Les Orchard <me@lmorchard.com>

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  • 9 hours ago
    Also also I managed to read Dungeon Crawler Carl books 5 and 6 while on planes, this week.
  • 9 hours ago
    Also, I think a couple had a very loud breakup fight in the row behind me and the lady had a flight attendant move her to a new seat after about 2 hours of back and forth. I couldn't hear much but I think the dude was on the losing end of the dispute. Then he jabbed me in the kidneys for awhile as he messed angrily with his seat back pocket.
  • 9 hours ago
    I have been awake for 24 hours, but at least I'm tooting from a Lyft home
  • 18 hours ago
    Also i just got a chicken bacon sandwich and, to myself, I just said: "IT'S BACON!" just like the old Beggin' Strips dog treat commercials
  • 18 hours ago
    I am still in an airport. A woman just walked by wearing a Sade t-shirt. In my liminal cross-time-zone hallucinatory state, I could have sworn it was Alf on her shirt and I was inordinately interested until I realized
  • 18 hours ago
    Content warning:celebrity death Patrick Stewart. Well, shit. That's why the captain's not supposed to go on away missions
  • 1 day ago
    Here by my gate, i just watched a man cough like a toddler, mouth open and tongue out. Somehow he sounded like godzilla
  • 1 day ago
    On my long flight here, a strapping German lad rolled over in his sleep and attempted to engulf my forearm in his spandex-clad ass cheeks. I'm hoping a similar experience doesn't occur today 🤞
  • 1 day ago
    I am at the airport. I have checked my bag. Wish i could check my body. Just put me in a padded tube with air and water and maybe a USB-C charging port. Let me read my Kindle and play music til I'm home
  • 1 day ago
    I don't even own a Switch 2, but I still kinda want this physical edition of Caves of Qud 🤔 https://www.killscreen.com/caves-of-qud-gets-a-1500-copy-physical-edition/?
  • 2 days ago
    Sometimes I wonder if folks commenting on Hacker News ever have a flash of self-awareness where they're like "ah, yes, it's me, my comment is part of what makes this place insufferable"
  • 2 days ago
    Again, I find it so civilized in Oregon that I can review my ballot and the associated research from the comfort of my own kitchen - and not have to go into a weird church or elementary school to get my squiggles on the record

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