Rob of San Francisco

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“From the time of their ride in the blimp, Bill and Anne were more interested in dirigibles than ever.” —The Dirigible Book

Retired art director, now tending my garden in exile. Short stories in New England Review, Zyzzyva, American Short Fiction, Epoch, etc.
If you really want to punish yourselfhttps://justmytoots.com/@[email protected]arty
Current enthusiasmsPortuguese, Spanish, classical guitar
Who do I follow, or notFollow: funny, or science, or one or two other things.. Don’t follow: solely politics because I get easily depressed.
Rob of San Francisco10h ago
I’ve been doing this Mastodon thang on my phone using Metatext, an app that has served me well for years. But has not been supported for almost as long as I’ve been using it, and now suddenly all images are blurred, and I’m wondering if it’s time to move along to another tool with which to enjoy you all?
Rob of San Francisco1d ago
Off to party with the other 8,999,999 folks today.
Rob of San Francisco3d ago
Whenever we open a new package of prosciutto for some recipe or other, I grab the first slice and stuff in my mouth. It’s my version of droit du seigneur.
Rob of San Francisco5d ago
The New Yorker just broke “warm-up” as “war-mup” in a sentence about a TV series written by AI, and the layers of irony just go all the way down and I am cancelling my subscription.
Rob of San Francisco5d ago
piebob ✨5d ago
if you live in WA, you can apply for a rebate toward the cost of an e-bike. applications open at 7am. Monday, March 30th. all the details are here:
https://ebikerebate.wsdot-sites.com/ #BikeTooter
WSDOT e-bike rebate program

Rob of San Francisco5d ago
Every fall I bite the head off a live chicken and bury it at the base of the grapevine, and every spring the vine comes back to life. This is the way.
Rob of San Francisco6d ago

THAT’S A FUCKING PIED WAGTAIL, OR YOU CAN TIE ME UP, GAG ME, AND THROW ME IN A RIVER.

What finally got me voted out of the birders’ club by unanimous vote.

Rob of San FranciscoMar 22
Kinda sad.
Rob of San FranciscoMar 20

Did you know you can’t get two balls _out_ of a row? Like, if there are only two balls, they’re always in the same row. I was up all night trying to get them out of a row with each other, and they just stayed in the same row…

—Detective sitting at his desk with a glass of whiskey at 3 am when his sidekick finally tracks him down.

Rob of San FranciscoMar 18

I want a Dinosaurs series, but I want the voice-over to be Sarah Vowell.

“Tyrranosaurus Rex couldn’t scratch her own nose, but—somehow—she was not only able to take down a 20,000-lb Triceratops, she even got her own movie franchise.”

#morganfreeman