Another nook in the Scotto Grotto

Hey, what's written on the wall over here?

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Hanna-Barbera Columbo

With and without Dog

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Roanoke RPG update

https://svonberg.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/nokerpg_015.html Updated the map with some landmarks, added a way to equip items, instead of perma-cumulative boosts Rearranged regional locations a bit more (more work needed) Added quests and achievements

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These are the creatures in our neighborhood

Most of our critters have food names except for the skunks and beartholomewWe’ve had a few critters- little Debbie the chipmunk, flying v, king, queenie, lil prince, stinkothy and whoopie pie the skunk familyThe venison sistersVicky, Valerie, vanity, Venus, Vera, and venellopeChubbs, frank, and Vito the raccoon banditsNot as creative, we also have “yellow cat”, tiger, and Bob catsNever named…

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Tiny wireless media server

This DIY portable media server for a road trip looks like a comic book bomb. It could use a cheap plastic case. Not bad for a $12 Pi Zero, 512GB card, and a 5k mAh battery that lasts for over 8 hours. It creates its own hotspot that serves media over DLNA. Also has a bunch of music- trying to figure a quick and dirty way to auto-pull new podcast episodes/tv shows on when it is on wifi elsewhere,…

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Re: Taylor Farms, Cyclospora, & Taco Bell

So, to recap: Very large outbreak of cyclosporiasis, which is an intestinal disease caused by cyclospora, a parasite. Causes explosive, watery diarrhea, among other symptoms and can last for weeks, but generally doesn’t if you get it treated with Bactrim, which is a sulfa antibiotic. The outbreak seems particularly bad here in Michigan, but that might just be due to the fact that MI officials got…

Re: Taylor Farms, Cyclospora, & Taco Bell

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Roanoke VA RPG - landmark update

“SHADOWS OF THE STAR CITY” https://svonberg.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/nokerpg_006.html Added light and dark mode, black dog salvage, dixie caverns, taubman, the Texas Tavern, and the Salem Duck Pond, as well as some monsters, artifacts, and a money system (some enemies drop cash as well as possible “magic items”) Still need to add the Roanoke weiner stand and a few other elements.

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Could be worse, I guess.

July 1912 wasn’t going so well for Franz Kafka July 1 Too tired.July 2 Sad.July 3 Today is my birthday.July 4 What are you? I am miserable.July 5 To have to bear and to be the cause of such suffering!July 6 Unhappy night.July 21 Miserable creature that I am! Day 20,986

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Day 20,985

Lil tiny possum! Listening to two couples discussing what they are naming their kids (Campbell Meridian / Angel Lavender for boy/girl) and was reminded of:Bahby names 2026*Beef Thunder*Blast Hardcheese*Brick Wolfpunch*Rip Steakface*Throckmorton*Biff Ironjaw*Tank Beefslab Bethesda just dropped a massive roadmap: Fallout 5, remasters of Fallout 3 & New Vegas, The Elder Scrolls VI, and more.4…

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Yellow cat and bird

Some smoke added pics of roanoke today

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Lil possum! Needs a name.

skinny lil possum, stinkothy the skunk, mosquito bomber july 17 2026#roanokeva #backyardzoo #skunk #possum #opossum Day 20,984 Seed 570515054211

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Colonoscopy follow-up

Current Mood: 🍟 hungryCurrent Music: The rhythmic gurgling of my own digestive tract So.Yesterday was the day I crossed another threshold into official, undeniable Middle Age: my very first colonoscopy. Below the cut, the glamorous details of my lower GI tract (more…)

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Stinking Kevin

Watching the *Time Bandits* series, based on the movie of the same name. Halfway through it, and so far, it’s not terrible, but doesn’t yet hold a candle to the original. Basic plot scene from the original below: https://clip.cafe/time-bandits-1981/to-be-quite-frank/ You see, to be quite frank, Kevin, the fabric of the universe is far from perfect. It was a bit of botched job, you see. We only…

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Pearl day 20,983

Chronological seed 570513134151 Today’s animal visitors

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some of my favourite sign fails <3

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Raccoon and deer folk

The raccoon sounds are so cute!

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Day 29,891

Off to get a procedure done, first of two this week. Old man stuff. Epidural for my back today, colonoscopy Thursday.  Current listen: You’re Dead Norma Tanega 1966 I am always often frightened of being knocked out, and I guess that is the norm for colonoscopy? I thought it was a local, but i guess they don’t want folks awake for it these days. Chronological seed – 570512014008

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Deer visit

July 14 2026 https://youtu.be/UDiBHRuu3bM?is=8FFMhaAJItzHEOhS