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Level 15 Dad of 4. Christian. Leftist. Xennial. Enginerd. He/Him. 2006 TIME POTY. Enviromancer. Opinions ๐Ÿ—‘. ACNH Island: Moduland.

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mdmrn, to Parenting
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Is it still considered bloomscrolling when the flowers I post are, in fact, fake flowers from an art project I posted up at work made by my youngest kid?

I think so.

I'll allow it.

Have a great one.

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So, this is 40.

I am a 40 year old geeky Dad.

Woo.

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mdmrn, to music
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Swung by with the family. Did not plan to get anything apart from sunglasses for the kids...that was when I saw these.

A blast from the early 2000s - Goldfinger and Mest.

Had to get them both at that price. Much hype to listen to this time capsule.

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Birthday presents from the other day. Got some cards, a few manga volumes, and the new collection.

Hype!

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Nine years ago today, I went from being a Dad of two to a Dad of four. Our twin girls were born one minute apart from each other.

They have grown so much and changed so much in that time. Seeing them be such complete, separate people has been amazing to witness.

I am so proud of both of them and, honestly, still can't believe it has been nine years already. Happy birthday to them both.

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mdmrn, to ilaughed
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Drinks by the pool at the hotel? Must be .

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mdmrn, to manga
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New Manga Read: Fist of the North Star - Volume 10

It has finally happened. I have reached the penultimate battle of the first half of Fist of the North Star!

Kenshiro versus Raoh.

It did not disappoint. This volume (10) revealed more about the history of Yuria, Kenshiro, and Raoh that were fantastically done. The truth about Yuria an her sickness; Raoh's realization that he will never be as vulnerable as Kenshiro were huge moments.

For all the beefy dudes beating each other, which is a core component of Fist of the North Star, the masculinity of Kenshiro isn't toxic, isn't oppressive, and shows true emotion, vulnerability, and sorrow. There is emotional depth to Kenshiro that Raoh is unwilling to have. His own internalized misogyny won't allow Raoh to admit he has these feelings of love, compassion, or fear. Kenshiro allows himself to feel all these things.

As the volume concluded, I found myself far more emotional than I expected for a post-apocalyptic tale about beefy dudes fighting. It was so well done.

Now, I move onto Volume 11 and the time skip.

But here's to the story of Kenshiro and Raoh and a very satisfying ending to their tale.

Photograph of the interior of Fist of the North Star manga volume 10. The image shows Raoh in the foreground cringing with Kenshiro standing firm in front of him. Behind Kenshiro are various other martial artists from the series that Kenshiro has learned from or defeated. Text from the mind of Raoh reads, "The sorrow of battle has given him countless secret techniques...the deeper his sorrow, the more powerful he becomes!"
Photograph of the interior of Fist of the North Star manga volume 10. A zoom in on Yuria (striking, dark haired woman with sadness in her eyes wearing a reddish gown) looking over her shoulder toward the camera.

mdmrn, to ilaughed
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Silly little thing I picked up for my kids...and one for myself.

It's a shark pop-it toy and it is silly fun.

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mdmrn, to ilaughed
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Beard Wednesday or something.

Decided to wear a sweater vest and I think it works for me. Also, this beard is getting wild and thick. Going to need to trim it back soon, but mostly to make it more even. I kind of like how big my beard is getting.

mdmrn, to MashleMagicandMuscles
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My 14 year old and a friend decided they were going to make buttons to hand out / sell to friends at school. I told them, "If you're making one, I have a very specific one I want."

I sent a pic from the recent Mashle special chapter of Mash himself being awesome.

Here's the tiny pin they made for me.

Love it.

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Looks at my profile for a moment.

Wait. Almost 100 people follow me? I'm at 91 right now which is just wild to me considering how wildly inconsistent this account truly is compared to my other social media accounts.

No theme, just me and my nonsense in photo form.

Thank you all for following me.

Here's to continuing more nonsense in 2024.

mdmrn, to food
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Lunchtime from Little Caesars.

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mdmrn, to ilaughed
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Tight haircut and thick beard.

It's the look.

#Beard #Bearded #BeardUp #Selfie #Photo #Silly #Haircut

mdmrn, to VideoGames
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Outfit of the Day - Heading to @magfest, my first nerdy convention since...I think Otakon 2004 or Genericon in 2005.

