You Have to Change is Everything"
Diego Piñera featuring John Patitucci & David Kikoski, "Evidence"
Echolyn, "Love, Why Weren't You Missed?"
Floral, "Floral LP"
Floral, "The Second Floral EP"
Fractal Sextet, "Sky Full Of Hope"
Ginger Baker, "Why?"
HAKEN, "in a fever dream - EP" (24-bit HD audio)
Minus the Bear, "Interpretaciones del Oso"
Pitchshifter, "Apply Yourself"
Pitchshifter, "System Anomaly"
Russian Circles, "Geneva"
Russian Circles, "Station"
The Dirtbombs, "If You Don’t Already Have A Look"
The Dirtbombs, "We Have You Surrounded"
This Patch of Sky, "The Immortal, The Invisible"
This Patch of Sky, "These Small Spaces"
This Patch of Sky, "This Patch of Sky on Audiotree Live"
This Will Destroy You, "Another Language"
This Will Destroy You, "Escape Angle"
This Will Destroy You, "Live in Reykjavik, Iceland"
This Will Destroy You, "New Others Part One"
This Will Destroy You, "New Others Part Two"
This Will Destroy You, "S/T (10th Anniversary Edition)"
This Will Destroy You, "Shapeless Burst"
This Will Destroy You, "Vespertine"
Tidehouse, "Steppin' Out (Joe Jackson)"
Tortoise, "Tortoise"
Totorro & Friend, "Et si l'amour c'était aimer ?" (comic strip soundtrack)
Totorro, "All Glory To John Baltor"
Totorro, "Come To Mexico"
Totorro, "EP"
Totorro, "Home Alone"
Tu-Ner, "Rendezvous Rodeo"

** Updates

Bahia Black, "Ritual Beating System"
BEAT, "Live" (24-bit HD audio)
Exit North, "Let Their Hearts Desire"
Flying Colors, "Flying Colors"
Frost*, "Day And Age (Deluxe Edition)"
Frost*, "Experiments In Mass Appeal (Remixed)"
Frost*, "Falling Satellites (Bonus Tracks Edition)"
Frost*, "Milliontown"
Girl Talk, "All Day"
HAKEN, "Restoration (EP)"
HAKEN, "The Mountain"
Hearts Are Thugs, "EP"
Minus the Bear, "Acoustics II"
Minus the Bear, "Acoustics"
Minus the Bear, "Fair Enough" EP
Minus the Bear, "Infinity Overhead"
Minus the Bear, "Lost Loves"
Minus the Bear, “OMNI”
Minus the Bear, "Planet of Ice (Deluxe Edition)"
Pelican, "Ephemeral"
Riverside, "ID.Entity - Deluxe Edition" (24-bit HD audio)
Riverside, "Voices In My Head (EP)"
Taj Mahal, "TajMo"
TALONS, "Commemorations"
TALONS, "Hollow Realm"
TALONS, "New Topograhics"
TALONS, "We All Know"
The Dirtbombs, "Dangerous Magical Noise"
The Dirtbombs, "Horndog Fest"
The Dirtbombs, "Ultraglide In Black"
Tortoise, "Millions Now Living Will Never Die"
Tortoise, "TNT"
Totorro, “Sofa So Good”
Wishbeard, "It's All Gonna Break"

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Paul Goracke @pgor.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 02/08/2026

Was visiting my hometown last week and found this BP station with solar panels a bit ironic. (No, I don’t know why the flag was at half mast. Others in town were not.)

A BP gas station with considerable solar panels on the building’s roof.

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Paul Goracke @pgor.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 20/07/2026

No, Alaska Airlines, this is *not* how this login shit works. 🤬

Instructions after a “failed login attempt”:

"If it keeps happening, these steps often help:
Let the page finish loading before selecting Sign in.
Pause any VPN, and any browser privacy or security extensions, then reload.
Use a current version of a supported browser.”

