Grouching Towards Bethlehem
@arkansasmichael.bsky.social
An old grouch who used to be not-quite-someone in small-town Arkansas newspapers until he wasn’t.
Lulu is deeply concerned with what you’re doing over there. Deeply.
November 13, 2025 at 8:18 PM
Lulu is deeply concerned with what you’re doing over there. Deeply.
Love Horace.. currently I’m enjoying the new live album that dropped today while enduring this back pain..
It’s amazing how many of these archival releases from so long ago are finally being discovered and let loose into the world..
It’s amazing how many of these archival releases from so long ago are finally being discovered and let loose into the world..
October 24, 2025 at 4:06 PM
Love Horace.. currently I’m enjoying the new live album that dropped today while enduring this back pain..
It’s amazing how many of these archival releases from so long ago are finally being discovered and let loose into the world..
It’s amazing how many of these archival releases from so long ago are finally being discovered and let loose into the world..
I forget how damn good this album is…
September 24, 2025 at 12:29 AM
I forget how damn good this album is…
Took the eldest doggo for shots and a checkup and - much as I deduced - she's doing well and will likely outlive us all.
August 7, 2025 at 3:08 AM
Took the eldest doggo for shots and a checkup and - much as I deduced - she's doing well and will likely outlive us all.
The new Buddy Guy is sublime. How the hell is this dude 89 and sounding this good?
August 3, 2025 at 4:34 AM
The new Buddy Guy is sublime. How the hell is this dude 89 and sounding this good?
Having a column can be fun..
June 6, 2025 at 9:05 PM
Having a column can be fun..
I should probably go wake the wife from her nap but i currently have no sensation in my legs as there is a seventy pound pup also napping on me…
May 7, 2025 at 10:56 PM
I should probably go wake the wife from her nap but i currently have no sensation in my legs as there is a seventy pound pup also napping on me…
My favorite meme on this idiocy..
January 28, 2025 at 5:08 AM
My favorite meme on this idiocy..
I’m an old man so it’s not all that exciting (other than he $ I saved)
January 20, 2025 at 10:23 PM
I’m an old man so it’s not all that exciting (other than he $ I saved)
Always a bop.
January 16, 2025 at 1:15 AM
Always a bop.
Strange beasts are afoot in the snow.. ankles beware!
January 10, 2025 at 4:25 PM
Strange beasts are afoot in the snow.. ankles beware!
There is a boxset with amazing artwork by @yukoart.bsky.social that is well worth the price and is a great place to start if you can find it. All of the original classics are included.
And its GORGEOUS to look through.
And its GORGEOUS to look through.
December 7, 2024 at 4:53 PM
There is a boxset with amazing artwork by @yukoart.bsky.social that is well worth the price and is a great place to start if you can find it. All of the original classics are included.
And its GORGEOUS to look through.
And its GORGEOUS to look through.
In the midst of rewatching the series i discovered there was novel released.. so of course i tracked down a copy!
December 6, 2024 at 3:44 PM
In the midst of rewatching the series i discovered there was novel released.. so of course i tracked down a copy!
Some days you come across a photo of yourself at age 10 and nostalgia just washes over you... hard.
I miss this man so very much.
I miss this man so very much.
December 4, 2024 at 7:04 PM
Some days you come across a photo of yourself at age 10 and nostalgia just washes over you... hard.
I miss this man so very much.
I miss this man so very much.
Mad magazine was the perfect storm of goofy people making stuff that made them laugh for goofy people like us to laugh to. I miss the joy of seeing an issue in my mailbox as a teen in the 80s.
It's why I'm HELLA tempted to buy this from the Library of America.
It's why I'm HELLA tempted to buy this from the Library of America.
December 4, 2024 at 6:44 PM
Mad magazine was the perfect storm of goofy people making stuff that made them laugh for goofy people like us to laugh to. I miss the joy of seeing an issue in my mailbox as a teen in the 80s.
It's why I'm HELLA tempted to buy this from the Library of America.
It's why I'm HELLA tempted to buy this from the Library of America.
Interesting way to look at a breakdown of my stats
December 2, 2024 at 5:23 AM
Interesting way to look at a breakdown of my stats
It’s gonna require a butt load of postage stamps, but I guess? a or b?
December 1, 2024 at 12:23 AM
It’s gonna require a butt load of postage stamps, but I guess? a or b?
November 27, 2024 at 6:11 AM
I haven’t finished digesting this one yet..
November 24, 2024 at 3:03 AM
I haven’t finished digesting this one yet..
Laying out the last story on this little magazine and bopping along to some Professor Longhair... because you can take the boy out of Louisiana but the old man he grows into will still listen to the sounds of home.
November 21, 2024 at 3:50 AM
Laying out the last story on this little magazine and bopping along to some Professor Longhair... because you can take the boy out of Louisiana but the old man he grows into will still listen to the sounds of home.
Today involved a small bookstore detour.. these came home with me.
November 13, 2024 at 12:08 AM
Today involved a small bookstore detour.. these came home with me.
There is not much in this life as relaxing as listening to bach’s cello suites accompanied by a snoring dog in your lap.
October 28, 2024 at 4:02 PM
There is not much in this life as relaxing as listening to bach’s cello suites accompanied by a snoring dog in your lap.