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DanglinDon @danglindon.bsky.social · 2d

Went to a Halloween party last-minute on Saturday & family friend gave me his Dad's Pentax ME, 2 extra lenses, some of those fun '70s filters, AND two unexposed rolls of expired Superia400Xtra

1970s single-lens-reflex-35mm-film-camera sits atop its large light brown padded leather camera case, beside lens covers, & 2 additional lenses next to it. The macro is a 55mm Albinar ADG macro zoom [80-200mm, 1:3,9]; beside that, the camera's original 50mm SMC Pentax-M [1:1,7], behind which 2 rolls of 35mm film rest. The camera is currently wearing a 49mm Albinar ADG auto zoom macro [35-70mm, 1:3,5~4,8], along with a black "GENIUNE TOP GRAIN COWHIDE--MADE IN U.S.A." neck strap.

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DanglinDon @danglindon.bsky.social · 2d

Celestial Cucumber, Nr. 3 [in which God shows He's a trans-ally]

Sunset of blue & a very pale orange lights the altocirrus-clouds shades from a deep [almost-brick-]red to the palest pinks; when viewed behind the houses & school buildings of the neighborhood (as-seen thru these aged dirty garage windows; someone remind me to find the squeegee the next time I'm looking into there) in-person the stripes greatly resembled the Trans-Pride-Flag.

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DanglinDon @danglindon.bsky.social · 2d

A beard is the foreskin of the face

haunted lasagna 🦇 (american hole witch 🧙🏻‍♀️) @jokerpajamas.top · 2d

The toes are the testicles of the feet

sam 🎉 @anoddgeography.bsky.social · 2d

the arms are the nipples of the shoulders

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DanglinDon @danglindon.bsky.social · 4d

These are EXQUISITE. Reminds me of the push-button-switchplates I had in a Denver apartment (except those had been so overpainted, you only got to see a bit of the bronze--with the abalone-&-ebony-buttons for on/off)

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DanglinDon @danglindon.bsky.social · 5d

This is a delight!

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DanglinDon @danglindon.bsky.social · 5d

A photo you'd use as an album-cover (one I need to re-visit & shoot with the overhead lights in-mind bzw. the double-exposure, but I'm terribly pleased with how the 1st attempt turned out)

[double-exposure on CineStill400D color film]: Bearded bloated guy (dressed in green 1970s cardigan) attempts to hold-still a 1934 Rolleiflex "Old Standard" twin-lens-reflex-120-film-camera, as he looks upward into black. Emerging from the blackness above his head, a bluish-cast-table--holding a pearl-handled-straight-razor [difficult to see, except for the central-axis of the pivot-point], a short stout glass bottle marked "POISON," & a piece of paper onto which has been written "Never let them know" ["Never" being double-underlined] in cursive with a broad-nibbed fountain pen--occupies the top-third of the photo. Developing & scanning by Yours Truly

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DanglinDon @danglindon.bsky.social · 5d

Oh my...

a woman with her hand on her chin and the words trendizsst behind her

Alt: Dame Angela winkingly flutters her fingers

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DanglinDon @danglindon.bsky.social · 5d

Hold out as long as you can--my parents turned theirs on this past Wednesday, so now their house'll be 90°F from here till May (Mom: "I only put it up to 72"--their thermostat's in the hallway, & 7-15 degrees[F] cooler than bedrooms & living areas...oh well, it's great for plants)

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DanglinDon @danglindon.bsky.social · 5d

I know it's supposed to be NYC transit (with the Freedom Tower there in the background), but (like they'd do in Chicago) can MainCharacter wake me up at my stop? I'm going to nap on the train until Canuial Str.--Uptoown...

DanglinDon @danglindon.bsky.social · 5d

You've got to be both fast & ready with treats--also it helps to have someone else snap the photo

Bearded bloated guy holds large oval sunglasses over his fur-nephew's eyes.

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DanglinDon @danglindon.bsky.social · 5d

I can hear my Uncle Mike, slipping his glasses on my family's pupper say "IT'SSS PROFESSORRR PUUUUPYYYY!"

Ewamore, Quoth the Raven @ewacat.bsky.social · 5d

My dad put my mum's glasses on the dog

Poor Bramble the Welsh and Norfolk terrier cross - looking very fluffy atm - in my mum's round-rimmed tortoiseshell glasses in a look my dad described as "professorial"

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DanglinDon @danglindon.bsky.social · 5d

That's delightfully terrifying--& terrifyingly delightful!!

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DanglinDon @danglindon.bsky.social · 5d

Liking also 'cause I've put something in my pipe to smoke

Bearded bloated guy sits looking into camera, with smoke from his pipe enwreathing his head while outside.

