Meme Monday: Fall Color Memes for 2026

I was up on the roof --a lot-- yesterday, so I got a good view of the fall colors. That wasn't why I was up there (that will be a topic for another time), but I still got a chance to enjoy the best of what Autumn has to offer. 

So, for those times when you go outside and aren't playing video games, here's some Fall Color memes.

Heh. From Digital Mom Blog.

I can get behind this. From Digital Mom Blog. Again.

Okay, I laughed. I suppose it's also because I grew
up when the Cincinnati Reds won baseball's World Series,
so a lot of those Octobers were 'Red Octobers'.
From Rival Regions.

I'll have to defer to the women who read
this blog. From Pinterest.

Gotta watch out for those cat heads. They're spooky!
From Pinterest.

Hey, I found Mooch! From Cheezburger.

Meme Monday: Antenna and Dish Memes

A week ago last Friday we finally got our roof replaced. Yes, yes, it looks great, and surprisingly enough the roofers only found one rotted wooden board that needed replacing.

However, as part of the installation the roofers had to take off our satellite dish*, so that led to this week's Meme Monday: antenna and satellite dish memes.

My parents never put up an outside antenna.
Still, given how "all thumbs" my dad was,
he would have been risking his life back then.
From Instagram.

Yeah, right. We all know how THAT works out.
From Facebook.

This is my personal nightmare.
No way in hell would you catch me up
on the roof doing this. From Imgflip.

Truth. From Facebook.

This was found on the amateur radio subreddit,
but it applies to anyone with an HOA.

Watching the roofers and the DirecTV
tech work on ours got me to thinking about
this little chestnut. From Imgflip.

*DirecTV, if you're wondering. We've used it since we moved to our current house, over 20 years ago. Why not cable? Well, back then Time Warner refused to provide you with pricing; you had to call them up and talk to a salesperson if you wanted the pricing for cable. If they were not going to bother providing me with straightforward pricing, I wasn't going to use their service.

Meme Monday: Pre-YouTube Memes

I was watching this grooming video...

...and the goat's name is Dill.

If that name sounds familiar, and you suddenly want to break into song, this might be the source of your musical nostalgia:

Yep, good ol' Albino Blacksheep. They'd converted the old Flash video to YouTube.

So in honor of those old Flash videos that were everywhere before the rise of YouTube, here's a Meme Monday for you.

You can't have this sort of Meme Monday without
The Llama Song... From Cheezburger.

Yes, I know the story behind this legendary
Rainbow video, but it's still hilarious. From Facebook.

Ah yes, the duck who constantly asked
for grapes. From Reddit and Imgflip.

It ba-dee ba-dee ba-doo-doo....
One of the first big memes out there, The Hamster Dance.
From the late 90s, and from Reddit. (Which it predates too!)

The Family Guy impersonation of the old Flash meme.
From Facebook.

And while some Flash videos have
not aged as well (Elvis Lives in Flash with
an appearance by Bill Cosby, for example) 
the old chestnut All Your Base Belongs to Us
still is haning in there. From Reddit.

Meme Monday: Gamer Cleaning Memes

This past weekend my wife was visiting her parents and our youngest down in Louisville, so I had the place to myself for a couple of days. You'd expect that I'd use that time to play some games or get on the radio --and to be fair I helped working on the radio room and my club's antennas at the Red Cross building on Saturday morning-- but I really spent my time cleaning around the house.

Maybe some people think "seasonal cleaning" and immediately think of "Spring Cleaning", but for me I do a major cleaning weekend every season, so every 3 months or so. It helps to keep the worst of the dust at bay, and it also means that the curtains and whatnot get a good scrubbing so they look refreshed.

So, in honor of my past weekend, here's some cleaning memes with a gaming twist...

Fair point, but I also play Stardew Valley. So...
From Quickmeme.

I honestly don't get it. When I get in a cleaning mood,
I'm good for multiple hours. From Memedroid.

The best part is that chores are done.
From Thunder Dungeon.

You just kind of sigh and just try to reach
some inner peace. And you let it slide for a day
or two. From Bored Panda.

This is the reason why videogames
have soundtracks: to make the mundane
feel epic. From Bored Panda.

Of course there'd be a Thanos here. After all,
he performed the largest cleanup in history.
From Cheezburger.

Meme Monday: Quiet Memes

There are times when I want peace and quiet. 

That doesn't always happen, of course, but a guy can dream. Sometimes, however, I find the most peace and quiet in an MMO, where you'd think that is most likely NOT the case. I mean, the acronym means Massively Multiplayer Online, but hey, it happens. Especially when you do what I do and go against the grain.

From SrGrafo, via Reddit.

If you play it just right, you can find
some peace. From Instagram.

It needs to be said that this is merely
an illusion. Having been on the progression
train, I know that this peace only lasts
for a few moments at best. From YouTube.

Sometimes the peace and quiet finds you
standing in awe someplace for the first time.
From Instagram.

And then there's this image. (Minus the
murloc. Come on, don't ruin the feeling!)
From Facebook.

What am I Doing at 5 AM on a Saturday (Again)?

Who, me? Oh, not much...

This was around 7 AM. 7-ish.

Today was the morning of the Queen Bee Half Marathon, and I along with 40 or so other hams were providing communications for the staff.

