Mat Bowles (He/Þei)
@matgb
Displaced Devonian in Yorkshire, ageing goth who yawns a lot (2 sleep disorders and chronic fatigue). Never been a "real man" so a little bit NB, here for the SF, history, science and friends Icon from Doomtown, best card game ever made
Which particular circle of hell is reserved for the slop merchants that make shite like this? I need a new mousemat, simple, right? But there are some with stuff printed like useful shortcuts. Except, well, this lot isn't exactly useful Curl+P = Pront?
Guess I won't be topping up on milk before the weekend then Two aisles almost completely empty, fun fun
One at a time it is then! He spent half an hour wading around the beck then enjoyed the mini golf area
I love taking Ridley for his long walk when I can, he always likes it, but when the weather's like this it's best late in the day Slightly different route today gave me a nice view of The Tower, bet it's glorious up there today Imagine being able to see Manchester and Hull from the same spot!
Beaver tech! Course, you'd normally build one on a cliffside or on a platform you've suspended up high Oh, wait, that is what they're doing, cool Playing Timberborn sets my RSI off so very small doses, it's great fun tho timberborn.wiki.gg/wiki/Gravity...
When someone posts about doing something in Bradford my immediate response is "they're visiting?" then remember there are a fair few Bradfords I just looked up to see just how many That's too many Bradfords Middle English it mean broad/wide ford/crossing, lots of them in England, even more in US
I know being partially faceblind means lots of people look more similar to me than to others, but I'm not wrong here am I?
In terms of actual used most days, the Games Workshop Citadel branded Plasplugs craft knives I use as box cutters that I got from work in my early 20s In terms of used enough I keep it handy, the Concise Oxford Dictionary I got for appearing on Blockbusters when I was 17 Physical media is useful!
Chippy chippy chippy! I'm not wrong thinking this is a labubu, right?
🦀 see a crab, post a crab 🦀 I have no idea what this critter is it's the first time I've ever seen one in the local beck, but it's kinda crab/lobster/shrimp like? Looked like it had lost a claw but the remaining one was proportionally big Clifton Beck, West Yorkshire if anyone can ID it?
At university, in a demographics course we studied how a short term fall in the number of births would affect schools &c over the next few decades That was in 2001/02—we predicted that because the then birth rate was falling, in the 2020s universities would face a problem Uni of Exeter, '99-'02
Ridley didn't like sitting with us in the shade so demanded a walk then just did this Nice picnic with parents tho, field might be housing at some point this century
I once got so drunk I tried to go for a swim in the fountain by the bus stop on Torquay sea front This one: If you're thinking "that only looks about a foot deep", you'd be right! No Nazi tattoos
Eldritch, famously, put up with a lot of shit and never argued with anyone
So, I'm cheese shopping online, I've found a nice place that stocks smoked Wensleydale (our very local shop closed) but it's flat rate shipping per order so is there anything else? www.grasmere-farm.co.uk/shop/uncateg... You can't sell 'halloumi' in the UK unless it's from Cypress y'see
I love that the village has the 'official' spelling but the civil parish it's in uses the proper spelling Also? New favourite thing for a techbro to do with their cash: sell Bebo for ~$600million, buy it back later for $1million, use the money to buy & refurb the derelict pub in Granny's village
For reference, here are shots I took me him in August 2024 & 2025, as you can see lounging in the sun in an inconvenient place is usually his favourite thing I've been up all night at my desk with the aircon on, so it's now only 24C in my office :-(
It's, apparently, world goth day I've been a lazigothi for at least 25 years (don't suppose anyone has any files from the old tamagothi site?) so I'm doing very little plus it's far too bright Matters not Let us read a tale of the time of Goths
Bluesky using cartoonist joins in with Bsky's inexplicable Blobby fascination
You're trapped in the last TV show you watched My TV box suggested I should watch Wynonna Earp because I watched the TV movie sequel So I'm 8 episodes in, Waverley's just dumped the boyfriend (she had a boyfriend?) and we've found out Dolls is a bit weird