Richard Thresh

@richardthresh.bsky.social

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... husband, parent & grandparent; lover of prog rock; Norwich City supporter; atheist; pedant; reader; writer; watcher; cook; planner; rationalist; and loved (by some).

Roger Dean artwork for two Yes albums - 'Tales from Topographic Oceans' (1973) and 'Relayer'(1974) laid side-by-side
Parts of two albums covers shown together. Top half is from Gentle Giant's self-titled album (1970), the bottom half is Steven Wilson's 2013 album 'The Raven That Refused To Sing (And Other Stories)'
A smiling Denise Schilte-Brown of Tampa Bay Sun, named the USL Super League 'Coach of the Month' for May 2025
Static montage of Tampa Bay Sun FC players Cecile Fløe Nielsen, Sydney Schneider and Brooke Hendrix celebrating the three team-mates being included in the USL Super League 'Team of the Month' for May 2025.
Action shot of Tampa Bay Sun FC player Fløe Nielsen, who has been chosen as the USL Super League 'Player of the Month' for May 2025
Alphabetical list of womens' teams competing in FA Division One South East for 2025/26: Actonians AFC Sudbury Cambridge United Chatham Town Chesham United Dulwich Hamlet Fulham LONONHS London Bees Luton Town Milton Keynes Dons Norwich City Queens Park Rangers
Steven Wilson concert in 2025 - three of the band (Craig Blundell, drums; Nick Beggs, bass; Steven Wilson, vocals/guitars/keyboards) caught mid-song and mid-movement in a blue and purple light. Photo by Diana Seifert, Paris.
Four frame cartoon - two cats in conversation. First Frame Cat 1: "DOMESTICATION COULD BE CONSIDERED UNETHICAL" Cat 2: [Listens] Second Frame: Cat 1: "SURE, THE DOMESTICATED ANIMAL GETS BENEFITS. BUT THE SPECIES LOSES ITS FREEDOM AND IS FOREVER CHANGED" Cat 2: [Listens] Third Frame: [Cats look meaningfully at each other] Fourth Frame: Cat 2: "S0, ARE YOU SAYING WE SHOULD LET THE HUMANS GO WILD AGAIN?" [Cats 1 & 2 look at empty food bowls] Cat 1: "WELL, MAYBE NOT RIGHT NOW"
Norwich City Women FC's goalkeeper Sarah Quantrill; winner of the 2024/25 FAW National League Division One South East Golden Glove, with 12 league clean sheets.
Montage of Norwich City Women FC players/coach in celebratory poses and an image of the Harrod Sport Women's Cup trophy
Norwich City Women FC players celebrating their 7-1 cup final win over Mulbarton Ladies on 4 May 2025
Unattributed quote: "The secret to the Muppets is that they are not very good at what they do: Kermit's not a brilliant host; Fozzie's not a great comedian; Miss Piggy's not a wonderful singer. None of them are actually good at it, but they absolutely love it. They're like a family, and they like putting on the show. They have joy, and because of the joy, it doesn't matter that they're not good at it - and that's what we should all be like ... Muppets"
Final score: Norwich City Women win 3-0 over Queens Park Rangers
'Five Guys' burger joint at dusk. The letters 'F' and 'V' of the illuminated display are not working, so the sign appears to read "IV GUYS". The accompanying quote "There ... are ... FOUR ... guys" is a reference to a well-known episode of Star Trek TNG (Chain of Command, Part II) in which Captain Picard is tortured by Madred, a Cardasian who tries to force Picard to tell him there are 5 lights, when in fact the real number is four. The torture scene in this episode is, in itself, a reference to George Orwell's Nineteen Eighty-Four. In the novel, the slogan is a primary example of doublethink, the ability of the totalitarian ruling party to exert such control they can even make people admit obvious falsehoods. Sensory evidence - or in the case of the novel, analytic truth - is internalized as insanity, and external statements are internalized as true, even when the subject isn't actually insane. The captors are showing their strength not just by forcing the captive, but by forcing reality itself.
Doesn't look like a limerick to you? Try this: A dozen, a gross, and a score Plus three times the square root of four Divided by seven Plus five times eleven Is nine squared and not a bit more,.
Album cover art of 'Bard (2025 Reissue)' by Big Big Train https://bigbigtrain.bandcamp.com/album/bard-2025-reissue
A dozen, a gross, and a score Plus three times the square root of four Divided by seven Plus five times eleven Is nine squared and not a bit more.
A cat called Tigger, curled up on my desk between screen and keyboard and 'helping' me work