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 Francisco18h 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?
Show threadRob of San Francisco1d ago
@TheEddieShow I’m not going to mine, either. I asked in a post on the reunion FB page if anyone knew where so-&-so was, and by the crickets, it seems no one remembered who _I_ was. If I showed up, they’d probably take it I’d just wandered in to get a drink and free snacks. And they wouldn’t be wrong.
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.
Show threadRob of San Francisco5d ago
@joe To er is human, t’is true.
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.
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@piebob
I’ve put almost 10k miles on my e-bike over the last five years. It’s flattened San Francisco for me. I can get most places faster on the bike than in the car.
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.
Show threadRob of San Francisco6d ago
@dadakopf Just how many things must come to an end in this town?