Nathan Russel Dueck (1979- )
@nathandueck.bsky.social
Noted Indoorsman; Purveyor of Olde Shtick; Hackonteur. Author of NATHAN RUSSEL DUECK (1979- ), a memoir of mortifying episodes (Turnstone). he/him
One Battle After Another's a Christmas movie, you cowards!
November 29, 2025 at 2:00 PM
One Battle After Another's a Christmas movie, you cowards!
Remastering the Beatles Anthology in HD deepens the dusty-rose splendor of Paul McCartney's interior decorating, but it also sharpens the hair curling out of George Martin's left nostril. 4K may have been a mistake.
November 27, 2025 at 9:31 PM
Remastering the Beatles Anthology in HD deepens the dusty-rose splendor of Paul McCartney's interior decorating, but it also sharpens the hair curling out of George Martin's left nostril. 4K may have been a mistake.
The thing about leaving a cult is that the cult never leaves you.
November 22, 2025 at 5:19 PM
The thing about leaving a cult is that the cult never leaves you.
I was working so late at the College late last night that the security guard asked if I was planning on sleeping over -- "NO FRIEND, THIS IS WHAT TEACHING EXCELLENCE LOOKS LIKE (ALSO, I'M SO TIRED)."
November 19, 2025 at 6:20 PM
I was working so late at the College late last night that the security guard asked if I was planning on sleeping over -- "NO FRIEND, THIS IS WHAT TEACHING EXCELLENCE LOOKS LIKE (ALSO, I'M SO TIRED)."
Wag the Dog (that Didn't Bark) www.npr.org/2025/11/15/n...
U.S. official says the 'table is being set' for possible military action against Venezuela
The country's largest aircraft carrier is expected to join thousands of service members in the northern Caribbean Sunday. But it's unclear if President Trump will use military force.
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November 15, 2025 at 11:40 PM
Wag the Dog (that Didn't Bark) www.npr.org/2025/11/15/n...
I have this ungodly stack of essays to grade, but all I want to do is stream One Battle After Another again and again.
November 15, 2025 at 4:14 PM
I have this ungodly stack of essays to grade, but all I want to do is stream One Battle After Another again and again.
Happy 80th, Old Man youtu.be/OKNCAQQaNP8?...
Razor Love
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November 12, 2025 at 2:28 PM
Happy 80th, Old Man youtu.be/OKNCAQQaNP8?...
I'm thinking about adding a line at the end of anything I write to ensure readers "These words were written by a human."
November 10, 2025 at 2:17 AM
I'm thinking about adding a line at the end of anything I write to ensure readers "These words were written by a human."
Was raised by believers to live in mortal fear of Satanic pedophile rapists, and now some of these same believers are looking at a pedophile rapist and complimenting the youthful appeal of his ruddy complexion, extending all the way from his cheeks, forehead and chin around to his ears and neck.
November 8, 2025 at 7:15 PM
Was raised by believers to live in mortal fear of Satanic pedophile rapists, and now some of these same believers are looking at a pedophile rapist and complimenting the youthful appeal of his ruddy complexion, extending all the way from his cheeks, forehead and chin around to his ears and neck.
Would appear as though there’s one fewer warmonger on the planet.
November 4, 2025 at 2:04 PM
Would appear as though there’s one fewer warmonger on the planet.
A high-minded ball fan would quote A. Bartlett Giamatti about baseball breaking your heart, but I'll quote Paul Giamatti: "Un-f*cking-believable."
November 2, 2025 at 4:29 AM
A high-minded ball fan would quote A. Bartlett Giamatti about baseball breaking your heart, but I'll quote Paul Giamatti: "Un-f*cking-believable."
We were warned about the Willenium . . .
November 2, 2025 at 4:12 AM
We were warned about the Willenium . . .
I'm ~3 yrs older than Max Scherzer, and I'll be grading intro-English essays all day while he preps to pitch game 7 of the World Series. I suppose what I'm saying here is that, in our own way, we're both heroes.
November 1, 2025 at 5:58 PM
I'm ~3 yrs older than Max Scherzer, and I'll be grading intro-English essays all day while he preps to pitch game 7 of the World Series. I suppose what I'm saying here is that, in our own way, we're both heroes.
I just graded a C+ essay, but I can’t bring myself to write 67 because who needs that in their life?
October 31, 2025 at 11:17 PM
I just graded a C+ essay, but I can’t bring myself to write 67 because who needs that in their life?
[Nathan materializes in Hell]
Satan: So, you like reading, eh?
N: Um, yeah.
