Stephen

Not sure if anyone is still here, but I’m at marshdrifter@octodon.social if you need me.

The Park With No Name art installation was unveiled today. It features banners of powerful quotes in both English and Traditional Chinese, as part of the city's ongoing anti-racism efforts. Learn more about the art installation here: calgary.ca/arts-culture/p… #downtowncalgary

@sm9eb Best wishes for the Commander.

I regret to inform you that Commander Orion's Sunday Morning Cat Tricks was unsuccessful today. She came out to the balcony on her own, and I had hoped that the routine (habitus!) of doing the cat tricks would encourage her to eat, but she had no interest in the treats.

@ahtzib I've always loved the Lovecraftian style in the story. The level of Venkman's sleaze makes it pretty much unwatchable, tho. This is the movie that made me realize that most 1980s comedies are "boys will be boys" antics. Do any of these writers not have restraining orders?

Ghostbusters Huge influence. Funny, yes. But @dan_aykroyd paranormal/spiritual/weird lore & background make Spooky undercurrent. Dimensional portals, old gods, weird physics, citing weirdness in conversation Smart conversational style really got me youtube.com/watch?v=6gxCT-…

1 Bram Stoker’s Dracula 2 Curse of Blair Witch 3 Ghostbusters 4 Ghostwatch 5 Lair of the White Worm 6 Mothman Prophecies 7 Predator 8 Quatermass & the Pit 9 Raiders of the Lost Ark 10 Stone Tape 11 Them! 12 The Thing 13 The Wicker Man Explanations below

@tinysapien I like to point out that Obama was reading most (all?) of his speeches off of a teleprompter. It's the delivery that matters.

@dangergrrlie LOL! I actually almost did.

@processarch You might even say they were a shitshow of options

What a time to be alive, when the words "Billion dollar shitshow" could refer to any number of things.

@dangergrrlie I'm going to go with the last one, I guess. Not great options, though.

@processarch Be Elon Musk, Alex Jones, or an Amazon produced series based on the Simarillion.

It's only fair, if this 1800-year old (Han Dynasty) ceramic horse is going to live in my head. Then I should gift it, on so it can live in your brain as well!

@electricarchaeo Spooky Narrator: But traceroute showed that the email came from the computer lab *within the building*!

@BillCaraher On a related note, what’s the gender neutral form of “Booklord”? (Yes, not just dated by gender but media form as well)

Librarian friends! What’s the proper way to address a formal email to a librarian (who doesn’t appear to have a PhD or doctorate)? Dear Librarian xxxxx? Are they like coaches and professors and get addressed by their title?

@d_a_salas I doubt it was supposed to be, but the results speak for themselves.

@JaneEvaBaxter1 Two or three days, probably. If it’s mission critical for what I’m supposed to be doing right at this moment, I call.

@d_a_salas As one does.

@electricarchaeo Read that as “Stimulating…” and was “it’s a bit late, but ok.”

@ecreetz My favourite: there’s a difference between “could have been a thing” and “was a thing”.

@HKNorton The last time I remember was when I was desperately trying to get all of the Star Trek: The Motion Picture themed ones. I think I ended up with all but one.

A big part of pivoting from a career path that your education and training is in to an alternative industry is grieving the loss of the "dream job." Even if it turns out the dream was a nightmare, it's ok to mourn the loss of it.

@adhdjesse You're not missing anything.

At this rate, I’m going to die with 4.35 billion unread notifications.

@ArchaeoMapper @InnovationCA @UofA_IPIA @UAlberta Very nice. Congratulations!