Ruby Summers and Nate Grey are the best Summers children and i will die on this hill.https://bsky.app/profile/j.schwa.systemshttps://bsky.app/profile/j.schwa.systems/post/3mktizmfjwh2mSeeing a world-renowned Finnish acapella group perform Bee Gees songs. "Finland is where Cities Skylines is made" I lean over and tell my wife. 02 May 2026 01:37 +0000at://did:plc:xmxzszw7dyibyzrnrxevui4d/app.bsky.feed.post/3mktizmfjwh2mhttps://bsky.app/profile/j.schwa.systems/post/3mkofnf2esc27My wife doesn’t know it but she’s seconds away from seeing for the first time that scene from the TNG s1 episode Conspiracy where that Star Fleet dude gets phaser blasted apart in the most gory way possible30 Apr 2026 00:54 +0000at://did:plc:xmxzszw7dyibyzrnrxevui4d/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkofnf2esc27https://bsky.app/profile/j.schwa.systems/post/3mko4ebytmz26Nebraska Public Media does a regular drawing to give away tickets to concerts for PBS donors. I put my name in every month regardless of the show, and I finally won. So this Friday I'm going to see Stayin' Alive: The Bee Gees & Beyond performed by a Finnish a cappella group with the Omaha Symphony.29 Apr 2026 22:07 +0000at://did:plc:xmxzszw7dyibyzrnrxevui4d/app.bsky.feed.post/3mko4ebytmz26https://bsky.app/profile/j.schwa.systems/post/3mkm4lk3jgm23It's time for pogs to come back. We can repurpose all those dorky challenge coins into pog slammers. 29 Apr 2026 03:06 +0000at://did:plc:xmxzszw7dyibyzrnrxevui4d/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkm4lk3jgm23https://bsky.app/profile/j.schwa.systems/post/3mkgysnjqjc2aBecause i've got a fancy new site up (decidedly not very fancy) and because I ran a tabletop game for the first time since the pandemic this weekend, i wrote a little about the experience https://schwa.systems/blog/2026/i_ran_mothership/27 Apr 2026 02:15 +0000at://did:plc:xmxzszw7dyibyzrnrxevui4d/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkgysnjqjc2ahttps://bsky.app/profile/j.schwa.systems/post/3mkebl6lsc22eI ran a game of the Mothership ttrpg for the first time today, and I (and my players) survived the experience.26 Apr 2026 00:14 +0000at://did:plc:xmxzszw7dyibyzrnrxevui4d/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkebl6lsc22ehttps://bsky.app/profile/j.schwa.systems/post/3mkbo3fljyo2kSeason 1 Star Trek The Next Generation lookin ass couch 24 Apr 2026 23:19 +0000at://did:plc:xmxzszw7dyibyzrnrxevui4d/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkbo3fljyo2khttps://bsky.app/profile/j.schwa.systems/post/3mk4zutd45k2kBoosting my @maximumfun.org membership and closing the window, then immediately logging back in to double check and make sure I didn’t miss checking the boxes for all the shows I listen to, like double checking to make sure I turned the stove off23 Apr 2026 03:08 +0000at://did:plc:xmxzszw7dyibyzrnrxevui4d/app.bsky.feed.post/3mk4zutd45k2khttps://bsky.app/profile/j.schwa.systems/post/3mjzaft7ykw2xA plane just flew overhead, and all of the grackles in my backyard at the same time looked up to the sky, and started puffing themselves up and screeching, like they were challenging the plane to a fight.21 Apr 2026 14:54 +0000at://did:plc:xmxzszw7dyibyzrnrxevui4d/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjzaft7ykw2xhttps://bsky.app/profile/j.schwa.systems/post/3mjpqztt64u2qPutting laundry away would be so much easier if the dryer could group the clothes for me. Shirts with shirts, pants with pants, socks with socks, etc. It's the context switching of folding clothes that I find so exhausting.17 Apr 2026 20:25 +0000at://did:plc:xmxzszw7dyibyzrnrxevui4d/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjpqztt64u2qhttps://bsky.app/profile/j.schwa.systems/post/3mjnx4uov6h2wI've mostly overcome the instinctual desire to hang onto a good cardboard box, but I still struggle with getting rid of a really great piece of bubble wrap. 17 Apr 2026 03:09 +0000at://did:plc:xmxzszw7dyibyzrnrxevui4d/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjnx4uov6h2whttps://bsky.app/profile/j.schwa.systems/post/3mjnaiecogc2bGot word that the place I previously worked at for a decade has just laid off all of their remaining #LNK employees. The company was founded here two decades ago but sold six years ago, shortly before I left. The new owners began offshoring everything, and it sounds like that project is now complete16 Apr 2026 20:23 +0000at://did:plc:xmxzszw7dyibyzrnrxevui4d/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjnaiecogc2bhttps://bsky.app/profile/j.schwa.systems/post/3mjldlqyzpk2cProbably the coolest bit of X-Men marginalia I have is this faux Russian icon of Cable and the baby Hope, hand made by a dear friend long ago. 16 Apr 2026 02:14 +0000at://did:plc:xmxzszw7dyibyzrnrxevui4d/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjldlqyzpk2chttps://bsky.app/profile/j.schwa.systems/post/3mjfsiax3vh2xLooking through all the stuff for sale at an estate sale auction, you sort of build a profile about the person's life in your head. And looking at all the stuff the guy in this week's auction had, I've come to a conclusion: This guy fucked 13 Apr 2026 21:24 +0000at://did:plc:xmxzszw7dyibyzrnrxevui4d/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjfsiax3vh2xhttps://bsky.app/profile/j.schwa.systems/post/3mjdp5g4yci2mWatching a pre-Top Gear car show that Jeremy Clarkson hosted, where he examines car culture in Japan. He calls the Skyline "boring looking" and Tokyo one of the ugliest cities in the world. So his history of being wrong about stuff goes way back.13 Apr 2026 01:19 +0000at://did:plc:xmxzszw7dyibyzrnrxevui4d/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjdp5g4yci2mhttps://bsky.app/profile/j.schwa.systems/post/3mjab6nwmie2gDreamt they released an album of "The Unc-est Songs of the 90s" and it was just a collection of the worst rock and pop hits of that era. It was only available on CD and you had to order it from a phone number given in the tv commercial for it, just like the ads of 70s & 80s CDs from back in the day.11 Apr 2026 16:31 +0000at://did:plc:xmxzszw7dyibyzrnrxevui4d/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjab6nwmie2ghttps://bsky.app/profile/j.schwa.systems/post/3miwsq6fyfa25Dr. Pulaski hating on Data so much on Star Trek is what fuels my distaste for AI garbage now 07 Apr 2026 22:19 +0000at://did:plc:xmxzszw7dyibyzrnrxevui4d/app.bsky.feed.post/3miwsq6fyfa25