Chris Stroupe

@stroupe.net

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Charlottesville, VA. Retired biochemist. Gardening, cooking, hiking, yoga, trumpet, urban forestry, wilderness first aid. He/him.

Front of refrigerator with a Virginia county map, sunrise/sunset dates for 2026, Shakespeare word magnets, Christmas cards, postcards from Pompeii and Pisa, an ancient wood Frigits marble run, and sundry magnets.
Teenage mutant ninja turtles meme that says "Markwayne Mullin fingered nostrils"
teenage mutant ninja turtle logo but it says "Markwayne Mullin fingered nostrils"
Black and white photo of Arnold Schwarzenegger in a ballet studio doing a plié, under the instruction of a petit woman in a leotard and tights
Far Side cartoon of nerds in hell. One nerd is saying to the other, “Hot enough for ya?”
Gray stone gravestone belonging to abolitionist John Brown, in a glass case sitting on green grass with a black wrought iron fence in the background.
a medium-small golden retriever puppy sitting on green grass behind a wire fence, looking at the camera with mouth slightly open
An old Liberty Bond advertisement, showing the Statue of Liberty engulfed in red-orange flames
A staircase landing with stairs leading upwards to the right. A sign on the far wall says "Watch for opening door" even though no door is in sight.
New Yorker cartoon showing a man in a suit standing behind a desk with one hand on a calendar and the other holding a phone receiver to his ear. He's saying "No, Thursday's out. How about never - is never good for you?"
A map entitled "The situation in Syria" dated 5 December 2024. It's a map of Syria colored according to which military forces control which areas. Assad loyalists control the southern half, including Damascus. Rebel forces control the northwest, including Aleppo. Federation forces control the northeast.
Cover of the Economist from March 24, 2007. It shows a picture of a house colored like the American flag; it has a reflection in a lake that looks like a red arrow pointed downward. The headline says "The trouble with the housing market."
Still from the movie Casablanca. Victor Laszlo is standing in front of the band in Rick's Café, leading them in The Marsellaise. The crowd is standing behind him, singing along.
Still image from "Dr. Strangelove". A befuddled soldier is standing next to a Coca-Cola vending machine. His nametag reads "Col. Bat Guano".
A photo of the book On Tyranny by Timothy Snyder. The subtitle is "Twenty lessons from the Twentieth Century".
animated gif of Alan Rickman in Die Hard, looking at a model of a skyscraper, smiling ironically, and saying "The benefits of a classical education"