Chuck Cook

A sign in an Arizona rest stop that reads, Poisonous snakes and insects inhabit the area.’

Pretty sure you mean ‘venomous,’ Arizona. I’m not planning on eating any snakes or bugs on my way through.

The Embassy Suites in El Paso has their house music set to ‘shit GenXers like.’

I could seriously swap in my iTunes library and no one would notice.

Goddamn. What a sobering and poignant piece of conceptual art. What an amazing artist.

If I have to explain to you why it's a bad idea to use a machine that makes shit up 15-80% of the time AND destroys the environment AND contributes to rising fascism and genocide AND puts brilliant skillful creatives out of work by stealing their work, then we're already speaking different languages

I just saw a grackle flyby with a cigarette in its mouth.
Never change, Houston.

I will need to try them next time, perhaps.

In the foreground is a jester statue in purple, green and gold Mardi Gras colors. In the background is Don’s Specialty Meats.

Stopped in Scott, Louisiana for Cajun road food. IYKYK

[Waves at Houston]
Love you, my peeps
But I have promises to keep
And miles to go before I sleep

I feel like iTunes on my phone is aware that I’m driving through Texas, because it’s been playing all of my Stevie Ray Vaughan and ZZ Top.

Much more fun coming down the mountain side than the subsequent trek across Arizona.

Petition to rename Arizona to EZ-Bake™ because DAMN. 🥵

A selfie of middle-aged man with gray hair, gray beard and aviator style sunglasses, pulled over in a convertible, with mountains and a wind farm in the distance behind him.

Gained 4,100 feet of elevation since 8:00 AM, and then gave it all up again. Seashore to mountains to desert in less than 100 miles.

Walking out of Fantastic Four and hearing Teddybears and Iggy playing in the next theater…

Good time to be a nerd.

slurpee machine with one crashed screen

I'm drinking the Bios Crash slurpee I hope it crashes my bios I hope I blue screen

Well, you're certainly awake now!

Perfect comedic timing.

A close-up of a promotional Deadpool antenna ball, which is now missing an eye and has the top of its cap smooshed in.

My faithful Deadpool / Jack in the Box antenna ball has now spent two Comic-Cons perched on my walkie-talkie antenna, and has Genuine Battle Damage™. 🫡

A screenshot of the Apple Health app, showing an average of over 20,000 steps per day this week.

Don’t get used to this, Health app. #SDCC2025

Enjoyed chatting briefly, and glad the con was good for you!

My favorite part of Comic-Con is running into cool people — Lisa and Brad of @cbccpodcast were walking across the Harbor Drive footbridge as I was walking home. #SDCC2025

A smiling, middle-aged man, wearing a Comic-Con shirt, with a phlebotomist in the background, is donating a unit of whole blood.

Doing the thing. Robert A. Heinlein Blood Drive with the San Diego Blood Bank. #SDCC2025

A middle aged man wearing (and pointing at) a black t-shirt with an illustration of a classic Star Wars stormtrooper playing a double-neck Flying V style electric guitar and a checkerboard strap evoking Rick Nielsen of Cheap Trick.

Had a guy tell me, “Sick shirt, brah!” when I was walking back from the convention center.

So I’ve got that going for me, which is nice.

Hey friends new and old — if you’re attending San Diego Comic-Con, I’ll be in Hall E looking very much like my profile picture for most of the con. Say ‘Howdy!’ if you spot me! #SDCC2025

A photo of the chocolate bar booth run by the San Diego Convention Center set up at San Diego Comic-Con

Sooooon… IYKYK

#SDCC2025

Should not have been scrolling with a mouthful of beer.

The artificial owl from “Blade Runner”

Do you like our owl?

#SDCC2025: In San Diego, Nobody Can Hear You Scream (because, well erm, they're not finished building it yet).

credit: @bitspitter.bsky.social #AlienEarth

#SDCC2025: the @bbcdoctorwhom.bsky.social off-site, outside the Cromean's Salon is coming along nicely - hey, if you put all that effort into the build for the stand last year, it'd be a waste to not use it again, ammiright?

credit: @bitspitter.bsky.social

I think you should be in Hall A near the Pokémon booth. I will make a point to stop by!

San Diego Comic-Con 2025 is next week, and I’ll be a staff volunteer in the exhibit hall.

Fair warning — the geekiness is about to go to warp 11. Who’s gonna be there? #SDCC2025