Brainwise
@brainwise.bsky.social
Awesome | Bearded | Coffee Drinker. Joined Bluesky July 2023 | MDiv, Interfaith minister, & former theater techie. Comics, pop-culture, 80s tunes. More at https://linktr.ee/brainwise. (he/him) | See also @yourmythiclife.bsky.social
FYI: No Friday #80s Flashback until September. The Bookended By Cats crew is taking August as a vacation from Blogger. But fret not: You still have access to the blog's archives! bookendedbycats.blogspot.com/2026/08/vaca...
Sea Ranch Chapel: A seashell-shaped place of worship that is in harmony with nature and offers a space for peace and tranquility. (Off Highway 1 in California) www.atlasobscura.com/places/sea-r... (posted December 22, 2016) www.thesearanchchapel.org (the chapel's website)
Shout out and thanks to @johnchampion.bsky.social, as well as to @larrynemecek.bsky.social and the whole crew of @roddenberrypod.bsky.social, for this awesome Sixty Years of Significance pin that celebrates the 60th anniversary of Star Trek! #StarTrek #SDCC
A collage of the three photos I took of the the 1/10th scale Build-A-Bridge (Star Trek TOS) at the Nacelle Booth. Photos taken during San Diego Comic-Con 2026. #SDCC2026 #StarTrek #CaptainToTheBridge
The DC Official account on Instagram shared a fantastic Absolute Martian Manhunter cosplay from San Diego Comic-Con. It was in the video in which they asked cosplayers to shake hand in character. #SDCC2026 www.instagram.com/p/DbWtf_8tkb...
WXPN Presents Philly Anthems: xpn.org/philly-anthe... WXPN recently started a series called Philly Anthems. They have commissioned twelve original songs "from established artists and seven emerging musicians, each offering a different perspective on freedom, identity, belonging, ...
It went up late on Friday night, but this week's Friday #80s Flashback looks at LIGHTNING STRIKES by Loudness and LIFE'S RICH PAGEANT from R.E.M., both of which turned 40 near the end of July! #music bookendedbycats.blogspot.com/2026/07/frid...
🎵 Beethoven + b'ball? WRTI celebrates James Lebron joining the 76ers by offering some tracks for a new pre-game playlist. (Lebron apparantly favors classical music and "old-school jazz" in his pre-game warmup). www.wrti.org/arts-desk/20...
During SDCC, Blackstone Publishing gave away free audiobooks. I just had to visit booth 1134 and let them scan my badge (thereby ensuring I'll always and forever be on their mailing list or something). There was one per day, Thursday through Sunday, and I collected them all!
Amanda lists Donald Trump's Ls for the week so far (July 28, 2026): www.instagram.com/p/DbVnzzUuw8s/ Sources: amandasmildtakes.substack.com/p/donald-tru...
"eBay Inc. agreed to pay almost $50 million to [David and Ina Steiner, founders of EcommerceBytes, a newsletter covering the e-commerce industry] who said former employees of the company targeted them with threats and bizarre anonymous deliveries..." archive.ph/C9roy
Heads up for my fellow Krampus fans. Looks like Monster High Dolls is releasing their "Skullector Krampus Doll" in early December. She was on display during SDCC in the Mattel booth and I took this photo yesterday. More info: creations.mattel.com/products/mon...
Here's my latest laptop sticker: S-Cape (Superman) It's by @chrismaze.com, and it was my SDCC 2026 pre-order. Picked it up on Thursday, July 23, 2026.
Panelists photo and screenshot of panel description - "Brand New Day: Comics and the Art of Reinvention" (Room 7AB; Jul 25 8:30 PM). Featuring @josephpillidge.bsky.social, Vasilis K. Pozios, M.D., Praveen Kambam, M.D., and Mackenzie Sprecher. Moderated by attorney Jeff Trexler. #SDCC #ComicCon
Some of the comics I got signed during SDCC this week: - Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Angel: Hellmouth #2B (signed by Drusilla actress Juliet Landau)
We didn't have Preview Night tix, so we did our SDCC pregame at a local comic shop, Now Or Never Comics.
If you haven't backed subCULTURE, you have 30+ hours to reconsider your life (according to Shelly Bond). www.kickstarter.com/projects/sxb...
Found this for a dollar at the local Staples (yes, at Staples!), and I had to give it a home. SUPER MINDS A Scientist Looks at the Paranormal by John Taylor (1975)
The 2026 sunflowers that have exceeded the height of my fence. One is just outside the fence, between the fence and my garage. The rest are within the fence, in the corner garden. Photo taken July 17, 2026.
World's largest piggy bank, perched on a giant hill in Colombia, collects donations for animal shelters. www.guinnessworldrecords.com/news/commerc...
Pancreatic Release: The Friday #80s Flashback for July 17, 2026, gets a witness for John's pancreas. That is, I AM JOHN'S PANCREAS, the studio debut from post-punk band, A Witness, was released 40 years ago! #Music bookendedbycats.blogspot.com/2026/07/frid...
Fourteen years. Every election. Including the ones he won. Tonight, it had the FBI Director sitting in the front row. I want to tell you about an awards show. Years ago, before any of this…a reality television program called The Apprentice kept not winning Emmys. Year after
Pre-Bunking Trump's "Big News" on Jessica Yellin's News Not Noise (July 15, 2026). Jump down to "Here Are Your Headlines" to see a summary of facts regarding Election Fraud, a Supposed Confession (from Maduro), Voting Machines, and Georgia. newsnotnoisejessicayellin.substack.com/p/pre-bunkin...
Pre-Bunking Trump's "Big News"
Trump's election claims, with receipts. Plus: His lawyer, your attorney general. The jet leak hunt. After multiple deaths, Trump tells ICE to keep going. And scientists see something sweet in space.
newsnotnoisejessicayellin.substack.com
The latest Breathing Space post, in which Virginia (re-)discovers that yinzers will pickle everything they can get their hands on... breathingspace.substack.com/p/pickling-e...
Pickling everything we can get our hands on
Which is truly Pittsburgh's scariest steep street?
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I'm using my late father's tool tote to hold some terra cotta planters on my front porch. Dad made this tote, based on instructions in an issue of Popular Mechanics, back in the late 1970s or early 1980s.
A pair of sunflowers in my backyard doing their best impression of a mother and child.
