The amount of Oasis content in my Facebook feed is decreasing from its peak at the beginning of the month, probably inevitably, but two pieces of unlicensed merchandise crossed the feed that I thought were worth sharing. An Oasis baseball jersey! I don’t need it and wouldn’t buy it — I wore the Washington NationalsContinue reading “The Man on the Moon”
Monthly Archives: September 2025
The Drives of Theseus
I have arrived in the world. I have “installed” a hard drive in my tower with a ziptie. 🙂 Linux Mint Debian Edition 7 is coming out in the near future — the latest Mint blog post said the beta would be out this month, and it was approved for release yesterday — and IContinue reading “The Drives of Theseus”
Tales of Diamond: The Great Pwnage of 2012
Last Wednesday, my eighteen year career at Diamond Comic Distributors drew to a close, all part of the ongoing clusterfuckery that is the Diamond bankruptcy. But my Diamond career almost didn’t reach five years. The tale was semi-legendary within Diamond Towers. It would be spoken of in hushed whispers, that someone did this, and whoContinue reading “Tales of Diamond: The Great Pwnage of 2012”
Conversations in the Dark
I didn’t mean to disturb the sleeping homeless person. Last night was my last Harrisburg Senators game of the year — the season ended today, and I was in Lancaster instead, where they clinched the second half division title — and Harrisburg pulled off a suicide squeeze in the bottom of the tenth to takeContinue reading “Conversations in the Dark”
By the Dirge’s Early Light
At no point in this performance of the Star-Spangled Banner did I know what the next word or note would be, and the speed made a snail look sppeedy. A simply astonishing performance! It’s the end of the season. It was a short summer.
Cleaning Out the Cubicle
At some point, I would have to go down to Hunt Valley to turn in my key card and parking pass, not to mention pick up the two boxes of personal effects I had in my cubicle. I’d moved from my office to a space in the old Diamond Select Toys offices in early JuneContinue reading “Cleaning Out the Cubicle”
The Last Day
Today was my last day with Diamond Comic Distributors. Eighteen years didn’t end the way I would have wanted, but when Chuck Parker started in on some prepared remarks I also wasn’t terribly surprised. The October PREVIEWS has 350 items in it, the products offered in New to Order are a trickle compared to whatContinue reading “The Last Day”
A Night at the Ballpark
With the baseball season almost over, I attended my first York Revolution game this year. It had been awhile; the last game I’d attended was Opening Day 2024. They’re my closest minor league team, yet also the one I least like attending, mostly because I hate going into downtown York. Still, a former colleague fromContinue reading “A Night at the Ballpark”
Resetting the Algorithms
One nice thing about last weekend and seeing Oasis in New Jersey is that it has reset my Facebook algorithm entirely. All of my ads, all of the algorithmic content, is Oasis-related — fan accounts, radio stations, bootleg merchandise, etc. This is not a comprehensive survey, just a couple of things I’ve screenshotted. Couldn’t getContinue reading “Resetting the Algorithms”
Violence is the Last Refuge of the Incompetent
To quote Isaac Asimov’s Foundation, “Violence is the last refuge of the incompetent,” and Donald Trump is not only a deeply incompetent man, he has surrounded himself with incompetent sycophants like Pete Hegseth. Clots and prayers… but JD Vance won’t be any better.