futurballa
@futurballa.bsky.social
Photographer, wine lover, retired software quality engineering manager at Adobe. All thoughts and musings are my own.
I feel pretty good about myself when I know who both the host and the musical guest are on SNL
February 2, 2026 at 2:46 AM
I feel pretty good about myself when I know who both the host and the musical guest are on SNL
Greg Bovino most certainly shops from the Roger De Bris collection.
January 27, 2026 at 3:57 AM
Greg Bovino most certainly shops from the Roger De Bris collection.
I think he meant “bored of peace”.
January 23, 2026 at 5:06 PM
I think he meant “bored of peace”.
Humpback whale breaching off the Kaanapali coast. #photography #goldenhour
January 12, 2026 at 8:36 PM
Humpback whale breaching off the Kaanapali coast. #photography #goldenhour
Just finished The Mill of the Gods by Tim Powers a great outing from a favorite author. Midnight in Paris for the weird fiction aficionado.
January 7, 2026 at 8:15 PM
Just finished The Mill of the Gods by Tim Powers a great outing from a favorite author. Midnight in Paris for the weird fiction aficionado.
December 31, 2025 at 4:09 AM
Glenn Close has grown up to be Cloris Leachman. Don’t get me wrong. This is a very good thing.
December 26, 2025 at 1:50 AM
Glenn Close has grown up to be Cloris Leachman. Don’t get me wrong. This is a very good thing.
Love this. I’ll be having a Kandinsky tree next year.
December 26, 2025 at 12:25 AM
Love this. I’ll be having a Kandinsky tree next year.
The Pope is literally holier than thou. Just saying.
December 25, 2025 at 4:10 PM
The Pope is literally holier than thou. Just saying.
The annual listening to Alice’s Restaurant Massacree has commenced. Happy Thanksgiving!
November 27, 2025 at 3:00 PM
The annual listening to Alice’s Restaurant Massacree has commenced. Happy Thanksgiving!
The Thanksgiving wines have been chosen.
Birichino 2022 Riesling
Birichino 2022 Hic Svnt Dracons Rose
Tablas Creek 2018 Grenache
Desparada 2018 Nebbiolo Luna Matta Vineyard
Birichino 2022 Riesling
Birichino 2022 Hic Svnt Dracons Rose
Tablas Creek 2018 Grenache
Desparada 2018 Nebbiolo Luna Matta Vineyard
November 25, 2025 at 6:58 PM
The Thanksgiving wines have been chosen.
Birichino 2022 Riesling
Birichino 2022 Hic Svnt Dracons Rose
Tablas Creek 2018 Grenache
Desparada 2018 Nebbiolo Luna Matta Vineyard
Birichino 2022 Riesling
Birichino 2022 Hic Svnt Dracons Rose
Tablas Creek 2018 Grenache
Desparada 2018 Nebbiolo Luna Matta Vineyard
DUMBO Manhattan Bridge view
November 13, 2025 at 2:54 PM
DUMBO Manhattan Bridge view
I can always count on @joshtpm.bsky.social to talk me off the ledge.
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A Quick Take on Team Cave’s Big Win
I have what I suspect is a somewhat counterintuitive take on the...
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November 10, 2025 at 4:08 PM
I can always count on @joshtpm.bsky.social to talk me off the ledge.
talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/a-qui...
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I’m watching All the President’s Men. It all seems so quaint now.
November 4, 2025 at 7:07 PM
I’m watching All the President’s Men. It all seems so quaint now.
You and me both.
October 27, 2025 at 7:26 PM
You and me both.
It’s like having Tony Soprano run the government.
October 21, 2025 at 10:49 PM
It’s like having Tony Soprano run the government.
Here’s a piece of trivia I had long forgotten. Nicolas Rose was third DP on the 1967 film of Casino Royale.
September 25, 2025 at 1:26 AM
Here’s a piece of trivia I had long forgotten. Nicolas Rose was third DP on the 1967 film of Casino Royale.
Co-opting Rosh Hashanah for the rapture is just cultural appropriation.
September 23, 2025 at 4:14 PM
Co-opting Rosh Hashanah for the rapture is just cultural appropriation.
Currently reading Roger Zelazny’s A Night in a Lonesome October.
Can’t recommend it enough. Somehow this slipped through my radar. So glad to have discovered it.
Can’t recommend it enough. Somehow this slipped through my radar. So glad to have discovered it.
September 22, 2025 at 2:31 AM
Currently reading Roger Zelazny’s A Night in a Lonesome October.
Can’t recommend it enough. Somehow this slipped through my radar. So glad to have discovered it.
Can’t recommend it enough. Somehow this slipped through my radar. So glad to have discovered it.
New from Beatie Wolfe and Brian Eno. Kind of moody, ambient, slow dance music I could see David Lynch using on a soundtrack. tidal.com/browse/track...
Brian Eno - Part Of Us
Listen to Part Of Us on your streaming service
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September 20, 2025 at 6:40 PM
New from Beatie Wolfe and Brian Eno. Kind of moody, ambient, slow dance music I could see David Lynch using on a soundtrack. tidal.com/browse/track...
