The American Caliban
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I would prefer not to.
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DAD: Babe, I think the kid has Ovid

MOM: What? Covid?

CHILD:
Rose darke and full of foggye mist. And now they were within
A kenning of the upper earth, when Orphye did begin

DAD:
To dowt him lest shee followed not, and through an eager love
Desyrous for to see her, he his eyes did backward move.
November 15, 2025 at 1:14 PM
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Silicon Valley, 1990s: Free and open access to all the world’s knowledge will usher a new utopian age of information!

Silicon Valley, 2025:
November 15, 2025 at 1:28 AM
Happy Armistice Day to all who like peace!
November 11, 2025 at 9:08 PM
One of this last week’s many horrors is the thing that finally made me snap. Not sure yet which one.
November 11, 2025 at 8:09 AM
- drive out to the desert to see the Dream Syndicate play
- stay over a day and do desert stuff
- find out they’re playing today at a house walking distance from my place
- drive back home to see the Dream Syndicate play
November 9, 2025 at 8:28 PM
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The book spam I'm getting has taken a strange turn
November 6, 2025 at 3:22 PM
Yow
November 2, 2025 at 3:40 AM
He says let’s go for a ride, and he says it all the time 💀
Halloween
YouTube video by The Dream Syndicate - Topic
youtube.com
November 1, 2025 at 1:32 AM
Someone tweaked my side mirror in a parking lot. Worse things happen at sea etc but I tire of these moderate misfortunes.
October 30, 2025 at 1:59 AM
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For reasons too complex to explain here, I wrote an Apple II program designed for Early Modern Age Catholics to determine if they're allowed to have sex with their wife, or if it'd be a sin.

Here's the video of it running.
October 25, 2025 at 7:49 AM
Bluesky, the new public sphere
October 24, 2025 at 9:31 AM
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Halloween rerun.
October 22, 2025 at 9:06 PM
A lot of my neighbors are evangelicals. A lot of them have over the top Halloween decorations. I wonder about the intersection of those things.
October 20, 2025 at 9:13 PM
Welp there goes us-east-1 again
October 20, 2025 at 8:40 AM
Wow, the premium increase for my covered California plan is very exciting!
October 17, 2025 at 3:37 AM
I’m doing the 40th anniversary Orange County AIDS walk, and although you don’t know it yet, you’re supporting me! Just click below!
40th Anniversary AIDS Walk Orange County - Sunset on AIDS Walk - Conrad Heiney
Your support makes a real and lasting difference in the lives of people impacted by HIV/AIDS. Every donation helps provide essential services like medical care, housing assistance, and prevention educ...
p2p.onecause.com
October 15, 2025 at 6:40 AM
My boss at the medical journal called a particular kind of bad paper a Columbus: “when he left he didn’t know where he was going, when he got there he didn’t know where he was, and when he returned he had no idea where he’d been.”
October 13, 2025 at 4:50 PM
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This is actually the real vibe from 1995, and I would like to inform you that the local football team sent two cheerleaders to host the CompUSA launch party for Windows 95.

www.instagram.com/reel/DN1Unm-...
October 12, 2025 at 8:47 PM
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In 2004, Parisian police were conducting a training exercise in the french catacombs and found, after moving past a desk and a tape playing audio of snarling dogs, a fully functional movie theater and bar. When they returned 3 days later, the equipment was gone, with a note: “Do not try to find us.”
October 12, 2025 at 1:30 PM
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October 11, 2025 is a milestone in comedy history. Not only is it the 50th anniversary of the 1st SNL, today is also the final new Dr. Demento show. After 55 years, Barret Hansen is hanging up his top hat. Please go to drdemento.com to hear his all time demented top 40 countdown special.
Dr. Demento
drdemento.com
October 11, 2025 at 3:53 PM
Booked travel for next year to avoid Losing my Gourd
October 11, 2025 at 9:11 AM
Sitting in a waiting room while they wait for the “site monitor” to get back to them about generating a “token.”
October 9, 2025 at 6:22 PM
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one thing i think about all the time is that Phantom of the Opera opened on Broadway on October 9, 1986 and ran until April 16, 2023 and many of the members of its orchestra stayed for the entire run, playing the same music 8 shows a week for 37 YEARS
October 8, 2025 at 6:24 PM
I remember in the Blog Years thinking I had to have a public opinion about each new thing. It was a bad idea then and now? Physically impossible.
October 7, 2025 at 4:56 AM
Terror couple eat Whopper
Burger King Dark Whopper (2007, 2008): A classic Whopper, but made with black-pepper cheese, black pepper ketchup, and a peppery steak/bbq sauce. Released exclusively in the UK to promote the films "Spider-Man 3" and "The Dark Knight" in back-to-back summers.
October 3, 2025 at 7:09 AM