Duncan da Husky @duncandahusky@redwombat.social

It appears an #introduction is a common thing on Mastodon (pardon the hashtags):
- I'm a 50 year old pharmaceutical #engineer who helps organize #furry #conventions in his spare time.
- I identify as gray-#asexual/#demisexual.
- I am a widower; my husband of 18 years passed away in 2017.
- I am a voracious reader of #mmromance (especially with #werewolves), and try to post a #bookreview of ones I enjoyed (and some I didn't) when I can on my #blog at http://wolfhusky.net/duncan/wp/

So...hello!

Staring at AirBnbs in San Diego for my Christmas trip and trying to decide if I want to be in the middle of everything, drivable to things but by the ocean, or drivable to things but in the hills (or say screw it all and do couple of days at a B&B in Julian then a hotel in SD).

I had a wonderful though all-too-short time tonight hanging out with @cocoaphony@twitter.com. Even after not seeing each other in way too long, it was great how easily we fell back into our old rapport. I need to get my butt back to RTP and catch up with more old friends there!

I've been planning cooking projects for the weekend, and I have to say I've missed doing this. It'll be a couple of old favorites and some new recipes I've wanted to try. (Also, who knew that you can now get duck fat from Amazon that, while expensive, isn't ludicrously so?).

I went searching through Dan's archives to try to find some old con-related files, and...I didn't expect those emotional land mines.

I listen to a lot of audiobooks; some have plain ol' narration and some have *performance*. I'm listening to @KDEdwards_NC@twitter.com's "The Last Sun" performed by Josh Hurley (@joshuwhaaat@twitter.com) and it's amazing. Fantastic writing, and the voice work is outstanding. It really adds to the story.

I really should have consulted Untappd before I bought this six-pack. I would have found that I had it before and didn't much care for it. Bleah.

What a difference a day makes.

Felt cute, might delete later idk

Passing this along to the furry folk I know in the Twin Cities!

RT @MaggiErlandson@twitter.com

Friends please share!

Have you seen this blanket? It was left on a Metrotransit bus (route 84 in St. Paul) or train (green line to Minneapolis) yesterday (4/13/19) around noon.

It's my son's favorite and he's heartbroken that it's lost. 💔

Fox Lake, that’s me. 6 inches, hooray 🙃

RT @NWSChicago@twitter.com

Here are some snowfall reports across northern IL through around 4pm. A pocket of 6-8"+ fell from roughly central DeKalb and northern Kane counties into portions of McHenry county.

Guild Gin with chamomile by @Watershed_Ohio@twitter.com makes a pretty darned amazing martini, mixed 3:1 with Noilly Prat dry vermouth, and finished with @1821bitters@twitter.com' Prohibition Aromatic Bitters. Hits the spot after a bit of shoveling heavy, wet snow!

One of the things that I love about social media is how you might have multiple interests among people that you follow and eventually they wrap around and intersect. I've seen two such collisions among #UglyDogs, and it amuses the heck out of me!

I've been watching the wife of the couple next door, probably mid-50's, as over the past 30 minutes she has been out in the heavy, blowing snow building a snowman. She then decorated it with a little hat and took photos of it. Cute and odd at the same time, but weirdness is good!

What fresh hell is this?

Oh goody, 4-6 inches of snow. Glad I don’t need to be anywhere tomorrow. (Also glad I haven’t completely stowed the cold weather gear for the season!)

RT @NWSChicago@twitter.com

Latest update on rare late season accumulating snow event on Sunday. Accums on grassy/colder/elevated surfaces of 2-4", locally to ~5" in narrow favored area along/NW of I-55. Roads may stay mostly wet, but slush could cover elevated/less traveled roads. Stay tuned! #ilwx #inwx

@brickstonebrew@twitter.com (Also that Cucumber Watermelon Saison from Saugatuck is surprisingly good! Definitely a good beer for a hot summer day.)

Easing my disappointment with an Are We There Yeti! Milk Stout from @brickstonebrew@twitter.com. Thank heavens Whole Foods has a pretty good tap selection.

Cheerwine BBQ tastes like it has cherry flavoring added. Apple BBQ sauce tastes infused with apple Jolly Rancher. Bleah. The Original and Brushfire BBQ sauces are passable though.

Trying out City BBQ, a chain that just opened locally. The verdict: not impressed. Not a lot of smoke in the pulled pork - all the flavor is in the surface seasoning, not much bark. Sauce-fu is weak, mustard sauce is bland (!). Beans are too sweet. Corn pudding ain’t bad.

Back from the @jaredandthemill@twitter.com show at Lincoln Hall, and it was *spectacular*! Great venue, and everything I love to see at a live show. I’m so glad I went. This is one of my favorite moments, an acoustic version of “Messengers” played in the middle of the audience (cw:bad word)