@charliepap.bsky.social
Admirer of the Toms: foolery, Collins, Waits. Admitted wastrel and occasional raconteur
What you are seeing from Trump today was his lizard brain survival instinct creating a new route. He will abandon his MAGA in an attempt to recapture popularity by suddenly being reasonable and warming up to progressive economic theories. Probably in part by watching MTGs rebirth. take the $ and run
November 21, 2025 at 11:07 PM
What you are seeing from Trump today was his lizard brain survival instinct creating a new route. He will abandon his MAGA in an attempt to recapture popularity by suddenly being reasonable and warming up to progressive economic theories. Probably in part by watching MTGs rebirth. take the $ and run
To those who have been named as seditionists and traitors by Trump I urge you to remember the words of Thomas Paine “if this be treason, make the most of it”
November 21, 2025 at 12:21 AM
To those who have been named as seditionists and traitors by Trump I urge you to remember the words of Thomas Paine “if this be treason, make the most of it”
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This Friday I'll be chatting about cocktails, comics and cocktail books with my old pal Jim Meehan at Up Up Books, Portland. Hope to see yinz there!
And, of course, I'm at Omnivore Books in San Francisco tonight (6:30, with @alcademics.bsky.social).
And, of course, I'm at Omnivore Books in San Francisco tonight (6:30, with @alcademics.bsky.social).
November 12, 2025 at 4:45 PM
This Friday I'll be chatting about cocktails, comics and cocktail books with my old pal Jim Meehan at Up Up Books, Portland. Hope to see yinz there!
And, of course, I'm at Omnivore Books in San Francisco tonight (6:30, with @alcademics.bsky.social).
And, of course, I'm at Omnivore Books in San Francisco tonight (6:30, with @alcademics.bsky.social).
Somebody needs to be a back of the head hairstylist IFYKYK
November 12, 2025 at 4:24 PM
Somebody needs to be a back of the head hairstylist IFYKYK
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Trump’s Dad gets his comeuppance, seriously great movie with some insight not many know about the greatest generation
Trump’s Dad gets his comeuppance, seriously great movie with some insight not many know about the greatest generation
Best Years of Our Lives - "And For What?"
YouTube video by Evan Bennett
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November 12, 2025 at 3:33 AM
youtu.be/D4EjRzzRQLI?...
Trump’s Dad gets his comeuppance, seriously great movie with some insight not many know about the greatest generation
Trump’s Dad gets his comeuppance, seriously great movie with some insight not many know about the greatest generation
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If you're within striking distance of Mystic, Connecticut this Saturday I'll be signing books at the Mystic & Noank Library from 10:00 AM until 1:00 PM. You can pre-buy The Comic Book History of the Cocktail and Imbibe here (proceeds go to the library):
banksquarebooks.com/list/mystic-...
banksquarebooks.com/list/mystic-...
November 6, 2025 at 8:06 PM
If you're within striking distance of Mystic, Connecticut this Saturday I'll be signing books at the Mystic & Noank Library from 10:00 AM until 1:00 PM. You can pre-buy The Comic Book History of the Cocktail and Imbibe here (proceeds go to the library):
banksquarebooks.com/list/mystic-...
banksquarebooks.com/list/mystic-...
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I hope Zohran can outlaw people who walk into crowded NYC coffee and bagel shops and proceed to ask an extensive series of questions about the limited menu once they reach the front of the line. Villains!
November 5, 2025 at 1:41 PM
I hope Zohran can outlaw people who walk into crowded NYC coffee and bagel shops and proceed to ask an extensive series of questions about the limited menu once they reach the front of the line. Villains!
Here’s an idea: once Trump is gone that tacky ballroom is stripped down and converted into an interactive multi media museum of the American Republic.
October 29, 2025 at 5:53 PM
Here’s an idea: once Trump is gone that tacky ballroom is stripped down and converted into an interactive multi media museum of the American Republic.
Not saying I’m fancy but those crumbled chips in the bottom of the bag?
Eaten with a spoon from a bowl, peasants.
Eaten with a spoon from a bowl, peasants.
October 27, 2025 at 9:24 PM
Not saying I’m fancy but those crumbled chips in the bottom of the bag?
Eaten with a spoon from a bowl, peasants.
Eaten with a spoon from a bowl, peasants.
To the young woman who pointed out the crosswalk as I drove thru it. Yes, it is the law I let you cross, no, it is not the law I have to wait for your dog to finish pissing on the hydrant then let you cross.
October 27, 2025 at 4:34 PM
To the young woman who pointed out the crosswalk as I drove thru it. Yes, it is the law I let you cross, no, it is not the law I have to wait for your dog to finish pissing on the hydrant then let you cross.
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Hard to think of a father and son who had more divergent careers than Richard and Mojo Nixon
October 5, 2025 at 12:29 PM
Hard to think of a father and son who had more divergent careers than Richard and Mojo Nixon
I come from humble social beginnings. I have tried to always expand my horizons especially culinarily. Then Jaffa cakes entered my life. My dirty secret, my shameful kink: I love Jaffa cakes.
September 29, 2025 at 1:06 AM
I come from humble social beginnings. I have tried to always expand my horizons especially culinarily. Then Jaffa cakes entered my life. My dirty secret, my shameful kink: I love Jaffa cakes.
He’s there to represent the residents of NYC not the employees of the police dept. they have a union for that.
The shooting that killed a police office (plus three other people) is being presented as a major challenge for the guy who is not Mayor.
It underlines why the NYPD operates as a law unto itself: political candidates cannot criticize it without media punishment.
It underlines why the NYPD operates as a law unto itself: political candidates cannot criticize it without media punishment.
