Son of a Sailor

Son of a Sailor @sonofasailor.bsky.social [ View ] Jul 10, 2024 at 20:24 UTC

I must admit that I tend toward the ungainly end of the dancing ability spectrum. #wordOfTheDay

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Son of a Sailor @sonofasailor.bsky.social [ View ] Jul 09, 2024 at 21:14 UTC

I'm ready for a respite from, well, a lot of things. #wordOfTheDay

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Son of a Sailor @sonofasailor.bsky.social [ View ] Jul 08, 2024 at 20:06 UTC

Thank goodness I don't have to dicker over the price of a chocolate chip cookie like I do for a car. With my luck I'd be paying ten bucks a pop. #wordOfTheDay

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Son of a Sailor @sonofasailor.bsky.social [ View ] Jul 07, 2024 at 19:23 UTC

I'm always amused at how relatively swole Anthony Michael Hall got after he grew up. #wordOfTheDay

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Son of a Sailor @sonofasailor.bsky.social [ View ] Jul 07, 2024 at 00:03 UTC

Titans and moguls can eat at the best restaurants in the world, but will they ever know the simple joy of the humble peanut butter and jelly sandwich? #wordOfTheDay

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Son of a Sailor @sonofasailor.bsky.social [ View ] Jul 05, 2024 at 23:04 UTC

Looks like the Tories were well and truly castigated at the polls yesterday. #wordOfTheDay

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Son of a Sailor @sonofasailor.bsky.social [ View ] Jul 04, 2024 at 19:30 UTC

Remembering with gratitude today the patriots who served and gave their lives to defend our independence. #wordOfTheDay

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Son of a Sailor @sonofasailor.bsky.social [ View ] Jul 04, 2024 at 00:56 UTC

Douglas Booth looks like he could have been drawn by @colleendoran.bsky.social, and I mean that as a compliment to both parties. 🙂

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Son of a Sailor @sonofasailor.bsky.social [ View ] Jul 04, 2024 at 00:48 UTC

Every video game has (at least for me anyway) that moment that seems virtually insuperable until, somehow, it isn't. #wordOfTheDay

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Son of a Sailor @sonofasailor.bsky.social [ View ] Jul 02, 2024 at 22:48 UTC

Some days I feel like I'd like to retire to that quiet cabin in the glade that Tom Cruise had in Oblivion, only without all the Tom Cruises. #wordOfTheDay

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Son of a Sailor @sonofasailor.bsky.social [ View ] Jul 01, 2024 at 23:42 UTC

I abhor micro-USB with a passion. #wordOfTheDay

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Son of a Sailor @sonofasailor.bsky.social [ View ] Jul 01, 2024 at 23:42 UTC

"Hi, daddy." 🙂 What a great movie.

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Son of a Sailor @sonofasailor.bsky.social [ View ] Jun 30, 2024 at 22:01 UTC

Kudos to the inventor of air conditioning. #wordOfTheDay

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Son of a Sailor @sonofasailor.bsky.social [ View ] Jun 30, 2024 at 01:18 UTC

I hope someday AI turns out to be more than just a fecund source of hype and content theft. #wordOfTheDay

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Son of a Sailor @sonofasailor.bsky.social [ View ] Jun 28, 2024 at 21:01 UTC

In deference to spousal harmony, I am limiting myself to one purchase during this year's Steam Summer Sale. (The new version of Riven.) #wordOfTheDay #steamSummerSale

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Son of a Sailor @sonofasailor.bsky.social [ View ] Jun 27, 2024 at 20:37 UTC

It's a cardinal rule: if you attempt to get into the house in one trip, while carrying groceries, the mail, takeout, and a couple of drinks, you will drop the drinks. #wordOfTheDay

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Son of a Sailor @sonofasailor.bsky.social [ View ] Jun 26, 2024 at 23:24 UTC

Dividing a dessert is a zero-sum game. #wordOfTheDay

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Son of a Sailor @sonofasailor.bsky.social [ View ] Jun 25, 2024 at 23:30 UTC

If I had a job requiring me to make deliveries to all kids all over the world, all in one night, my renumeration requirements would be far more than milk and cookies. #wordOfTheDay

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Son of a Sailor @sonofasailor.bsky.social [ View ] Jun 25, 2024 at 14:54 UTC

