Curtin Parloe
@curtinparloe.bsky.social
Raconteur
Administrateur
Auter
Amateur
Chanteur
Fouter
He/him.
When I do gamey stuff it's on curtinparloe.itch.io
Administrateur
Auter
Amateur
Chanteur
Fouter
He/him.
When I do gamey stuff it's on curtinparloe.itch.io
I am positively incensed that my Christmas jumper depicting a Victorian carol singing T-Rex didn't win work's Best OR Worst jumper contest.
December 11, 2025 at 10:11 PM
I am positively incensed that my Christmas jumper depicting a Victorian carol singing T-Rex didn't win work's Best OR Worst jumper contest.
Well that's it. Over six months in to repairing this fucking house and we've had to stop for Christmas.
December 9, 2025 at 4:54 PM
Well that's it. Over six months in to repairing this fucking house and we've had to stop for Christmas.
I love a works do when it starts nearly three hours after work and nobody wants to go for food beforehand. #BillyNoMates
December 5, 2025 at 5:48 PM
I love a works do when it starts nearly three hours after work and nobody wants to go for food beforehand. #BillyNoMates
Post your favourite LOTR characters, wrong answers only
November 30, 2025 at 1:52 PM
Post your favourite LOTR characters, wrong answers only
What's your favourite song about the rain?
youtu.be/FkLTwX0duY4?...
youtu.be/FkLTwX0duY4?...
November 16, 2025 at 9:53 AM
What's your favourite song about the rain?
youtu.be/FkLTwX0duY4?...
youtu.be/FkLTwX0duY4?...
The 11 October 2025 #ScifaikuSaturday #archive
In the third Epoch,
Bloody #WAR, the Grak against
Human aggressors.
#BlueSkyPoetry
#Haiku
#MicroPoem
#PoetsOfBlueSky
#SciFi
In the third Epoch,
Bloody #WAR, the Grak against
Human aggressors.
#BlueSkyPoetry
#Haiku
#MicroPoem
#PoetsOfBlueSky
#SciFi
October 18, 2025 at 10:11 AM
The 11 October 2025 #ScifaikuSaturday #archive
In the third Epoch,
Bloody #WAR, the Grak against
Human aggressors.
#BlueSkyPoetry
#Haiku
#MicroPoem
#PoetsOfBlueSky
#SciFi
In the third Epoch,
Bloody #WAR, the Grak against
Human aggressors.
#BlueSkyPoetry
#Haiku
#MicroPoem
#PoetsOfBlueSky
#SciFi
Until these creatures
Cease their Venusian howls,
I shall have no #peace
#MicroPoem
#SciFaiku
#SciFi
#Haiku
Cease their Venusian howls,
I shall have no #peace
#MicroPoem
#SciFaiku
#SciFi
#Haiku
October 17, 2025 at 4:37 PM
Until these creatures
Cease their Venusian howls,
I shall have no #peace
#MicroPoem
#SciFaiku
#SciFi
#Haiku
Cease their Venusian howls,
I shall have no #peace
#MicroPoem
#SciFaiku
#SciFi
#Haiku
My work iPhone decided to send me all my WhatsApp messages at 5am this morning, despite being set to Do Not Disturb. The iPhone Focus menu is a complicated array of options which doesn't work properly. Looks like I'll have to remember to turn it off every day now. #AppleSucks
October 13, 2025 at 6:20 AM
My work iPhone decided to send me all my WhatsApp messages at 5am this morning, despite being set to Do Not Disturb. The iPhone Focus menu is a complicated array of options which doesn't work properly. Looks like I'll have to remember to turn it off every day now. #AppleSucks
Drop some pumpkins🎃
October 4, 2025 at 9:31 AM
Drop some pumpkins🎃
The #storm rages on;
Shards of flying steel rain down
Upon our shelter.
#SciFaikuSaturday
#MicroPoem
#SciFi
#Haiku
Shards of flying steel rain down
Upon our shelter.
#SciFaikuSaturday
#MicroPoem
#SciFi
#Haiku
October 4, 2025 at 9:12 AM
The #storm rages on;
Shards of flying steel rain down
Upon our shelter.
#SciFaikuSaturday
#MicroPoem
#SciFi
#Haiku
Shards of flying steel rain down
Upon our shelter.
#SciFaikuSaturday
#MicroPoem
#SciFi
#Haiku
Blood Brothers at Theatr Clwyd last night. Fancy new venue, quite a place to spend our wedding anniversary.
October 4, 2025 at 8:55 AM
Blood Brothers at Theatr Clwyd last night. Fancy new venue, quite a place to spend our wedding anniversary.
"Target: Gallagher. Time frame: ASAP. Fee: 1mil."
Joe read the printed note and nodded grimly to himself.
