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pjohanneson

@pjohanneson@mstdn.ca

Part-time prevaricator.

University webmaster, #WordPress #Multisite maven, #PrairieSF #writer, #judo instructor... dang that's a lot of hats.

Avatar: Hallie Bateman
Header image: Alex Plante (Painting of blue sky over a wheat field, in the colour scheme of Ukraine's flag; I'll keep this as my header till Russia leaves Ukraine)

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futurebird , to random
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There is a lot of negativity about Therapsids. Lots of people (mostly me) calling them "ugly" and "too small heads" and "make up your mind about being a mammal or not" but I'm turning over a new leaf!

Dicynodont?
Why not dicynodo!

pjohanneson ,
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@futurebird This seems very niche, but I'm glad you've had an epiphany.

kimlockhartga , to bookstodon group
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Book Challenge: Choose 20 books that greatly influenced you. One book per day, for 20 days. No explanations, no reviews, just covers. Book One: @bookstodon

The cover of Daytripper is, well, kind of trippy. A man sits on a park bench, with a dog in front of him. Pretty normal so far, right? Except we can see his thoughts, which are presented in watercolor splashes of imagination. There is the precarious love he shares with an adventurous woman, represented by them both standing up in a boat. There is an image of a great modern city. And there us his trusty typewriter. Sure, he uses it for his newspaper job, but he writes about life and death; it's impossible to think about the beginning and the end without considering all the chapters of one's own life, and about what it all means.
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    • pjohanneson ,
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    @kimlockhartga @bookstodon Gad, this one was a ride.

    flexghost , (edited ) to random
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    ** IT’S HERE! FRIDAY NIGHT MUSIC THREAD ON **

    Tonight’s theme is:

    ✨🏅☄️ TOP SHELF! 🎀🏆✨󠁯󠀭

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    🎵 Post FULL ALBUMS that are a 10/10 all the way through along with what you’re drinking. 🎶
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    1. Iron Maiden - The Number of the Beast
    2. Genesis - Selling England By The Pound
    3. Aesop Rock - The Impossible Kid
    4. Fleetwood Mac - Rumours

    (Multiple submissions welcome)

    Oban 14

    Post often • share • make some friends

    pjohanneson ,
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    @flexghost

    #MastodonMusic

    • Beautiful South, 0898
    • 13 Engines, Perpetual Motion Machine
    • Masters of Reality, the Blue Album

    So far the drink tonight is water, but I envision a bit of Writers' Tears whiskey later on.

    Album cover of Perpetual Motion Machine by 13 Engines: a red solar prominence on a black background
    Cover of the Blue Album by Masters of Reality: An elaborate garden full of statuary under a blue night sky

    pjohanneson ,
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    @flexghost if I must

    pjohanneson ,
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    @flexghost Oh, I forgot a couple.

    • Meat Puppets, Too High to Die
    • They Might Be Giants, Flood
    pjohanneson ,
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    @flexghost I bought Too High to Die on cassette, based solely on the first single, "Backwater". Every single track was great. (Admittedly, it took me a while to come around to the bluesy "Roof With a Hole", but within a year or so it was one of my favourites on the tape.)

    pjohanneson ,
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    @flexghost Keep one of these on hand for the inevitable.

    bitterkarella , to random
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    1
    [at unicorn fuck club]
    JRR Tolkien: tonight we've got a special story from everyone's favorite fantasy writer
    GRR Martin:
    CS Lewis:
    Peter S Beagle:
    Hans Christian Andersen:
    L Frank Baum:
    Tolkien: whoops shouldn't have said that ha ha
    Tolkien: i mean, you're all winners in my book

    pjohanneson ,
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    @bitterkarella ...this made so much more sense once I found the context.

    https://lithub.com/the-time-terry-pratchetts-german-publisher-inserted-a-soup-ad-into-his-novel/

    loren , to random
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    Get blasted by the goose beam!

    pjohanneson ,
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    @loren I can't tell if this would be better with context or if it's just fine as it is

    and honestly I'm a little afraid to find out

    dillyd , to random
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    Words for which I learned secondary meanings on my trip to the PNW:
    Sound (as in Puget)
    Spit (as in Dungeness)

    In addition to the ones above, my husband also learned:
    Bluff (like a cliff or steep hill)

    Thanks to Monty Python, we both already knew Swallow (type of bird, whether European or African)

    pjohanneson ,
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    @dillyd Where I grew up, a bluff is a small stand of trees.

    vampiress , to random
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    pjohanneson ,
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    @vampiress I once read that the IQ of a meeting is calculated by taking the highest IQ in the room and dividing that by the square of the number of legs in the room.

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    pjohanneson ,
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    @vampiress @Ariane Yeah, a C64 would definitely be preferable to a VT220.

    lowqualityfacts , to random
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    Still trying to find my people on Mastodon. Please boost if you:

    -Like french fries.

    -Enjoy watching TV.

    -Have recurring dreams that you are a frog.

    -Feel distraught when you wake up and realize that you are in fact not a frog.

    -Spend your days studying ancient texts in search of a forbidden incantation that transforms humans into amphibians.

    pjohanneson ,
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    @lowqualityfacts Is this an "and" list or an "or" list?

    vampiress , to random
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    pjohanneson ,
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    @vampiress ...you're not wrong

    vampiress , to random
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    pjohanneson ,
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    @vampiress "Steve, Don't Eat It" was genius. Beggin' Strips was probably my favourite.

    lowqualityfacts , to random
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    I'm surprised that so many people don't know this.
    https://patreon.com/lowqualityfacts

    pjohanneson ,
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    @lowqualityfacts Maybe yes, maybe no—

    (most likely no)

    —but his dad's name was Sal Pacino, so there's that, anyway.

    RikerGoogling Bot , to random
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    how many times has the enterprise exploded

    pjohanneson ,
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    @RikerGoogling more than you'd like, less than you'd think

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