Brian, the Rude Mechanical

@brian456.bsky.social

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Just some guy; over-educated blue collar worker; avid reader; TTRPG gamer; progressive. Gas station food aficionado. He/him

A white Noritake china plate with a gold rim.
A 57 year old man sitting in an arena. He has a salt-and-pepper moustache and goatee.
A black, brown and white tabby cat with a white smudge on her nose. She looks at the camera with her head slightly cocked. I suspect she is wondering why I am pointing the camera at her, rather than petting her
A bald man with a gray moustache and goatee frowns at the camera. He is wearing denim overalls, a blue T-shirt and a blue hoodie. He is actually a much nicer man than his appearance might make you believe.
The cover of Over the Rhine's album, Good Dog Bad Dog. The cover art is a sepia-tone photograph of the band standing in front of a dark backdrop. The three men and one woman are standing in a line, shoulder to shoulder. Three of the men are wearing dark suits with white shirts. The other man is wearing a dark jacket, white shirt and jeans. The woman is wearing a dark dress with white polka dots. In front of them are two Weimaraners, lying on the ground playing.
A chonky black cat lying on a window shelf, sleeping in the sun.
A man with a salt and pepper goatee wearing an aloha shirt with bird of paradise flowers on a black background and a wide brimmed panama hat. He is holding a phone and taking a selfie in a mirror of an optical shop.
An orange kitty with a white belly and back feet, lying stretched out on the floor with his spine twisted so that his back half faces toward the camera and his front half faces away.
An old barn loft, converted into a music space. There is a short stage at the front of the room. The beams and rafters are strung with lights. A small crowd is seated in chairs on the floor of the loft. The atmosphere is warm and cozy.
Rowl, a small orange cat with white back legs and belly is sleeping on the carpet. He is twisted in the middle, with his head and front legs facing on direction and his back legs facing the other. He is physically fine--he is just a little goofball.
This is a black and white photography of the burning Cuyahoga river. Flames rise from the river surrounding a tugboat. Thick black smoke billows from the fire, obscuring th background. From a bridge, a group of firefighters is training a firehouse on the burning area.
An image of the Underpants Gnomes plan from South Park. A whiteboard has a three phase plan written on it. Phase 1: Collect Underpants Phase 2: ? Phase 3: Profit
This is the album cover of Over The Rhine's album, Patience. The cover has a white border with a black-and-white photograph inside. The photo, by photographer Michael Wilson, is a portrait of an old man with long, unruly white hair and beard. His features are weathered and weathered and careworn, and I see deep wisdom in them. The man is wearing an old striped work shirt. The indistinct background is earth and stones and may be an Appalachian hillside. Michael Wilson is a long-time collaborator with Over The Rhine and his photographs feature on several of their albums.
A picture of Mr. Hero's Romanburger, which contains burger patties, grilled salami and Italian luncheon meat, Swiss American cheese, lettuce, tomato, onion, mayo, and Mr. Hero’s house dressing.
An extremely fluffy cat, black and gray with a white face, neck ruff, chest and paws sits on a cat tree with his fluffy tail hanging down.
A gray-bearded man is reclined on a couch. Lying on his chest is an orange tabby kitten looking curiously into the camera. His eyes are wide and ears are alert.
Toby, a fluffy cat with black ears, a blaze of white on his face and a white neck ruff, looks at the camera from his seat in an Amazon box
Angel, a white and orange piebald kitten, is lying on my chest, right in my face. He is looking at the camera and giving his best "yes I know I'm beautiful" pose.
Joan, a black and tan tabby kitten with big white feet, is sitting in the window looking serious and pensive.
A brown and black kitten lying on a man's chest.
Angel, an orange and white cap and saddle kitten is sitting on the chest of a bald man, looking at the camera.
An orange and white tabby Cat looks into the camera. He is lying on the chest of a bald man with a salt and pepper goatee.
Joan, a black and tan tabby kitten, is lying on a sofa cushion, looking at the camera with her paw covering one eye.
An old, probably '70s vintage Durkopp Adler industrial sewing machine. Is is squarish, chunky and made of gray steel.
Angel, a small white kitten with orange cap and saddle markings is sleeping stretched as long as he can get on a sofa.
A tiny white kitten with orange cap and saddle looks directly into the camera
A Zamboni, painted in a red and blue Midwest America Bank logo, grooming the ice of a hockey rink.
A hockey rink during pregame warmups. In the foreground ar the Cincinnati Cyclones, wearing black uniforms with red trim. In the background are the Fort Wayne Komets, wearing black pants and orange jerseys with black trim. GO KOMETS
A medieval illustration of a man using a hoe, wearing a pair of loose white braes with the legs held up by a cord attached to the waist. He wears no shirt or tunic and has a coif on his head.
A picture of a band-aid
A small, black and tan kitten is sleeping in a man's arms.
The Hanson brothers from the movie Slapshot. Three men standing in a hockey rink. Each wears a blue hockey jersey and thick black-rimmed glasses. Each pair of glasses is either broken or askew, and blood runs down the mens' faces.
Rowl, a three-week old orange tabby kitten climbs onto my work boot as I sit on the porch floor. In the background are two of his siblings: Angel, an orange and white piebald, and Joan, a black and brown tabby sniffing at each other.
A tiny tabby kitten with white paws sleeping with her head and front paws hanging out of a cat bed
A fluffy black cat stretches out full length on a blanket, exposing her luscious belly fur.
President Obama portrait, sitting on a chair in front of a wall of ivy.
A rusty, fine toothed saw blade about 8 inches long lies on cracked asphalt. One end is very sharply pointed and the other end is wrapped in cloth tape.
A fluffy black cat looks directly into the camera with big golden eyes.
A fluffy cat, black with a white face and socks, sleeping in a cat tree with his front legs hanging straight out of the side.
A fluffy black cat sleeping in the crook of a man's arm.
A man with a large salt-and-pepper beard, wearing a Captain America T-shirt, round glasses and a khaki ball cap sits in a chair in front of a house. The man is NOT Santa Claus.
A middle aged man with gray hair on the sides of his head and a salt-and-pepper moustache and goatee. He is wearing a black aloha shirt with colorful flowers on it.
My very large black cat, Umber, is sleeping on a fuzzy blanket with pillows in the background.
A fluffy black cat with a white belly sprawled on an orange blanket.
A bright yellow Lamy Safari fountain pen lying on a blank page of a cheap composition book.
A black-and-white photo of Yankees manager Billy Martin kicking dirt on the shoes of a baseball umpire.
A still from the TV movie "The Day After." A highway stretches into the distance with abandoned cars scattered along it. In the background is a huge mushroom cloud.
A large black cat is curled into a little ball, with his head resting on a man's leg
A timber framed barn loft strung with white lights. A small stage is at the front of the room.
A fluffy black cat with a white spot on her belly sprawls on an orange blanket
Vintage Sheaffer Balance advertisement
Three Eversharp Skyline fountain pens. One is gray and black striped, the second is brown tortoise shell and the third is burgundy with a gold cap.
A flatbed wagon full of perennials
A bearded, bald guy, frowning.
A man with a thick salt-and-pepper beard, khaki cap and hi-vis vest leaning against a concrete structure.
A very large black cat lying curled next to me on the sofa with his head resting on my thigh.
A pint of Guinness
A small, fluffy black cat sleeping on her back in a cat tree. All four of her feet are in the air and her tail is hanging over the edge.