Kurt Pankau🥞

@kurtpankau.com

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Writer, computer-wrangler, musician, purveyor of mirth and silliness, lover of dad-jokes and board games. He/him. 🩷💛🩵 kurtpankau.com unclefluffy.band

Of Montreal at Delmar Hall in St. Louis
Program for a concert called "Echoes of Hyrule"
Black truck with a camper cover and oversized dualies on the back which appear to be after-market. It's hyper masculine, but in a rather silly way
Bumper sticker that reads JESUS IS THE REASON FOR THE SEASON
Airport sign offering non-stop travel to Nice (France) but it looks like it just says "NICE"
Sign in a restroom: Toilet Rules. If you're finished, flush it. If it smells, spray it. If you lift it up, put it down. If it runs out, replace it. Ladies, please remain seated for the entire performance. Gentlemen, stand closer, it may be shorter than you think
Painting of an angel in Heaven seen from below, from a gallery ceiling in Mauritshuis
Sign on a shop front that reads SCHOONHEIDSINTITUUT MOYART
Bags of trash in front of a store called "America Today"
Warning sign not to use the elevator during a fire
Close-up of the flying buttresses on a church in Ypres
Mesenpoort memorial entrance, a large arch over the road flanked by lion sculptures
American military cemetery at Flanders Field
Parade of French Gendarmes on horseback, near view
Red hatchback with lots of rounded edges parked on a street in Paris
Selfie wearing a Paris T-shirt and scarf
Rack of condoms with labels like "I ♥️ Paris", "Bitchie" (styled as a Barbie logo), and one with an Eiffel Tower that says "Want to see the tower?"
Painting of Salome holding the head of John the Baptist at the Louvre
People taking pictures of the painting LIBERTY LEADING THE PEOPLE at the Louvre
Narrow nook in a hotel room steeply vaulted on one side, lit with a sconce with a TV on a stand underneath. It looks like the stylized "A" from the Avengers logo.
Graffiti that reads "MORT AU TYRAN PÉDOPHILE ORANGE"
Merriam-Webster "Your 2026 Word" paused on "moribund"
Woman in a clothing ad wearing a shirt that says "White, straight, Republican, male. How else can I piss you off today?"
Sidebar of a website with the heading "Following" and the subhead "You're currently not following anything"
Cover of a M-M romance novel by Page Powars called "And They Were Roommates"
Amusing typo on a menu listing: "Schnitzel. ork, chicken, or vegetarian. Service with German potato salad or spaetzle"
White board that says "NEW BOSS, WHO DIS?" in large letters
Severe weather alert from the NWS showing Red Flag (Fire Weather) conditions in Eastern Missouri, including the St. Louis metro area.
Whiteboard image of a bald man peaking over a wall (a la "Kilroy was here" graffiti from WWII) that says "Kurt was here." The "Was" has been crossed through with red marker and "Will have had been" written as an editorial note.
Black plastic fork whose tines that have been bent to look like a claw.
Cover of the book "Superconvergence: How the Genetics, Biotech, and AI Revolutions Will Transform Our Lives, Work, and World" by Jamie Metzel (Author of "Hacking Darwin). The design is colorful, sciency, and optimistic.
Captain Kirk screaming gif, except instead of "Khan" the text is just "K"
Mr. Rogers, resplendent in a red cardigan
Blue-green thermal tote bag with a picture of a globe and the words "Solving the environmental puzzle" encircling it. At the bottom in smaller font: "Enron Recycles"
Whiteboard drawing of the Grinch wearing a santa hat with the word "Humbug" in big block letters on either side of his head
Lord of the Rings: Duel (board game) box sitting on top of a hardcover Complete Official Strategy Guide to The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom
Small whiteboard drawing of a green pipe from Super Mario in a parody of Magritte's "The Treachery of Images". It starts at the lower right, goes across the bottom, then curves up. A star is emerging from the top. Beneath in cursive it says "Ceci n'est pas une pipe." Above the pipe it says "It's-a not!"
6-inch rain gauge in a garden that is completely full
Me pointing at the "I voted" sticker on my shirt
Fortune cookie fortune that reads: "You are capable, competent, creative, caring. Prove it."
Giant black Chevy Suburban parked in a "Small Cars Only" space in a parking garage
Have Bible Will Travel Church marquis with two Israeli flags and a "No on 3" sign (Amendment 3 would overturn Missouri's abortion ban)
Bottle of Schlafly Summer Lager
Skeet from 19 minutes ago saying "will I delete this in 20 minutes? probably!"
From an email: "Hi Kurt, I came across your profile and noticed your experience in Java technologies."
Me playing banjo in a cowboy hat while performing with a band outdoors.
Highlighted text: "God, I've grown weary of change. The very thought of enduring another new world dismays me. Dismays me."
Me, making an incredible face, wearing a yellow shirt that says "NON-TOXIC"
A can of clam chowder, a can of lobster bisque, both with fairly generic-looking white labels, and a post-it note reading "Free" with a smiley face.
Bottle of Walgreens 91% isopropyl alcohol
Fortune cookie: "Love is like war; ready to begin but hard to stop."
Celebrating 10M users #152,776 First 10% Certified Bluesky Elder
Album cover for "Amnesiac" by Radiohead
Parchment with a cherry blossom tree and a haiku: It's not DNS There's no way it's DNS It was DNS Attributed to SSBroski
An email from Nintendo with the subject line "Time for school! Don't forget to pack your Nintendo Switch system"
"Is this a pigeon" meme (anime young man looking at a butterfly) with text "Is this a computer?"
Angelina Joli and Nicolas Cage crouching behind a car in the movie GONE IN 60 SECONDS
Tweet from Enrique Shockwave (@undeadtresor) I cam here to do 2 things: quote Air Supply and chew bubble gum, and I'm all outta love I'm so lost without you.