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

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mdmrn, to Marvel
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New Hawaiian Shirt.

mdmrn, to VideoGames
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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.

mdmrn, to photography
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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!

mdmrn, to manga
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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 Kōken (roughly translated as Original Dipper Imperial Fist). The followers of Genko Kōken 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 #MangaCollector #MangaReview #Mangagram #MangaCommunity #MangaPost #MangaRecommendation #InstaManga #MangaLover #MangaReader #Buronson #TetsuoHara #VizMedia #VizManga #FOTNS #HokutoNoKen #HokutoNoKenManga #HNK #FistOfTheNorthStar #MangaMonday

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.

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

Hope you are a great Caturday!

#Caturday #Cats #CatsOfInstagram #Meow #Photography #Photograph #Photo #Kitty #AnimalPhotography #CatsOfPixelfed #CaturdayEveryday #Pets #Pet #CatsOfMastodon

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New profile pic / haircut, who this?

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.

#Soda #SodaPop #Coke #SodaCan #Pop #Warheads #Candy #CandySoda #JunkFood #SodaReview #WarheadsSour #GreenApple #DollarTree #DollarTreeFinds #DollarStore #WarheadsSourGreenAppleSoda

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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!

#Caturday #Cats #CatsOfInstagram #Meow #Photography #Photograph #Photo #Kitty #Lion #Zoo #MarylandZoo #Maryland #Cheetah #AnimalPhotography #CatsOfPixelfed #CatsOfMastodon #CaturdayEveryday #BigCat

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!

mdmrn, to random
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A throwback Thursday post to 2008 when I was much younger and had a lot more hair.

My sister took this picture of us at a park not far from where I live. It used to be an old fort back in the 1800s, so had some old stone structures like this!

Have a great Thursday!

mdmrn, to manga
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So, I was tagged on Intagram by facetious_manga to talk about my "Bookstagram Backstory." I don't know if a Pixelfed equivalent exists. Bookselfed? Pixelbook? I don't know, I'll use both hashtags and share.

Regardless. Let's go, I guess.

When did I start on Bookstagram?
This account is and remains a personal account. While I post (often), about manga, this isn't exclusively about books or manga. My first post was in April 2016. Wow...that's a long time ago. I started getting more active in posting about books / manga, participating in things like "25 Days of Manga" in 2020. But it was early 2023 when I started posting a lot more manga pics / reviews.

What inspired your username?
I started on Twitter and needed a small handle. MD - I'm from Maryland, MRN - My initials. 83 - I'm old.

What was your 1st review?
The first "review" I posted was saying that the Free Comic Book Day 2016 Firefly comic was good. It got more detailed in my reviews after that.

Favorite part of Bookstagram?
The community. So may good folks to talk, discuss, and share.

Booksta made me buy?
My Lovesick Life as a 90s Otaku. I couldn't NOT get it, the reviews were just too much and I was not disappointed.

Aesthetic?
Middle aged nerdy, bearded Dad-core? I really have no idea.

Recent reads?
A Silent Voice by Yoshitoki Ōima
Wotakoi: Love is Hard for Otaku by Fujita
Re-Reading Your Lie in April by Naoshi Arakawa

Describe your aesthetic using emojis
🤷‍♂️🎵🤡🤭🐱👨‍🦲🧔

Tagging no one. Feel free to participate if you like!

mdmrn, to manga
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New Manga Pickup - The end of last week I got an order in. What's that manga?!?

It's...

...Pokémon Pocket Comics!

For those who've never read them before, the Pokémon Pocket Comic series are a collection of 4-koma manga that's filled with Pokémon gags. The Black and White issue goes through every new 'Mon in the Unova Pokédex with a goofy gag about each one, with Oshawott serving as a quasi narrator interacting with nearly every 'Mon in the book.

I haven't read the Legendary one yet, but if it's anything like any of the others I've read, it'll be silly and fun, easy to pick up / put down and share with kids.

If you have a kid (or are an adult who is) really into Pokémon, these are fun and worth checking out. Also, each 4-koma set of pages has fun facts about each 'Mon right out of the Pokédex.

Anyway, they're fun and kind of funny.

Let me know if you've ever read any of the Pokémon Pocket Comics!

