Erstwhile Muse

This photo is making me realize the self-deprecating nature of the author expy character that appears in the comic…🤔

What a baffling hill to die on on the commenter's part. 🧐

<looks at collection of oil paints, artist's acrylics, other brands' "hobby" paints, and rebottled RT/2E paints that still work>

Yeah, I'm good…

Ah, a scrungly little dude I don't think I've managed to find yet. Looking forward to see how you interpret the bits and bobs.

Nice, I love it (both the paintjob and the model).

On this we shall have to disagree, I don't think I've ever found a *more* annoying fishing game than 76's.

*<sigh>* At this point I really am curious who the think tank is that keeps writing these shitty bills and foisting then off on technically inept representatives, because that's really what it feels like at this point.

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Yeah, that was my thought as well, especially since I'm probably gonna need to recast some bits to finish off some of the models. Centurions are a good enough match for me.

An eBay listing of a shrink wrapped box of RTB01 Imperial Space Marines in a protective case showing a ridiculous asking price of $2000, because collectors markets are insane.

Also, fuck right the fuck off with this shit…

This is the thing that kills me with the price jumps though—who the fuck is paying those prices? I'm not that's for damned sure, which makes trawling eBay hoping for a lucky find a thoroughly frustrating experience these days. I have to laugh at OG Rhinos going for $45 minimum.

First reads more "pirate wench" (and I mean that in the complimentary Ren Faire form of the term), second one reads more just straight up "pirate", so I guess personally I'd say the second one.

The only time I've ever been close to walking out of a theatre was while watching the Mr. Bean movie, which I caught during a dollar theatre matinee, and even then I felt like I was being insulted for spending 50¢.

I love Rowan Atkinson, but that was some poorly paced rehashed tripe…

Ok, I'm glad I'm not the only one that thinks that when I hear the term used. 😆

A to-go bowl of Somali chicken and rice with chickpeas, spinach and cucumber.

I haven't been to @northmarket.bsky.social in quite some time, so a lot of the vendors have changed. The Somali chicken and rice bowl I had for lunch today was pretty damned tasty though. 😋

*Visual metaphor*

Some foggy photos from late late last night. Via Andrew Dodson

Sometimes parasociality can be a positive thing, especially with very cool content creators.

You sir are a scholar and a gentleman, you have my thanks for this.

Not sure what it means when you make a joke in your head about Games Workshop benefitting from Washington 3D printer legislation moments before @iwriteok.bsky.social while listening to the latest "It Could Happen Here (Executive Disorder)" episode, but here we are…

I'm not even watching this show and I can feel that…😭

Of course the fucking pedo nerds were into Ingress…🙄

In the wake of a massive confirmation that the tech industry’s run by deranged pedophiles, not a single tech platform should have the balls to start demanding ID and enacting invasive policies.

Yet they continue. They’re the ones being outed as dangerous and we’re the ones being regulated.

I mean, I know a website that would fit the bill for "rotisserie chicks", but I was pretty certain this wasn't a post about obscure fetishes.

Gonna be honest, it did feel a bit like I had been going crazy, especially since even before any of these revelations, a lot of career transphobes were quite openly pedophilic, Germaine Greer self-described as a pederast "like all women of taste", and yet nobody seemed to see the red flags.

People defending billionaires at this stage are giving "temporarily embarrassed inclusion in the Epstein files"

Booooooooo. Boo…😑

*(and I mean that in the best way)*

In my own self interest I should *probably* say no, as I mostly blame you (and to a small degree @chrismcfeely.bsky.social) for my current desire for a couple of specific, expensive, out of print Transformers, but I can't lie that I'd probably watch it.

I mean, "honour-bound" only goes so far vs. "is this a fun way to spend one's hobby time".

Would I be amused by a "Truck Nuts of 40K" video? Probably. Would it trigger my inner pedant on Ork reproductive systems? Certainly. But I'm not sure any of that honestly has weight in the matter.

Holy…wow. It was definitely the one-two punch of you and @commandersterling.bsky.social (with a side of COVID introspective) that got me thinking about a lot of things concerning myself that, after a few years and some excellent essays from @impossiblephd.bsky.social led me where I am today.