At that moment he heard someone enter, so he quickly ate it, chewing it into a papery #pulp.
It was Gallagher. "Hi Joe! What are you up to in here?"
Joe chuckled. "The usual," he said.
#vss365
Joe read the printed note and nodded grimly to himself.
At that moment he heard someone enter, so he quickly ate it, chewing it into a papery #pulp.
It was Gallagher. "Hi Joe! What are you up to in here?"
Joe chuckled. "The usual," he said.
#vss365
Good morning poets/writers/authors, it's day 3 of our magical musical mystery tour.
It's another giant of Britpop, we're sorted for E's and Whizz because today's #vss365 #prompt, 03/10/25 is #pulp. Happy writing 🎶✍️🎶✍️
Also tell me about your favourite song of all time in the comments.
It's another giant of Britpop, we're sorted for E's and Whizz because today's #vss365 #prompt, 03/10/25 is #pulp. Happy writing 🎶✍️🎶✍️
Also tell me about your favourite song of all time in the comments.
a man is behind bars in a store and says `` are you sure ? ''
ALT: a man is behind bars in a store and says `` are you sure ? ''
media.tenor.com
October 3, 2025 at 12:48 PM
This was The Cave Of Doom.
He liked to come here to relax. It was his little #oasis of calm.
"Ho! I am Bongord! Slayer of Dragons!"
He sighed, and bellowed deeply. "Wherefore comest thou?"
"I aim to slay thee. Dragon."
"Fine," he muttered, stretching his legs. "I'll fetch my wings."
#vss365
He liked to come here to relax. It was his little #oasis of calm.
"Ho! I am Bongord! Slayer of Dragons!"
He sighed, and bellowed deeply. "Wherefore comest thou?"
"I aim to slay thee. Dragon."
"Fine," he muttered, stretching his legs. "I'll fetch my wings."
#vss365
Morning poets writers authors it's day 2 of our musical mystery tour.
After Blur it's only right we follow up with their great chart rivals, today's #vss365 #prompt, 02/10/25 is #oasis. Roll with it. Happy writing 🎶✍️🎶✍️
Are you team Blur, team Oasis or team Other?
After Blur it's only right we follow up with their great chart rivals, today's #vss365 #prompt, 02/10/25 is #oasis. Roll with it. Happy writing 🎶✍️🎶✍️
Are you team Blur, team Oasis or team Other?
a man in a suit singing into a microphone with the words come on below him
ALT: a man in a suit singing into a microphone with the words come on below him
media.tenor.com
October 2, 2025 at 8:30 PM
Jason squinted at the horizon, but even with his glasses, the heat haze reduced the shape to an indistinct #blur.
Eventually he could make it out, a whirring metallic object, glinting with metallic blades, and it was heading directly for him. Fast.
Very fast.
He turned on his heel and ran.
#vss365
Eventually he could make it out, a whirring metallic object, glinting with metallic blades, and it was heading directly for him. Fast.
Very fast.
He turned on his heel and ran.
#vss365
Good morning poets, writers, authors are you ready for your 15 day musical mystery tour?
To get us started one of the bands who defined 90s Britpop, todays #vss365 #prompt, 01/10/25 is #blur, happy writing 🎶✍️🎶✍️
And please feel free to also tell me about your fave song/band in the comments.
To get us started one of the bands who defined 90s Britpop, todays #vss365 #prompt, 01/10/25 is #blur, happy writing 🎶✍️🎶✍️
And please feel free to also tell me about your fave song/band in the comments.
a close up of a man 's face with the word oi written on it
ALT: a close up of a man 's face with the word oi written on it
media.tenor.com
October 1, 2025 at 9:49 AM
Today I learned that autocorrect changes "euthanasia" to "Ryanair". #IDontMakeTheRules
September 29, 2025 at 1:39 PM
Today I learned that autocorrect changes "euthanasia" to "Ryanair". #IDontMakeTheRules
Reposted by Curtin Parloe
Jewel describing being introduced on-air as “A large-breasted woman from Alaska.” (When she responded with, “You must be that small-penised man I’ve heard so much about from South Carolina,” she was escorted out of the station.)
www.salon.com/2025/09/23/l...
www.salon.com/2025/09/23/l...
Lilith Fair rewrote the rules of rock
www.salon.com
September 24, 2025 at 1:54 PM
Jewel describing being introduced on-air as “A large-breasted woman from Alaska.” (When she responded with, “You must be that small-penised man I’ve heard so much about from South Carolina,” she was escorted out of the station.)
www.salon.com/2025/09/23/l...
www.salon.com/2025/09/23/l...