July 31, 2025 at 5:54 PM
He’s there to represent the residents of NYC not the employees of the police dept. they have a union for that.
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"He was a gentleman of the first water--that is to say, first water and then a cocktail." --New York Sun, 1880
July 20, 2025 at 5:01 PM
"He was a gentleman of the first water--that is to say, first water and then a cocktail." --New York Sun, 1880
Never go to bed angry
I’ve gone to bed angry drunk irritated
Hidden under a blanket of silence
When my demons wake me at 3am I see your face unlined in sleep and I think of your youth I never shared
My❤️breaking in a good way and I can’t wait to bring you tea in the morning
I’ve gone to bed angry drunk irritated
Hidden under a blanket of silence
When my demons wake me at 3am I see your face unlined in sleep and I think of your youth I never shared
My❤️breaking in a good way and I can’t wait to bring you tea in the morning
June 24, 2025 at 3:13 AM
Never go to bed angry
I’ve gone to bed angry drunk irritated
Hidden under a blanket of silence
When my demons wake me at 3am I see your face unlined in sleep and I think of your youth I never shared
My❤️breaking in a good way and I can’t wait to bring you tea in the morning
I’ve gone to bed angry drunk irritated
Hidden under a blanket of silence
When my demons wake me at 3am I see your face unlined in sleep and I think of your youth I never shared
My❤️breaking in a good way and I can’t wait to bring you tea in the morning
It’s embarrassing that it took me to this point in my life to figure out that when dating, a man shouldn’t talk to impress a woman, they should let her talk and they’ll find themselves impressed
#maleinsecurity
#maleinsecurity
June 18, 2025 at 1:01 PM
It’s embarrassing that it took me to this point in my life to figure out that when dating, a man shouldn’t talk to impress a woman, they should let her talk and they’ll find themselves impressed
#maleinsecurity
#maleinsecurity
Can’t we have US Marshall’s who are charged with protecting federal buildings insist that anyone entering the building claiming to be federal agents produce proper ID and log in or at least the commander submit a roster of who is there?
June 17, 2025 at 9:17 PM
Can’t we have US Marshall’s who are charged with protecting federal buildings insist that anyone entering the building claiming to be federal agents produce proper ID and log in or at least the commander submit a roster of who is there?
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Call your senators at 202-224-3121 and urge them to vote NO on any budget bill that includes provisions undermining Wilderness and public lands protection.
#KeepItWild #DefendTheWild #Wilderness #PublicLands
📸 Arctic National Wildlife Refuge by Hillebrand/USFWS
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Call your senators at 202-224-3121 and urge them to vote NO on any budget bill that includes provisions undermining Wilderness and public lands protection.
#KeepItWild #DefendTheWild #Wilderness #PublicLands
📸 Arctic National Wildlife Refuge by Hillebrand/USFWS
June 17, 2025 at 12:52 PM
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Call your senators at 202-224-3121 and urge them to vote NO on any budget bill that includes provisions undermining Wilderness and public lands protection.
#KeepItWild #DefendTheWild #Wilderness #PublicLands
📸 Arctic National Wildlife Refuge by Hillebrand/USFWS
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Call your senators at 202-224-3121 and urge them to vote NO on any budget bill that includes provisions undermining Wilderness and public lands protection.
#KeepItWild #DefendTheWild #Wilderness #PublicLands
📸 Arctic National Wildlife Refuge by Hillebrand/USFWS
Just watched the parade with its Fox fellating hosts, the uninspired speech “dusty streets of Danang”? I’d rather had a little check sent to me and fellow army vets for what this community theatre spectacle costs (all due respect community theatres) it was Waiting for Guffman for wannabe fascists
June 15, 2025 at 4:08 AM
Just watched the parade with its Fox fellating hosts, the uninspired speech “dusty streets of Danang”? I’d rather had a little check sent to me and fellow army vets for what this community theatre spectacle costs (all due respect community theatres) it was Waiting for Guffman for wannabe fascists
How the hell did we let the hall monitors take over this country
June 13, 2025 at 6:35 PM
How the hell did we let the hall monitors take over this country
I’m not sayin she’s kinky but her address says it all….
June 12, 2025 at 9:58 PM
I’m not sayin she’s kinky but her address says it all….
the current political situation:
America is sprawled legs akimbo giving desperate looks
Republican response “ yeah baby I’m about to give you the best night of your life, let’s do this”
Democratic response: “ this is going be mutually satisfying, I just have to take this pill and in 30 mins we go”
America is sprawled legs akimbo giving desperate looks
Republican response “ yeah baby I’m about to give you the best night of your life, let’s do this”
Democratic response: “ this is going be mutually satisfying, I just have to take this pill and in 30 mins we go”
June 10, 2025 at 9:06 PM
the current political situation:
America is sprawled legs akimbo giving desperate looks
Republican response “ yeah baby I’m about to give you the best night of your life, let’s do this”
Democratic response: “ this is going be mutually satisfying, I just have to take this pill and in 30 mins we go”
America is sprawled legs akimbo giving desperate looks
Republican response “ yeah baby I’m about to give you the best night of your life, let’s do this”
Democratic response: “ this is going be mutually satisfying, I just have to take this pill and in 30 mins we go”
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Fiona Hill: "The United States is on a path toward full-on state repression."
May 29, 2025 at 8:19 PM
Fiona Hill: "The United States is on a path toward full-on state repression."
This Memorial Day you don’t have to thank me for my service, it wasn’t easy but when the Army needed a soft core porn actor I was there.
May 25, 2025 at 4:36 PM
This Memorial Day you don’t have to thank me for my service, it wasn’t easy but when the Army needed a soft core porn actor I was there.