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DanglinDon @danglindon.bsky.social · 5d

Re-sk@tting this, 'cause somehow nobody wants to weigh-in on this theoretical (i wonder why):

DanglinDon @danglindon.bsky.social · 6d

HR hypothetical for USians: You're an Employee of a Certain Age (well beyond basic retirement) & you've had health troubles that prevent you from doing your job. You have disability benefits, but HR's adding arbitrary requirements for you to use it, & you're about fed-up with all the hoops...(1/4)

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DanglinDon @danglindon.bsky.social · 6d

If you had instead written "I resign," would that declaration have forsaken your retirement benefits? Or would HR "understand" that, since you're an Employee of a Certain Age, you intended on retiring? (4/4)

DanglinDon @danglindon.bsky.social · 6d

Supervisor sends you a template (they say was handed over from HR) indicating what they need you to write: big in there is the statement "I resign my position," to which you object (since you're not resigning, you're RETIRING), so you change it to "I am retiring from [organization]." (3/4)

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DanglinDon @danglindon.bsky.social · 6d

Despite not being allowed to do your job on-site, you keep in-touch with the organization more than most would've in your situation. Your supervisor needs to list your position (for a replacement), but to do so, they say they must have a "resignation" (not "retirement") letter from you. (2/4)

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DanglinDon @danglindon.bsky.social · 6d

HR hypothetical for USians: You're an Employee of a Certain Age (well beyond basic retirement) & you've had health troubles that prevent you from doing your job. You have disability benefits, but HR's adding arbitrary requirements for you to use it, & you're about fed-up with all the hoops...(1/4)

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DanglinDon @danglindon.bsky.social · 7d

Might be lazy & do the Orson Welles getup again for handing out candy--if only because then I am REQUIRED to have a vice present...

Bearded bloated guy covered in broad-brimmed-black-hat & medium-dark-wool-cloak chomps a[n as-yet-unlit-]cigar while peering thru a wind-up cine-film-camera.

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DanglinDon @danglindon.bsky.social · 11d

"A Dubonnêt & 5/w30, please--with white lithium on the rim..."

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DanglinDon @danglindon.bsky.social · 11d

I hope you know, Jay, that herever after, when ANYTHING (whether Big10-related or no) is streaming on peacock, if anyone asks me where I can find that program, I'm simply replying with that image (it's a fantastic capture)

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Jay Rigdon @jayrigdon.bsky.social · 11d

Not sure the folks at NBC/Peacock thought this one through

Two announcers, Jason Garrett and Dan Hicks, stand in front of a sign that reads "Big Turd" thanks to how they are blocking it

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DanglinDon @danglindon.bsky.social · 11d

...while I'm certain I liked portions of the thread, it's too far back for me to re-reference at this point--if anybody can remember where that thread originated, could you pass along my two tremendously-late-to-the-party-suggestions?

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DanglinDon @danglindon.bsky.social · 11d

Several days ago there was a thread about naming a wifi network--where I KNEW I'd remembered to save a screenshot taken years ago in a restaurant--that I wanted to share, as it has my 2nd-all-time-favorite-ever-seen-name (1st place belongs to "JulieAndrewsMastrubatorium" from my apt-bldg)...

Android-based phone screenshot of available wifi connections as of a certain date in that godforsaken (though now seemingly carefree) year 2016, showing selections for the following wifi networks:
"xfinitywifi"
"Select Cut"
"ryan do the fucking dishes"
"HP-Print-55-Officejet 6600"
"HoofHearted"

Since, at the time, I was the standard-dish-washer in my household (even though I only dirtied a single coffee mug, glass, fork, knife, spoon, & plate everyday--while my then-other-half needed fresh glasses/mugs/cups/utensils every time he was hungry/thirsty, & would stay up into the next day's morning making wonderfully-cooked-meals for 7 ("I know you're not hungry now at 2:30am, but I made you a plate--& you can take the rest to share at work--I also put the leftovers in daily serving containers!") but then insist we go out to eat at least 3x/week ("you'll have to eat more than that, 'cause there's STILL no room for leftovers in the fridge at home--TAKE THOSE CONTAINERS TO YOUR WORK--he'll take a SMALLER box, 'cause we don't HAVE room right now"), then complain UNENDINGLY that the sink was always full of things needing cleaning), I laughed uproariously...only to hear "I guess Ryan does ALL THE WORK of feeding his household, then." Fun times; really, though--I haven't thought about this in a good 5 years, & back then I still couldn't talk about it. Now kinda feels like finally letting go of one of those bricks I should've dropped almost a decade ago. If you've read this far, thanks for that.

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DanglinDon @danglindon.bsky.social · 11d

A far-less-crowded Millennium Park about 3 yrs ago; taken on CineStill400D with the Rolleiflex Old Standard

A blue-clad figure sits on a wooden bench, beside a large green row of hedges (trimmed to delineate the walking path), & behind yellowing tall-grass with hydrangeas turned to an almost lilac shade. Behind the hedgerow, yellow & red deciduous trees add a pop of color against the clear blue afternoon sky--and behind THAT, the skyline of Chicago from the corner of Michigan & Randolph soars climactically.

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