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Rich Lynch

@rwlmo.bsky.social
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Retired USG career employee. Still a work in progress.

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Rich Lynch @rwlmo.bsky.social · 1h
One of the best TV commercials of all time. www.youtube.com/watch?v=tMe3...
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A&W Rootbeer Dumass
YouTube video by Stu Williams
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Rich Lynch @rwlmo.bsky.social · 11h
Today’s challenge #haiku (“slow” and “town”) things happened so slow in the small town where I lived the world passed me by #haikupoetry #micropoetry #2WordPrompt #smalltown
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Rich Lynch @rwlmo.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Eliot was right. It ended with a whimper and not with a bang. #tseliot #TheHollowMen #haikuhorrorprompt #haiku #haikupoetry #micropoetry
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Rich Lynch @rwlmo.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Today’s challenge #haiku (“flood” and “uncle”) The Man from U.N.C.L.E is one of those Sixties shows which flood memories. #haikupoetry #micropoetry #2WordPrompt #ManFromUNCLE m.youtube.com/watch?v=BfZC...
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The Man From U.N.C.L.E. For BEGINNERS Robert Vaughn David McCallum
YouTube video by Always Say UNCLE
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Rich Lynch @rwlmo.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
The voice compelled her to reach into the hot coals again and again. #haikuhorrorprompt #micropoetry #haikupoetry
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Rich Lynch @rwlmo.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Today’s challenge #haiku (“talk” and “visit”) Let’s not talk of it. I will not ever again visit my home town. (I’ve got my reasons.) #haikupoetry #micropoetry #2WordPrompt
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Rich Lynch @rwlmo.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
I must break my bones to escape the predators. The slot is so narrow. #haikuhorrorprompt #micropoetry #haikupoetry
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Rich Lynch @rwlmo.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Today’s challenge #haiku (“storm” and “tackle”) Let’s storm the castle and tackle the King’s QB. Fantasy football. #haikupoetry #micropoetry #2WordPrompt #FantasyFootball
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Rich Lynch @rwlmo.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Today’s challenge #haiku (“owner” and “session”) The jazz club owner advertised a jam session. We’ll all bring the ‘bread’. #haikupoetry #micropoetry #2WordPrompt
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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 25/09/2026
QUESTION: What’s going on with Susan Collins and the bribery scandal? But explain it to me like I’m five. ANSWER: Here you go 👇🏽
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Rich Lynch @rwlmo.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
It starts out flu-like but kills its victim quickly. Another zombie. #haikuhorrorprompt (“flu-like”) #micropoetry #haikupoetry #flu_like
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Rich Lynch @rwlmo.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Today’s challenge #haiku (“inflict” and “announce”) I want to announce I will inflict great damage on my meatball sub. #haikupoetry #micropoetry #2WordPrompt
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Rich Lynch @rwlmo.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
we woke up to learn aliens were on the moon poised for invasion #haikuhorrorprompt #haikupoetry #micropoetry
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Rich Lynch @rwlmo.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Today’s challenge #haiku (“concern” and “contrast”) of no great concern is the stark contrast between the Mets and Yankees #haikupoetry #micropoetry #2WordPrompt #Mets #Yankees #baseball
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Rich Lynch @rwlmo.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
A bucket of gore and a powdered femur bone is all that remains. #haikupoetry #micropoetry #haikuhorrorprompt
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Rich Lynch @rwlmo.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Today’s challenge (and very meta) #haiku (“crisis” and “hence”) This is a crisis! Must figure out how to use “hence” in a haiku! #haikupoetry #micropoetry #2WordPrompt
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Rich Lynch @rwlmo.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Today’s challenge #haiku (“satisfy” and ”follow”) some lead some follow some satisfy inner needs by doing neither #haikupoetry #micropoetry #2WordPrompt #WritingCommunity #poetry
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Rich Lynch @rwlmo.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
I’m waiting with anticipation to read about a #MLB “immaculate inning” that involves an ABS challenge. Who will be the first to have one? #baseball
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Rich Lynch @rwlmo.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Today’s challenge #haiku (“maximum” and “marriage”) Designers strive toward marriage of form and function to the maximum. #haikupoetry #micropoetry #2WordPrompt
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Rich Lynch @rwlmo.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
War with the demons has at last come to an end. We were not victors. #haiku #haikupoetry #micropoetry #haikuhorrorprompt
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Rich Lynch @rwlmo.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
The robot spiders are under AI control. They’re coming for us….. #haikuhorrorprompt
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Rich Lynch @rwlmo.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
The robot spiders are under AI control. They’re coming for us….. #haikupoetry #micropoetry #haikuhorrorpromot
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Rich Lynch @rwlmo.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Today’s challenge #haiku (“library” and “logic”) I’m gonna download Steely Dan’s “Pretzel Logic” from the library. #haikupoetry #micropoetry #2WordPrompt en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pretzel...