My oldest and my BILs / SIL are coming too.

Hope to have fun and bring some old Dad gamer energy.

Or be weird and socially anxious.

Either way.

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Happy Caturday on my oldest's birthday!

My oldest turned 15 today, so I took a group of their friends to the zoo.

We've got a "Big Cat" Caturday from the Maryland Zoo in Baltimore.

Hope you all have a great one!

Photograph of a cheetah laying down inside of a small cavern surrounded by grass.
Photograph of a light brown female lion laying down. Only her upper body is visible.

mdmrn, to Anime
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Since I haven't shared my newest figure from my office, for Figure Friday I decided to show you my teeny, tiny Nico Robin!

She's about an inch tall in her Dressrosa look, minus the hat.

I know these Funko Minis are kind of silly, but I like a cute, small figurine. She's currently sitting with a few others on my desk.

Happy Friday!

#FigureFriday #Toy #Anime #Manga #OnePiece #OnePieceFigure #OnePieceFigures #NicoRobin #NicoRobinFigure #FunkoMinis #FunkoMini #toygraphyid #ActionFigure #ActionFigures #ActionFigurePhotography #Toys

mdmrn, to photography
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So, we're going back to organic chemistry everyone!

After my first post with my molecular model kit showing an environmental contaminant, I decided to post up another.

This one is a semi-volatile organic environmental contaminant that is commonly found in coal tar, mothballs, and mixed into creosote for rail ties. That distinct "mothball odor" is this compound! Fun fact - a human nose can detect the mothball odor before most standard electronic detectors of organic odors / vapors.

Can you guess the compound? Let me know in the comments!

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Did you know...

That there was a Warheads Sour! Green Apple Soda? Neither did I until I found it at the Dollar Tree.

I mean, I just had to try it. I love gimmicky sodas, even if they end up tasting terrible. This one, though, was a big surprise.

I poured some out for myself and each of my kids. We all took a sip and, at once, recognize that it tasted like biting into a sweet, green apple. No sour taste or aftertaste. It just tasted like a sweet, green apple. Weirdly realistic flavor, even more so than a regular green apple candy.

Looking at the ingredients list, it had a all sorts of malic acid - so it SHOULD have been sour. But, to us - no sourness. Just sweetness. The kids really liked it. We may be looking for it again next Dollar Tree visit.

TL;DR - Warheads Sour! Green Apple Soda is better than it has any right to be, actually tasting like a green apple and not very sour. Would drink again.

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New Manga Read - Fist of the North Star, Volume 12

Welcome to the apocalypse!

Volume 11 is about this man on the cover, Falco.

Falco is the inheritor of Gento Kลken (roughly translated as Original Dipper Imperial Fist). The followers of Genko Kลken were sworn to protect the Celestial Emperor (Tentei) from harm.

In this volume, Kenshiro is returning to help the Hokuto Army which is led by Lin and Bat to free those under the thumb of Jaco. Falco, who appears to be nothing but good and compassionate, is somehow the evil Jaco's second in command. Why? Jaco has kidnapped the Tentei and kept them hostage.

This volume is filled to the brim with reveals. Some about Lin. A lot of backstory about Falco, which makes him such a fascinating character. Also, the reveal about the Tentei and who they are was HUGE. Doing minimal spoilers despite this manga being as old as I am.

Falco has a prosthetic leg due to Raoh destroying his leg in the past. Raoh told him that he needed to kill Jaco or, one day, Jaco would manipulate and dominate him. Raoh was right.

While we get a brutal match between Falco and Kenshiro, the ending of the volume is well done with a cliffhanger for the next volume.

ALSO (which I say a lot), Fist of the North Star constantly reminds you that toxic masculinity is bad and that you can be masculine and have feelings / cry. Kenshiro feels, always. Kenshiro allows himself to cry over loss, cry over the suffering of others. He allows himself to feel. There is nothing un-masculine about having emotions. Kenshiro constantly reminds the reader of that...amongst all the brutal violence.

Love this series. Looking forward to Volume 13.

