FRUSTRATED artist, MEDIOCRE handyman, INDEPENDENT political observer, LIVING in disbelief, struggling on Social Security, DESPERATELY seeking the next thing to make me laugh, CURIOUS to see something new, beautiful, and exciting.https://bsky.app/profile/dissimilar.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/dissimilar.bsky.social/post/3muoubqr24k2xFor the first time in 4 billion years, a living creature had contemplated himself and heard, with a sudden, unaccountable loneliness, the whisper of wind in the night reeds." Loren Eiseley (born 1907; her birthday Aug. 3 -1907)04 Sep 2026 11:27 +0000at://did:plc:ozxoiw4hdv6o7jrxuxgvczbc/app.bsky.feed.post/3muoubqr24k2xhttps://bsky.app/profile/dissimilar.bsky.social/post/3mt3oxlhjjc2wThe commander'n-chicken said the assassination would not strike a plane if he were not there. So, there must be a chip in his head, and they know where he is, or the people on the decoy plane are not people who matter.15 Aug 2026 03:07 +0000at://did:plc:ozxoiw4hdv6o7jrxuxgvczbc/app.bsky.feed.post/3mt3oxlhjjc2whttps://bsky.app/profile/dissimilar.bsky.social/post/3mstz3wwpik2fAnyone having knowledge of these super spy glasses, please chime in. Age, maker, country of origin??? Would love some help.12 Aug 2026 01:47 +0000at://did:plc:ozxoiw4hdv6o7jrxuxgvczbc/app.bsky.feed.post/3mstz3wwpik2fhttps://bsky.app/profile/dissimilar.bsky.social/post/3msslwy7ig226I cannot believe that the inscrutable universe turns on an axis of suffering; surely the strange beauty of the world must somehow rest on pure joy. Louise Bogan11 Aug 2026 12:19 +0000at://did:plc:ozxoiw4hdv6o7jrxuxgvczbc/app.bsky.feed.post/3msslwy7ig226https://bsky.app/profile/dissimilar.bsky.social/post/3msno4olrds2vHere is a thought!09 Aug 2026 13:14 +0000at://did:plc:ozxoiw4hdv6o7jrxuxgvczbc/app.bsky.feed.post/3msno4olrds2vhttps://bsky.app/profile/dissimilar.bsky.social/post/3msighyxhc22kPutin is still playing our dimwit president like a 4-string stooge. America, the strongest superpower, is now less than half as prepared for any organized effort from whoever.07 Aug 2026 11:14 +0000at://did:plc:ozxoiw4hdv6o7jrxuxgvczbc/app.bsky.feed.post/3msighyxhc22khttps://bsky.app/profile/dissimilar.bsky.social/post/3mrkhetbngk2z “The worst sin towards our fellow creatures is not to hate them, but to be indifferent to them: That’s the essence of inhumanity.” George Bernard Shaw26 Jul 2026 13:10 +0000at://did:plc:ozxoiw4hdv6o7jrxuxgvczbc/app.bsky.feed.post/3mrkhetbngk2zhttps://bsky.app/profile/dissimilar.bsky.social/post/3mq5vrcu6fk2hFrom such happy coincidences most of us are descended. Life is a miracle. Garrison Keillor08 Jul 2026 19:58 +0000at://did:plc:ozxoiw4hdv6o7jrxuxgvczbc/app.bsky.feed.post/3mq5vrcu6fk2hhttps://bsky.app/profile/dissimilar.bsky.social/post/3mq442alyqc2b08 Jul 2026 02:45 +0000at://did:plc:ozxoiw4hdv6o7jrxuxgvczbc/app.bsky.feed.post/3mq442alyqc2bhttps://bsky.app/profile/dissimilar.bsky.social/post/3mpgbujqcy22r“History ... is, indeed, little more than the register of the crimes, follies, and misfortunes of mankind.” Edward Gibbon - The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire.29 Jun 2026 10:31 +0000at://did:plc:ozxoiw4hdv6o7jrxuxgvczbc/app.bsky.feed.post/3mpgbujqcy22rhttps://bsky.app/profile/dissimilar.bsky.social/post/3mp2q52qii22oWell, just as I was feeling devoid of creative energy, this happened. Found Objects 202624 Jun 2026 20:14 +0000at://did:plc:ozxoiw4hdv6o7jrxuxgvczbc/app.bsky.feed.post/3mp2q52qii22ohttps://bsky.app/profile/dissimilar.bsky.social/post/3mnu3wlin7c23This morning, I am going to an appointment to unravel a solution to my financial situation. Predatory loan practices are apparently no defense against one's credit score.09 Jun 2026 11:31 +0000at://did:plc:ozxoiw4hdv6o7jrxuxgvczbc/app.bsky.feed.post/3mnu3wlin7c23https://bsky.app/profile/dissimilar.bsky.social/post/3mndzx36ffc2vStanding outside the back door facing the sun this morning, aware a morning dove is on the bird bath a rabbit peacefully nibbling clover and me feeling a warm breeze held in the arms of long-awaited summer Robert House 06/02/202603 Jun 2026 02:13 +0000at://did:plc:ozxoiw4hdv6o7jrxuxgvczbc/app.bsky.feed.post/3mndzx36ffc2vhttps://bsky.app/profile/dissimilar.bsky.social/post/3mmmlvkmcwc2lYa know, not a great