Martha Bechtel
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Martha Bechtel
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Writer, artist, gamer, model horse addict, crafting-crafter-that-crafts... Looking for a digital home where I can talk hobbies and geek out. (Martha.net)
I had waaaaaay too much fun using it as a checklist of 'ooo, I remember that!' 😂
January 9, 2026 at 4:04 PM
Annnnd the unit tests found bugs, so time to fix those and then do more doodles I suppose! 😂
January 9, 2026 at 3:13 PM
He dug many holes (bucketloader) and was a friendly doofus (buckethead). 😂

So his full name is: Sir Buckethead the Gallant

He's a bit scary looking, so I named him something silly so when I introduced him to folks they'd laugh and relax.

He's older but still a friendly doofus! 😂
January 6, 2026 at 8:05 PM
There are some games genres I enjoy that I'm beyond horrid at playing... so I watch entertaining play-throughs by other humans instead. (Sometimes they don't play any better than I would, but it's funny and not infuriating when it's happening to someone else. 😂)

No robots needed!
January 6, 2026 at 7:49 PM
He was still nervous but relaxed enough at the end to let the vet get behind him and skritch his butt! Where shots go! He even gave the vet and vet tech medium-sized wags!

They have the time to go slow with him (and they -want- to) and I just... there are no words for The Happy I have right now. 😭
January 6, 2026 at 7:22 PM
The old vet got bought out by VCA who then got bought by Mars... and yeah. Roughly 2.5 years ago the new staff stopped being able to work with him without sedation, which takes him four hours to wake up from. (I'd sit in the car in their parking lot with him.)

So, new vet, new hope. Wish us luck! 😰
January 6, 2026 at 4:59 PM
More model horses in the feed is always a win! 😁🎉

...although now I'm curious how many palominos are cantering along your shelves! 🤔 (I've got a passel of dilutes, but not sure how many actual palominos.)
January 5, 2026 at 5:32 PM