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Thomas A. Long @thomasalong.bsky.social · 13/10/2026

Fannie Flagg's t-shirts on "Match Game" were a minor sensation at one time.

Fannie Flagg on the Match Game panel with a long-sleeved shirt or pullover that has images of fried eggs over the general places were humans have breasts.

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Thomas A. Long @thomasalong.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

The middle one is for the Target in "The Village."

The character Number 6 in the show The Prisoner wearing his classic jacket with white piping.

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Thomas A. Long @thomasalong.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Max Miller of "Tasting History with Max Miller" on Max Miller's YouTube channel @tastinghistory.bsky.social gave me the biggest laugh I've had this week (so far).

Max Miller of the YouTube channel Tasting History with Max Miller stands in his stylish kitchen, presenting a video called "What Italian Soldiers Ate in World War II." Max says, in regard to Italy, "They are the Gen X of the Axis powers." I, as a Gen X person, find this hilarious and apt.

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Thomas A. Long @thomasalong.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

Where is Gary Seven when we need him?

Class 1 supervisor Gary Seven holding a black cat in the transporter bay of the USS Enterprise in a failed backdoor pilot episode of Star Trek.

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Thomas A. Long @thomasalong.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

Spotted this green budgie hanging out with some house sparrows a little while ago over by Glenwood and Carmen in the brackish zone between Uptown and Andersonville (Chicago).

Small green bird that seems out of place in the wild. Sitting on a wrought iron fence, not being very scared of me, unlike the house sparrows it was congregating with just before I took the photo.

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Thomas A. Long @thomasalong.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

I'm concerned about the lack of a tail, too. My theory is that Crafty had a little accident with a circular saw.

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Thomas A. Long @thomasalong.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

Was just thinking that Crafty Beaver would kick Buc-ee's ass.

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Thomas A. Long @thomasalong.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

Man. People say that AI chatbots are sycophantic, but this one let me down.

Disappointing Google AI Overview sadly informing me that my hypothesis that Grand Funk Railroad's song "I'm Your Captain (Closer to Home") was inspired by The Odyssey is incorrect. Admittedly, the sources cited are thin, and more often than not, when I follow through to the links, the so-called sources don't actually support the assertion made by the AI. But disappointing nonetheless.

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Thomas A. Long @thomasalong.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

These photos all look like the prompter said "run it through the Basil Wolverton filter."

One of cartoonist Basil Wolverton's notorious ugly faces.

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Thomas A. Long @thomasalong.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

Cathy with a C and Kathy with a K are on board.

Cathy (Scott Thompson) and Kathy (Bruce McCulloch) from Kids in the Hall

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Thomas A. Long @thomasalong.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

Been in love with Simon's Tavern since the late '90s.

Simon's Tavern neon sign featuring iconic "pickled herring" in a viking helmet and holding a martini glass.

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Thomas A. Long @thomasalong.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

After picking a few used Trek "fotonovels" from the '70s, I decided to collect the series, which included a Motion Picture adaptation they called a "photostory instead." I read it a few weeks ago. It's not as good as the books adapting TOS shows, but it's OK. Omits the transporter tragedy.

Cover of the Star Trek The Motion Picture The Photostory book adaptation, which was like a comic book but with still photos from the movie. It was not as artfully created as the dozen "fotonovels" they published that adapted favorite episodes from the original TV series, like the Tribbles one and the one with the Horta and the one where Spock gets the seven year itch. Those books are a blast. This one is meh by comparison.

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Thomas A. Long @thomasalong.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

I call 9 to 5 the Dolly Parton score. I could text a pal "Cubs Dolly" and he'd get the message. He might even understand what I'm saying.

Graphic indicating that the Cubs are leading the Nationals by a score of 9 to 5 in the seventh inning.

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Thomas A. Long @thomasalong.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

They smuggled Trump between planes by thinly disguising him as the Dish of the Day.

Peter Davison as the Dish of the Day, the animal that wants to be eaten, at the Restaurant at the End of the Universe.

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Thomas A. Long @thomasalong.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

I dunno anything about Harry Potter. To me, this is the one and only Dobby.

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Thomas A. Long @thomasalong.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

Not only is it incapable of getting facts right, it's a bad typist.

I asked the Google AI where it got September 35 and it said: That was a complete typo on my part, as September only has 30 days.

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Thomas A. Long @thomasalong.bsky.social · 28/07/2026

Democrats seemed very sensitive to the "Sore Loserman" cracks.

Sign making fun of Democrats challenging the 2000 election result, with text reading "Sore Loserman 2000" (a play on "Gore-Lieberman 2000") and "Enough is enough!"

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Thomas A. Long @thomasalong.bsky.social · 23/07/2026

Pinky Lee was an inspiration for Pee-wee Herman, but his program went off the air in 1957. I only know about it because my mom was a fan as a little kid.

DVD cover illustration for a collection of the 1950s kids' program The Pinky Lee Show, which provided inspiration to Paul Reubens for his Pee-wee Herman character. The text promises Songs! Dancing! Skits! Animals! Fun! Laughs! And Tom & Jerry, plus other cartoons.

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Thomas A. Long @thomasalong.bsky.social · 23/07/2026

Mixing up Paul Reubens with Pinky Lee? (Granted, an inspiration for Pee-wee but pretty anachronistic.)

DVD box illustration for a collection of the 1950s kids' program The Pinky Lee Show. Depicts a comically dressed man in a garish suit and hat, dancing a jig or possibly running. Maybe skanking. My mother watched this show when she was a little girl. So Trump probably saw it.

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Thomas A. Long @thomasalong.bsky.social · 18/07/2026

"Yyyeeesss...allegedly." (James Mason voice)

Jimmy Mason and Greg Peck in a scene from The Boys From Brazil

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Thomas A. Long @thomasalong.bsky.social · 11/07/2026

Bloke on the far left is not a lion, mate. That's a dog in disguise. Australian, too.

Still image from the Australian sitcom Wilfred about a dog who is a man in a dog suit. There was an American version, too.

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Thomas A. Long @thomasalong.bsky.social · 06/07/2026

Those handbags are dangerous weapons.

Scene from Laugh-In showing Ruth Buzzi as Gladys Ormphby getting ready to strike Arte Johnson as Tyrone F. Horneigh with a heavy handbag.

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Thomas A. Long @thomasalong.bsky.social · 26/06/2026

Another one. Is "heasty" -- a word that means so hot and humid you get a yeast infection -- a term that I just invented and doesn't appear to have been used previously in this way?