Allan

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Gen X; Programmer; Graph Theory Hobbyist; Player of Games; Voracious Reader; WEF/Sk8J/V ex-pat; He/Him

Three stills of Chris Evans as Jensen in The Losers, in an elevator, stripped down to a tight white t-shirt and black underwear as he changes clothes.
Various computer cables hanging shower curtain hooks on a closet rod.
Reese’s Oreo packaging, showing Reese’s cups that are milk chocolate on the bottom, white chocolate on the top and contain a layer of peanut butter and a layer of chocolate cookie crumbles.
A Klein 10-Fold, 10-in-1 folding screwdriver, in black.
An Leatherman Wave multitool, with all of the tools showing. There is a label that reads “18 tools”.
A crudely modified poster for the 1991 film "Cool as Ice", showing Vanilla Ice leaning on a motorcycle, with Kristin Minter eyeing him from behind. The modified poster reads: Starring in his first motion picture Vanilla Spice When a girl has a heart of stone, there's only one way to melt it. Just add Spice. Dune Part Three Cool As Spice
HAN It's the ship that made the Kessel run in less than twelve parsecs! Ben reacts to Solo's stupid attempt to impress them with obvious misinformation
A Google search for “spike jonze this is america”, which shows an AI Overview that incorrectly states: “Spike Jonze directed the music video for "This Is America" by Childish Gambino, a visual work that is noted for its bold and controversial depiction of American violence and consumerism. The video's imagery, including” (the screenshot cuts off the overview mid-sentence).
Val Kilmer as Doc Holliday in Tombstone, saying “My hypocrisy only goes so far”.
A newspaper article, which reads: BARS GIRL FROM TOURNEY Will Compete Against Women In the Open Foil Competition To Be Held Saturday By LOUISE THOMANN Helene Mayer, champion girl fencer of Mills College, who won the men's title in the open foil in the bay division, has been barred by the Amateur Fencers' League of America from competing against the men in the Pacific Coast championships to be held April 6 and 7 at the Hotel Claremont, Berkeley. Her winning the men's open foils championship several weeks ago should have automatically qualified her for the competition, but the event caused considerable discussion locally and application for a ruling on a woman fencing against men was finally made to the New York body of the Amateur Fencers' League. By the decision, according to Eric Funke, she is prevented from fencing either in competition or exhibition with men-the reason given that it is degrading to the sport. Satisfied with the ruling, men fencers locally are wishing that the body might have given a better excuse, since they believe they have one. ODDS AGAINST THEM They feel that the odds are against them when they fence against a woman. First of all, they say, they find themselves reluctant to attack in dueling because of fear of hurting her. Furthermore, there are some men in the local fencing league who are shorter than she is, as she stands 5 feet 10, and with the difference of the legal area of attack on men and women they are at a disadvantage. Thus they cannot fence as well as they would against a man opponent. There are some of the local fencers who have wished that she could fence with them in the Pacific Coast tournament-and thus remove the general opinion she is so much better than they. They feel that if she reached the finals she would meet opponents who could not only defeat her easily, but, fighting for the championship title, would overcome any reluctance dictated by their finer sporting instincts. (Abbreviated due to alt-text limitations)
““That’s a clue. Too much positive is either scared or stupid or both. Reality is uncertain. Lot of people need certainty. They look around for the way it’s supposed to be. They get a television-commercial view of the world. Businessmen learn the way businessmen are supposed to be. Professors learn the way professors are supposed to be. Construction workers learn how construction workers are supposed to be. They spend their lives trying to be what they’re supposed to be and being scared they aren’t. Quiet desperation.”” — Early Autumn by Robert B. Parker
The anthropomorphic duck Drake Mallard, secret identity of Darkwing Duck.
Peter Weller as Buckaroo Bonzai, playing guitar with the Hong Kong Cavaliers.
Peter Weller as Buckaroo Bonzai, playing guitar with the Hong Kong Cavaliers.