Manga screenshot from Fist of the North Star, Volume 12. The image shows a man with a flat top holding his hand out and open, partially obscuring his face. A speech bubble reads, "Hate doesn't even begin to express how I feel."
Manga screenshot from Fist of the North Star, Volume 12. Image shows a light haired man crying while holding a dying dark haired man in his arms while sitting on the ground. A short haired woman is kneeling and seen from behind in front of them. A speech bubble from the one living man reads, "You crazy fool."
Collage of two manga screenshot from Fist of the North Star, Volume 12 shown side by side. The left image shows a beefy man from behind having a spear enter into his back with a beefy, bloodied man with a light haired flat top looking surprised as the other takes the pain for him. The right hand image shows two women in a cage who look identical to each other with short hair, one on the left is wearing a gown, the one on the right is wearing apocalyptic-looking leather armor.

mdmrn, to random
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New profile pic / haircut, who this?

mdmrn, to Cats
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Before this Saturday is over, I must post for Caturday!

Hope you are a great Caturday!

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In 2023, McDonald's in China released a special Tetris LCD handheld that is shaped like a chicken nugget. For some reason, this was the tie-in for the 40th anniversary of the Chicken McNugget.

I wanted it immediately.

But, as I did not live in China and knew no one who could import such things for me at the time, I could not. So, I waited.

At Magfest, earlier this year, I saw this prize sitting on a shelf, mocking me. At nearly 50 bucks, I was tempted, but unwilling to buy it.

I forgot about it for a while when 7-Eleven announced their own new Tetris tie-in handheld, this time on a Slurpee cup. It reminded me of my long wanted chicken nugget handheld.

I went to eBay and found someone with a relatively high rating, selling them for less than 15 USD including shipping. So, I bought one. That was early April.

It arrived this week.

It's as beautiful as I expected.

No, but seriously, it's a functional LCD handheld that you can play Tetris on. It's adorable. It is literally easier to play Tetris on this, than on my phone.

Also, it's classic mode so if there is not space for the Tetromino block to do spin - it won't spin.

Anyway - short version: I imported for myself the Chicken McNugget Tetris game and it's silly fun.

Photograph of a plastic framed Chicken McNugget toy with an LCD screen and buttons on it. Beneath it is a McDonald's sticker sheet. This is all sitting on a blue and grey tablecloth.
Collage of two photographs stacked vertically with a thick, white border around everything. Both photographs show a plastic framed Chicken McNugget toy with an LCD screen and buttons on it in a white person's hand. The screens are on in both cases. The image on the left shows a "T" in the center with the McDonald's logo in the corner and a level of 88 with a score of 9999. The image on the right shows a z-shaped block falling with a score of zero on Level 1 with the same McDonald's logo in the corner.

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Welcome back to another round of organic chemistry with MDMRN.

Once again, I've taken my molecular model kit to craft a new molecule. This one, frankly, I was able to craft using the pieces of the previous ones I presented before. While I didn't say it last time, the green represents a halogen, in this case specifically chlorine.

A hint is that the production of these types of compounds has been banned in numerous countries, including the United States. It was, historically, found in electrical transformers.

Can you guess what type of compound this is? Let me know in the comments!

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New Read - My Lovesick Life as a '90s Otaku, Volume 3

Volume 3 has been read and it was a journey.

Masamune is trying to set up something nice for his sister's birthday. Megumi gets involved, trying to encourage him to do a party and maybe ask his Mom to come. Also, she finally meets Yui in person and finds out that Yui is a boy! And he tries hard to not reveal that he has a huge crush on Megumi.

It's just adorable.

But, Megumi ends up pulled in two directions and her crush / trying to help Masamune pulling her another way and it all comes crashing down as a bag full of her precious manga falls out onto the ground during Masamune's sister's birthday, which had already become a mess because of Masamune's Mom.

The ending of this volume. Ugh!

I don't know how I'm going to wait for the conclusion in Volume 4 which doesn't drop until August. Ugh!

Let me know your thoughts in the comments if you've read this.

Photograph of a white person's hand holding open Volume 3 of My Lovesick Life as a '90s Otaku. The left page is blank. The right page shows three panels in the background with a blushing, dark-haired girl in the foreground. The panels in the back, from right to left, show a teenage boy with light hair blushing and holding a charm necklace, the second panel zooms in on his blushing face, the third panel shows him from behind facing the same, dark haired girl who looks confused. A speech bubble says, "I'm Yui."

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New Hawaiian Shirt.

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