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Pretzel Logic - Wikipedia
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Rich Lynch @rwlmo.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
The trees talk to me. They beckon ominously. I cannot resist. #haiku #haikupoetry #micropoetry #haikuhorrorprompt
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Rich Lynch @rwlmo.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
I am mesmerized by what I see in the light. It transfixes me. #haiku #haikuhorrorprompt #micropoetry #haikupoetry
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Rich Lynch @rwlmo.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Today’s challenge #haiku (“pipeline” and “reason”) There is no reason for me to ever surf at the Banzai Pipeline. (or anywhere else for that matter) #haikupoetry #micropoetry #2WordPrompt #BanzaiPipeline en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Banzai_...
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Banzai Pipeline - Wikipedia
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Rich Lynch @rwlmo.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Today’s challenge #haiku (“within” and “float”) A voice from within is telling me that I want a tall root beer float. #haikupoetry #micropoetry #2WordPrompt
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Rich Lynch @rwlmo.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Today’s challenge #haiku (“symbol” and “yesterday”) The song “Yesterday” has become a lost symbol of Sixties music. #haikupoetry #micropoetry #2WordPrompt
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Rich Lynch @rwlmo.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Today’s challenge #haiku (“money” and “rubber”) I’ll bet money that when the rubber meets the road things will go sideways. #haikupoetry #micropoetry #2WordPrompt
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Rich Lynch @rwlmo.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Today’s challenge #haiku (“particular” and “wheel”) In particular, calling Trump a ‘Big Wheel’ is an insult to wheels. #haikupoetry #micropoetry #2WordPrompt #Trump #WritingCommunity
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Rich Lynch @rwlmo.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
Today’s challenge #haiku (“temple” and “stay”) The Temple of Doom was not a place for Indy to stay very long. #haikupoetry #micropoetry #2WordPrompt #movies #IndianaJones m.youtube.com/watch?v=WBdy...
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INDIANA JONES AND THE TEMPLE OF DOOM | Official Trailer | Paramount Movies
YouTube video by Paramount Movies
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Rich Lynch @rwlmo.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
Today’s challenge #haiku (“sharp” and “piece”) That piece about grift was so sharp and incisive it cuts like a knife. #haikupoetry #micropoetry #2WordPrompt #grift
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Rich Lynch @rwlmo.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Today’s challenge #haiku (“upper” and “reduce”) The upper branches reduce my ability to see the night sky. #haikupoetry #micropoetry #2WordPrompt #astronomy
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Rich Lynch @rwlmo.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Today’s challenge #haiku (“nervous” and “similar”) This seems similar to what caused the market crash. So, yeah, I’m nervous. #haikupoetry #micropoetry #2WordPrompt
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Rich Lynch @rwlmo.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Today’s challenge #haiku (“hesitant” and “thin”) “I’m just hesitant” is a thin excuse for not doing the right thing. #haikupoetry #micropoetry #2WordPrompt #WritingCommunity #Poetry
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Rich Lynch @rwlmo.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
Today’s challenge #haiku (“stream” and “purchase”) John Taine’s “The Time Stream” is a good sci-fi novel. Think I’ll purchase it. #haikupoetry #micropoetry #2WordPrompt
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Rich Lynch @rwlmo.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
Today’s challenge #haiku (“least” and “spice”) At the very least, Pumpkin Spice should be declared a controlled substance. #haikupoetry #micropoetry #2WordPrompt
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Rich Lynch @rwlmo.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
Today’s challenge #haiku (“holiday” and “retain”) Holiday weekend will retain my sanity at least for a while. #micropoetry #haikupoetry #2WordPrompt
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Rich Lynch @rwlmo.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
For the past few years, whenever I thank someone for helping me in some way (such as an Uber driver for instance), someone who I know I’ll never see again, I also tell them to have a great life. And to do great things. Every one of them has always responded that he/she/they will.
