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@franwrites

American expat in Australia, eater of food, narrative design lead @ Mighty Kingdom Currently telling Starfleet officers what to do in https://www.startreklowerdecksmobilegame.com/

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If you ever want to get them back, just say the name “Craig” within earshot. It drives them insane.

07.03.2026 23:04 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

I was cleaning out the fridge today and found a jar of curry paste that expired in 2014. That means it moved house with us ten years ago, already well past its peak.

07.03.2026 13:24 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Your job is to pick the worst possible actor to play James Bond. Go!

07.03.2026 11:17 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Me, right now. And it’s not even an action scene.

07.03.2026 04:35 👍 713 🔁 276 💬 9 📌 23

This is the first time in 30 years I have thought about beer balls.

07.03.2026 08:29 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

🤨

06.03.2026 10:38 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Man, they all seem to have started treating fast food like American haute cuisine like the boss does.

06.03.2026 00:15 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

I think the impact is less about the games themselves and more about who is entrusted to conduct the verification. If it's a sketchy company who asks for way too much like with the under-16 social media ban, that's unacceptable.

06.03.2026 00:12 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

My “I’m not saying they’re making it up” t-shirt has people asking questions already answered by the shirt.

05.03.2026 12:21 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Greg Kinnear called me a "real weirdo".

05.03.2026 02:50 👍 10 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

F9: A Space Odyssey

Beau Is Afraid: Into the Spider-Verse

04.03.2026 22:47 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Carpenter, bank teller.

04.03.2026 22:30 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
James Doohan as Scotty sits at a control console aboard the USS Enterprise, wearing a red Starfleet uniform with a black collar and a delta insignia on his chest. He leans slightly forward with one hand resting on the console, his dark hair neatly combed to the side. Behind him are colorful control panels and futuristic set walls characteristic of the original Star Trek series bridge.

James Doohan as Scotty sits at a control console aboard the USS Enterprise, wearing a red Starfleet uniform with a black collar and a delta insignia on his chest. He leans slightly forward with one hand resting on the console, his dark hair neatly combed to the side. Behind him are colorful control panels and futuristic set walls characteristic of the original Star Trek series bridge.

James Doohan wasn’t just Montgomery "Scotty" Scott, he was also a Canadian who served his country and landed on the beaches of Normandy on D-Day. Then he turned to acting, was trained by Lorne Greene and even helped develop the Klingon language.
This is his story.

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03.03.2026 14:02 👍 260 🔁 96 💬 3 📌 6

This sounds frustrating and delightful.

04.03.2026 12:16 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Just ordered! Looking forward to learning from the wisdom of my peers.

04.03.2026 11:54 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

The Pitt ep 8 is basically a GenX nostalgia trip/letter to the young’ns and I am here for it.

04.03.2026 11:48 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

I know for sure it's NOT coaching staff officially announced. That might be Week 5.

04.03.2026 01:10 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Peppino's in Somerdale, NJ. An old-school red sauce joint with veal parmesan as big as your face. The owner, who could have passed for Roberto Begnini, was also the only waiter, and his mom was the bedroom slipper-wearing chef. They closed because the owner's back gave out. My favorite place.

04.03.2026 01:02 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

I don’t think Tina understands hashtags.

03.03.2026 22:56 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

I’ll never understand how you can be selfish for not dedicating your life to a theoretical person.

03.03.2026 11:48 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Putting the utter hilarity of this aside for a second, how in the world is a concoction made of ground beef and rice "low-calorie"?

02.03.2026 23:41 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

The problem with having a very games industry-heavy feed is that I am introduced to tons of great games I will never have time to play.

02.03.2026 23:36 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Bang on. It's like when they ask "But the taxes are so high!" First, not really. Second, yes, but I get to go to the doctor and also buy groceries.

02.03.2026 23:24 👍 7 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
I am in this photo snd I don’t like it.

I am in this photo snd I don’t like it.

02.03.2026 13:28 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Same! I watched and loved S1 when it was new, and am only watching the rest now. S2 was nonsense, the movie was fine, S3 is disappointing through 7 eps. I am thinking the payoff is not coming and this just isn’t for me.

01.03.2026 23:29 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

I asked my wife (with little hope) if she wanted to see Iron Maiden with me. She told me to play her a song, which I did. She replied - 30 seconds in - “They sound like Spinal Tap. Are they being serious?”

Reader, I will be attending alone.

28.02.2026 02:45 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

My wife says a Philly accent comes out when I'm angry, but the funny thing is even though I grew up there I never really had the accent.

27.02.2026 01:54 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

You're right about that audience not existing. But maybe they think a monopoly means lack of choice, which means people watching this stuff that ordinarily wouldn't, which means indoctrination.

27.02.2026 01:47 👍 4 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Pizzolato specifically said afterwards there's no supernatural stuff happening, so it was closed case for a lot of people. But creators fib all the time about what their stuff is about, so...

26.02.2026 05:40 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

Sorry, just saw someone else said him too, but just goes to show.

26.02.2026 05:36 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0