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Raised by wolves in the larch jungles outside Lubbock, Texas. Unrequieted 60's-style radical. Major-league cat dad, retired beekeeper.
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“Ever tried. Ever failed. No matter. Try again. Fail again. Fail better.”)
#polysky #sotd
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(Banner: Samuel Beckett
“Ever tried. Ever failed. No matter. Try again. Fail again. Fail better.”)
#polysky #sotd
Working the volunteer gig at the Stillwater (MN) Public Library book sale (starting tomorrow). Found this near-mint set of Durrant's Story of Civilization set. Wowza! #booksky
washcolib.libcal.com/event/14706788
washcolib.libcal.com/event/14706788
November 12, 2025 at 5:28 PM
Working the volunteer gig at the Stillwater (MN) Public Library book sale (starting tomorrow). Found this near-mint set of Durrant's Story of Civilization set. Wowza! #booksky
washcolib.libcal.com/event/14706788
washcolib.libcal.com/event/14706788
Working the used books and records stand at the Twin Cities (Minnesota) Book Fair. If you're in town, come by. #booksky #twincitiesmn
November 8, 2025 at 3:10 PM
Working the used books and records stand at the Twin Cities (Minnesota) Book Fair. If you're in town, come by. #booksky #twincitiesmn
My current favorite fountain pens is my Sailor Naginata Togi pen with black trim.
November 7, 2025 at 2:51 PM
My current favorite fountain pens is my Sailor Naginata Togi pen with black trim.
Made the regular pilgrimage to Duluth. Did the pilgrimage to Kenspeckle Press.
Www.kenspeckleletterpress.com
Www.kenspeckleletterpress.com
November 1, 2025 at 6:12 PM
Made the regular pilgrimage to Duluth. Did the pilgrimage to Kenspeckle Press.
Www.kenspeckleletterpress.com
Www.kenspeckleletterpress.com
Wherever the Republican National Convention meets, it is well documented that sex workers who offer dominatrix and kink services flock and flourish.
October 29, 2025 at 6:31 PM
Wherever the Republican National Convention meets, it is well documented that sex workers who offer dominatrix and kink services flock and flourish.
Interestingly enough, if you think of tolerance as part of the social contract instead of an moral ideal, the paradox falls apart. Those who step out of the social contract (that is, into intolerance) have voluntarily left any protection (tolerance) from the social contract.
October 28, 2025 at 3:01 PM
Interestingly enough, if you think of tolerance as part of the social contract instead of an moral ideal, the paradox falls apart. Those who step out of the social contract (that is, into intolerance) have voluntarily left any protection (tolerance) from the social contract.
Miss Calliope says good morning.
October 16, 2025 at 1:10 PM
Miss Calliope says good morning.
Entered without comment (as if it would be needed).
October 15, 2025 at 2:54 PM
Entered without comment (as if it would be needed).
From Kaja and Phil Foglio's Girl Genius webcomic (January 2016):
October 1, 2025 at 6:26 PM
From Kaja and Phil Foglio's Girl Genius webcomic (January 2016):
One of the healthiest ways to convert a sod lawn to a prairie ecology is occultation.
1. Scalp the lawn with mower.
2. Water hard to encourage germination of seeds present.
3. Cover with waterproof dark plastic.
4. Let grass die over the winter.
5. Seed with native prairie plants in spring.
1. Scalp the lawn with mower.
2. Water hard to encourage germination of seeds present.
3. Cover with waterproof dark plastic.
4. Let grass die over the winter.
5. Seed with native prairie plants in spring.
October 1, 2025 at 2:11 PM
One of the healthiest ways to convert a sod lawn to a prairie ecology is occultation.
1. Scalp the lawn with mower.
2. Water hard to encourage germination of seeds present.
3. Cover with waterproof dark plastic.
4. Let grass die over the winter.
5. Seed with native prairie plants in spring.
1. Scalp the lawn with mower.
2. Water hard to encourage germination of seeds present.
3. Cover with waterproof dark plastic.
4. Let grass die over the winter.
5. Seed with native prairie plants in spring.
So what do you, as the Secretary of the Treasury, do while "listening" to speeches at the U.N. General Assembly.
You read texts from Agriculture Secretary Rollins describing how the U.S. screwed itself over by bailing out Argentina and angle your phone so as to enable a photographer from AP.
You read texts from Agriculture Secretary Rollins describing how the U.S. screwed itself over by bailing out Argentina and angle your phone so as to enable a photographer from AP.
