Derryl Murphy

Nice to get the invite. Maybe I'll go see two. Or three.

That's the way it happened for us. I knew (partly) what we were getting when we saw it in the theatre, but my wife deliberately went in blind. And we both loved it.

Pretty amazing that comms person at FBI called my @ms.now colleague @kendilanian-nbc.bsky.social a liar and demand a correction only for Kash to post a photo from the locker room

Wheel of fortune word finder: What Do Voters Want "AMERxCAN CENTxRY OF HxMxLxATxON"

A head and shoulders photo of a blond young boy gazing pensively down, face turned to the camera.

Two young men walking down a Chicago street, turning and looking back to the camera. The one closest is the same person as the young boy, wearing a striped shirt, white ball cap and sunglasses, bearded and smiling. His brother is further away from the camera, wearing a red ball cap and not smiling.

Happy 27th to Brennan, my youngest, today.

The reason we're here is that tens of millions of people will punch a hole in a wall if they hear someone used food stamps to buy soda but they're fine if the right-wing podcaster turned fbi director uses his taxpayer funded private jet to go party whenever he feels like it bsky.app/profile/thed...

Except channel that into potential rage.

You’re fast becoming the Ken Loach of doc photography.

But the bullying was supposed to work! They were supposed to give in to threats without a fight. No fair!

This happens over and over. Ukraine, the Palestinians, Canada, Denmark, NATO, more. The confusion appears genuine. And incurable.

B.C. RCMP investigate reports of threats against Tumbler Ridge victim's family | CBC News A funeral for one of the victim's of the Tumbler Ridge, B.C., mass shooting has been cancelled as a result of the threats, according to the local newspaper.

I feel it’s important to find these people. Not just for legal purposes, but so we can kneecap them and then make everything miserable for them for the rest of their lives. Hound them. Snap at their heels. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

Gold medal hockey game on the TV, Liverpool game streaming on the computer. Sound up for both. Don’t tell my wife I’m actually able to follow both on the go.

Guys being Dudes

Today I learned what I call a Long John some people call it a Bar Donut.

I am trying to not buy new books and then they go and do a thread like this

Birds do it
Bees do it
Other creatures in the trees do it
Let's do it
Let's create a residential structure using our own saliva

Ten glorious years of a guy who has mostly been the president and always been the main character of American political life doing posts like this and everyone trying to figure out what cable news segment he saw, misunderstood in the way a dog might misunderstand a crossword, and made into policy.

About once a year I get a panic attack remembering the ending. So I guess it's been bumped up the schedule.

I remember reading once about them having to clean the shower drains out in boys schools because things get clogged up with gunked-up semen and by gum this is worse.

Seditionists. This is a rare moment where I actually wish for too much government surveillance so that word could be passed on to cranky Customs agents for when they try to return home.

they should make a meal cost one hour of wages for everyone and then ask what billionaires think

YouTube video by whiteray1 Long John Baldry - "Don't Try To Lay No Boogie-Woogie On The King of Rock & Roll"

I saw Baldry live once, and met him once. Great performer, nice guy. When Reginald Dwight changed his name his new last name was in homage to this man. #MutualMusic www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bj_l...

I had two different friends who dated the same gal, many years apart. She sang in a band and was from Cape Breton, her family place was apparently down the road from his. She was thrilled to learn I already knew of them, even though my from-Nova-Scotia bonafides ended at 2 months old.

YouTube video by Matt Minglewood - Topic Rockin' the Blues

Your Canadian pick this week is a good ol' Cape Breton band I saw kick ass live several times, doing a song that literally name checks your celebration. #MutualMusic www.youtube.com/watch?v=qGG2...

I should note: my own personal cheering. It feels weird.

This here atheist sure is feeling confused with all this cheering for the Pope.

On Spec 129 features a cyborg whale. Works by Julie Czerneda, Marie Bennan, Cat Isidore, Alex Langer, Fiona Moore and more.

On Spec 134 features a druid on the cover. Works by Fiona Heath, Stephen Kotowych, Marie Labrousse, Ian Li and more.

We urge all our friends in the Worldcon community to consider nominating On Spec for the Best Semiprozine Hugo Award, and to consider nominating Diane Walton for Best Editor - Short Form.

They've done great work for 35 years.

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It's why I'm inside instead of out there being an old man and out there offering advice and asking questions, because everything I said would be interrupted by breathless laughter. Helps that I don't need to be anywhere.*

*Plus, I could sneak out and go the other way if needed.

In the meantime, my neighbour across the street and I are exchanging bemused texts. The dogs, meanwhile, have stopped barking and accept he's going to be hear for a spell.

Cars approaching from the other way are turning in the cul de sac and doubling back. I can't see the reaction of drivers trying to come from the same way I arrived. We live down the road from a school and today is Saturday, so it isn't that bad. Yet.