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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Day 20,940 seed 570401041836

A digital marker and pen illustration of a large red apple sitting on a teal surface. A smiling green caterpillar, the Shazam! villain Mr. Mind, peeks out from a chewed hole in the side of the apple. The caterpillar wears round glasses and has a retro-style radio strapped around its body. Source apple image from #OliveArtClub A vintage comic book panel featuring Mister Mind, a small, green…

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Yearling and mama and chipmunk

“There’s one twist that the Trump administration, in all its usual meticulous due diligence, failed to anticipate. As I drew attention to in Saturday’s Just for Skeets and Giggles, the number 250 in Mandarin (pronounced èr bǎi wǔ) is a common insult. It connotes “idiot.” The slang dates back to the Qing Dynasty and remains in vigorous use today. In Chinese culture, the number is considered so…

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Monarch scanner prop

https://svonberg.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/monarch3.html Save as app to android desktop should let it run full screen

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Devo covering NIN is boss

https://bsky.app/profile/scottobear.bsky.social/post/3mn4g3mopfk2ehttps://bsky.app/profile/scottobear.bsky.social/post/3mn4g3mopfk2e First of all, this isn't AI, the video is over a decade old. Second of all, I actually prefer this version to the NIN original. Go figure. youtu.be/LhL8Sl3dWl8?…— Scottobear (@scottobear.bsky.social) 2026-05-31T01:29:42.855Z

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Backyard zoo today

Deer and chipmunk

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Helpful hint of the day

Want to make your windows pc better? 1. Win + R2. services.msc❌️Connected User Experience❌️Diagnostic Policy Server❌️Printer Spooler❌️Windows Search❌️Diagnostic Service HostReboot. Why? Here is how it helps: Frees Up CPU & RAM: Stops heavy background processing. Reduces Gaming Stutter: Eliminates random lag spikes. Ends High Disk Usage: Stops Windows from constantly thrashing your…

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I am thankful that I didn’t have access to the internet before I was a teenager.I honestly don’t think that I would be able to read books if I were an iPad kid. Who is still giving money to this group of douchecanoes?thisweekinvideogames.com/news/wizards…— Scottobear (@scottobear.bsky.social) 2026-05-28T20:03:12.517Z I might get an Atari 800xl after all!www.timeextension.com/news/2026/05…—…

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To my 70s house designer: "I need a wall, but this wall must specifically fail at every attribute of a wall."

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Planet of the apes household?

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Vincent Price, You devil!

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Happy Birthday Vincent Price

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My current media consumption alternatives

Jellyfin: https://jellyfin.org/Plex: https://plex.tv/Navidrome: https://www.navidrome.org/Kavita: https://www.kavitareader.com/Audiobookshelf: https://www.audiobookshelf.org/Immich: https://immich.app/Papra: https://papra.app/en/Home Assistant: https://www.home-assistant.io/Symfonium: https://symfonium.app/KOReader: https://koreader.rocks/

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100 years ago

May 22, 1926: The Colonial Dames of Virginia dance an old-fashioned minuet in front of the Municipal Building of Roanoke after the dedication of a historic marker.

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Saturday tots

Current Mood: mortified (but full of carbs)Current Music: The low hum of a food truck generator So the other night, we decided we didn’t want to cook. Word on the street was that there was a new tater tot food truck in town, and it was parked at a local charity car show for the evening. Perfect. Dinner and some cool cars to look at. We hopped into our SUV and headed over. Now, regarding our…

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Carvins Cove is a scene from Scooby-doo

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So many creatures for a wet night!

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Easy pihole and plex on mini pc

The easiest approach is using CasaOS on top of Ubuntu Desktop.CasaOS provides a beautiful, click-to-install dashboard (like an app store) that handles Docker for you behind the scenes. Using Ubuntu Desktop gives you a regular visual interface (GUI) so you do not have to rely entirely on text commands. Phase 1: Install Ubuntu Desktop   1. Download the free Ubuntu Desktop LTS installer on a…