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The Questionable Authority
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Father, Army Husband (Ret.), lawyer. KUSK alum; public servant. Litigation disaster tour guide. Odd Fellow (and odd fellow). Proud member of the terminally online community since 1993. he/him
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A very specific style.
A self-conscious goof doing Gangnam Style hands in front of Gangnam Style statue.
November 8, 2025 at 3:23 AM
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Eating street food with a certain style.
Food tray with sauce covering chicken and a cabbage salad
November 8, 2025 at 3:15 AM
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Gyeongbokgung Palace, Changing of the guard.
November 8, 2025 at 3:10 AM
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Gyeongbokgung Palace, Changing of the guard.
Changing of the Guard, Gyeongbokgung Palace, Seoul, Korea. A line of colorfully dressed reenactors with flags and banners stand in a row, running from bottom left to top right in the frame.
November 8, 2025 at 3:07 AM
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Got up and out early today.
Palace wall to the left, fall foliage on trees to the right. Road with Korean writing in foreground
November 7, 2025 at 11:30 PM
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Osaka, early in the morning.
Osaka. Sunrise view of a cityscape with a bridge overhead, reflecting in the calm, reflective river. Skyscrapers silhouette against the soft glow of the sky.
November 7, 2025 at 7:18 AM
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This vending machine has the best tourist warning ever. Also love that there was a vending machine for this randomly on the street.
A white vending machine on a sidewalk, offering bottled soup stock labeled with Japanese text and fish illustrations. A red label warns, "Do not drink. This is a soup stock." Urban backdrop.
November 7, 2025 at 7:12 AM
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Every now and then, my "hit the button enough times and something good will happen" approach to photography pays off.
Imperial Palace, Kyoto. Japanese garden with lush green trees, a small arched wooden bridge, and a blue sky backdrop. A bit of snow is visible in the lower left.
November 7, 2025 at 7:06 AM
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There are some places that just don't seem real, even when you're there. Otherworldly.
Imperial Palace, Kyoto. A serene, moss-covered wooden arch bridge spans across a tranquil pond in a lush garden setting, surrounded by greenery and soft sunlight filtering through trees.
November 7, 2025 at 6:59 AM
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Higashi Hongan-ji Temple.
Higashi Hongan-ji Temple interior with intricate wooden carvings, large tatami mat flooring. The altar is visible in the back, with a monk sweeping just in front of it.
November 7, 2025 at 6:49 AM
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Give me a chance to take train pictures, and there will be train pictures.
A masked train conductor salutes with a white-gloved hand as the Shinkansen leaves Kyoto station, with buildings visible in the background.
November 7, 2025 at 6:28 AM
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Not spectacular. Definitely not unique. But the photo you have to take if you have the chance.
Snow-capped Mount Fuji under a clear blue sky, with a rural town and fields in the foreground. A classic, shot-from-the-Shinkansen view.
November 7, 2025 at 6:24 AM
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And a separate photo thread for the long weekend my wife and I are taking in Seoul - we get there Friday night, leave Monday night. (Why so short? Long story, but mostly the opportunity was there and might not be there again for a while, so why not.)
A plane taking off from the Reef Runway at HNL, with the Honolulu skyline and Diamond Head in the background. The sky is partly cloudy, and some of the Pacific is visible.
November 7, 2025 at 6:21 AM
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A lot of the photos are going to be from Japan, because it's been 10 months, I'm literally on a plane to Korea, but I still haven't really gone through the photos from my last vacation trip.

Gacha vending machines, Sanjo-kai Shopping Street, Kyoto.
Rows of gacha vending machines filled with colorful capsules stretch across the image, from lower right to the left. There are dozens of machines in three layers.
November 7, 2025 at 5:33 AM
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Photo thread -
Since I've got another fourish hours to go on this flight, I'm finally starting to go through my massive backlog of photos. I'm going by date, and jumping around, so no real theme. Just photos I've taken that I kind of like.
The Pacific Ocean off the south shore of Oahu. The sky and sea are so nearly the same color that they blend into each other - the horizon is nearly invisible, with the water and the sky just blending together. There is an old and disused mooring point visible in the left of the frame.
November 7, 2025 at 5:02 AM
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How's "Okinawan Sweet Potato English Scone" rate on the fusion cuisine scale?
Photo of an "Okinawan Sweet Potato English Scone" with an identifying tag in front
November 4, 2025 at 6:42 PM
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Just when you thought a cybertruck couldn't look any dumber. And, yes, thats a mod attached to the cybertruck, not a second vehicle behind it.
A cybertruck, in the unfinished metal look, with an extension of some kind attached to the back, giving the impression that a doorstop has had carnal relations with a hearse.
November 2, 2025 at 7:52 PM
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That was the view from the platform. View from the train wasn't bad today either.
Enormous rainbow visible over the Ewa Plain, Waianae Range in the background.
October 30, 2025 at 5:32 PM
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Good morning from my morning commute.
Sunrise, Oahu. The sun shines out from between the mountains and the clouds, with Pearl Harbor visible to the left, the Honolulu skyline and Diamond Head to the right
October 30, 2025 at 4:43 PM
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Aloha, all -

We're live now - drop by.

Also, is it me, or does this title screen have real "my t-shirt that says..." energy?

twitch.tv/questauthority
October 29, 2025 at 1:26 AM
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The shirt is slightly tight, but it fits, and the size one up is starting to feel like a tent. That's a small win, but I'll take it.
A bald white guy with glasses and a bushy beard in a Reyn Spooner Mobile Suit Gundam shirt that's only slightly tight.
October 26, 2025 at 1:49 AM
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It's...a different kind of night at the FLGS tonight. But a good one.

We'll miss you, George. But we are glad we knew you.

#wargames #rpgs #D&D
A piece of paper with a photo of a tank. Sgt George L L Kalauokalani is written at the top. "...whose turn is it" at the bottom.
October 23, 2025 at 7:45 AM
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I love a morning walk at Ala Moana.
October 19, 2025 at 7:30 PM
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No squirrels in Hawaii (except maybe the zoo). But we've got these.
Photo of well-fed Indian mongoose. Photo of well-fed Indian mongoose.
October 19, 2025 at 7:13 PM
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Good morning from Honolulu, everyone.
A small bush emerges from the rocks at the edge of the shoreline, the flat, blue waters of Honolulu harbor stretch ahead to the harbor mouth in the distance, with the Pacific beyond.
October 15, 2025 at 6:06 PM