Derek Wood

@derekdwood

Professional genealogist, erstwhile professional thespian. Otherwise unprofessional. 🦮☕️⚽️ #COYS Los Angeles, CA

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Bluesky

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Derek Wood@derekdwood· 20d

Nap blocker

Large Malinois-mix dog lying all the way upside down on his back on my queen size bed, taking up the entire head of the bed

Derek Wood@derekdwood· Jul 10

There goes that preppy-lookin’ mofo again. @meninblazers.bsky.social are totally right, Charles De Ketelaere looks like the rich-kid antagonist from an 80’s teen movie

Charles De Ketelaere in 2022, playing for AC Milan

Derek Wood@derekdwood· Jul 6

I should get some more genealogy manuscript work done before soccer comes on, but once again my research assistant is lying down on the job

Brown Malinois mix dog with black fur on his muzzle, lying on my bed all the way upside down with a toothy grin pointed at the camera

Derek Wood@derekdwood· Jul 4

Notes app screenshot of Bart & Lisa “I’m prepared to make that sacrifice” dialogue transcript

Derek Wood@derekdwood· Jul 3

It me

Men In Blazers shop screenshot of blue sweatshirt that says “LIFELONG CAPE VERDE FAN (as of 5 days ago)”

Derek Wood@derekdwood· Jul 1

ACE IN THE HOLE (1951), starring Kirk Douglas

Derek Wood@derekdwood· Jul 1

✊

A sticker on the edge of my desktop monitor that says “FUCK YOU, PAY ME”

Derek Wood@derekdwood· Jul 1

Clyde’s got double-curly paws attitude for ya tonight

A Malinois-mix dog lies prone on a bed with both of his front paws bent all the way under at the wrists

Derek Wood@derekdwood· Jun 25

Slow clap to whoever names streets in Arlington, Texas

Google Maps satellite view of streets with “E Road to Six Flags St” circled in red

Derek Wood@derekdwood· Jun 21

Clyde is uninterested in the World Cup game. And he’s right, it’s not exactly a nailbiter

A Malinois-mix dog with tan fur lying sprawled upside down on a queen-size bed

Derek Wood@derekdwood· May 24

Ping Bodie? Pic Bodie

Ping Bodie following through on a warm-up toss in front of a dugout of seated teammates and a partly-filled grandstand in 1918

Derek Wood@derekdwood· May 23

hello darkness my old friend Sports fandom is nothing but a source of pain

Current score: White Sox 9, Giants 0. Bottom of the 5th.

Derek Wood@derekdwood· May 10

The only Sunday morning show I wanna see

A Malinois mix dog lying all the way over on his back, close-up on his big nose & toothy grin pointing right at the camera

Derek Wood@derekdwood· May 9

Best film adaptation of the odyssey, wrong answers only

Dan Akroyd and John Belushi in The Blues Brothers

Derek Wood@derekdwood· Apr 21

Let’s try one more

A Malinois mix dog lies prone outdoors with a toy between his paws, looking upward at the camera with a big bright smile

Derek Wood@derekdwood· Apr 18

You can’t stop Daniel Susac, he’s a hitting machine. He’s 2 for 3 tonight, bringing the average up to .579. #SFGiants

Giants rookie backup catcher Daniel Susan’s stats page. 18 AB, .556 AVG, 0 HR, 5 RBI, 1.301 OPS

Derek Wood@derekdwood· Apr 16

So far. I’ve only had Clyde McDog for a few months.

A Malinois mix dog lies on a bed next to a pile of pillows, turned all the way on his back, with all four limbs up, toothy grin directed at the camera

Derek Wood@derekdwood· Apr 8

The best news-stress decompression instrument I can offer tonight is Clyde McDog.

Malinois mix dog lies on a bed, hid front paws draped over the near end of the mattress

Derek Wood@derekdwood· Apr 7

Not to worry everyone, our big tech overlords have the future well in hand

A Waymo autonomous taxi attempting to make a left turn across a double yellow line through three lanes of busy traffic

Derek Wood@derekdwood· Apr 5

He is risen… uh, kind of

A malinois mix dog lies on a bed, propped against some pillows, on his back, all 4 legs pointing up, with a toothy grin

Derek Wood@derekdwood· Apr 4

Right side up is so last year #DogsOfBluesky

A malinois mix dog lying on his back on a bed, all four legs in the air, top lip falling open to reveal white teefers

Derek Wood@derekdwood· Apr 2

Well there’s always the immortal…

@dril’s 2012 tweet, “another day volunteering at the Betsy Ross museum. Everyone keeps asking me if they can fuck the flag. Buddy, they won’t even let me fuck it”

Derek Wood@derekdwood· Apr 2

Patricia Lockwood’s tweet, “@parisreview So is Paris any good or not”

Derek Wood@derekdwood· Mar 31

Clyde is giving it his best shot

My malinois-mix dog, curled up against the pillows on my bed

Derek Wood@derekdwood· Mar 31

Real easy solution: just do what I do

My malinois-mix dog, Clyde, curled up against the pillows on my bed

Derek Wood@derekdwood· Mar 15

Derek Wood@derekdwood· Feb 7

Clyde was pleased with the dog park, and looks forward to returning there next week. I think his life with me beats languishing at the pound, at least so far.

A slender reddish-brown dog sniffs the grass in a park in n front of a boundary fence, with a green hillside and blue sky in the background

Derek Wood@derekdwood· Jan 28

I’ve begun to regard the sound of Clyde’s cone hitting things as the cymbal crashes in the ongoing drumbeat of daily life 👍

Reddish brown malinois-mix dog standing in the back seat of a car, looking over the shoulder of his owner in the driver’s seat. The dog is wearing one of the big lampshade-like medical collars around his head.

Derek Wood@derekdwood· Jan 7

We interrupt this daily news shitshow to bring you the following message— [*busts through wall on a motorcycle*] HOT PATOOTIE, BLESS MY SOUL I REALLY LOVE THAT ROCK ‘N ROLL

Meat Loaf as Eddie in The Rocky Horror Picture Show (1975) singing “Hot Patootie”

Derek Wood@derekdwood· Dec 28

How I’m walking out of 2025