A red fox meeple and a grey raccoon meeple facing each other.
The cover of the 1st edition of the game “Who Goes There”, based on the John Campbell story of the same name, which was the source material for John Carpenter’s “The Thing”. It shows the silhouette of an Antarctic research station, framed by tentacles, with the caption “Its favorite place to hide… is you.”
A chart from Google Books Ngram, showing the usage of the phrase “slide deck” from 1987 through 2022. The line starts ticking up around 2003, then sees significant growth around 2007, 2014, and 2018.
A person standing behind a large deli slicer.
The cover of Action Comics Annual #3 from 1991. It shows an RBG-like judge swearing Superman in as president, behind a podium with the seal of the president. The issue has an “Armageddon 2001” banner across the top, indicating that the story takes place 10 years in the future.
Richard Dreyfuss sculpting mashed potatoes in Close Encounters of the Third Kind.
The poster for the movie “The Losers”. The tag line is “Anyone else would be dead by now.” The point of view is from the ground, looking up at a palm tree and six armed people, played by Idris Elba, Zoe Saldana, Jeffrey Dean Morgan, Chris Evans, Columbus Short, and Oscar Jaenada.
Four panels from Hellboy, written and drawn by Mike Mignola. The first three are set in hell: Panel 1: Astaroth, Grand-Duke of the Infernal Regions: “What’s all the noise about?” Mammon: “It is the boy. He has eaten the pancake.” Panel 2: Haborym: “He will never come back to us now.” Panel 3: Astaroth: “Truly this is our blackest hour.” Panel 4: A plate containing pancake crumbs and a fork.
“Cars parked in a tow-away zone or parked on property without permission may be towed at the car owner's expense. These tows are known as Private Property Tows. A property owner may have a boot attached to the wheel instead of having the car towed. These pages provide information for consumers who have had their vehicle towed in a private property tow.”
A black, rugged rolling case, open, with a laptop sitting in it and a spool of cable attached at one end. The cable is attached to a portable xray device that appears to be roughly the size of a camcorder and a portable plate.
The box art from Steffen Benndorf’s card game “The Game”. The art is fairly abstract. It is evocative of snails, plants, mountains and the sun, and is completely irrelevant.
The cover of The Poppy War by R.F. Kuang. It features a woman holding a drawn bow in black and white, with wisps of smoke entangling the title.
A cover of Burning Chrome by William Gibson. I’m not sure what the art is intended to depict.
The cover of The Palace Job by Trick Weekes. It reads “Patrick Weekes” because it was written before they decided that they prefer “Trick”. The cover features an ensemble including a unicorn, a woman with a large hammer (Desidora), a woman with a sword over her shoulder, a wizard and an acrobat, all rendered in black. In the background, rendered in purple are a palace and an airship.
The cover of Fortune’s Pawn by Rachel Bach. It features a face-on view of a woman through the visor of a spacesuit. On the visor, we can see several heads-up displays.
The cover of Caliban’s War by James S.A. Corey. It depicts a large spacecraft over a world, with large amounts of smoke emanating from somewhere on the surface.
The cover of “Ninth House” by Leigh Bardugo. There is a snake interwoven with the letters. I have clumsily circled the word “Ninth” in red.
“Barbie Brunette Fashion Doll & Service Dog Playset with Wheelchair, Ramp, and Accessories” in packaging.
A purple container, 6+’ tall and 2.5 parking spaces long. The sign on the side reads: “Recycle Glass - We’re crushing it!
A black dashboard button in a car, showing an “A” with a clockwise circular arrow on it, and the word “OFF” below it.
Moana, from Disney’s Moana film, with the ocean and storm clouds in the background, looking disappointed.
A page from Barney Saltzberg’s Beautiful Oops. It reads, in handwritten, slightly sloppy, and colorful text: “When you think you have made a mistake, think of it as an opportunity to make something beautiful!” “Mistake” is circled and has an arrow leading to the parenthetical comment “(and what kid or grown-up hasn’t?)”.
