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Skskunk

@skskunk.bsky.social

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Just an old furry skunk dude in Utah. Handy skunk is handy. Trying to live out my time on this rock and maybe have a bit of fun. No minors or shitheals. NSFW happens. Let's go outside! Always a place in my heart for a wayward @riotbarks.bsky.social

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Skskunk @skskunk.bsky.social · Dec 1

The shadow of myself.

I am not the being I used to be. Reality does not care about such things. It just is. Sometimes it's wonderous, other times it's cruel and painful. I'll make things work until I can't. But damn life can be exhausting...

More nonsense if you know where to look. ;)

Sitting on a rock and noticed my shadow cast on another rock. Is this part of what I was, what I am, or part of what will be? Is this all there is, or was? The remnants visible only when the light is blocked? Is this an expression of ones self, or what one has become despite their actions, good bad, or indifferent? It this the result of life or is it a residue of the aftermath. Is this the void made visible, a cast of one's life temporarily imposed on an unsuspecting rock out in the desert of life. Just the outline of the blocked photons forced out of a star I suppose. Nothing more, nothing less. It's a reality that's fleeting, much like everything else. Mostly meaningless, until noticed, then erased. Much like everything else.

I also think it makes me look like a skunk.

Smell ya later...

Skskunk @skskunk.bsky.social · 11h

Time is not on my side. Have 5-7 years of hard work left in me. I can tell I'm slowing down, can't juggle chainsaws and eggs like I use to.

Still think I can be productive, and generally a decent person to work with.

Come the new year, something has to change. Sooner if my job is spying on me.

Skskunk @skskunk.bsky.social · 11h

At 63 years old, had thought I'd found a workplace I could retire from.

I may have been mistaken. Now wondering if I have yet another reinvention of myself left in me.

I've been a lucky skunk. Successful in a number of skills. Got a shit ton of skills. I think there's still something up my sleeve.

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David Zinn @davidzinn.bsky.social · 1d

The emergence of Henry and Marcus and their disappointing trick-or-treat haul:

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Skskunk @skskunk.bsky.social · 20h

Great idea! Hope ya get to do some catching too!

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Zach Weinersmith @zachweinersmith.bsky.social · 22h

Full comic here: www.smbc-comics.com/comic/attent... #smbc

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Kazideus @kazideus.bsky.social · 1d

I worked very hard on this

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Ellis Rosen @ellisjrosen.bsky.social · 2d

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Skskunk @skskunk.bsky.social · 2d

It is specifically noted we live in a non smoking apartment.

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David Zinn @davidzinn.bsky.social · 3d

Henry and Marcus have decided that they should work harder on their costumes next year.

sidewalk chalk drawing of a raccoon wearing a t-shirt that says "cat" and a puppy wearing cat ears, both looking disappointedly at a small pile of candy.

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Skskunk @skskunk.bsky.social · 2d

I just went to the mail pile and pulled out my ballot. This is the choice I have. It seems so pointless.

Because it is...

This is a cropped view of my ballot. My area has 1 office up for election. There is only one candidate. No competition. No opposition to survey and make an educated choice.

Skskunk @skskunk.bsky.social · 3d

It's as if we lived in the desert. Or right on the edge of one...

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Gwen!!! @poodlewool.bsky.social · 3d

She's flying in a little late.......

watercolor of a coho salmon wearing a witch hat flying on a broom

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Skskunk @skskunk.bsky.social · 3d

My Alltrack needs this so bad. The paint feels gritty... LOL

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Skskunk @skskunk.bsky.social · 3d

It's beyond wild! It truly is a small world, and this fandom makes some really wild connections!

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Skskunk @skskunk.bsky.social · 3d

Was sitting with friends at a Salt Lake City brew pub, a group sat next to us at a long table. Picked up some key words from their chatting, they were discussing fursuits. Pulled up some pictures on my phone and slid it down the table.

Wasn't expecting to meet @fozzaroo.bsky.social that day. LOL

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Skskunk @skskunk.bsky.social · 3d

It's happening in trade fields too. Equipment operators, welders, machinists, mechanics, electricians, plumbers. Why pay a skilled worker a high wage when you can pay a green horn kid starter wage using AI to solve problems?

This will not end well for anyone...