#Manga #MangaCollector #MangaReview #Mangagram #MangaCommunity #Mangagrammer #MangaCommunity #MangaMonday #Pokemon #PokemonPocketComics #SantaHaruzake #Pokemon4Koma #PokemonBlackWhite

Photograph of a brown, Amazon package with two books on top of it on a brown couch. The book on the left is Pokémon Pocket Comics Black and White with a yellow cover and Tepig, Osawott, Snivy, Reshiram, and Zekrom smiling. The book on the right is Pokémon Pocket Comics Legendaries with a red cover with Meowth, Oshawott, Whimsur on top and Black Kyurem / White Kyurem facing each other near the bottom.
Photograph of a set of Photograph of Pokémon Pocket Comics behind an adorable plush Bulbasaur on a white / blue bed cover. In front of it are Pokémon Pocket Comics Black and White (left) with a yellow cover and Tepig, Osawott, Snivy, Reshiram, and Zekrom smiling. The book on the right is Pokémon Pocket Comics Legendaries with a red cover with Meowth, Oshawott, Whimsur on top and Black Kyurem / White Kyurem facing each other near the bottom.

mdmrn, to Cats
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Happy Caturday from Lion-O

Hope you are having a good one.

mdmrn, to random
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Felt cute. Might delete later.

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I don't talk about work here a whole lot, but I'm a chemical engineer by education and have been doing environmental engineering work for the past 17 years.

So, I have an organic chemistry molecular model kit that I have kept at work for years. I, periodically, make contaminants I've seen at various sites across my 17 year career cleaning up the environment.

Do you know what this chemical is supposed to be? Leave a comment below with your guess!

mdmrn, to goodyearwelt
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Me: I got myself some new, comfy shoes. Maybe I should post them, cause they're cool.

Also me: Oh no, I'm now posting feet pics again on-main. Just wait for a MDMRN entry on WikiFeet...

Oh well.

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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They say today is Figure Friday. So, let's go to a tiny figure I have on my desk.

When I graduated kindergarten, this little puppy was sitting on the top of the cake. All through my childhood and into college, it followed me on my dresser the entire time.

Since I entered the workforce after graduating with my Masters, it has been on my desk since. It's a good reminder, I totally was a "Super Grad" from kindergarten. I could tie my shoes and everything.

Hope you have a great Friday and weekend.

mdmrn, to Parenting
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Throwback Thursday to when I only had 2 kids (2013) and decided to climb on my kids' rocking horse with my cowboy hat.

Ye haw.

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It's springtime again and we've got two new Mountain Dew Baja variants for our drinking pleasure.

I mean, I had to try them both. I love me some Mountain Dew.

First, we tried Mountain Dew Baja Point Break Punch. Think of what would happen if you took Kool Aid Tropical Punch and transformed it into a Mountain Dew variant. That's what this tastes like. It's slightly bubble Tropical Punch. Personally, I liked it. So did all of my kids, which is good cause my wife also got us a case of the cans later.

The second is Baja Laguna Lemonade. It's a Dew infused mango lemonade flavor. You can definitely taste some of the mango with a classic Dew aftertaste. Personally, this was the one I liked better, but that's just me.

So, overall - I liked BOTH Baja variants this year, which is great!

How about you? Have you tried the two new Mountain Dew Baja variants?

Let me know your thoughts!

#BajaBlast #Soda #Pop #Coke #MoutainDew #MountainDewBajaBlast #BajaLagunaLemonade #BajaPointBreakPunch #SodaPop #MtnDew #MtnDewBajaBlast

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75% off

Uh oh

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Flower: Pink Magnolia Tree

Location: Edgewater, Maryland

#Bloomscrolling #Flowers #Trees #Maryland #HistoricLondonTown #GoPublicGardens #Magnolia #MagnoliaTree #MagnoliaTrees #PinkMagnolia

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This past weekend, we stopped at a tiny arcade at the hotel I stayed at with the family. They have one of the two greatest arcade games of all time - Ms. Pac-Man and Mortal Kombat II.

Don't argue with me...that's totally a fact.

Regardless, as the main screens cycled through I took this picture. There was a screen that showed up with details on how to order the soundtrack as well as two different Mortal Kombat comic books back when this dropped in 1993.

I wonder...do you think that's still valid? And if not, do you think there's folks out there who still have copies of these comics / the CD? Cause...I kind of want them.

Also, who stood around in an arcade in 1993 with a pen and paper to write down all this information? Cause I want to meet those people too...

...And borrow the soundtrack from them.

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Weekend vibes.

I rolled out my new Sonic the Hedgehog shirt this weekend that I had gotten from Box Lunch. I love how the new very beachy shirt looks over my older Sonic shirt.

But yea, got home yesterday from a weekend out with the family. It was fun!

Hope you have a great Monday!

#Selfie #SonicTheHedgehog #WeekendVibes #Beard #Beards #BeardUp #Sonic #BoxLunch #VideoGames #OOTD #Outfit #TShirt #HawaiianShirt #CasualButtonDown #ButtonDownShirt

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