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Doug Pirko, seasonally spooky human. @waiwode.bsky.social · 9h

Maybe "superheroes in general"? I'm taking a wild swing here. "When you can balance a tack hammer on your head, You can head off a balanced attack!"

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Doug Pirko, seasonally spooky human. @waiwode.bsky.social · 9h

There was a long tradition of soft core movies that were "just off-brand"--or in the case of "Alice in Wonderland (the 1976 version) not really off by much at all. So maybe her suspicions weren't correct, but they weren't groundless.

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Doug Pirko, seasonally spooky human. @waiwode.bsky.social · 23h

Weird. I can access B-sky on my phone, but on my computer the page insists no such account exists.

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Doug Pirko, seasonally spooky human. @waiwode.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

But... ...wouldn't water pool in the bottom of the loop, effectively braking your movement and cause drowning?

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Doug Pirko, seasonally spooky human. @waiwode.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

We’re off to outer space! We’re leaving Mother Earth!

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Rosemary Mosco @rosemarymosco.com · 05/10/2026

Spooky bird stories. My Halloween comic from 2024.

A comic titled Spooky Bird Stories. In panel 1, a turkey vulture is telling stories to other vultures, and it says, "She walked toward the source of the terrible smell. She got closer and closer, and then, to her horror, she saw... No dead body." A black vulture says "No!" and a turkey vulture says "Did someone already eat it??" In panel 2, a northern cardinal is telling a story to some songbirds. It says "They peered through the windows of the house at the gory scene. Zombies had smashed through the door in the night. The homeowner was dead. But worst of all... He hadn't refilled the feeders." An eastern bluebird says "Aaah!" and an American goldfinch says "It can't be!". In panel 3, A screech owl is telling a story to other owls. It says "And then the ghost fluffed itself up really big to appear scarier." A saw-whet owl gasps, and a long-eared owl says "Horrifying!". In panel 4, a downy woodpecker is telling a story to other woodpeckers, and says "The eerie sound rang through the dark woods. Tap-tap. Tap-tap. It was the distinctive two-part knock of the Ivory-billed Woodpecker. The species had returned from the dead... FOR REVENGE." A red-cockaded woodpecker says "Yesss".

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Doug Pirko, seasonally spooky human. @waiwode.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

That's a good one. If I leave seasonal movies off, first place for me is probably Casablanca. I'm a sucker for Claude Rains in that movie, he's just brilliant.

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Doug Pirko, seasonally spooky human. @waiwode.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

What movie that came out before I was born that I’ve watched the most times? A Christmas Carol, on Christmas Eve over 40 years in a row.

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Doug Pirko, seasonally spooky human. @waiwode.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

He sort of Alan Scott-ed* (Alan predates all the Hal+ lore that would follow, but he's definitely an independent Earth-focused Green Lantern). *Sort of, because he made a choice, whereas Alan just arrives there by virtue of comics history.

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Doug Pirko, seasonally spooky human. @waiwode.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

The Anaphylaxis of Xenophon While fighting his way north out of Persia with an army of Greek hoplites, Xenophon is stung by a bee.

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Doug Pirko, seasonally spooky human. @waiwode.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Colosseum (Wolfgang Kramer, Markus Lübke) A fun little auction game where each player puts on public events. Would play again if asked, probably wouldn't request it. (I won Teothuacan and Colosseum),

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Doug Pirko, seasonally spooky human. @waiwode.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

#boardgames Saturday. All 3-player. New York City (Stefan Feld): Nice area control/auction game. A ton of fun, want to play again. Teotihuacan: City of Gods (Daniele Tascini) There's a lot going on in this game, but once you've figured it out a bit, it's smooth and fast. Definitely a play-again.

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Doug Pirko, seasonally spooky human. @waiwode.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

It is waffle shirt season! Yay! I am wearing a waffle shirt today.

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Doug Pirko, seasonally spooky human. @waiwode.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Boring but True: It was the weirdest board game in the shelf.

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Doug Pirko, seasonally spooky human. @waiwode.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

By the same logic, I should talk about ttrpgs… …oh, wait….

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Doug Pirko, seasonally spooky human. @waiwode.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Turns out this isn’t The Band at all. (Levon Helms, Robbie Robertson, the group featured in Martin Scorsese’s The Last Waltz.)

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Doug Pirko, seasonally spooky human. @waiwode.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

For a year I lived 50m from his store in St Catharines. (He didn’t give me any of his Grammy awards. Shocking but true.)

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Doug Pirko, seasonally spooky human. @waiwode.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

I read it in High School, so about 45 years ago or so? Perhaps it's telling: I can summarize several Witch World novels, or Star Ranger (my favourite AN, probably)--I can even describe Quag Keep, my least favourite AN novel. But this one? I don't remember anything.

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Doug Pirko, seasonally spooky human. @waiwode.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Firefox tabs are rounded now? I don't like it.

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Doug Pirko, seasonally spooky human. @waiwode.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

I mean, he does electric cars, tunnels and flame-throwers--so I suspect his plans will centre around a brigade of flame-throwing underground Teslas!

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Doug Pirko, seasonally spooky human. @waiwode.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Great location, fantastic view, very affordable!

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Doug Pirko, seasonally spooky human. @waiwode.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

What poster did you have in your room growing up?

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Doug Pirko, seasonally spooky human. @waiwode.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

I mean, we're following the pattern here. Peppers aren't native to Spain/Portugal/Hungary even if pimentón/paprika has basically been nationalized.

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Doug Pirko, seasonally spooky human. @waiwode.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

🎵 The trees are drawing me near, I have to find out why.🎵 It turns out the Moody Blues chose poorly!

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Doug Pirko, seasonally spooky human. @waiwode.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

I've never seen Batman and his parents at the same time--what if they're the same person?!?!