September 30, 2025 at 2:22 PM
So what do you, as the Secretary of the Treasury, do while "listening" to speeches at the U.N. General Assembly.
You read texts from Agriculture Secretary Rollins describing how the U.S. screwed itself over by bailing out Argentina and angle your phone so as to enable a photographer from AP.
You read texts from Agriculture Secretary Rollins describing how the U.S. screwed itself over by bailing out Argentina and angle your phone so as to enable a photographer from AP.
City Lights, 1930
September 25, 2025 at 4:19 PM
City Lights, 1930
September 19, 2025 at 5:37 PM
My feelings exactly.
I suspect he didn't live long enough to appreciate the irony of being murdered because of the easy ways to acquire firearms via the Second Amendment he so passionately defended.
I suspect he didn't live long enough to appreciate the irony of being murdered because of the easy ways to acquire firearms via the Second Amendment he so passionately defended.
September 15, 2025 at 7:35 PM
My feelings exactly.
I suspect he didn't live long enough to appreciate the irony of being murdered because of the easy ways to acquire firearms via the Second Amendment he so passionately defended.
I suspect he didn't live long enough to appreciate the irony of being murdered because of the easy ways to acquire firearms via the Second Amendment he so passionately defended.
You all remember Calvin and Hobbes, and Bill Watterson the cartoonist?
He stopped C&H in 1995, but his work did appear occasionally afterward. Here is one written by Watterson and illustrated by Gavin Aling, from 2013. It's cut up into pieces, so as to legible.
#calvinandhobbes #billwatterson
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He stopped C&H in 1995, but his work did appear occasionally afterward. Here is one written by Watterson and illustrated by Gavin Aling, from 2013. It's cut up into pieces, so as to legible.
#calvinandhobbes #billwatterson
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September 9, 2025 at 8:33 PM
You all remember Calvin and Hobbes, and Bill Watterson the cartoonist?
He stopped C&H in 1995, but his work did appear occasionally afterward. Here is one written by Watterson and illustrated by Gavin Aling, from 2013. It's cut up into pieces, so as to legible.
#calvinandhobbes #billwatterson
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He stopped C&H in 1995, but his work did appear occasionally afterward. Here is one written by Watterson and illustrated by Gavin Aling, from 2013. It's cut up into pieces, so as to legible.
#calvinandhobbes #billwatterson
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You all remember Calvin and Hobbes, and Bill Watterson the cartoonist?
He stopped C&H in 1995, but his work did appear occasionally afterward. Here is one written by Watterson and illustrated by Gavin Aling, from 2013. It's cut up into pieces, so as to legible.
#calvinandhobbes #billwatterson
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He stopped C&H in 1995, but his work did appear occasionally afterward. Here is one written by Watterson and illustrated by Gavin Aling, from 2013. It's cut up into pieces, so as to legible.
#calvinandhobbes #billwatterson
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September 9, 2025 at 8:27 PM
You all remember Calvin and Hobbes, and Bill Watterson the cartoonist?
He stopped C&H in 1995, but his work did appear occasionally afterward. Here is one written by Watterson and illustrated by Gavin Aling, from 2013. It's cut up into pieces, so as to legible.
#calvinandhobbes #billwatterson
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He stopped C&H in 1995, but his work did appear occasionally afterward. Here is one written by Watterson and illustrated by Gavin Aling, from 2013. It's cut up into pieces, so as to legible.
#calvinandhobbes #billwatterson
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You all remember Calvin and Hobbes, and Bill Watterson the cartoonist?
He stopped C&H in 1995, but his work did appear occasionally afterward. Here is one written by Watterson and illustrated by Gavin Aling, from 2013. It's cut up into pieces, so as to legible.
#calvinandhobbes #billwatterson
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He stopped C&H in 1995, but his work did appear occasionally afterward. Here is one written by Watterson and illustrated by Gavin Aling, from 2013. It's cut up into pieces, so as to legible.
#calvinandhobbes #billwatterson
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September 9, 2025 at 8:17 PM
You all remember Calvin and Hobbes, and Bill Watterson the cartoonist?
He stopped C&H in 1995, but his work did appear occasionally afterward. Here is one written by Watterson and illustrated by Gavin Aling, from 2013. It's cut up into pieces, so as to legible.
#calvinandhobbes #billwatterson
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He stopped C&H in 1995, but his work did appear occasionally afterward. Here is one written by Watterson and illustrated by Gavin Aling, from 2013. It's cut up into pieces, so as to legible.