6 panels from the graphic novel adaptation of William Gibson’s Neuromancer Panel 1: Case exits the bar, saying “Christ - Ninsei was a lot simpler.” Panel 2: Case uses a cigarette machine, while the pay phone in the wall next to it rings. Panel 3: Case answers the phone, saying “You got the wrong number. This is a public-“. He’s cut off by the voice on the phone, which says “Hello Case. This is Wintermute.” Panel 4: Close up on an astonished Case, while the voice on the phone says “It’s time we talk.” Panel 5: The dangling handset, dropped says “Don’t you want to talk, Case? Know what this is all about?” Panel 6: Case walks away, along a bank of pay phones. Each phone rings as he passes it.
A 360° panorama photo taken of the horizon during the 2017 eclipse.
A face-on photo of a black & mottled black/white Australian Cattle Dog puppy that has her front legs on my knee.
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The cover of Marine Biology (A San Andreas Shifters Short Story Prequel) by Gail Carriger. It depicts a partially submerged, bare-chested man looking through glasses and a microscope(?) at the surface of the water, within the silhouette of a wolf.
A topographical map of the United States with the Rocky Mountains circled.
A fragment of a post that reads: “If they get the money they have to dispose of it before it becomes “income”.”
A glass sculpture by Karen LaMonte, portraying a woman in a flowing dress, reclining on her side, with the woman removed, leaving only the glass.
Poster for the film Battlefield Earth (2000)
Lyrics from Chubby Checker’s song “Pony Life”: Now ya turn to the left when I say gee, You turn to the right when I say haw, Now gee, ya ya baby, Now haw, ya oh baby, oh baby, pretty baby, Do it baby, oh baby, oh baby, Boogety, boogety, boogety, boogety shoo.
An XKCD strip by Randall Monroe. The transcript from explainxkcd.com is below. [Caption above the panel:] I try not to make fun of people for admitting they don't know things. [Caption right below said caption:] Because for each thing "everyone knows" by the time they're adults, every day there are, on average, 10,000 people in the US hearing about it for the first time. [A list of equations.] Fraction who have heard of it at birth = 0% Fraction who have heard of it by 30 ≈ 100% US birth rate ≈ 4,000,000/year Number hearing about it for the first time ≈ 10,000/day [Caption above the next panel:] If I make fun of people, I train them not to tell me when they have those moments. And I miss out on the fun. [Megan is standing. Cueball is walking, with his palm out.] Megan: "Diet Coke and Mentos thing"? What's that? Cueball: Oh man! Come on, we're going to the grocery store. Megan: Why? Cueball: You're one of today's lucky 10,000.
A screenshot from the Del Monte Foods website showing the lineup of College Inn products with the following history: “College Inn has a rich history, originating in the 1920s as the famous College Inn restaurant in Chicago’s Hotel Sherman. At the College Inn restaurant, Chef Joe Colton’s famous Chicken a la King dish was made with a secret recipe chicken broth. Today,” (The screenshot ends mid-sentence.)
Text from the manufacturer’s website, which reads: “Unlike our Floaties, these focus the flotation around your childs core leaving their arms free for full range of motion. Children will experience a stable float, while relying on their own body movements to move around. They are not a life jacket, nor are they rated for use on a boat. These are a swim aid intending to help your children gain confidence and learn fundamentals of swimming while remaining safe in the water. We do suggest children have a level of comfort in the water prior to using these vests and they must be used under parental supervision.” The following passages are in bold: “are not a life jacket, nor are they rated for use on a boat” and “must be used under parental supervision”
An Aquarius computer, made by Mattel.
A headline of a Wired article by Amit Katwla. Headline: Amazon Let Its Drivers’ Urine Be Sold as an Energy Drink Summary: Amazon sold bottles of urine marketed as an energy drink, a new documentary alleges. The company is said to make it alarmingly easy to sell dangerous items to children. Picture: a blonde man holding a yellow bottle labeled “RELEASE”.