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Doug Pirko, seasonally spooky human. @waiwode.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

I believe the ammo supply dwindled to the point where they were finally removed from avalanche duty in the Cdn Rockies.

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Doug Pirko, seasonally spooky human. @waiwode.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Canadians still use the Carl Gustav as a man-portable infantry platoon anti-tank weapon. But we don't call it an RR, even if it is one. But the 75 and 106mm RRs are really only crew-portable (it took four of us to wrestle one from ground-mount to it's place on the jeep (Cdn 106 crew in picture).

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Doug Pirko, seasonally spooky human. @waiwode.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Years ago we used to go to Sunday Gamer's Breakfast, then back to my place to play on Sunday afternoon. The group has scattered now, still connected by technology, and Sunday afternoons have been my sweet spot for about 40 years. (Before that I was in High School, and all times were the best).

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Doug Pirko, seasonally spooky human. @waiwode.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Last year’s Steelers have 50% of a bone to pick with that. (And I still buy my furniture from Unpainted Huffines).

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Doug Pirko, seasonally spooky human. @waiwode.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

It's (not) almost dinner time. Are you havin' 'oops? Life on Mars was just fantastic.

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Doug Pirko, seasonally spooky human. @waiwode.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

I love the set-up. We rode a drilling machine into the earth, fled from Ape and Tiger-people, smashed some Nazis, and escaped in a stolen U-boat. The simple die-pool system is a bit quirky: the more damage something does the more likely it is to hit. But it's not bad.

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Doug Pirko, seasonally spooky human. @waiwode.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

In the 1950s recoilless "rifles" like this were all the rage (and they had 57mm and this 75mm version). Canada still used the 106 mm* RR from the Korean War until the mid-80s (I was even trained on them), then they had a post-service carrier in Rocky Mtn avalanche protection. *Not on a scooter.

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Doug Pirko, seasonally spooky human. @waiwode.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

History study is a *very* multi-discipline pursuit, I think. Anthropology, engineering, linguistics, agricultural sciences--I'm not saying a historian is an expert in any other field, but "history" never happens in isolation.

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Doug Pirko, seasonally spooky human. @waiwode.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

“Know Your Place” or Pull Rank, I would think. Mind you l am channeling “It doesn’t matter what you think!” So I count myself as unreliable. *The Rock.gif*

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Doug Pirko, seasonally spooky human. @waiwode.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Similar. It’s been decades since I’ve listened to the radio. My various internet music algorithms are all tweaked to my existing musical tastes, and although a new artist (to me) sneaks in occasionally, they’re generally a 60’s-90’s band.

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Doug Pirko, seasonally spooky human. @waiwode.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

...in close to 3 hours, but we pursued "total" victory and it was about 4 1/2 hours, including a break for lunch, etc. Super glad to get it to the table for a three player game, my first time not playing solo. But it's not a weeknight game at all.

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Doug Pirko, seasonally spooky human. @waiwode.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Had a great time today at Garden City Board Game Day #boardgames Game 1 was El Grande, one of the first area control games (Came third of three). Great to get the classic game out again. (1 hr) Game 2 was Vantage. We won an epic victory (Mission and Destiny). We probably could have finished...

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Meredith McClaren @iniquitousfish.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

And illustration of Inigo Montoya from the PRINCESS BRIDE limping towards the audience. His sword in one hand, his other hand cradling his injuries. This is his key scene in the movie, yielding the line 'you killed my father, prepare to die.'

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Doug Pirko, seasonally spooky human. @waiwode.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

We used to have a Sgt who used to say: "I'm going to give you five minutes to get all your fucks in a row." "Ducks, Sgt." "I'm stuck here with you fucks, I don't need any ducks in the barracks!"

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Doug Pirko, seasonally spooky human. @waiwode.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

As a heavy-set glasses-wearing mustachioed man I was never so glad as when the Army let us have beards, allowing me to swerve away from this look.

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Doug Pirko, seasonally spooky human. @waiwode.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

I'm basic. I like listening to sports talking-people talk about American Football while I work. (ESPN brings back Skip Bayless). Nope. Fuck that. I hate football now. Time for a new sport. I wonder if ESPN 8 "The Ocho" has Jai Alia? Maybe I'm a Jai Alai guy now?

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Doug Pirko, seasonally spooky human. @waiwode.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

I made a cool full-contact archaeologist with a weird nano-brain-spider on/in his head. The GM decided to run "canon" Forgotten Realms. Slightly saddened grossly underestimates how saddened I was.

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Doug Pirko, seasonally spooky human. @waiwode.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Pretty much. (From what I gather from a Grade 10 civics class +/- 45 yrs ago)

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Doug Pirko, seasonally spooky human. @waiwode.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Passed into law in 1982, includes the Charter of Rights and Freedoms--still includes the 1867 British North America Act (now renamed the Constitution Act). Before 1982 our rights were sort of "hand wavium". They're not written down, but we feel we know what they are.

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Doug Pirko, seasonally spooky human. @waiwode.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

#boardgames Played the first of 4 games (a "campaign season") for Heat: Pedal to the Metal. (Track: Great Britain, 4 player, no NPCs). Came 2nd in a photo finish (same distance, but was on the outer line). Easy to learn, plays quickly, always enjoy playing it*. *NPC cars are the thieves of joy.

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Doug Pirko, seasonally spooky human. @waiwode.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

IainM Banks "The Culture" has self-naming AI warships: Consider the Civilian Applications Passing By And Thought I'd Drop In A Fine Disregard For Awkward Facts So Much For Subtlety Hand Me The Gun And Ask Me Again The Precise Nature Of The Catastrophe You'll Clean That Up Before You Go

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