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Paul Goracke @pgor.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 08/07/2026

The library staff don’t even *ask* “Before you check those out, how big is your TBR pile at home?” Can you believe that?!

A stack of checked- out library books. From top down: “Are You Listening?” by Tillie Walden, “Kairos” by Ulysse Malasagne, “Fela: Music Is the Weapon” by Jibola Fagbamiye & Conor McCreery, “Naked City” by Eric Drooker, “Woman Life Freedom” by Marjane Satrapi, “This Beautiful, Ridiculous City” by Kay Sohini, and “Tomorrow’s Parties: The Velvet Underground Story” by Korean Shadmi.

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Paul Goracke @pgor.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 28/06/2026

🎵Lisa Fischer & Grand Baton, Jazz Alley (Seattle), June 28, 2026

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Paul Goracke @pgor.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 15/06/2026

🎵 Judith Hill, Jazz Alley (Seattle), June 14, 2026

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Paul Goracke @pgor.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 27/05/2026

Mmm, wasabi *flavoured* paste! 😋🫢

Small takeout package of “wasabi flavoured paste” (also labeled “pâte de saver de wasabi”). It’s… not good.

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Paul Goracke @pgor.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 11/05/2026

First filet mignon I’ve cooked myself, and on the grill, has turned out pretty damn well I must say. 😋

A sliced steak, showing a beautiful medium-rare pink throughout with just a thin layer of brown at the edges.

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Paul Goracke @pgor.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 06/05/2026

Hiromi’s Sonic Wonder, Moore Theatre, Seattle, WA 2026-05-05 hiromissonicwondertour.com

“Hiromi’s Sonic Wonder” band on stage, from left to right: Hiromi Uehara (piano and other electronic keyboards); Adam O’Farrill (trumpet); Hadrian Feraud (bass guitar): Gene Cory (drums).

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Paul Goracke @pgor.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 04/05/2026

Got my Nate Powell “Iron Giant” commission back from the frame shop and I can’t stop looking at it. 😍🥰

Ink and watercolor painting of the Iron Giant basking in the joy of an autumn day, walking through (and towering over) the yellow and orange foliage of the forest. It is frame floating over a gray mat, bordered an aged bronze-colored frame.

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Paul Goracke @pgor.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 14/04/2026

Brain was not firing during today’s #Wordle and my 5th guess slipped through the cracks and imperiled my 180-day streak (did get it in 6). But hey, at least WordleBot tried to flatter me?

There was only one possible solution left - and this wasn't it. [redacted] is a valid guess and you have a great vocabulary, but Wordle typically uses more common words as solutions.

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Paul Goracke @pgor.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 03/04/2026

Found some of my wife’s art that seemed worthy of framing. The orchid is dated 2003 when she was trying to get back into watercolor as a hobby; the color studies must have been from high school.

An 8-inch by 11-inch watercolor painting of a red/yellow/orange orchid with a violet stamen. The ragged-edged paper is floating over an orange background matte, with a violet frame to match the stamen.

Five small (about 5 inches by 7 inches) color studies. Each is the same set of stacked wavy lines, reminiscent of water currents, done in a different color palette.

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Paul Goracke @pgor.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 20/03/2026

Stop placing text over images and pretending it’s a usable design, you bastards.

A “tile” from an upcoming events app that overlays the event info on an image that happens to have its own text, making it unreadable so I’m not even going to try reproducing it.

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Paul Goracke @pgor.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 05/03/2026

One year. Commemorating by listening to Suzanne Vega and making our “staple“ sausage and peppers over cheese tortellini for dinner. ❤️

A large saucepan with mild Italian sausages simmering in a tomato sauce with diced tomatoes, onions, and bell peppers.

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Paul Goracke @pgor.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 23/02/2026

Realizing the sleeve reflection blocks viewing of Dylan Meconis’ “Chicken Pigeon] in Crocs” in that pic, and I accidentally left out [@stevelieber’s “Pretzels the Beagle” sketchcard. Here you go.