I could claim that a clandestine secret assignment kept me from posting yesterday's #wordOfTheDay, but we would all know that I'm fibbing. #belated

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Son of a Sailor @sonofasailor.bsky.social [ View ] Jun 22, 2024 at 23:12 UTC

It's been superseded in sound quality and convenience, but I'm still a fan of my 4th gen iPod. #wordOfTheDay

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Son of a Sailor @sonofasailor.bsky.social [ View ] Jun 22, 2024 at 01:53 UTC

I'm vulnerable to ads for shiny tech things, so maybe I should just bury my credit card under the driveway. #wordOfTheDay

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Son of a Sailor @sonofasailor.bsky.social [ View ] Jun 20, 2024 at 18:21 UTC

From the hue and cry raised by my cat as dinner time approaches you'd think she'd not been feed in, like, ever. #wordOfTheDay

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Son of a Sailor @sonofasailor.bsky.social [ View ] Jun 20, 2024 at 00:22 UTC

It's not worthy of a jubilee or anything, but I did manage to clear my spam folder today. #wordOfTheDay

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Son of a Sailor @sonofasailor.bsky.social [ View ] Jun 19, 2024 at 02:15 UTC

She's a brainiac, brainiac, on the chalkboard
And she's calculating wavefunction probability densities like she's never calculated wavefunction probability densities before...
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Son of a Sailor @sonofasailor.bsky.social [ View ] Jun 17, 2024 at 23:46 UTC

The story of how "Yesterday" came to Paul McCartney in a dream, which sounds apocryphal but really isn't, is one of my favorite bits of music trivia. #wordOfTheDay

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Son of a Sailor @sonofasailor.bsky.social [ View ] Jun 16, 2024 at 19:35 UTC

I don't remember when it became the paradigm for US political candidates to not disclose their party affiliation on their yard signs, stickers, mailings, or other advertising, but it's incredibly annoying and, in my opinion, cowardly. #wordOfTheDay

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Son of a Sailor @sonofasailor.bsky.social [ View ] Jun 16, 2024 at 00:13 UTC

Unbeknownst to most people, pizza bestows immortality. Probably. #wordOfTheDay

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Son of a Sailor @sonofasailor.bsky.social [ View ] Jun 14, 2024 at 16:30 UTC

Anyone who's been following along knows that I'm a fan of a good pie, but if it contains coconut, it will be quickly rebuffed. #wordOfTheDay

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Son of a Sailor @sonofasailor.bsky.social [ View ] Jun 14, 2024 at 02:00 UTC

The Beatles will always be my musical lodestone. #wordOfTheDay

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Son of a Sailor @sonofasailor.bsky.social [ View ] Jun 12, 2024 at 22:39 UTC

For a most efficacious solution to a rumbly tumbly, see attached. #wordOfTheDay

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Son of a Sailor @sonofasailor.bsky.social [ View ] Jun 11, 2024 at 22:29 UTC

I'm befuddled as to why shareholders would even consoder paying $56 billion to a guy who apparently just gets his kicks spreading misinformation and fomenting dissent on his social media fiefdom. #wordOfTheDay

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Son of a Sailor @sonofasailor.bsky.social [ View ] Jun 11, 2024 at 03:11 UTC

You'd think making a daily #wordOfTheDay post in a timely manner would be fairly tractable problem, but apparently not.

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Son of a Sailor @sonofasailor.bsky.social [ View ] Jun 09, 2024 at 18:28 UTC

Nothing triggers a fit of consternation like having your streaming service subscription expire the day before a season finale is released. #wordOfTheDay

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Son of a Sailor @sonofasailor.bsky.social [ View ] Jun 09, 2024 at 00:28 UTC

Even if I wore a disguise to stay incognito, my favorite restaurants would still know it was me because I always order the same damn thing. #wordOfTheDay

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Son of a Sailor @sonofasailor.bsky.social [ View ] Jun 08, 2024 at 00:14 UTC

As usual, the gossip and rumors preceding Apple's WWDC event are all over the place, fueled as they are by an overabundance of wishful thinking. #wordOfTheDay

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Son of a Sailor @sonofasailor.bsky.social [ View ] Jun 06, 2024 at 16:51 UTC

I think about the bravery, dedication, and sheer moxie it took to storm the beaches of Normandy, and I wonder if that combination of qualities exists anymore. #wordOfTheDay

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