As this was my first marathon, I was grouped up with our club's president, and I carpooled with her to our station (shown above) at the designated time. Since I was driving to her place first, that meant I was up at 5 AM to have an early breakfast, get dressed, and get out the door with my equipment by 6 AM.

I think I'm going to have to stop by this
coffee shop for a visit soon. The coffee
smelled delicious.

The water station was manned by kids from one of the nearby high schools, and we were joined soon after our arrival by spectators wanting to cheer on the participants. 

Our presence was there to not only contact Net Control for assistance --medical or otherwise-- should it be needed, but to also let Net Control know who the lead runners were so others would be on the lookout farther down the race course. Our water station was one of the earlier ones, so I expected people to be clumped together once they reached us.

To my surprise, that wasn't what happened.

The lead runners were moving at a really fast pace and were already well ahead of the main body of runners by the time they passed us, but eventually the field swelled. I could have easily taken dozens of pictures, but these two will do:

These were some of the first runners after the lead
pack came through.

Once the runners had mostly passed by, the race
walkers were behind them, moving at a steady
pace by themselves.

Typically the Queen Bee draws between 4000-6000 participants*, and that jives with what I saw this morning.

As far as incidents goes, they thankfully were few and far between, so it was an enjoyable morning for the two of us. After the sweep bus came through (following the last of the participants) and we were discharged, the a few of us hams grabbed a mid-morning breakfast at a local restaurant before heading home.

Okay Pippin, you win. Yes, it was a Second Breakfast.
From Pinterest, but really, it's from Fellowship of the Ring.

So... That's what I was up to.

*There's both a Half Marathon and a 4-Miler race, so unofficially there were 3174 who completed the half marathon and 2209 who completed the 4-Miler, which makes it about 5383 total. There were a few hand cyclists on the course as well, and they started (and finished) ahead of the official Half Marathon. Our station would have seen both the Half Marathon and the 4-Miler crowds, and given that not everybody who started was able to finish, we probably saw even more than the people who actually finished.

Meme Monday: Being Wrong on the Internet

In honor of the fact that I completely misinterpreted what the first video I posted the other day was about, I figured I'd touch on something that is incredibly common yet you'd never guess it from the way people act: being wrong on the internet.

Yes, I know, you're thinking of the XKCD comic:

From XKCD. But you knew that already.

If this was the only thing Randall Munroe was known for, he would live forever online. Of course, he's done FAR more than just this comic, and I heartily recommend his books as well as the entirety of the XKCD back catalog to peruse. 

Still, there's more than just this meme to cover for being wrong on the internet.

There is the Da Vinci method. From Idea Link.

Isn't this a sign of maturity that you don't wallow
in the pig sty (or the minefield)? Well, I don't often
have such restraint. I'm still trying, tho. From Quickmeme.

Or to put it another way, "You mad bro?"
Yeah, if people were saying that and put THAT
face in front of me, yeah, not good for my stress.
From memecoup via Instagram.

I've done something similar. At work. About
a decade ago. It could have gone really badly,
but the person I was complaining about did
de-escalate things. And we patched it back up.
From memegenerator.

Hoo boy. This reminds me of some of the holy
wars on soc.history.medieval on Usenet back
in the day. From Reddit.

This got me. /raises hand.
From Cleanmemes.

Meme Monday: 'Go Touch Grass' Memes

If you've been a gamer long enough, you've had a parent or some other authority figure tell you to "Go outside". Or "Go touch some grass." I was reminded of this on Saturday, when I was literally touching grass as I was doing yardwork.

So, in honor of parents or other authority figures providing you with direction to not sit in front of a screen all day (and all night), here's some "touching grass" memes.

(And not a single one involves weed, either!)

I don't use my phone for gaming (or own a Switch),
so this would be me. From programmerhumor.io.

I feel for ya, doggo.
From Memedroid.

I don't play League of Legends, but I'd imagine
that a subset of WoW players are like this.
From Instagram.

Ha! "Me to touch grass!" is right
up there with "You no take candle!"
From Memedroid.

I have to admit it's a clever way around the
issue. From HyperX.

It depends. Can I get revived easily while
I'm outside? From Memedroid.

Meme Monday: Stardew Valley Memes

Yes, I've been playing Stardew Valley again. Maybe this time I'll stick around past the two year mark, but we'll see about that.

In honor of my courting of a redhead (probably Leah this time, as my wife is an amalgamation of Leah and Penny), here's a few Stardew Valley memes...

Unlike some people, I don't mind Pierre
that much. Still his "Closed on Wednesday" stance
early in the game pisses me off. From The Gamer.

I gotta be honest: I'm probably "the kid" in this meme.
It never occurred to me that people would actually
put Lewis' purple shorts in the potluck soup.
From Reddit.

I'm not sure why, but this made me laugh.
From Awkwardzombie.com and Kate Tiedrich.

Yeah, romancing Harvey kind of dredged up some
uncomfortable surprises. He's still overall a nice
guy, though. From @sonniegaming on Instagram.

I lived in a dorm in college that this reminded me of.
Well, minus the fireplace and the nice kitchen. From Reddit.

Yeah, I know. I figured it out, and so did everybody
else who played the game. Still, would YOU
want to be the one to tell Pierre? From
@StardewValleyBut-I-Draw3 on Pinterest.

EtA: Added references.