Charlie English
@charlieenglish.bsky.social
Bright, not quite genius 😊
Digital boomer, non-technical.
Lifelong (D) centrist. Occasional piano artiste & log wrangler.
Digital boomer, non-technical.
Lifelong (D) centrist. Occasional piano artiste & log wrangler.
Wood stove cocoa in ATL
December 15, 2025 at 11:41 PM
Wood stove cocoa in ATL
New segment: "Are You Smarter Than a Third Grader?"
Dem's should play Cassidy in heavy rotation... Ideally with a circus calliope music bed.
Dem's should play Cassidy in heavy rotation... Ideally with a circus calliope music bed.
November 19, 2025 at 9:41 PM
New segment: "Are You Smarter Than a Third Grader?"
Dem's should play Cassidy in heavy rotation... Ideally with a circus calliope music bed.
Dem's should play Cassidy in heavy rotation... Ideally with a circus calliope music bed.
I'm watching yet another repetitive speech - black tie - and it occurs to me:
▪️His tie looks like it came from a 1988 Halloween costume.*
▪️A funny senility test: tie your own bowtie.
*not AI 👇🏼
▪️His tie looks like it came from a 1988 Halloween costume.*
▪️A funny senility test: tie your own bowtie.
*not AI 👇🏼
November 19, 2025 at 8:39 PM
I'm watching yet another repetitive speech - black tie - and it occurs to me:
▪️His tie looks like it came from a 1988 Halloween costume.*
▪️A funny senility test: tie your own bowtie.
*not AI 👇🏼
▪️His tie looks like it came from a 1988 Halloween costume.*
▪️A funny senility test: tie your own bowtie.
*not AI 👇🏼
But you appear to do both 😆
There's an old hymn that refers to
🎶 Walking in Darkness and
Calling it Light.
Or I could quote Mark Twain... 😎
There's an old hymn that refers to
🎶 Walking in Darkness and
Calling it Light.
Or I could quote Mark Twain... 😎
September 22, 2025 at 4:28 PM
But you appear to do both 😆
There's an old hymn that refers to
🎶 Walking in Darkness and
Calling it Light.
Or I could quote Mark Twain... 😎
There's an old hymn that refers to
🎶 Walking in Darkness and
Calling it Light.
Or I could quote Mark Twain... 😎
Wanna see an urban buzzard?
He was munching on roadkill in my subdivision and scampered as I approached. Cars whizzing by he was oblivious to.
He was munching on roadkill in my subdivision and scampered as I approached. Cars whizzing by he was oblivious to.
September 22, 2025 at 3:12 AM
Wanna see an urban buzzard?
He was munching on roadkill in my subdivision and scampered as I approached. Cars whizzing by he was oblivious to.
He was munching on roadkill in my subdivision and scampered as I approached. Cars whizzing by he was oblivious to.
I was taught that "How are you?" is a foreshortening of "How are your bowels?" as that apparently used to be a conversation starter. 😄
September 20, 2025 at 8:16 PM
I was taught that "How are you?" is a foreshortening of "How are your bowels?" as that apparently used to be a conversation starter. 😄
The only production car that I remember getting that bad of mileage was the Charger. 😆
September 20, 2025 at 7:53 PM
The only production car that I remember getting that bad of mileage was the Charger. 😆
Do you know who Will Rogers was?
September 20, 2025 at 1:04 PM
Do you know who Will Rogers was?
Saving you a click. Friendo.
September 20, 2025 at 12:58 PM
Saving you a click. Friendo.
Remind me which declared war established Great Britain over the USA as sovereign - linguistic or otherwise.
Did Washington surrender to Cornwallis at Yorktown?
Re. conditional outcomes:
▪️Skelps are only used in our backward states.
▪️British usage is inferior to U.S. (see Yorktown 1781, Paris 1783)
Did Washington surrender to Cornwallis at Yorktown?
Re. conditional outcomes:
▪️Skelps are only used in our backward states.
▪️British usage is inferior to U.S. (see Yorktown 1781, Paris 1783)
September 20, 2025 at 12:09 PM
Remind me which declared war established Great Britain over the USA as sovereign - linguistic or otherwise.
Did Washington surrender to Cornwallis at Yorktown?
Re. conditional outcomes:
▪️Skelps are only used in our backward states.
▪️British usage is inferior to U.S. (see Yorktown 1781, Paris 1783)
Did Washington surrender to Cornwallis at Yorktown?
Re. conditional outcomes:
▪️Skelps are only used in our backward states.
▪️British usage is inferior to U.S. (see Yorktown 1781, Paris 1783)
People should know (or Google) "CLEAR and PRESENT danger doctrine". Attached: saving u a click
September 18, 2025 at 1:31 PM
People should know (or Google) "CLEAR and PRESENT danger doctrine". Attached: saving u a click
A jet was departing. I'm usually not out walking this early. The juxtaposition is more obvious if one zooms in - the jet appears in the 3rd shot.
September 18, 2025 at 11:57 AM
A jet was departing. I'm usually not out walking this early. The juxtaposition is more obvious if one zooms in - the jet appears in the 3rd shot.
