spiffy

@spiffy.bsky.social

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° generic nerd, recovering font snob, jane of some trades, skipping rocks ° 💜.🎨.🐿.🌈.🌊.💾.🍜.👾 ° substack.com/@spiffyshorts

Gif of scene from Ziegfeld Girl (1941); Sheila Regan (played by Lana Turner) faints, and dramatically slow falls at the bottom of an ornate staircase.
Image of hotdogs wrapped in pastry, also known as pigs in a blanket I made for one of my kids' school assignment. The emergency backup to the cake they originally volunteered me for.
I photoshopped Harris and Walz into the 1995 Oasis Wonderwall poster. Changing Oasis to Harris. Changing Wonderwall to Wonderwalz. And the new single text to: we wont go back 2024. ... Inspired by a walz pun I saw on social media.
Image of flow chart: Hurricane Beryl, Do I Stay or Go? Questions are: Is Ted Cruz at the airport? Is Jim Cantorre on the seawall? Is it a Cat 1 or 2? Or Cat 3?
Image of sketch character from Serial Experiments Lain with words written next to it: where are the cereal experiments, Lain? - drawn by my 12yo
Screenshot of Ghostbusters II scene where the guys are inspecting the Vigo painting but I photoshopped King Charles's portrait by artist Jonathan Yeo in the place of Vigo. No disrespect intended to Yeo, all disrespect intended for King Charles.
Image of my cat loafing next to a phone charging cord.
Text on black background: "how they respond to being insulted: Boomers: you're rude Millennials:you're mean Gen X: your mom" _ (My note: "yo mama", depending on your flavor of Gen X)
gif of scene from The Boy and The Heron in which the heron flies through a porch, past the main character, then veering off to fly toward a pond.
Image of gray and white cat in a gray basket on top of a refrigerator. Usually, he sits facing forward so he can keep an eye on the cooking. Being turned around and sleeping is a new trick.
Gray and white cat digging under a sofa cushion because he buried a toy in there.
Image of a gray and white cat sitting on top of the cookbook I was reading, and the list I was writing. He is unbothered.
Image of a gray and white cat staring pointedly at camera from behind a laptop.
Image of 90s teen cartoon icon, Daria Morgendorffer. Close up of her trademark stoic face, with flames reflected in her eyeglasses.
Image of black and white cat sitting demurely, and perfectly, inside a box of Halloween decorations. She has no intention of vacating the box.
Image of bucket of KFC fried chicken, bag of Dunkin' donuts, and cup of soda. Because this is the meal my Elder Gen Alpha Child requested.
Image of gray and white cat sitting behind laptop, staring pointedly into camera. Mostly, he is annoyed I will not allow him to step on the laptop keys.
Image of man and woman dresses in retro style Halloween masks. Trying to mimic vintage Halloween photos.
4 image collage of white cat with muted orange points: 1st image is of her getting extremely close to the camera, 2nd image is of her tilting her head sharply as she ponders swiping the ball I am holding off screen, 3rd image is of her jumping halfway into a cardboard box, the 4th image is of her leaning into a hand that is scratching behind her cheek.
gif of a pigeon walking into a cardboard box with a flap rigged to close after the pigeon enters. Text overlay reads: bad decisions. Me.
Image of two young folks crouching in grass. A white cat is sniffing curiously at the hands of one person.
Image of actress Jackée Harry in her role as Sandra Clark in the 80s show "227."
Screenshot of scene from Shaun of the Dead, Shaun (played by Simon Pegg) & Ed (played by Nick Frost) are discussing how to kill the zombies in their back yard.
Image of the poster for the 1978 "The Wiz."
Image of gray and white cat half under a blanket, leaning on pillows, and hogging up the bed, because he can and he doesn't have chores. Chores are for the lowly humans who serve him.
Image of my slime character swirling its "hair" with various vintage kitchen whisks and hand mixers into giant, swirling curls. A small hand blender is floating inside its body.
Image of my drawing of a witch or mad scientist holding a book in one hand, and a potion bottle. A slime person is oozing out of the potion bottle. Both characters are looking at the book.
Image of kitchen shelf unit with various small kitchen appliances stored on it. Seated very elegantly on one of the shelves, as though he belongs there, is a grey and white cat.
