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Moose Gossage
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Lately nominated “worst ref in hockey, ever”. Into hockey, cycling, and I bake a good loaf of bread from time to time. On a good day, I get to draw some network stuff.
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"Birth of the Homunculus"

A sorceress astounded by her creation.

This painting has been floating around in my head for months now, and I only found the right time to bring it to fruition yesterday!

(see thread for details + process shot-by-shot)
December 4, 2025 at 8:38 PM
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May I present the perfect way to start one’s day:
December 2, 2025 at 11:45 PM
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Let's focus on disaster relief shall we, there seems to be no shortage, especially in Alaska. Live and let live!
December 3, 2025 at 4:03 AM
Not everyone was happy about the return of winter. Discovered this poor little feller in my wood shed.
December 2, 2025 at 9:56 PM
an absolute unit of a propeller
December 2, 2025 at 9:55 PM
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Currently dorking out over this graph about child mortality with my brother. Just mind boggling to take in.
December 2, 2025 at 5:00 AM
Took a walk up to the snow line this afternoon
November 26, 2025 at 5:45 AM
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Get in the zone

Watto
///Zone
November 23, 2025 at 9:14 PM
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A friend who teaches theology shared with me a post about CS Lewis's Mere Christianity, which discusses foundational Christian logic across denominations. It reminded me of Dale's tweet below, and I wanted to share some thoughts here regarding modesty and respectability, which are often hot topics.
November 23, 2025 at 7:35 PM
Got about 5 miles of walking in this weekend along with some short climbs and beach walking. No substantial pain or swelling so far.
November 23, 2025 at 7:56 PM
The start of yesterday’s walk
November 23, 2025 at 4:57 PM
Beach day
November 22, 2025 at 9:46 PM
Parts for Crazy Gear Wall Clock coming together. Loving multicolor filament. Obtained design over yonder www.stevesclocks.com/sp12
November 22, 2025 at 4:47 PM
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type for books used to be set using little metal letters built into words in racks and then inked and pressed on to paper. If you had stock phrases you wanted to reuse a lot you could make a cast of them called a ‘stereotype’. The sound of them *clicking* into place, in French, is ‘cliché’
Man, everything is so bleak, anyone got a fun fact or little bit of trivia they want to share
November 21, 2025 at 10:17 AM
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8675309 is prime, and so is 8675311, so if you ever need a middlin'-large pair of adjacent primes to test your cryptographic suite, all you need is a 1980s earworm and a +2 and you're all set.
Man, everything is so bleak, anyone got a fun fact or little bit of trivia they want to share
November 21, 2025 at 3:28 AM
Being married to a teacher, I'm more than sympathetic to their argument. But please for the love of cursive, good penmanship, and the sacred game of hangman, what is going on here.
November 20, 2025 at 4:00 PM
Earlier walk on the beach
November 16, 2025 at 12:41 AM
Testing serial #3
November 16, 2025 at 12:40 AM
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I’m pretty sure winning a slam dunk lawsuit against this criminal extortion would have been cheaper than dropping $60m during a bad budget crunch. They didn’t cave to pressure. They collaborated with the regime and sold out their students and staff.
Breaking News: Cornell University reached an agreement with the Trump administration that would restore hundreds of millions in funding to the university. It's expected to pay a $30 million fine to the government and to invest $30 million in agriculture and farming programs.
Cornell Reaches Deal with Trump Administration to Restore Research Funds
The Ivy League university had warned of layoffs after the Trump administration stripped it of funds this year. The cuts were among the deepest in higher education.
nyti.ms
November 8, 2025 at 1:06 PM
November 3, 2025 at 4:41 PM
My mother in-law passed away early this morning. Doubtful that a kinder person ever trod the earth, she will be deeply missed.
November 3, 2025 at 3:16 PM
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they were going all abreast with great speed
October 31, 2025 at 12:47 PM
The Corporation for Public Broadcasting is out of control
CPB showed at a client’s home in nyc today for “consensual chat” about their social media posts. client is an american citizen if you care about such things.
October 30, 2025 at 3:03 PM
October 30, 2025 at 2:06 PM
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There is no Dana, only BIG FALL SAVINGS AT MENARDS
October 29, 2025 at 1:08 AM