H. P. Minecraft

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geography student with a poor sense of direction he/him

excerpt from Suetonius' THE TWELVE CAESARS. "66. His uneasiness of mind was aggravated by a perpetual stream of reproaches from all sides; and every one of his condemned victims either cursed him to his face or arranged for a defamatory notice to be posted in the theatre seats occupied by senators. His attitude to these reproaches varied markedly: sometimes shame made him want nobody to hear about the incident, sometimes he laughed and deliberately publicized it. **He even had a scathing letter from Artabanus, King of Parthia, in which he was accused of murdering his immediate family, with other innocent persons, and of disgustingly obscene practices; and recommended to satisfy the intense and pardonable longings of his people, who loathed him, by commiting suicide as soon as convenient.**"
three books arranged on a bed, covers upwards: Malcolm C. Lyons' new translation of The Arabian Nights, A Memory Called Empire, and Stories of Your Life and Others. Barnes & Noble had a storewide 25% off sale yesterday. also a bunch of discontinued Lego sets, like the Ornithopter from Dune and the Pac-Man arcade cabinet. I guess that's the place to go for year-old unopened Lego sets
it's da joker baby
i'm placing my mail-in ballot for California's November 2025 special election in my mailbox. i remembered to put the flag up, don't worry. actually i don't send things through the mail too often so it was a bit of a novelty. been thinking about getting into writing letters lately, although it could be tough to get in touch with people I'm not already talking to often since I probably don't know their addresses. something to figure out ig
A24's 40th anniversary Blu-Ray release of STOP MAKING SENSE, which I own now
futuristic city of the "the world if…" meme
the iOS App Store page for the Scottish Rite S. J. App. the icon is a gaudy overwrought gold seal which, now that I'm looking at it, might have been a photograph? wild. anyway this is an app for Freemasons. screenshots show a home page and a profile page, which apparently includes a digital membership card.
a story posted on skynews: "You're barred! British pub drinkers say if Vladimir Putin walked in they'd 'wreck' him"
a photo of Space Shuttle Endeavour in its hangar at the California Science Center
the title screen for Astro Squid
domon kasshu (anime man, protagonist of Mobile Fighter G Gundam) holding a photo of a man and asking if you've seen that man
June 24, 2024 Newsweek article titled "Boeing Astronauts 'Stranded' on Space Station: What We Know"
the logo of the United States Postal Service
an iron-carbon phase diagram
alfred e neuman*'s head in front of a solar corona *the kid from mad magazine. I'm 23, why am I making this joke. it's multiple generations past its sell by date. what's wrong with me
hexagram numbers in King Wen sequence (via Wikipedia)
a can of Stone Xocoveza, an imperial stout "inspired by Mexican hot chocolate"
CHIEF: dracula is in our sights. Take the shot! SNIPER: I can't Sir. I'm Woke! ME (watchibg through binoculars): He's woke! He wont do it! -wint (@dril)
from the Wikipedia article on Johnny Appleseed: "During his later life, he was a vegetarian. Chapman [Johnny Appleseed's actual surname] chose not to marry, as he believed he would find his soulmate in Heaven if she did not appear to him on Earth."
Michael Jordan quoted saying "How is it legal for a guy to be named Michael B. Jordan? That's just my name but with a B. I call 911 every day about this."
MANHATTAN SPECIAL premium coffee soda (original)
an altered map of the United States that contains many spurious additional states, with a title reading "GEOGRAPHY CHALLENGE: CAN YOU LABEL ALL THE STATES?" the joke is that it shouldn't be possible because of the extra states, but that didn't stop me.
a cube
a loaf of challah, shaped like a turkey. roughly anyway. it's a family tradition
a photograph of Karl Marx, captioned with the text "gamers aren't oppressed but they should be" (originally found in his 1871 pamphlet "Der Bürgerkrieg in Frankreich")
a sketch of a zeppelin on lined paper. a very small (rougly proportionate) figure's falling out of it as someone in the gondola says "no ticket."
Tucker Carlson on his late and unlamented Fox News show framed next to a photo of a distressed M&M, captioned with "MISERABLE, NON-BINARY CANDY IS ALL WE DESERVE" can you believe this shit. they put this on TV
the introduction of the Wikipedia article on States Rights Gist, a Confederate brigadier general. his father did in fact give him that name. don't name your kids States Rights
a painting of Rivendell
a tweet by @funandnormal on twitter, posted January 17, 2021. it reads: star wars fan: [crying] you cant keep doing this george lucas: now this guy is a pretty bad customer. his name is darth crumbo
an auto repair shop. the sign reading "AUTO SERVICE" has been damaged: the T is missing its upper line, making it look like a lowercase dotless I
face reveal⁉️ anyway it's me with Gunma-chan at Anime Expo 2023