Rich Saskal

@saskal.com

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Mostly here for #fcunion, Buffalo Sabres doomerism turned baffling triumphalism, transport/AvGeekery, and watching the world go to hell in a hand basket.

A referee in a yellow shirt strides between two men lying prone on the field.
A large-framed grey tabby cat, Marvin, totally fitting fine (not really, but he believes) in a medium-size cardboard tray that once held cat-food cans.
Screenshot showing puck “conclusively” across the goal line in a goalie’s glove
T shirt with 26 Shirts legendary ‘Crossing the Niagara’ design, with several Sabres in a small boat and the Rasmus Dahlin figure hoisting a huge ‘River Hockey’ flag.
Scene from ‘This is Spinal Tap’ in which Stonehenge prop was in danger of being crushed by a dwarf.
A space capsule in a blue sky, slowed down by three big parachutes
Headline from The Athletic: ‘Quadruple amputee cornhole professional jailed on murder charges’
Very tall defenseman wearing #64 and somewhat less tall counterpart wearing #73
Fellow in a concession stand line with a Buffalo Sabres jersey labeled ‘Jeanneret’ and a microphone outline where the numbers usually are.
On-screen Microsoft dialogue box saying “updating Microsoft 365 and Office, please wait a moment…”
Final score: Sharks 5, Oilers 4
Frank Schmidt enjoying a hearty laugh
Partial California license plate starting with 9X. There’s only 9Y & 9Z to go, folks.
iPhone notification that the Bills-Browns game of August 20, 2015, has ended.
Representation of a 1912 print edition of The Onion, with headline: WORLD'S LARGEST METAPHOR HITS ICE-BERG TITANIC, REPRESENTATION OF MAN'S HUBRIS, SINKS IN NORTH ATLANTIC
Flighty app screenshot noting that this Boeing 767-300 had its first flight: Dec 14, 1990 and is 34 years old.
A bowl of Shreddies cereal, accompanying cereal box, and a Tim Horton’s coffee.
Cover of ‘Enjoy Every Sandwich’, a Warren Zevon tribute album.
Report of a recent (minor) earthquake. I felt it.
Way finding sign at Oakland Coliseum directing to ‘A’s Fan Center’
Warmups at the historic Oakland Coliseum before Oakland Roots v. Hartford Athletic
Preparing for gametime at the Oakland Coliseum
Email from DFL: ‘Hello football fan, Thank you for the additional information, and please accept our apologies for the error. We have forwarded this internally and are currently working on it.’
Aging, graffiti-tagged passenger train car.
Business Class label on a new Acela trainset, seen from parallel train
An empty new Antrak Acela, as seen from a Metro North train running parallel in Connecticut.
Local man holds up today’s East Bay Times, bearing the headline ‘Bay Area population quickly growing old’
Grey and orange cats looking at me unnervingly
White 1990s Alfa Romeo 164 Quadrifoglio in a supermarket parking lot.
Fuelly data for one 2023 Alfa Romeo Giulia: 14.8 mpg over 23,000 miles.
PayPal Park in San Jose ahead of a mildly anticipated US Open Cup match pitting the San Jose Earthquakes against the Portland Timbers.
Scene at Selhurst Park, where I watched Crystal Palace at home last season.
Headline: White Smoke Signals a Pope Has Been Chosen
East German flag flying over a run-down East Bay used car lot
BMW i3 in service as a Vatican City cop car. It is plugged in.
The legendary Oakland Coliseum
Soccer players in front of full stands.
Big sign saying ‘Welcome to the fun side of Frankfurt airport’
Final score on the board in Sinsheim: Hoffenheim 0, Union Berlin 4
Poster for the 1998 film Still Crazy, featuring the members of the fictional Strange Fruit
Apple Music on my laptop sans artwork of 5 Tom Petty albums.
Text: ‘You're giving money to Apple, and Apple will then transfer 100 percent of it to the Red Cross.’ (Excerpt of post on Daringfireball.net)
Something like 20 or so little jars that once contained spices beyond their expiration dates, stretching as far back as the teens.
A 1993 Nissan Sentra SE-R, in Ruby Red.
A 1993 Nissan Sentra SE-R. In Ruby Red paint. Taken in 2002.
A ‘most streamed’ list led by Paul Kelly, Iron Maiden and Jason Isbell
N774UA, the oldest operating 777, at KOA yesterday, Nov. 23, 2024.
N774UA, a 30-year-old Boeing 777.
Flightradar 24 screen grab of the Lockheed C-5 Galaxy that overflew my neighborhood.
Dozens of crows flying around at apparent random and cawing.
‘Werewolf ‘I voted’ sticker design, winner in the middle school category of the Michigan Secretary of State’s sticker contest. Credit: Jane Hynous of Brownell Middle School.
Onion headline last week: Both Campaigns Release Ads Showcasing Trump's Most Racist Comments
90s-era Toyota Camry wagon with two, yes two, rear wipers.
View from the West Point Inn on Mt. Tam, featuring a sea of fog, out of which poke the too of Salesforce Tower, one Golden Gate Bridge tower, and Sutro Tower.
ANA Boeing 787, enroute to LAX from Japan, over the San Francisco Bay Area. And the moon.
New York Times obituary headline: ‘Greg Kihn, 75, Who Elevated Power Pop With 'Jeopardy' and ‘The Breakup Song’
Narrow-guage steam locomotive and its engineer waiting for departure time at Drei Annen Hohne, Germany.
Stadion an der alten Försterei, Berlin, filling up before Union Berlin’s preseason match against Rangers.