SkullBeard
@skullbeard.bsky.social
Futuendi Gratia
Sometime guest masochist on TATP apocryphal episodes.
Ginger whisperer.
You are under no obligation to follow me. (he/him 🌈 )
Sometime guest masochist on TATP apocryphal episodes.
Ginger whisperer.
You are under no obligation to follow me. (he/him 🌈 )
The best part is...this is the season known as "almost winter".
Followed shortly thereafter by winter and still winter.
Followed shortly thereafter by winter and still winter.
November 29, 2025 at 7:18 AM
The best part is...this is the season known as "almost winter".
Followed shortly thereafter by winter and still winter.
Followed shortly thereafter by winter and still winter.
That's what I keep telling her
November 28, 2025 at 6:42 AM
That's what I keep telling her
Yep
My "partner" is a PhD candidate and this is a frequent topic in our household.
For even more fun, try applying for grants, bursaries and any other funding.
My "partner" is a PhD candidate and this is a frequent topic in our household.
For even more fun, try applying for grants, bursaries and any other funding.
November 28, 2025 at 6:40 AM
Yep
My "partner" is a PhD candidate and this is a frequent topic in our household.
For even more fun, try applying for grants, bursaries and any other funding.
My "partner" is a PhD candidate and this is a frequent topic in our household.
For even more fun, try applying for grants, bursaries and any other funding.
BECAUSE EMAIL SUCKS!
(Doubly so if it's work related)
(Doubly so if it's work related)
November 28, 2025 at 5:13 AM
BECAUSE EMAIL SUCKS!
(Doubly so if it's work related)
(Doubly so if it's work related)
Close...but ze German word implies an attempt to make an improvement
November 27, 2025 at 11:13 PM
Close...but ze German word implies an attempt to make an improvement
I have to borrow this one from German because there isn't an English equivalent...
Verschlimmbesserung
Verschlimmbesserung
November 27, 2025 at 9:55 PM
I have to borrow this one from German because there isn't an English equivalent...
Verschlimmbesserung
Verschlimmbesserung
How loquacious of you
November 27, 2025 at 9:53 PM
How loquacious of you
Yep.
Although, I would prefer the NCC-1701 with TOS characters.
Gotta take what you can get 'er whatever
Although, I would prefer the NCC-1701 with TOS characters.
Gotta take what you can get 'er whatever
November 27, 2025 at 8:42 PM
Yep.
Although, I would prefer the NCC-1701 with TOS characters.
Gotta take what you can get 'er whatever
Although, I would prefer the NCC-1701 with TOS characters.
Gotta take what you can get 'er whatever
Excellent album.
I have it on vinyl somewhere in deep storage
I have it on vinyl somewhere in deep storage
November 27, 2025 at 5:31 AM
Excellent album.
I have it on vinyl somewhere in deep storage
I have it on vinyl somewhere in deep storage
See...I'm going to have to call bullshit on that...
A phobia is an irrational fear...
A phobia is an irrational fear...
November 26, 2025 at 9:20 PM
See...I'm going to have to call bullshit on that...
A phobia is an irrational fear...
A phobia is an irrational fear...
In a dark and dingy bar...
I seem to have vague recollections of seeing them in my university pub...about three decades ago
I seem to have vague recollections of seeing them in my university pub...about three decades ago
November 26, 2025 at 8:04 PM
In a dark and dingy bar...
I seem to have vague recollections of seeing them in my university pub...about three decades ago
I seem to have vague recollections of seeing them in my university pub...about three decades ago
Sadly, there comes a time when cheap ass reading glasses just don't cut it anymore
November 23, 2025 at 11:55 PM
Sadly, there comes a time when cheap ass reading glasses just don't cut it anymore
The Marshal Vibratrem, EHX Epitome and Mark Tremont Wah were pawn shop scores.
The rest were impulse buys...back when I had more money than impulse control
The rest were impulse buys...back when I had more money than impulse control
November 23, 2025 at 7:55 AM
The Marshal Vibratrem, EHX Epitome and Mark Tremont Wah were pawn shop scores.
The rest were impulse buys...back when I had more money than impulse control
The rest were impulse buys...back when I had more money than impulse control
See also:
Heller's Law, the Peter Principle, it's corollaries, inversions, hidden postulates and various permutations.
Shamelessly stolen from my copy of Arthur Bloch's 1982 masterpiece
Murphy's Law
And other reasons why things go wrong!
Heller's Law, the Peter Principle, it's corollaries, inversions, hidden postulates and various permutations.
Shamelessly stolen from my copy of Arthur Bloch's 1982 masterpiece
Murphy's Law
And other reasons why things go wrong!
November 23, 2025 at 7:40 AM
See also:
Heller's Law, the Peter Principle, it's corollaries, inversions, hidden postulates and various permutations.
Shamelessly stolen from my copy of Arthur Bloch's 1982 masterpiece
Murphy's Law
And other reasons why things go wrong!
Heller's Law, the Peter Principle, it's corollaries, inversions, hidden postulates and various permutations.
Shamelessly stolen from my copy of Arthur Bloch's 1982 masterpiece
Murphy's Law
And other reasons why things go wrong!
This is why, when I have cash to spare, I browse the pawn shops in search of something novel.
November 22, 2025 at 11:30 PM
This is why, when I have cash to spare, I browse the pawn shops in search of something novel.
Heh...my parents bought a $40 000 house in 1981...18% interest
November 21, 2025 at 7:04 PM
Heh...my parents bought a $40 000 house in 1981...18% interest
What could possibly go wrong with having an obsequious confirmation bias bot?
November 21, 2025 at 8:39 AM
What could possibly go wrong with having an obsequious confirmation bias bot?
28 years and she still asks, "What's the plan?"
Uh...have we met?
Have I ever had more than the barest hint of a plan?
Murphy taught me that no plan survives initial contact unscathed.
Why waste the effort?
Uh...have we met?
Have I ever had more than the barest hint of a plan?
Murphy taught me that no plan survives initial contact unscathed.
Why waste the effort?
November 21, 2025 at 7:47 AM
28 years and she still asks, "What's the plan?"
Uh...have we met?
Have I ever had more than the barest hint of a plan?
Murphy taught me that no plan survives initial contact unscathed.
Why waste the effort?
Uh...have we met?
Have I ever had more than the barest hint of a plan?
Murphy taught me that no plan survives initial contact unscathed.
Why waste the effort?