I was engaging in wordplay. Your suggestion negates that. Humor is one of my primary coping tools.
September 18, 2025 at 11:48 AM
I was engaging in wordplay. Your suggestion negates that. Humor is one of my primary coping tools.
From Hogan's Heroes, there was a British covert agent called Nimrod. I can still hear Richard Dawson speaking to him on the "wireless".
September 17, 2025 at 7:22 PM
From Hogan's Heroes, there was a British covert agent called Nimrod. I can still hear Richard Dawson speaking to him on the "wireless".
Similar. "Lucky" shot. I ended a blue jay's life and felt terrible. I truly just wanted to jar him off the limb. Lesson learned. First and last bird killed. At least I didn't manage To Kill A Mockingbird. 🙄
September 17, 2025 at 12:51 AM
Similar. "Lucky" shot. I ended a blue jay's life and felt terrible. I truly just wanted to jar him off the limb. Lesson learned. First and last bird killed. At least I didn't manage To Kill A Mockingbird. 🙄
I can't track everyone... But what I know about Jack Proboscis (admittedly juvenile joke) is that he paid a butt load of $ for a pair of gold sneakers. [exemplars below. Identity not confirmed]
September 16, 2025 at 7:45 PM
I can't track everyone... But what I know about Jack Proboscis (admittedly juvenile joke) is that he paid a butt load of $ for a pair of gold sneakers. [exemplars below. Identity not confirmed]
I'm hearing the "Theme from Tara!" 😊
Beautiful costumes!
I was just listening to a history podcast about Alva Vanderbilt that included a discussion of her over-the-top Gothic / Victorian dresses.
Beautiful costumes!
I was just listening to a history podcast about Alva Vanderbilt that included a discussion of her over-the-top Gothic / Victorian dresses.
September 16, 2025 at 8:06 AM
I'm hearing the "Theme from Tara!" 😊
Beautiful costumes!
I was just listening to a history podcast about Alva Vanderbilt that included a discussion of her over-the-top Gothic / Victorian dresses.
Beautiful costumes!
I was just listening to a history podcast about Alva Vanderbilt that included a discussion of her over-the-top Gothic / Victorian dresses.
It helps if you're staging Li'l Abner as the school play, being ol' timey and stuff.
Sorry. I just realized I was thinking if Dogpatch.
Sorry. I just realized I was thinking if Dogpatch.
September 14, 2025 at 3:17 AM
It helps if you're staging Li'l Abner as the school play, being ol' timey and stuff.
Sorry. I just realized I was thinking if Dogpatch.
Sorry. I just realized I was thinking if Dogpatch.
Crap! I knew I had a slightly prettier one. May 2924. Taken from the aforementioned site near my casa.
September 14, 2025 at 2:59 AM
Crap! I knew I had a slightly prettier one. May 2924. Taken from the aforementioned site near my casa.
Near my house, on one of my walk routes. Not as pretty as yours but I suspect a LOT fewer Bitcoin. I think this was Fall, 2024.
September 14, 2025 at 2:55 AM
Near my house, on one of my walk routes. Not as pretty as yours but I suspect a LOT fewer Bitcoin. I think this was Fall, 2024.
We dissolve to the comically hot-headed South Carolina militia firing on Ft. Sumpter...
Many & various regions have an imbecilic history of rabble-rousing.
Many & various regions have an imbecilic history of rabble-rousing.
September 13, 2025 at 2:49 PM
We dissolve to the comically hot-headed South Carolina militia firing on Ft. Sumpter...
Many & various regions have an imbecilic history of rabble-rousing.
Many & various regions have an imbecilic history of rabble-rousing.
My late Pop's favorite Pogo panel.
September 12, 2025 at 12:05 AM
My late Pop's favorite Pogo panel.
Anyone else noticing the over-bleached sparkle teeth?
Slightly less annoying that my other pet peeve, crappy dye jobs (I call it dictator hair).
Slightly less annoying that my other pet peeve, crappy dye jobs (I call it dictator hair).
September 11, 2025 at 9:59 AM
Anyone else noticing the over-bleached sparkle teeth?
Slightly less annoying that my other pet peeve, crappy dye jobs (I call it dictator hair).
Slightly less annoying that my other pet peeve, crappy dye jobs (I call it dictator hair).
I'm noticing a trend. Bobby Kennedy, HHS, heroin addict. Pam Bondi, Attorney General, "the list is on my desk." [pause] "There's no list." [pause] "We're redacting..." [distributes cartoonishly huge binders with 10 pages that are nothing but black stripes]
September 11, 2025 at 9:43 AM
I'm noticing a trend. Bobby Kennedy, HHS, heroin addict. Pam Bondi, Attorney General, "the list is on my desk." [pause] "There's no list." [pause] "We're redacting..." [distributes cartoonishly huge binders with 10 pages that are nothing but black stripes]
@jenniferbrokaw.bsky.social Anyone else reminded of the hilariously-titled book of almost-Justice Robert Bork?
September 10, 2025 at 1:36 PM
@jenniferbrokaw.bsky.social Anyone else reminded of the hilariously-titled book of almost-Justice Robert Bork?