S: And, you think you're pretty perceptive about rhetoric and logic in the deployment of argument, huh?
N: Yeah, I guess so.
S: HOW 'BOUT YOU GRADE FIRST-YEAR PAPERS FOR ALL OF ETERNITY! ENJOY! HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!
Satan: So, you like reading, eh?
N: Um, yeah.
S: And, you think you're pretty perceptive about rhetoric and logic in the deployment of argument, huh?
N: Yeah, I guess so.
S: HOW 'BOUT YOU GRADE FIRST-YEAR PAPERS FOR ALL OF ETERNITY! ENJOY! HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!
October 31, 2025 at 8:54 PM
[Nathan materializes in Hell]
Satan: So, you like reading, eh?
N: Um, yeah.
S: And, you think you're pretty perceptive about rhetoric and logic in the deployment of argument, huh?
N: Yeah, I guess so.
S: HOW 'BOUT YOU GRADE FIRST-YEAR PAPERS FOR ALL OF ETERNITY! ENJOY! HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!
Satan: So, you like reading, eh?
N: Um, yeah.
S: And, you think you're pretty perceptive about rhetoric and logic in the deployment of argument, huh?
N: Yeah, I guess so.
S: HOW 'BOUT YOU GRADE FIRST-YEAR PAPERS FOR ALL OF ETERNITY! ENJOY! HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!
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October 31, 2025 at 7:35 PM
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The Dodger Stadium organist probably thinks it's sick to play a few bars of "Not Like Us" when the Jays are in town, but the joke's on him: nobody north of the 49th can stand Drake either.
October 28, 2025 at 1:04 AM
The Dodger Stadium organist probably thinks it's sick to play a few bars of "Not Like Us" when the Jays are in town, but the joke's on him: nobody north of the 49th can stand Drake either.
So, the Jays have to walk twice in the same at bat to get on first, and the Dodgers have to strike out twice at the same at bat to walk back to the dugout. Cool.
October 28, 2025 at 12:47 AM
So, the Jays have to walk twice in the same at bat to get on first, and the Dodgers have to strike out twice at the same at bat to walk back to the dugout. Cool.
Cart waaay before the horse here, sure, but I'm already worried about how many of my beloved Blue Jays will voluntarily shake Trump's desiccated hand should they actually win this thing.
October 25, 2025 at 3:30 PM
Cart waaay before the horse here, sure, but I'm already worried about how many of my beloved Blue Jays will voluntarily shake Trump's desiccated hand should they actually win this thing.
You just know that Trump wishes he could force enslaved people to build his ballroom.
October 23, 2025 at 12:40 AM
You just know that Trump wishes he could force enslaved people to build his ballroom.
I can't say whether the Land of Liberty will survive MAGA, but I will say with 100% confidence that Evangelical Christianity won't.
October 18, 2025 at 3:01 PM
I can't say whether the Land of Liberty will survive MAGA, but I will say with 100% confidence that Evangelical Christianity won't.
Last night, in the miraculous metropolis of Winnipeg, the brightest light in the dreary prairies, Miriam Toews launched her new book while accompanied by John Samson and Christine Fellows -- and I was here, 14 hours away, clearly NOT LIVING MY BEST LIFE! Gah! A thousand times gah!
October 17, 2025 at 1:29 PM
Last night, in the miraculous metropolis of Winnipeg, the brightest light in the dreary prairies, Miriam Toews launched her new book while accompanied by John Samson and Christine Fellows -- and I was here, 14 hours away, clearly NOT LIVING MY BEST LIFE! Gah! A thousand times gah!
Pledges for the Christmas Adventurers Club
POLITICO: “.. They referred to Black people as monkeys and ‘the watermelon people’ and mused about putting their political opponents in gas chambers. They talked about raping their enemies .. and lauded Republicans who they believed support slavery.
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October 14, 2025 at 6:39 PM
Pledges for the Christmas Adventurers Club
Canada’s made exactly two good decisions over the country’s history: 1) Pearson’s Auto Pact of 1965, and 2) Thanksgiving celebration on the second Monday of October. 1/3
October 14, 2025 at 1:38 AM
Canada’s made exactly two good decisions over the country’s history: 1) Pearson’s Auto Pact of 1965, and 2) Thanksgiving celebration on the second Monday of October. 1/3
Feels like I’ve lost the Game of Fatherhood when I have to turn on the heat in the fall.
October 13, 2025 at 2:21 PM
Feels like I’ve lost the Game of Fatherhood when I have to turn on the heat in the fall.