Michael Fleming

He did have that "Disoriented adventurers puking in the dark" thing didn't he? Almost a fetish.

(Confession: It was what blocked a much younger me from progressing, and that I got lucky and through that room enabled me to make a serious effort to finish the game)

So, you got spun around in the dark too huh?

(Bluesky unlocking my memories of BT1 at quite a rate :P)

The best part of Harkyn's Castle! Not having that encounter in the remake would be a crime (and would make me paranoid, having done the same on the Commodore 64 version as a kid in '85)

Missing Australian fisherman's body found in crocodile Kevin Darmody vanished while fishing with friends in far north Queensland on Saturday.

On a more serious note do not anger koalas their claws are quite sharp, ask any unsuspecting tourist. Crocodiles are serious business (RIP my gf's uncle Kev: bbc.com/news/world-a...)
but wombats do poop cubes.

Redback
Funnelweb
Blue-ringed octopus
Taipan
Tiger Snake
Box jellyfish

🎶Come to Australia, you might accidentally get killed 🎶

(Snakes at a safe distance. Spiders not so much, the redback we called Craig and he's on dunny guard duty for as long as he likes)

His life is to serve as a warning to others..

Adding Github Copilot to my copy of Vim may prove to be a mistake as even reading it's AI suggestions (was writing a simple README.md for a project) is making my hair start to point like Dilbert's PHB.... 😱

🎶To the one on the flamboyant tip
I'll just toss that ham in the frying pan
Like Spam, get done when I come and slam
Damn, I feel like the Son of Sam 🎶

"Inside every man there is a struggle between good and evil that cannot be resolved..."

youtu.be/AnIu8CI4Syw?...

Japanese PM Tells Whalers Not to Harpoon Large Blubbery Specimen Currently Visiting Tokyo — The Shovel "The oversized blowhole that drifted into Japanese territory today is actually the American president"

Additional advice noted that whales tend to exist in deep water, whereas this particular specimen is incredibly shallow.

theshovel.com.au/2025/10/28/j...

Laughing at Lord Jerkin Twodix The Demented is the way to shirk one's mortal coil in true style :D

If you see this, QTP with a ship that's not from Star Wars or Star Trek

(The holy space-phallus from Eve Online, an Avatar-class Titan)

Trump Delivers Touching Eulogy for the First Amendment — The Shovel US President Donald Trump has been brought to tears today while delivering a eulogy for his long-time friend, the First Amendment, who recently passed away under mysterious circumstances. At a funeral...

“I will find whoever did this, and I will make sure you aren’t allowed to host a late-night show for the rest of your sorry life.”

theshovel.com.au/2025/09/22/t...

Confused complaints to ABC Australia reveal anger over Jimmy Kimmel The ABC has received hundreds of complaints about US talk show Jimmy Kimmel Live! being pulled off air and threats to boycott sponsors ... but that's the problem when two broadcasters from different c...

Honestly 'murica while you're moaning about the lack of Jimmy Kimmel on your boob tube can you do something about your education please, directing complaints to the *Australian* Broadcasting Corporation (my ABC as an Aussie) is "cringe af"

www.abc.net.au/news/2025-09...

I could have also posted a TISM gif for that last quote post but unless you're an Aussie of a certain age you probably won't get it. 😁 #wankeroryob

If u see this quote with the energy u bring to bluesky

Questions linger about alleged shooter’s motivation for killing Charlie Kirk Suspect’s background and politics are being pored over in aftermath of killing of far-right influencer

TL;DR version: A trio of nutjobs, at least one with dementia, are finding out that Charlie Kirk's assassin was not the Scary Left Wing Snidely Whiplash they were so hoping for, and because in their minds they're never wrong will continue to poison the well.

www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

I had Maggie Simpson tagged as Charlie Kirk's assassin but it seems I was wrong and now down five bucks.

Trumpkin Spice might wanna be careful some smart kid doesn't prompt Claude/ChatGPT to say something smarter and in the King's (Charles, not Fatty) English lest she and the cult take (faux) offence 🤣

*looks at Threads feed*
*sees a flood of brainless MAGA and anti-vaxxer slop, including from my own countrymen*
"Let's not go to Threads, 'tis a silly place"
*uninstalls Threads*

That's quite a reverb for a piccolo trumpetflutesword! Must be a Schilke.

Interesting summoning technique though.

Yeah that's a tad warm and I'm from Australia (Queensland).

It'd better have a fastloader routine, i don't have the patience to press play on tape and decide what bon mot i was gonna post for 20mins.

Not sure why (aside some MAGA fool turning his bots up to 11) but the cult are having quite the tanty over on Threads.

They are not sending their best though. I had someone exhume the Buttery Males whatablubbering and while I don't mind retro but for something that cringe I ran, ran so far away

Well once you've rebuilt it again give it a little plaque.... and replace that too of course. Anything else would be improper :P

Updated my blog software (Ghost) and to my disappointment had to switch out webservers as the new app version has some directives that my preferred daemon (caddyserver) could not handle well.

But it least it's not tied to Apache and some old version of PHP

Soooo.... he needs a GNU Wife?

(I'll show myself out.... the exit is marked on OpenStreetMap :P)

Bloated Windbag That Makes Irritating Noise Spotted in Scotland — The Shovel In a confusing turn of events, Donald Trump was welcomed to Scotland by bagpipes this week, with locals unable to tell which overinflated, blustering bag of air was which.

“I thought I was listening to a ceremonial military band. Turns out it was just Trump yelling about Hillary Clinton’s emails. Unbearable," one Edinburgh local said.

theshovel.com.au/2025/07/28/b...