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Rich Lynch @rwlmo.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
Today’s L.A. Times Crossword I mean, that’s gotta be the correct answer, right?
Today’s L.A. Times Crossword
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Rich Lynch @rwlmo.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
Today’s challenge #haiku (“sparkle” and “wet”) Watching wet paint dry is not an activity to sparkle the mind. #haikupoetry #micropoetry #2WordPrompt #WritingCommunity #Poetry
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Rich Lynch @rwlmo.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
Today’s challenge #haiku (“exclude” and “edit”) An ‘edit’ function helped exclude the Orange Menace from Spain’s team photo. #haikupoetry #micropoetry #2WordPrompt
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Rich Lynch @rwlmo.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
Today’s challenge #haiku (“stomach” and “polished”) I can’t stomach it. His talk was so polished that it gleamed in the sun. #haikupoetry #micropoetry #2WordPrompt
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Rich Lynch @rwlmo.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
Today’s challenge #haiku (“trial” and “passage”) Is it “Trial by Fire” or is it “Rite of Passage”? I’m not really sure. #haikupoetry #micropoetry #2WordPrompt
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Rich Lynch @rwlmo.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
Today’s challenge #haiku (“stock” and “yellow”) Stock up the pantry with some yellow butter beans. Do a skillet meal! #haikupoetry #micropoetry #2WordPrompt
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Rich Lynch @rwlmo.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
Today’s challenge #haiku (“powerful” and “imply”) Trump is powerful (euphemism to imply his diaper stinks). (He’s a walking, talking biohazard.) #haikupoetry #micropoetry #2WordPrompt #WritingCommunity
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Rich Lynch @rwlmo.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
Today’s challenge #haiku (“sugar” and “rid”) My doctor told me, “Get rid of all the sugar.” Hey, I *like* desserts! #haikupoetry #micropoetry #2WordPrompt
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Rich Lynch @rwlmo.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
Today’s challenge #haiku (“control” and “insist”) I insist we can’t control an evil A.I. Skynet will happen. (August 29 was the day that Skynet became self-aware and started to annihilate humanity.) #haikupoetry #micropoetry #2WordPrompt #Poetry #Skynet www.youtube.com/watch?v=nGrW...
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THE TERMINATOR (1984) | Official Trailer | MGM
YouTube video by Amazon MGM Studios
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Rich Lynch @rwlmo.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
Today’s challenge #haiku (“confident” and “leader”) Pretty confident our so-called leader will be tried and convicted. (This one was too easy.) #haikupoetry #micropoetry #2WordPrompt #Poetry #WritingCommunity
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Rich Lynch @rwlmo.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
LAcon V, the 2026 World Science Fiction Convention, is currently underway here in Anaheim, California. Here are some of my impressions of the first day. file770.com/the-thursday...
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The Thursday Morning LAcon V Tour
By Rich Lynch: …from inside the convention center where it’s nice and cool. Not excessively hot outdoors today but enough so that it would have eventually tested my overall stamina. Soon …
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