List three things you can talk about for 3 hours without prep:
1. Music theory
2. Film theory
3. Guitars
4. My aches and pains...
1. Music theory
2. Film theory
3. Guitars
4. My aches and pains...
List 3 things you can talk about for 3 hours without prep:
1. Music
2. Intellectual Property Law
3. Working in the music industry
1. Music
2. Intellectual Property Law
3. Working in the music industry
List 3 things you can talk about for 3 hours without prep:
1. Music
2. Martial Arts & Weapons
3. Medicine (Especially Orbital Anatomy, Diseases & Injuries)
1. Music
2. Martial Arts & Weapons
3. Medicine (Especially Orbital Anatomy, Diseases & Injuries)
September 25, 2025 at 7:58 AM
List three things you can talk about for 3 hours without prep:
1. Music theory
2. Film theory
3. Guitars
4. My aches and pains...
1. Music theory
2. Film theory
3. Guitars
4. My aches and pains...
Share your favourite black and white movie.
It was this or The Lavender Hill Mob.
It was this or The Lavender Hill Mob.
September 25, 2025 at 7:29 AM
Share your favourite black and white movie.
It was this or The Lavender Hill Mob.
It was this or The Lavender Hill Mob.
Reposted by Curtin Parloe
Happy 26th to Spaced! I loved it so much I wrote my dissertation on it in 2006. Title was: Why do sitcom-based films fail so often and this be linked to the many ways intertextuality can be defined?
Replies off coz men still exist on the internet.
Replies off coz men still exist on the internet.
"I let my principles get in the way of things. I punched a bloke in the face once for saying Hawk the Slayer was rubbish."
Channel 4 aired the first episode of 'Spaced' on this day in 1999.
Channel 4 aired the first episode of 'Spaced' on this day in 1999.
September 24, 2025 at 8:08 AM
Happy 26th to Spaced! I loved it so much I wrote my dissertation on it in 2006. Title was: Why do sitcom-based films fail so often and this be linked to the many ways intertextuality can be defined?
Replies off coz men still exist on the internet.
Replies off coz men still exist on the internet.
Me on my way to the rapture
September 22, 2025 at 10:08 PM
Me on my way to the rapture
"This is a #catastrophe Jack."
"No, it's fine. I can fix this."
The awning teetered more precariously above them as Jack struggled to balance on the stepladder.
It finally reached the point of no return as Rose grabbed helplessly for the fabric, and then it engulfed them both.
"Perfect."
#vss365
"No, it's fine. I can fix this."
The awning teetered more precariously above them as Jack struggled to balance on the stepladder.
It finally reached the point of no return as Rose grabbed helplessly for the fabric, and then it engulfed them both.
"Perfect."
#vss365
Welcome writers, friends, and students of fate.
The moment of #catastrophe could come in an instant. It could be the mark of heaven or hell.
20 September 2025 #vss365 prompt word, is #catastrophe
The moment of #catastrophe could come in an instant. It could be the mark of heaven or hell.
20 September 2025 #vss365 prompt word, is #catastrophe
September 20, 2025 at 10:27 AM
"This is a #catastrophe Jack."
"No, it's fine. I can fix this."
The awning teetered more precariously above them as Jack struggled to balance on the stepladder.
It finally reached the point of no return as Rose grabbed helplessly for the fabric, and then it engulfed them both.
"Perfect."
#vss365
"No, it's fine. I can fix this."
The awning teetered more precariously above them as Jack struggled to balance on the stepladder.
It finally reached the point of no return as Rose grabbed helplessly for the fabric, and then it engulfed them both.
"Perfect."
#vss365
The ship was featureless and smooth, almost like a giant pebble.
With a hum, a hexagonal #extrusion pushed out of the side, gradually resolving itself into an open airlock and ramp.
The Visitor emerged, waddling down the ramp.
President Bieber frowned. "It looks just like a... cabbage."
#vss365
With a hum, a hexagonal #extrusion pushed out of the side, gradually resolving itself into an open airlock and ramp.
The Visitor emerged, waddling down the ramp.
President Bieber frowned. "It looks just like a... cabbage."
#vss365
Welcome writers, friends and consumers of fora.
In the blink of an eye, the #extrusion of emotion, fell in the drop of a tear
19 September 2025 #vss365 prompt word, is #extrusion
In the blink of an eye, the #extrusion of emotion, fell in the drop of a tear
19 September 2025 #vss365 prompt word, is #extrusion
September 20, 2025 at 9:46 AM
The ship was featureless and smooth, almost like a giant pebble.
With a hum, a hexagonal #extrusion pushed out of the side, gradually resolving itself into an open airlock and ramp.
The Visitor emerged, waddling down the ramp.
President Bieber frowned. "It looks just like a... cabbage."
#vss365
With a hum, a hexagonal #extrusion pushed out of the side, gradually resolving itself into an open airlock and ramp.
The Visitor emerged, waddling down the ramp.
President Bieber frowned. "It looks just like a... cabbage."
#vss365