David G.

@logophage.bsky.social

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Librarian, puzzler, cat guy, and yes, occasional logophage.

A bingo card I created in January. Currently filled boxes are: Measles-palooza; US troops in Iran; SCOTUS kills VRA entirely; Renewable energy despite everything; Salmonella-palooza; Gov't shutdown more than 2 wks.; and FREE (Partisan gridlock).
Spam text message from “Selective Search,” a self-described “national matchmaking firm” helping “accomplished professionals seeking a committed relationship.”
A Canada goose contentedly munching grass right next to a sign reading “Please keep off the grass”
A gray tabby cat kneading her paws all over my tax preparer’s “consent to use information“ form
Close-up of a gas pump. Diesel is currently $4.999 per gallon. A sticker shows a less-than-flattering portrait of the president, pointing at the price indicator, with the caption “I DID THAT.” Someone seems to have tried peeling the sticker off, without much success.
A whitish kitten and a spotted kitten sitting on a blue flannel shirt
C-3P0 and R2-D2 cross a spaceship corridor, somehow not getting blasted by Imperial stormtroopers engaged in a firefight with the ship's crew.
It’s me, hi
Windows error message: “Something didn’t go as planned. No need to worry—undoing changes. Please keep your computer on.”
The same dish after roasting at 375°F for about 45 minutes, now poised on the dinner table.
A pan of chicken thighs and diced root vegetables, all slathered in olive oil, rosemary, sage, salt, and pepper.
An orange cat comfortably ensconced behind a DM screen, surrounded by TTRPG accoutrements
A wall mounted sundial whose face is more than half obscured by the shadow of the overhanging eave. The gnomon is completely in shadow.
Dude in a rhino t-shirt sitting in the kitchen, left arm fully extended to the side. An orange cat is sitting on his arm, stretched out from shoulder to mid-forearm. The cat looks alert; the guy has a bemused half-smile.
Just a few of the over 500 protesters at this afternoon’s rally. Visible signs include RACISM IS NOT PATRIOTISM, HANDS OFF CENSORSHIP, and FEMINISTS FIGHTING FASCISM.
Children passing notes in the classroom
A cat standing in a shallow cardboard box, closely investigating the box’s packing paper
A small turtle with bugged-out eyes and a gaping mouth, looks like it's screaming.
A brown and white piebald cat and a gray tabby cat lying together, spoon fashion. The tabby is the little spoon, and the piebald’s legs are wrapped around her.
Cover of A Comedy of Terrors, depicting a Roman woman with a dagger looking at a soldier in the middle distance, against the background of the packed Flavian amphitheater
Nighttime shot of two jack-o’-lanterns. On the right, a pretty standard grinning face carved by our then-four-year-old next door neighbor. On the left, a pair of skulls nuzzling one another intimately, one with a top hat and bow tie, the other with a head scarf and pearl necklace.
Gray-and-white piebald cat lounging on a Fukumaru hammock beneath three wall-mounted Fukumaru climbing posts
Mama Cat crouched in a small box, playing with a swinging length of rope. She is very intent.
Slightly under-lit photo of a small, empty kitchen. The walls and fixtures are off-white, while the gas stove, range hood, and refrigerator are white. There's barely enough room to open the oven and fridge at the same time.
Three panel comic. Panel 1: Hooded figure holds two plates, each with a mushroom on it. Says "One is certain death. The other grants membership to the order." Panel 2: zooming out a bit, a plain-clothed figure stands among four hooded figures, and selects a mushroom. Original hooded figure says "Choose wisely". Panel 3: zooming out a bit more, we are outside a public library. Someone is being loaded into an ambulance, and cops are in the process of arresting two hooded figures. Another cop is interviewing a person who seems to have hastily tossed their hooded robe in a nearby trash can. A hand-lettered sign on the library wall reads "MYCOLOGY CLUB MEETUP TODAY".
A seven-year-old and five-year-old are bedecked in beads and scarves. They are in their grandmother’s bedroom.
A selection screen of alternate colors for the default green Citymapper icon, with such descriptive names as “not green,” “not green 2,” and “not green 3.” The black version is called “really really dark green,” and the white “really really light green.”
A cheerful aging couple, both wearing blue, sitting on a rocky beach.
Four black t-shirts drying on hangers on a porch swing. The shirts are hand painted with eclipse images done in white, yellow, and orange paint around a solid black circle, surrounded by paint-splatter stars.
Two places set at a wooden dining table. Each place has a plate of bacon and green-dyed scrambled eggs, and a bowl of green-dyed grits. Empty mugs are set out for tea, with a teapot standing by; and there are two glasses of cranberry juice. Two computers, a printer, and some paper are strewn on the table in the background.
A six year old dressed in a t-shirt and shorts, wearing a backpack and standing in a busy airport concourse, wearing a yellow foam cheese necktie and cowboy hat, holding a yellow foam cheese football, and pretending to drink from a wedge-shaped yellow foam cheese drink holder.
Scatter plot of a bunch of different vehicle models, plotted on cost (X axis) and emissions (Y axis), and color coded by internal combustion (black), hybrid (red), or electric (yellow) power. Numbers 1 and 2 mark a gas and hybrid vehicle driven by my spouse and myself, respectively. 1 is only fair-to-middling on both cost and impact, while 2 beats out even most electric vehicles on cost, and some on both cost and impact.
A dining room table, decked in a blue-and-green tablecloth, upon which are distributed four laptops. One is still in a carry-case; one is covered in stickers. Various papers and accessories are arranged next to each. A power strip in the middle of the table to supply power to them all.
A blackberry-oatmeal pie in process of assembly. The blackberries and brown sugar have been places in the unbaked pie crust, and a bowl of oatmeal filling stands ready to be added.
Part of a search history autocomplete menu based off the starting letters "he". The two autocomplete options given are "heathrow to colchester train" and "helvetica aurebesh."
Two six-week-old kittens are sitting together on a crumpled blue flannel shirt on the floor, still on its hanger. One kitten, named Sci-Fi, is mostly white with light tan markings. The other, Pip, is named for the two round black dots on his side.
A person in a raft at the edge of an Olympic-pool-sized tank. Two whale sharks are visible just below the water’s surface. The person is holding a pole with a red ball on the end, which is part of the whale sharks’ environmental stimulation/play routine.
Frog of a cello bow.
A post-it note on which the following is written: 1. Hospital Mod 50931 2. Convocation 3. Kingston Blues (?) 4. Crane 5. Friggjarhöfn 6. Annie Barnes 7. Aqua polo (?) 8. Mimas, Enceladus, Tethys, Dione, Rhea, Titan, Iapetus
A man sitting (clothed) in a bathtub, in the process of being covered in whipped cream and strawberry syrup by a young girl.
Photo of Harold Lloyd in the silent film Safety Last!
A solidly built, piebald-and-tabby cat comfortably resting in a large flower pot on a wooden deck. Other pots with plants can be seen nearby.