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Thomas J. Black 👨‍🦯 @tjbauthor.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Well, at least my hockey team doesn't suck.

Thomas J. Black 👨‍🦯 @tjbauthor.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

I am seriously living in a world where the Tennessee Titans are worse than the New York jets, the Cleveland browns, and any other comedy team you can think of. The Washington generals are probably better than the Titans right now, and they don't even play football! 😭

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Thomas J. Black 👨‍🦯 @tjbauthor.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

This is got to be the worst incarnation of the Tennessee Titans I've seen in ages. That includes the years Ken Weissenhunt was coaching, and "Fitzception" was our quarterback. 😭

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Baha’i Writings Service @bahaiwritngserv.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

O ye friends of God! Be kind to all peoples and nations, have love for all of them, exert yourselves to purify the hearts as much as you can, and bestow abundant effort in rejoicing the souls. Be ye a sprinkling of rain to every meadow and a water of life to every tree. Abdu'l-Baha #bahai

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Thomas J. Black 👨‍🦯 @tjbauthor.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

He even tried running for public office at one point here in kc. Unsurprisingly, he didn't win. Frankly, I'm baffled he even tried, but I guess Dipshit Donald becoming president open the floodgates for all the other idiots to try.

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Thomas J. Black 👨‍🦯 @tjbauthor.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

For those who don't know, T-Bone was part of The Johnny Dare Show back in the day. His ultimate claim to fame is putting a Roman candle up his butt, and then lighting it. Among other, equally stupid things. And now, he has a podcast. God help us all.

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Thomas J. Black 👨‍🦯 @tjbauthor.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Wife: you're only as old as you feel. Me: if that's the case, I need to get out there on the front porch and tell all those damn kids that get off my lawn.

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Baha’i Writings Service @bahaiwritngserv.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

On this journey the wayfarer dwelleth in every abode, however humble, and resideth in every land. In every face he seeketh the beauty of the Friend; in every region he searcheth after the Beloved… Bahá’u’lláh www.bahai.org/r/434940868 #bahai #bahaifaith

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Thomas J. Black 👨‍🦯 @tjbauthor.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Oh man, that video package at the end of #AEWdynamite tonigh... I don't know how I held it together, but holy crap, man. Consider my heartstrings tugged. I'm practically on the verge of tears right now. R.I.P. Pak.

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Thomas J. Black 👨‍🦯 @tjbauthor.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

I'm still on the fence about whether or not I'm going to be able to do tonight's aew dynamite. I've been in kind of a bummed out headspace of the last few days as it is, and losing Pak definitely didn't help anything in that regard. I just don't know if I can hold it together. I really don't. 🥹

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Thomas J. Black 👨‍🦯 @tjbauthor.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

#NowWatching Tires. Not going to lie, I don't usually go in for raunch comedy like this nowadays, but something about this show just keeps me hooked. Looking forward to watching more later tonight. Even if I have to suffer through Netflix with ads now.

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Thomas J. Black 👨‍🦯 @tjbauthor.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Saw a post on here earlier today that reminded me just how unwelcome us third party voters are on mainstream social media. 😩 You think I'd be used to this by now, but I guess I was just expecting Bluesky to be cooler about it then hell site or Zucker Country.

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Thomas J. Black 👨‍🦯 @tjbauthor.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

R.I.P. Pak. My brother-in-law forwarded me the news just a minute ago, and I'm still shocked. This is not been a good weekend to be a professional wrestler.

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Thomas J. Black 👨‍🦯 @tjbauthor.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

The cover art for all three books in The Gael Saga we're done by Mark Charles Burgat, and all three are really good. However, I have to say, book 1's cover art remains my favorite to this very day.

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Thomas J. Black 👨‍🦯 @tjbauthor.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

... But trust me, Gael came a long way from being some random martial artist with the Galic Gun and Jai-O-Ken.

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Thomas J. Black 👨‍🦯 @tjbauthor.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

10 years ago, in the summer of 2016, Gail was just some random character I made in Dragon Ball Xenovetse a few months of daydreaming, reimagining, and writing later, Gaek became the protagonist of my superhero trilogy. Unfortunately, I don't have dbx anymore, so I can't show any screenshots...

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Thomas J. Black 👨‍🦯 @tjbauthor.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Amazing to think that Gael turned 10 years old this week. Of all the books I've writtThe Gael Saga remains as my personal favorite. You can check out book one right here. www.amazon.com/Gael-Saga-1-...

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Thomas J. Black 👨‍🦯 @tjbauthor.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

And on this evening, I officially ran out of Dungeon Crawler Carl to listen to. At least until book 9 comes out. Whenever that might be. Holy monkey, what a ride! Admittedly, I did like some books better than others, but the series overall is well worth the time.

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Thomas J. Black 👨‍🦯 @tjbauthor.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

If nobody is lazy in LazyTown, maybe they should change the name of the town to something else. Like, I don't know, Activeberg or something. #showerthoughts

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Thomas J. Black 👨‍🦯 @tjbauthor.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Apparently, last week, I made 35 cents in revenue on my self-published efforts. Yay me! I know I could probably make more if I charged more, but I never saw the point in charging 10 bucks for a 100 page PDF.

