darryl

Generalist nerd

Space, software, board games, puzzle games, general nerdery. Canadian. Middle-aged. Ask me whatever you want, but if it’s something about naked-eye/binocular astronomy, you’ll make my day

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spineflu
@spineflu

somebody, no expert
said that in the eastern desert
that theres two legs beside an old barrow
visage lying in the sand
with a sneer of cold command
commissioned by some hubristic pharaoh

well the years start coming and they don't stop coming
emperors die and forget whats forthcoming
didn't imagine we'd forget whats dead
for his arrogance belied a heart that fed

passions well-read
lifeless and dead
look at what was stamped on the stone there
the flattering sculptor's words
the circling carrion birds

my name's
ozymandias
these are my works
despair
all ye
who are mighty
see yours vanish
like air
yet nothing but this remains
endless desolation, his domain




bcj
@bcj

me: huh, i wonder what this bug i saw earlier was. it's more the size of a damselfly than a dragonfly but when they landed they didn't fold their wings back
[like 30 seconds of googling later]
me: oh, it's a spreadwing damselfly. makes sense


darryl
@darryl

A couple months back I saw a giant bug swimming in some water and I looked it up and it was called a giant water bug.

Sometimes things are just named what they are.