Illustration by me of a person made of slime hiding in a pumpkin patch from a Frankenstein monster looking person.
Image from a scene in Ghostbusters 2 where the character Janosz tells a restoration artist "Everything you're doing is bad. I want you to know this."
Image base is a screenshot of a scene from the Monty Python Flying Circus Dead Parrot sketch. The face of Elon Musk has been pasted over the face of the customer, in his hand is the twitter bird logo with the "X" logo used to imply the bird is dead. A speech bubble above thd shop keeper reads: It was alive when you bought it.
Image of two people in front of a display of scary Halloween masks. Both people are wearing creepy masks.
Image of a gray and white cat crouched on top of a bookshelf, looking down at the floor, most likely plotting shenanigans.
Image of two triangle onigiri that were ptepped with nori in plastic wrappers designed to keep the seaweed dry and crunchy until eaten. The plastic is designed to be peeled off when you are ready to eat. And the plastic turned out to be way easier to pull off than my brain tried to make me believe. Silly old brain.
Image of teo triangle onigiri. Next to them, a package of onigiri nori in plastic wrappers designed to keep the seaweed dry and crunchy until eaten. The plastic is designed to be peeled off when you are ready to eat. This will be a fun experiment for me.
Image of a black and white tuxedo queen resting peacefully on her favorite box.
Image of gray and white feline jerk face sitting on a table. Before him is a water spray bottle with his name, Sokka, written on it. Also on front of him are a glass of tea, a bowl of human food, and a pitcher of tea. He is definitely pondering how to get away with knocking over the pitcher, and get his paw through the lid, so he can pat pat the liquid inside.
Photo of white board with the following written: "very healthy, may i have: cake, ice cream, cookies, chocolate, pocky sticks, chips, kit kats." Arrows have been drawn to point at "kit kats" and an "I agree" has been added.
Image of black text on white background. Text that reads: "EVERYONE STOP WHAT YOU ARE DOING! Go to O'reilly Auto Parts website (no link provided - I want you to google it) Once at the website, enter "121G" into the part search.... you will thank me later"
Image of (2) gallon jugs of water pushed up against the bathroom door, and a long gray and white cat arm reaching under the door, tapping at the one of the bottles. If this were a video, you would also hear him complaining about how he can't get in. This is the only method to ensure I have mostly undisturbed bathroom time.
It's a gray and white feline jerk face sitting inside a basket atop a refrigerator. He looks like a gentleman but, really, he's looking for an opportunity to swat at any hands that stray too high or bite the hair of a passerby.
Image of Parks & Recreation character April Ludgate holding scissors in a stabby gesture, glaring at the camera. ... It's a good thing I tolerate my coworker.
A meme composed of a painting of Bach with the words "Bach Please" over it. Bach does not look amused- either by me nor this meme he has been reduced to.
Image of scene from the movie "Spaceballs." The 80s Mel Brooks masterpiece that spoofs the Star Wars franchise (and some other sci fi space movies); the Force is called the Schwartz in this movie.
Screenshot of tweet by Monterey Bay Aquarium announcing their departure from x/Twitter: Image of whale breeching water surface. Text reads: The time has come for us to bid fare-whale to Twitter/X for now. But never fear, you can follow us on more socials than here! We'll keep you up to date on all things Ocean and Aquarium wherever you go.
Four pictures of my ridiculously unhelpful gray cat in various stages of attacking the school supplies I'm trying to organize, and put in my kids' backpacks.
Image of the goose from the Untitled Goose Game wielding a knife. Text beneath: AGAB ... "all geese are bastards" ... Because it's funny. It's funny because it's true.
Photo I took in 2017 of a food container that I stuck a note to which read: The 4 yo declared this as gross. ... For anyone wondering: it was chicken and rice left over from the previous night's dinner. At the time, my four year old epicurean was my harshest food critic.