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Thomas J. Black 👨‍🦯 @tjbauthor.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

Well, I'll say this much: I was expecting the Titans to do a lot worse than this. Still bummed out we lost, and still contemplating the mystery of why every team I love sucks like a hoover, but all things considered, it could have been worse.

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Thomas J. Black 👨‍🦯 @tjbauthor.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

God damn it, why does every sports team I like sucks so much!?

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Thomas J. Black 👨‍🦯 @tjbauthor.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

A #wip I've been stuck on for months to the point of shelving it indefinitely just managed to get on shelved. The writer's block I've been encountering for months finally broke, and I suddenly found myself adding two new chapters! Still don't know if I'll finish it, but I'm making progress again.

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Thomas J. Black 👨‍🦯 @tjbauthor.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

I don't know why, but I feel like there's a Green lantern joke in here somewhere.

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Thomas J. Black 👨‍🦯 @tjbauthor.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Well, for sure, 20 year old me would be pleasantly surprised to find out I do eventually get married. Then mortified when he finds out I became a father. Probably important to note that 20-year-old me was a dick, and I'm glad to have left him behind.

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Thomas J. Black 👨‍🦯 @tjbauthor.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

In the early 2010s, I started a short story called The Banjo of Unspeakable Horrors. The story itself didn't go anywhere, but the banjo I designed was pretty cool. Cool enough to make me forget any stance I have on the banjo.

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Baha’i Writings Service @bahaiwritngserv.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

O loved ones of God! The lamp of the Covenant is the light of the world, and its reality the gift of splendour; the star of the Testament is a shining moon, and the words traced by the Pen of the Most High a limitless ocean. ‘Abdu’l‑Bahá www.bahai.org/r/752598828 #bahai #bahaifaith #bahaiquotes

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Thomas J. Black 👨‍🦯 @tjbauthor.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

I confess, I haven't seen Superhirl yeah, but if we're talking Lobo, there's only one person I'll ever associate with the main man, and that's Brad garrett.

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Janel Comeau 🍁 @verybadllama.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

I mean if you really want to hear Ed Sheeran without any opening acts you can simply get put on hold with your bank

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Thomas J. Black 👨‍🦯 @tjbauthor.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

[after the midterm elections...] It's not different at all! Is it, steve?! Bwahahahahaha!

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Thomas J. Black 👨‍🦯 @tjbauthor.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

You know, I never thought of that until just now. Bummer.

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Thomas J. Black 👨‍🦯 @tjbauthor.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

In my series, The Starship Spacy McSpaceface, there are two characters who deserve a good punch in the face. LaRita Nolland: self appointed co-captain with a high opinion of herself., . Bobert Shannon: the ship's pilot. He gets away with everything because he's banging the boss.

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Thomas J. Black 👨‍🦯 @tjbauthor.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Yeah, I've been hearing a lot of trash about the wolverine game, but I have to wonder how much of it is legit, and how much of it is the "fuk U git gud" crowd bitching about catering to those filthy casuals who don't like balls hard video games.

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Thomas J. Black 👨‍🦯 @tjbauthor.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

#NowWatcging DANG! TWO EPISODES IN, AND I THINK I'VE LAUGHED A GRAND TOTAL OF ONCE THE ENTIRE TIME. I WANT THAT HOUR OF MY LIFE BACK.

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Thomas J. Black 👨‍🦯 @tjbauthor.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

So, after a quarter of listening to somebody narrate the game via YouTube live stream, I've come to the conclusion that, despite new coaches and new players, it basically Brian Callahan all over again. For crying out loud, you can't even beat the jets! THE JETS!

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Thomas J. Black 👨‍🦯 @tjbauthor.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

Okay, sort of disregard that. I found somebody else's live stream, and they actually know what landscape mode is. I mean it's still sucks having to watch football this way, but I suppose it's better than nothing at all.

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Thomas J. Black 👨‍🦯 @tjbauthor.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

My only option is literally to log on to youtube, and watch some dude live stream his narration of what's going on on screen. And because nobody knows what landscape mode is, add on the joy of good old vertical video.

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Thomas J. Black 👨‍🦯 @tjbauthor.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

ESPN unlimited gets you access to the NFL network. Cool! Except they're not playing any games until 3:30, so no Titans game there, either. Frankly, if it weren't for hockey, and women's gymnastics, I wonder why I even bothered upgrading.

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Thomas J. Black 👨‍🦯 @tjbauthor.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

And here I thought I was going to be able to watch Titans football, now that there's so many options. Paramount has plenty of football games, but none of them are the titans. The local CBS affiliate isn't interested. All I get is silence if I try to listen on Titans Radio. Fucking hell!

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Thomas J. Black 👨‍🦯 @tjbauthor.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

PET PEEVE OF THE WHENEVER: when people on Instagram, or YouTube shorts, or whatever make a video, and feel obligated to zoom in super close to their face when delivering the last word of the punchline. As if to imply I'm too stupid to know where the punch line is, so here's where you laugh.

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Thomas J. Black 👨‍🦯 @tjbauthor.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

If Juggernaut punched The Blob in the stomach at full power, what would happen? #showerthoughts

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Thomas J. Black 👨‍🦯 @tjbauthor.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

"I threw a rock at him!" Remains one of my favorite lines, and it's all thanks to this episode.

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