Small sketchcards: Dylan Meconis’ “Chicken [Pigeon] in Crocs” and Steve Lieber’s “Pretzels the Beagle”.

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Paul Goracke @pgor.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 23/02/2026

So, I… bought a few prints, (small) originals, and books from the HelioscopePDX sale. It’s all @stevelieber’s fault. 🤭 (And I’d do it again!)

An array of prints and originals: On the left, an 11”x17” “Kick-Butt Girl!” print by Natalie Nourigat.
Top row: Four “cursing dinosaurs” prints (T. Rex saying “shit”, triceratops saying “poopsock”, stegosaurus saying “fuck”, and allosaurus saying “dammit”) by Ron Chan.
Middle row: “Chicken [pigeon, really] in Crocs” painted sketchcard by Dylan Meconis, “Howl [from “Howl’s Moving Castle”]” sketchcard by Cat Farris, sketchcard by Aud Koch, “Cuddle Fish” print by Erika Moen.
Bottom row: “Hot Tub Gorilla” and “Carrie Stetko [from “Whiteout”]” prints by Steve Lieber.
To the right are also two bonus items: “Incredible Doom” mini-comic #4 by Matthew Bogart, and a small sticker from (I believe) “Sleepless” by Leila del Duca.

Hardcover copy of “Femme Magnifique: 50 Magnificent Women Who Changed The World”, and paperback volumes 1–3 of “The Fix” by Nick Spencer/Steve Lieber/Ryan Hill/Nic J Shaw.

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Paul Goracke @pgor.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 05/02/2026

Came across this in my wife’s needlepoint bag.

A small plastic bag containing flesh-colored thread, labeled “flesh bag”

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Paul Goracke @pgor.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 04/02/2026

Took the kids to experience Cirque du Soleil (“Echo”) for the first time last Saturday. Love when they come out sharing their favorite parts and asking about yours. Was surprised when the 14yo asked how I find out about “crazy things like this” where I’d […] [Original post on mastodon.social]

The entrance line to have bags searched. Beyond are the tents and big top, through a fog that provided an ethereal haze to it all.

“Hair Suspension”. Two women are suspended by hooks in their hair, performing giant leaps and twirls and other acrobatic actions.

The comedic trio “Double Trouble” balancing a stack of boxes. They got it up to 22 before letting it fall.

Seesaw acrobatics with up to four seesaws going at a time. At this moment, three acrobats are in the air, flipping in full layout position.

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Paul Goracke @pgor.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 24/01/2026

Tonight I began my new career as a stage magician in front of 1,200 people, with a *little* help from Justin Willman. 🤣

A photo from Justin Willman’s “One for the Ages” tour, signed “To Magic Daddy.” The photo is a framed family photo, with all four faces edited to be Willman’s. Yes, it’s creepy.

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Paul Goracke @pgor.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 24/12/2025

Is *your* app usable with Dynamic Type?

A section of a problematic app. At the top is an icon of a moon next to the text “Good evening, Paul” on multiple lines. Below that is “Time Filter” next to a clock icon, below which is a row of five buttons with only ellipses visible, except the first which has a less-than sign before its ellipsis. Not helpful.

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Paul Goracke @pgor.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 16/12/2025

Received a whole lotta @MrTylerCrook in the mail today! 😍 The sketch of Mirth from Matt Wagner’s “Mage” was something I added on, the rest was from his Black Friday Mystery Box. #Comics #ComicArt

An array of items on a table. Top row, left to right: A “Tattered Skin” enamel pin from “Harrow County” and a “Greetings from Harrow County” postcard, an original art page from “The Lonesome Hunters”, and a sketch of Mirth from Matt Wagner’s “Mage”. Bottom row, left to right: Single issues of “Headless Horseman” and “Sandman Universe: Dead Boy Detectives”, a Magic The Gathering promo card, and three different large prints.

