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James Meyers

@coalhog.bsky.social

πŸŽ²βœ‚οΈ Tabletop game designer (sort of...), πŸ“œ genealogist, πŸ–‹οΈ writer, πŸ‘¨β€πŸ‘§ dad. I was apollocontinuum on the bird site.

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Same with seminars! If your first slide is AI-generated, I will assume AI generated every slide.

23.02.2026 18:28 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Talkin about those party gams!

16.02.2026 21:24 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Put it in the Louvre!

14.02.2026 16:20 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

You can put it on your body, or with a small change, you could put it on your car!

08.02.2026 18:39 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

πŸŽ©πŸ‘€ for Jarvis!

04.02.2026 01:42 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

GOALIE FIGHT!
GOALIE FIGHT!
GOALIE FIGHT!

02.02.2026 01:52 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1mssr0tbZEhbl4JfuwRnkaANR3v8PUvtU/view?usp=sharing

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1mssr0tbZEhbl4JfuwRnkaANR3v8PUvtU/view?usp=sharing

We’re pleased to share our 2026 Program Calendar. This marks our 53rd year supporting family historians across all 120 Kentucky counties. 🌿 Pull up a chair, take a look, and feel free to download and share with anyone tracing Kentucky roots.
#genealogy #Kentucky

drive.google.com/file/d/1mssr...

29.01.2026 17:56 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Nice

25.01.2026 03:37 β€” πŸ‘ 30    πŸ” 5    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Ah, ok. The English graphic novel is only 92 pages, which threw me when I checked it out from the library!

23.01.2026 23:28 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I was honestly surprised how short the English graphic novel was. Is the original Japanese novel longer, or the same format, just in Japanese?

23.01.2026 23:24 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Our forecast keeps rising. We're up to almost 2 feet of snow for Saturday and Sunday...

20.01.2026 17:22 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Indeed we live in a day of grave crisis. The crisis of this
age presents a real challenge to all men of good will.
We are chai-
lenged to develop a world perspective. No nation or individual can live alone in the modern world. We must all learn to live together as brothers or we will all perish together as fools. All life is inter-related and all men are caught in an inescapable network of mutuality, tied in a single garment of destiny. Whatever affects one directly, affects all indirectly.
John Donne placed this in graphic terms. - "No man is an island,
entire of itself; everyman is a plece of the contny man'a death di-
a part of the
And he goes on toward the end to say,
minishes me, because I am involved in mankind, and therefore never send to know for whom the bell tolls; it tolls for thee."
Another urgent challenge facing mankind today is a responsibility of keeping our moral progress commensurate with our scientific and technological advances. One of the great problems confronting us today is that we have allowed our civilization to outdistance our culture.

Indeed we live in a day of grave crisis. The crisis of this age presents a real challenge to all men of good will. We are chai- lenged to develop a world perspective. No nation or individual can live alone in the modern world. We must all learn to live together as brothers or we will all perish together as fools. All life is inter-related and all men are caught in an inescapable network of mutuality, tied in a single garment of destiny. Whatever affects one directly, affects all indirectly. John Donne placed this in graphic terms. - "No man is an island, entire of itself; everyman is a plece of the contny man'a death di- a part of the And he goes on toward the end to say, minishes me, because I am involved in mankind, and therefore never send to know for whom the bell tolls; it tolls for thee." Another urgent challenge facing mankind today is a responsibility of keeping our moral progress commensurate with our scientific and technological advances. One of the great problems confronting us today is that we have allowed our civilization to outdistance our culture.

MLK was the commencement speaker at my dad’s graduation from CCNY in June 1963. This was 24 hours after Medgar Evers was assassinated. I’m going to share a few paragraphs from that speech

19.01.2026 21:29 β€” πŸ‘ 32    πŸ” 16    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 2

Saw that we're expecting over a foot of snow this weekend and my brain immediately switched itself into storm prep mode without my permission. A useful survival mechanism, I suppose...

20.01.2026 00:37 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Cross-contamination! My favorite!

15.01.2026 20:17 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Unfortunately the restaurant closed a few years later because it was in an awkward location and the area has since been swallowed up by development expanding south on Route 1. It became a loan office, then a series of Mexican restaurants, and the building was torn down between Nov 2022 and Apr 2025.

15.01.2026 00:34 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

When I moved to NoVA in 2006, my dad and I drove a Uhaul 5 hours in the morning and then carried all my stuff up to a 3rd floor apartment in the afternoon. When we were done, we found a local Italian place, and I inhaled the gnocchi bolognese like a man rescued off a desert island.

15.01.2026 00:34 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Last entry on my game design notebook is from 11/26/2024. Finally headed back to an RVA Game Design meet up today with a head full of ideas. Hoping to get some ideas out of my head and onto the table again soon.

11.01.2026 18:34 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Altered potatoes meme from Lord of the Rings featuring Aragorn.

Altered potatoes meme from Lord of the Rings featuring Aragorn.

09.01.2026 21:17 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

One of the more fun things about doing Midwest genealogy is finding the surnames of all my board game convention friends in records and thinking to myself "Haha, I found your distant relative!"

08.01.2026 20:20 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
Red Carolina Hurricanes jersey from 2006 with Rod Brind'amour's number 17 on the sleeves, plus the Stanley Cup patch and the C on the front.

Red Carolina Hurricanes jersey from 2006 with Rod Brind'amour's number 17 on the sleeves, plus the Stanley Cup patch and the C on the front.

Black Carolina Hurricanes stadium series jersey.

Black Carolina Hurricanes stadium series jersey.

Oh look, more grey. All I really want is a silver version of their 2006 jersey, but we got the red wordmark and grey Whalers for our two RR jerseys. If the grey is true, it's almost guaranteed to be a grey variation of the stadium series jerseys/our current away jerseys.

05.01.2026 19:44 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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PLAY BRASS BONANZA 🎺🎺🎺

#Canes | /UNC_Health_Care

04.01.2026 00:51 β€” πŸ‘ 10    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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The vintage vibes go so hard

04.01.2026 00:51 β€” πŸ‘ 14    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1

I saw a video where they ordered 1000 water cups and a real person quickly took over from the AI before it could do any damage.

03.01.2026 21:18 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Rooting for low ratings so the NHL never pulls this nonsense again.

03.01.2026 02:16 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

FINALE 2025
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31.12.2025 14:39 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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If this isn't you right now, what are you doing?

28.12.2025 03:02 β€” πŸ‘ 13    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

This is one of those puzzles where I would have to look up half the names before I even started.

27.12.2025 15:37 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Midnight on Christmas Eve! You won!

25.12.2025 14:16 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

The ice is gonna be garbage... You'd think they would have learned their lesson in Lake Tahoe when they had to delay the game until the sun went down. It's almost guaranteed they're going to have to close the roof on the stadium.

24.12.2025 04:26 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

I like rooting for the underdog and the expansion teams, so go Torrent!

21.12.2025 22:47 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

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