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Derek
@thomsirveaux.bsky.social
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Books, cats, MST3K, Hawkeyes, Chicago Cubs. Native Iowan marooned in Spartanland. Rarely funny on purpose.
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The news is awful. Have some cats.

(They're sharing my lap more often & I love it.)

#cats #catsofbluesky
Penny, a buff ginger cat, is curled up on my lap in the foreground & Finn, a brown & white tabby, is stretched out facing my feet
December 5, 2025 at 3:52 AM
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JFC Nebby! 😆
November 28, 2025 at 8:12 PM
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Reading a decidedly shorter book than the last one. The fact that Saunders has a new book coming out in a couple months also played into this decision.

#booksky
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Cover of Liberation Day, a book of short stories by George Saunders
November 25, 2025 at 11:44 PM
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Sweet boo

#cats #catsofbluesky #caturday
Finn, a brown & white tabby, is sleeping on my arm with his tucked forward & a paw around his head
November 23, 2025 at 12:18 AM
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It almost slipped under the radar, but Solvaj Balle's new book was released this past Tuesday. Because I hadn't purchased a book in nearly three months & coincidentally I'd just finished #Schattenfroh I thought I would treat myself.
#booksky
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Penny, a petite ginger cat, has a look of slight confusion as to why she has to pose with Solvaj Balle's book On The Calculation Of Volume III
November 21, 2025 at 12:32 PM
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Things have escalated

#cats #catsofbluesky #caturday
Finn, a brown & white tabby, is now sitting on my legs while Penny, a buff ginger girl, has moved down to my lower back
November 16, 2025 at 3:19 AM
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Our sweet little Miss Murder Mittens

#cats #catsofbluesky #caturday
Penny, aka Miss Murder Mittens Penelope Ann Pistachio, a buff ginger girl cat, is sitting on my back with claws at the ready
November 16, 2025 at 2:47 AM
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Post your favorite Star Trek character, wrong answers only
Brad Lesley as the Brown Spider from Takeshi's Castle / MXC
November 15, 2025 at 4:42 PM
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We have a new little free library across the street & down half a block. This book is a most excellent find.
#booksky
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Cover of the book Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe
November 4, 2025 at 12:36 PM
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Number 2 this morning!
Photo of an "I Voted" sticker because I did indeed vote this morning
November 4, 2025 at 12:28 PM
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I start the month of November at page 706 of #Schattenfroh. Still slow, steady progress - emphasis on "slow". Hoping to be done by the middle of the month, which would be about seven weeks.

Gonna be a while before I read a book of this size again.
#booksky 💙📚👀
Photo of pages 706-707 of Schattenfroh by Michael Lentz
November 1, 2025 at 9:39 PM
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We still have a pizza, don't we?
October 26, 2025 at 7:52 PM
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This is good, right?
#hawkeyes
October 25, 2025 at 8:35 PM
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I felt like complete shite yesterday. (I went to work anyway.)

Today I feel a lot better. Waking up to this, how could I not.

#catsofbluesky #caturday
Penny, a buff ginger cat and Finn, a brown & white tabby, are both curled up on either side of my legs in bed
October 25, 2025 at 12:46 PM
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Ugh. Every last bit of energy I have is taking a general strike today.

Not sick, but definitely not even remotely functional.
Lucy Van Pelt's "psychiatric help" booth, the front of which reads "the doctor is 'out'"
October 22, 2025 at 6:33 PM
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Earlier today I finally reached the halfway mark of Schattenfroh. It only took me 22 days! 😱

22 more & then some left to go!
#booksky
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Image of pages 516-517 of Schattenfroh, a book by Michael Lentz. This is just past the halfway mark.
October 19, 2025 at 9:42 PM
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Happy #globalcatday from Finn and Penny!

#catsofbluesky
Finn, a brown & white tabby, shows off his big ol peepers Penny, a buff ginger cat, has beautiful peepers as well
October 16, 2025 at 7:38 PM
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women love the vehicle
The Bluth family's stair car, as seen in Arrested Development
October 16, 2025 at 6:37 PM
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Maaaybe 🙃
October 14, 2025 at 3:17 PM
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How about a cat in a crockpot?
October 12, 2025 at 11:07 PM
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Unsolicited Mick Pic
Black and white photo of Yankees great Mickey Mantle, who has a bat resting on his right shoulder
October 10, 2025 at 10:46 PM
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Penny is tiny but mighty. She only likes ice in her water dish.
Penny, a buff ginger cat, looks attentively at something a bit to her left
October 7, 2025 at 10:00 PM
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Trapped again

#catsofbluesky
Finn, a brown & white tabby, has once again claimed my lap, sitting with his left front paw tucked under his right
October 5, 2025 at 5:39 PM
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Time to dig this'un out. Yikes.
#cubs
October 4, 2025 at 7:04 PM
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I just had both cats on my lap at the same time. That never happens!
#catsofbluesky

(Thank you @bethanne.and.cat for the cute photos!)
Penny, a buff ginger cat, is sitting behind Finn, a brown & white tabby. Penny is looking calm as can be & Finn looks seemingly unbothered with his front forelegs crissed. Penny, a buff ginger cat, is sitting behind Finn, a brown & white tabby. Penny is looking pleased as punch & Finn is looking at the camera slightly perturbed.
October 3, 2025 at 3:08 AM