Spare Parts

A pictures of trees on a foggy morning. The sky is noticeably pink in hue.

This mornings weather report: pink.

View of Chicago skyline from William E. Dever Crib in Lake Michigan east of North Avenue. // Image captured at: 2026-02-15 22:20:01 UTC (about 17 min. prior to this post) // Image sourced from: glerl.noaa.gov/metdata/chi/ // Current Temp in Chicago: 52.41 F | 11.34 C // Precip: clear sky // Wind: N at 5.458 mph | 8.78 kph // Humidity: 64%

Current* conditions near Chicago, IL:

A brown and white cocker spaniel dog laying in bed. She's very sleepy.

Mounting genetic and archaeological evidence suggests dogs were bred by humans to be companions. We could say, Humans made Dog in Their imagine. And we know Dogs are all that is perfect and pure, so we must ask, did humans make what God could not?

Two coturnix quail (birds) in a hutch standing on hay.

Not enough quail pictures around here. This is Sprinkles (left). He's an asshole.

Whole day, gone.

Any chance you're working on a Woodstock Willy groundhogs day shirt? I'm not sure what that would be, but I know he's my groundhog.

I can hear the second half of this post crystal clear in your voice.

Thank you 🙏

Thank god someone's staying on the Bison Beat!

Be careful out there, @whatahellofawaytodad.com !

A black and white Australian shepherd dog face smiling.

Don't let the cool gaze fool you. These things smile like this:

Fuck gettin' it on your own, you don't need it!

"Father, if it wasn't for those mountains, would this look like Indy?"

That's very moderate of you.

I think it's time to flip the script and start calling it "The OpenAI", then insisting you can't figure out how to work it, and hand it back.

If only I'd know weird little goblin charisma existed decades ago!

Finished up Farscape. On to Columbo, which I'm to guess is a sci-fi show because it starts in space.

I read about someone finding one in a forest preserve here in McHenry Co, IL. I've been on the lookout ever since. So cool!

This one is very funny. Surely there's other full self driving out there, right? Like KITT from Knight Rider?

Can we get a clean closeup of god Kirby and can I use it as my discord pfp, please?

"For more information, please reread the article."

I figured this was the case, but farm brain took over. Apologies if that was offense, but I was amused by the crossed wires in my brain. This joke would have killed with the queer farming community!

In winter? I don't know anyone that has spare eggs. My quail stopped laying a month ago!

Many Led Zeppelin albums laid out on a rug. There are multiple copies of the same album.

Going through my late stepdad's record collection. What am I supposed to do with this?? I found one more copy of II shortly after taking the picture. #LedZeppelin

You should start the Stella authentication service. These people can send you $50 for you to confirm that you're giving that $50 right to Palestinians.

I click on Discover and let Bsky take me away. Maybe you should be asking yourself how you got here??

This chart shows people in Indiana only reluctantly keep living?

You're not exposed to give dogs humans names.

I just read this to the 9 year-old. It was a lovely read. He says he likes beavers, but thinks it's reasonable to remove some.

A lot of produce sits for a long time before it hits a grocery shelf. All the recent nonsense in Big Ag has resulted in more storage, more delays, etc. In brief, I'd guess they're selling you old potatoes.