picture, but it caught my eye, and it is so me.24 May 2026 18:31 +0000at://did:plc:ozxoiw4hdv6o7jrxuxgvczbc/app.bsky.feed.post/3mmmlvkmcwc2lhttps://bsky.app/profile/dissimilar.bsky.social/post/3mmc3vzdtns2mMay 14, early coffee run = beauty20 May 2026 14:18 +0000at://did:plc:ozxoiw4hdv6o7jrxuxgvczbc/app.bsky.feed.post/3mmc3vzdtns2mhttps://bsky.app/profile/dissimilar.bsky.social/post/3mllbajw6f223I so wish our commander-in-chief would please stop being duped by Putin and Netanyahu; it is too embarrassing to watch our country pull further apart over his gullible self-interest at our expense.11 May 2026 12:22 +0000at://did:plc:ozxoiw4hdv6o7jrxuxgvczbc/app.bsky.feed.post/3mllbajw6f223https://bsky.app/profile/dissimilar.bsky.social/post/3mldoe2zmus2lFound two large bowling alley pieces, made a nice worktable. I actually call it "The Labowski." What do we think?08 May 2026 11:55 +0000at://did:plc:ozxoiw4hdv6o7jrxuxgvczbc/app.bsky.feed.post/3mldoe2zmus2lhttps://bsky.app/profile/dissimilar.bsky.social/post/3mldnyt2wak2lReminds me I need to get out more.08 May 2026 11:49 +0000at://did:plc:ozxoiw4hdv6o7jrxuxgvczbc/app.bsky.feed.post/3mldnyt2wak2lhttps://bsky.app/profile/dissimilar.bsky.social/post/3mkl5dva74s24Very early boat launch for me this year, April 18th, Saginaw Bay wind is cold, waves a bit choppy, all systems are GO!28 Apr 2026 17:47 +0000at://did:plc:ozxoiw4hdv6o7jrxuxgvczbc/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkl5dva74s24https://bsky.app/profile/dissimilar.bsky.social/post/3mkl53o2sqs24This is the greatest Maple tree in the world, struck by lightning, and has a severe wound from top to bottom, where the lightning bolt ran into the ground. Yet this spring, another triumph.28 Apr 2026 17:43 +0000at://did:plc:ozxoiw4hdv6o7jrxuxgvczbc/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkl53o2sqs24https://bsky.app/profile/dissimilar.bsky.social/post/3mijbml55dk2e Danish author Hans Christian Andersen, Apr. 2, 1725 His birthday was declared International Children's Book Day, a day to promote children's literature and foster a love of reading in the world's youth.02 Apr 2026 13:08 +0000at://did:plc:ozxoiw4hdv6o7jrxuxgvczbc/app.bsky.feed.post/3mijbml55dk2ehttps://bsky.app/profile/dissimilar.bsky.social/post/3miborhtrdk24How do we end this too-long National Nightmare?30 Mar 2026 12:42 +0000at://did:plc:ozxoiw4hdv6o7jrxuxgvczbc/app.bsky.feed.post/3miborhtrdk24https://bsky.app/profile/dissimilar.bsky.social/post/3mi4vtal4a22v “When we get more houses than we can live in, more cars than we can ride in, more food than we can eat ourselves, the only way of getting richer is by cutting off those who don’t have enough.” Nelson Algren28 Mar 2026 15:05 +0000at://did:plc:ozxoiw4hdv6o7jrxuxgvczbc/app.bsky.feed.post/3mi4vtal4a22vhttps://bsky.app/profile/dissimilar.bsky.social/post/3mhbglrv7gk2v"I arise today through the strength of heaven; Light of the sun, Splendor of fire, Speed of lightning, Swiftness of the wind, Depth of the sea, Stability of the earth, Firmness of the rock." St Patrick17 Mar 2026 16:50 +0000at://did:plc:ozxoiw4hdv6o7jrxuxgvczbc/app.bsky.feed.post/3mhbglrv7gk2vhttps://bsky.app/profile/dissimilar.bsky.social/post/3mh5etyg7lc2416 Mar 2026 02:09 +0000at://did:plc:ozxoiw4hdv6o7jrxuxgvczbc/app.bsky.feed.post/3mh5etyg7lc24https://bsky.app/profile/dissimilar.bsky.social/post/3mgmsfoumzs22"attempts to redeem morbidity with a peculiar kind of gusto, one which seeks a quiet annihilation of self-identity through identification with benign things.” Gary Roberts on Jane Kenyon's work09 Mar 2026 11:56 +0000at://did:plc:ozxoiw4hdv6o7jrxuxgvczbc/app.bsky.feed.post/3mgmsfoumzs22https://bsky.app/profile/dissimilar.bsky.social/post/3mfwg7abyy22vWhat has happened to Iran is a failure to communicate, the childish approach to just blow it up is "not the way"!28 Feb 2026 14:19 +0000at://did:plc:ozxoiw4hdv6o7jrxuxgvczbc/app.bsky.feed.post/3mfwg7abyy22vhttps://bsky.app/profile/dissimilar.bsky.social/post/3mdtc2utf7s2lWhat do we think of this?01 Feb 2026 21:37 +0000at://did:plc:ozxoiw4hdv6o7jrxuxgvczbc/app.bsky.feed.post/3mdtc2utf7s2lhttps://bsky.app/profile/dissimilar.bsky.social/post/3mdtbvcmjz22lKinda interesting for a photo?01 Feb 2026 21:33 +0000at://did:plc:ozxoiw4hdv6o7jrxuxgvczbc/app.bsky.feed.post/3mdtbvcmjz22l