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Orienteer, Scottish Country Dancer, Programmer Interests: History, Archaeology, Languages, Origami Hoosier transplant to California, UIUC Graduate

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Mil-spec buttplugs would be made of titanium and cost $300.

06.01.2026 19:57 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Are they gooning in public?

06.01.2026 19:42 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
History Summarized: Why Is English Such A Mess?
History Summarized: Why Is English Such A Mess? YouTube video by Overly Sarcastic Productions

The interesting thing is how the grammar changed from Old to Modern English. Here’s an amusing video that shows the current understanding. youtu.be/OHnNOnk7CXI?...

01.01.2026 21:07 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
The College of Physicians of Philadelphia Digital Library | Items

They are very sensitive about photos of actual people. I found drawings from an old text book. cppdigitallibrary.org/items/browse...

02.12.2025 05:29 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I might need to have an MRI again someday!

20.10.2025 16:19 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I saw a comment that there was a group of people wearing red hats that had the MAGA slogan crossed out with black marker.

20.10.2025 16:07 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

West San Carlos in San Jose is the center for Ethiopian food in the South Bay. Several restaurants and a couple of grocery stores.

08.10.2025 02:20 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Probably via Yiddish; a lot of German words got into American English that way.

30.09.2025 15:56 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
List of Members of the House

List of Members of the House

Filing the lawsuit mentioned in the article. What do you want them to do, call the A-Team?

12.08.2025 19:19 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

That sounds like a quest in a role-playing game. Get a D&D group on it.

08.08.2025 18:45 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

The University of Chicago has a museum which used to be called the Oriental Museum. It specializes in the ancient cultures of the Near East: Babylon, Sumeria, etc. It’s now the Institute for the Study of Ancient Cultures Museum.

06.08.2025 20:30 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I’m so glad he wasn’t American.

16.07.2025 19:30 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Mountain View Scottish Country Dance Class 2010 Pleasanton Highland Games
Mountain View Scottish Country Dance Class 2010 Pleasanton Highland Games YouTube video by Jeff Lanam

Dancing in public. I’m the guy with long gray hair in a blue kilt. youtu.be/mEy2f3E-t5M?...

15.07.2025 16:26 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Replace β€œpaper” with β€œalbum” and you have the story of about 90% of rock bands with a few albums.

15.07.2025 14:45 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Elves and fairies, replacing human babies with changlings.

13.07.2025 20:54 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I loved White Nights.

11.07.2025 01:44 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Democracy died in darkness already. They’re fucking its corpse.

11.07.2025 01:40 πŸ‘ 6 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

In Indiana, we used to just call it beanbag. I don’t know where cornhole came from.

04.07.2025 20:06 πŸ‘ 5 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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Mural of Statue of Liberty in shame unveiled in France the day before 4th of July

04.07.2025 13:32 πŸ‘ 35222 πŸ” 10956 πŸ’¬ 823 πŸ“Œ 769

Sacco and Vanzetti were innocent. Zohran robbed that shoe factory.

29.06.2025 05:19 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Socialism is ok when the military does it.

25.06.2025 17:17 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

As Deadpool?

25.06.2025 01:58 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

They still make them for some areas.

04.06.2025 23:08 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

It’s like teaching dance by describing which muscles flex and relax.

03.06.2025 17:55 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Does anyone have a band-aid?

02.06.2025 16:40 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Given that William the Conquerer was descended from Vikings, the English royal family can just as easily claim descent from Odin.

28.05.2025 21:41 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Two people sitting on stools eating hotdogs with looks of disdain on their faces.

Two people sitting on stools eating hotdogs with looks of disdain on their faces.

Eating Figures (Quick Snack), 1963
Oil on canvas
Private collection, courtesy of Acquavella Galleries, New York
Thiebaud's Eating Figures appears to be an example of concealed theft from Edgar Degas's L'Absinthe. At first glance, the two paintings have little in common, as Degas depicts a slouching man and woman seated in a dingy cafΓ© interior. In contrast, Thiebaud's couple appears to be seated outdoors on levitating barstools set against a bright white ground that lacks any shadows or context. They simultaneously rest large frozen drinks with upright straws on their thighs while holding their hot dogs with hesitancy, if not outright distaste.
Despite being painted in the radically different settings of nineteenth-century Paris and twentieth-century
Sacramento, Degas's and Thiebaud's paintings share a defining mood, in which women and men are overcome by a world-weariness that cannot be remedied with alcoholic drinks or revived with fast food.
Edgar Degas (French, 1834-1917), L'Absinthe, 1875-1876. Oil on canvas, 36.2 x 26.8 in. (91.9 x 68 cm). MusΓ©e d'Orsay,
Paris, Bequest of comte Isaac de Camondo, 1911, RF 1984. Erich Lessing / Art Resource, New York

Eating Figures (Quick Snack), 1963 Oil on canvas Private collection, courtesy of Acquavella Galleries, New York Thiebaud's Eating Figures appears to be an example of concealed theft from Edgar Degas's L'Absinthe. At first glance, the two paintings have little in common, as Degas depicts a slouching man and woman seated in a dingy cafΓ© interior. In contrast, Thiebaud's couple appears to be seated outdoors on levitating barstools set against a bright white ground that lacks any shadows or context. They simultaneously rest large frozen drinks with upright straws on their thighs while holding their hot dogs with hesitancy, if not outright distaste. Despite being painted in the radically different settings of nineteenth-century Paris and twentieth-century Sacramento, Degas's and Thiebaud's paintings share a defining mood, in which women and men are overcome by a world-weariness that cannot be remedied with alcoholic drinks or revived with fast food. Edgar Degas (French, 1834-1917), L'Absinthe, 1875-1876. Oil on canvas, 36.2 x 26.8 in. (91.9 x 68 cm). MusΓ©e d'Orsay, Paris, Bequest of comte Isaac de Camondo, 1911, RF 1984. Erich Lessing / Art Resource, New York

I went to the show today. This is Eating Figures, which recalls Degas’ L’Absenthe.

25.05.2025 03:40 πŸ‘ 5 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

As I recall, the issue arose in Congress during the debate.

15.05.2025 23:40 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Seems like it’s been a long time since anyone cared about file space usage in a game.

15.05.2025 23:37 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

A name for an Indian bakery: Habemus Papadam.

09.05.2025 05:47 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0