Manning Krull

I get it; around 1993 I lent my copy of the Shadowrun sourcebook to a close friend and it returned with a broken spine and lots of tape holding the spine together, here I am 33 years later still mad about it.

Hahaha wtfffff

Tonight's topic: books that were loaned to friends/family in the 1940s, and were returned in an appalling state........ 𝘰𝘳 𝘸𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘳𝘦𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘯𝘦𝘥 𝘢𝘵 𝘢𝘭𝘭.

Sssssomebody stop them

They say you can determine the length of an alligator in feet by estimating the distance from its eyes to its nostrils — an 8" distance means the alligator is 8 feet long. (Or, in metric, 8" = 20.32 centimeters, so that's 20.32 meters long.)

It really was genuinely kind of creepy! I should've taken a video. If the conditions are similar tomorrow morning (bright sun, calm water) I will try to do that.

They're a little out of sync for some reason? 🤷‍♂️

Last words of a dying pirate who loves chocolatey treats

Maaaaaaaaaaaan 🤣

Beautiful!

My shadow on the ground, and again on the tree in front of me; hard to see the top one in this pic.

Zooming in, you can see both shadows at the same time.

Close up of my shadow on the ground.

Close up of my shadow on the tree.

Here's something I've never seen before: I have two shadows, vertically stacked; one from the sun behind me, and one from the reflection of the sun on the bayou behind me.

A large alligator laying on a submerged log in the bayou.

Mister G! First time I've seen him since the cold weather.

A stack of styrofoam sheets about 4 feet tall inside a big cardboard box

Each large piece of styrofoam consists of a sheet about 2 inches thick that is contoured to fit around the side of a chair and a solid base sheet about 1.5 inches thick.

A whole ‘nother box of styrofoam.

Red blob marks the spot: 7616 Pearl.

#NOLA artists, costumers, crafters:
there’s a huge hoard of styrofoam up for grabs at 7616 Pearl St. Garbage pickup is tomorrow!

Haha, already seen and reposted! But good lookin' out!

Gaaahhh I wish I had a use for this -- and a space to make a mess in!

Hooray! I'd love to see how you end up wearing them!

Concrete with little black and white pebbles in it, very contrasty.

I think it's rough dirty concrete with white paint that's weathered and scraped off.

Concentric circles of a huge log that's been sawed, and the saw has left a pattern of small parallel ridges.

Concrete surface that was painted blue but most of the paint has been weathered off.

today's Textures

Sunlight though thick green glass with tiny air bubbles

Sunlight though thick red glass with tiny air bubbles and a big crack through it.

Sunlight though thick aqua color glass with tiny air bubbles

Sunlight though thick orange glass with tiny air bubbles

today's Textures: sunlight through glass blobs outside the Louisiana Children's Museum

a man says " the ratman forgive you " in a dark room Alt: Scene from the 1994 TV miniseries of The Stand where the character named the Rat Man says menacingly to a gentleman who has bumped into him, "The Rat Man forgive you... this time."

When I see a mutual post something without alt text but I know usually they include alt text (I only follow people who use alt text)

🧠👈

My cousin, probably the most educated and well-traveled person I ever met, once told me that in [some country??] there's a curse that goes, "May you study Basque for a year in Hell."

This isn't easy for me to say. *speaks Basque*

Thank you! It's just my iPhone, and I think it helps that I'm usually outside early in the morning before the sun is fully up.

Listeners say Manning's latest "totally sucks lol"

If someone put a gun to my head and asked me to name my favorite song I would be like, Okay, okay, let's be cool here, let's lower the gun, we're just talking here, easy, easy, you don't need that, man; look at me, look at me, this is crazy, come on, think about this, we can fix this, it's all right

Textures gallery | Manning Krull Various scrumptious textures from my strolls around New Orleans.

manningkrull.com/textures/

screenshot of the title image for an old children's show called Today's Special. There's a sign at the top that reads Today's Special but the word special has been covered up with the word textures. Below are two humans flanking two puppets.

today's textures
they're about to appear
(they're about to appear)
today's textures
shout it loud and clear

TODAY'S TEXTURES!

Green moss or lichens on black stone

Cracked gray sidewalk

Orange-brown rust on light gray metal

Concrete with a cloudy texture caused by evaporating moisture

today's Textures

Looking down into the water from a wooden pier, there's a bunch of greenery and an alligator head.

Close up of the alligator head from above.

Good morning! 🐊