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Paul Goracke @pgor.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 10/12/2025

🎵 Robert Glasper @ Nectar Lounge, Seattle 2025-12-09 #LiveMusic

Left to right, on stage: Justin Tyson (drums), Burness Travis (bass), John Sundance (DJ), Robert Glasper (keyboards and vocals)

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Paul Goracke @pgor.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 03/12/2025

Stick Men @ Triple Door, Seattle 2025-10-02 #LiveMusic

Stick Men on stage, left to right: Markus Reuter on U8 touch guitar, Pat Mastelotto on drums, Tony Levin on Chapman stick.

Tony Levin playing Chapman stick with a bow

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Paul Goracke @pgor.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 29/11/2025

The Taj Mahal Quintet @ Jazz Alley, Seattle 2025-11-28 #LiveMusic

The Taj Mahal Quintet on stage. From left to right: Jim Pugh (keys), Taj Mahal (guitar), Tony Durham (drums), Robert Greenidge (steel drums). Not really visible behind Greenidge is Bill Rich on bass.

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Paul Goracke @pgor.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 27/11/2025

For when you want to sprinkle your cinnamon sticks evenly, I guess.

A jar of Spice Islands cinnamon sticks, which came with a lid with large (but not large enough) holes for… shaking the sticks out?

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Paul Goracke @pgor.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 27/11/2025

Mail call delivered some happy international mail today: @MarkAllardWill’s “Photo-Illustration” and @chrisbaldie ‘s “Space Captain: Captain of Space” (original issue for size comparison)

Cover of “Photo-Illustration”: An unfocused background of a pile of cameras, with a foreground photo of a camera set to focus on a cup of pens and brushes. The pens and brushes are drawn to reflect the book’s contents of illustrations of photos.

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Paul Goracke @pgor.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 06/11/2025

Our first power outage since installing our #EcoFlow system (after going 40hrs without power thanks to last year’s “bomb cyclone”) and it worked like a champ: 105 minutes without blinking. Hell yes.

Notification at 2:05am from “Smart Home Panel” saying “Your home is currently powered by batteries due to a power outage.”

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Paul Goracke @pgor.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 31/10/2025

Never change, autocarrot, never change. 🤡

iOS contextual menu for proposed replacements for “couldn’t” mistyped as “cound’t”. The suggestions are “count” and the nonsense words “count’t” and “found’t”.

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Paul Goracke @pgor.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 31/10/2025

I don’t really need the bandwidth at the moment, but 2Gb service is $15 less/mo than the $90 I was paying for 1Gb (only $5 more after initial year) so I couldn’t resist. Had to buy an SPF+ module for the UDM-Pro but it switched over pretty seamlessly.

A speed test result for my Ziply Fiber connection: 2ms latency, 2,139Mbps download, and 2,129Mbps upload.

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Paul Goracke @pgor.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 22/10/2025

I really need to start framing and hanging some of my art. Just received this commission from Nate Powell and it’s too beautiful to store in a folio. #comics #originalArt

11x14 original of the Iron Giant walking through (and towering above) a orange-and-yellow autumn forest, arms spread wide with an expression of wondrous joy.

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Paul Goracke @pgor.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 18/10/2025

Orange Goats Flying Press is definitely orange. 😁

Selfie of me, a bearded and bespectacled blonde doofus, wearing a bright orange t-shirt with a silhouette of a long-horned winged goat and the motto “Comics Against All Odds”

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Paul Goracke @pgor.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 07/10/2025

Portland, Chicago, and other cities could take cues from the Cheeto Administration and stop reporting crime numbers. There, no crime!

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Paul Goracke @pgor.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 06/10/2025

We have a number of places planned for spreading my wife’s ashes. This weekend was a fairly quick trip to the Oregon coast (arrived late Friday, left early Sunday) and she is now part of the surf she loved listening to. ❤️

A setting moon over the ocean. The iPhone really exposes the shot to look closer to daylight than the darkness it really was just before 5am.

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