#calvinandhobbes #billwatterson
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You all remember Calvin and Hobbes, and Bill Watterson the cartoonist?
He stopped C&H in 1995, but his work did appear occasionally afterward. Here is one written by Watterson and illustrated by Gavin Aling, from 2013. It's cut up into pieces, so as to legible.
#calvinandhobbes #billwatterson
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He stopped C&H in 1995, but his work did appear occasionally afterward. Here is one written by Watterson and illustrated by Gavin Aling, from 2013. It's cut up into pieces, so as to legible.
#calvinandhobbes #billwatterson
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September 9, 2025 at 7:44 PM
You all remember Calvin and Hobbes, and Bill Watterson the cartoonist?
He stopped C&H in 1995, but his work did appear occasionally afterward. Here is one written by Watterson and illustrated by Gavin Aling, from 2013. It's cut up into pieces, so as to legible.
#calvinandhobbes #billwatterson
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He stopped C&H in 1995, but his work did appear occasionally afterward. Here is one written by Watterson and illustrated by Gavin Aling, from 2013. It's cut up into pieces, so as to legible.
#calvinandhobbes #billwatterson
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You all remember Calvin and Hobbes, and Bill Watterson the cartoonist?
He stopped C&H in 1995, but his work did appear occasionally afterward. Here is one written by Watterson and illustrated by Gavin Aling, from 2013. It's cut up into pieces, so as to legible.
#calvinandhobbes #billwatterson
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He stopped C&H in 1995, but his work did appear occasionally afterward. Here is one written by Watterson and illustrated by Gavin Aling, from 2013. It's cut up into pieces, so as to legible.
#calvinandhobbes #billwatterson
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September 9, 2025 at 6:04 PM
You all remember Calvin and Hobbes, and Bill Watterson the cartoonist?
He stopped C&H in 1995, but his work did appear occasionally afterward. Here is one written by Watterson and illustrated by Gavin Aling, from 2013. It's cut up into pieces, so as to legible.
#calvinandhobbes #billwatterson
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He stopped C&H in 1995, but his work did appear occasionally afterward. Here is one written by Watterson and illustrated by Gavin Aling, from 2013. It's cut up into pieces, so as to legible.
#calvinandhobbes #billwatterson
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You all remember Calvin and Hobbes, and Bill Watterson the cartoonist?
He stopped C&H in 1995, but his work did appear occasionally afterward. Here is one written by Watterson and illustrated by Gavin Aling, from 2013. It's cut up into pieces, so as to legible.
#calvinandhobbes #billwatterson
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He stopped C&H in 1995, but his work did appear occasionally afterward. Here is one written by Watterson and illustrated by Gavin Aling, from 2013. It's cut up into pieces, so as to legible.
#calvinandhobbes #billwatterson
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September 9, 2025 at 4:47 PM
You all remember Calvin and Hobbes, and Bill Watterson the cartoonist?
He stopped C&H in 1995, but his work did appear occasionally afterward. Here is one written by Watterson and illustrated by Gavin Aling, from 2013. It's cut up into pieces, so as to legible.
#calvinandhobbes #billwatterson
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He stopped C&H in 1995, but his work did appear occasionally afterward. Here is one written by Watterson and illustrated by Gavin Aling, from 2013. It's cut up into pieces, so as to legible.
#calvinandhobbes #billwatterson
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Yes, we are flying the Ukranian flag upside down.
That is what is done when a country is in distress, and I do not know many countries in greater distress than Ukraine.
That is what is done when a country is in distress, and I do not know many countries in greater distress than Ukraine.
August 25, 2025 at 8:22 PM
Yes, we are flying the Ukranian flag upside down.
That is what is done when a country is in distress, and I do not know many countries in greater distress than Ukraine.
That is what is done when a country is in distress, and I do not know many countries in greater distress than Ukraine.
August 21, 2025 at 7:35 PM
American Players Theatre was a hoot this year. Saw two Shakespeares this year -- Midsummer Night's Dream (with two actors playing Puck!) and A Winter's Tale.
Both top-notch performances in a beautiful outdoor theatre in the woods of Wisconsin!
Both top-notch performances in a beautiful outdoor theatre in the woods of Wisconsin!
August 19, 2025 at 2:11 PM
American Players Theatre was a hoot this year. Saw two Shakespeares this year -- Midsummer Night's Dream (with two actors playing Puck!) and A Winter's Tale.
Both top-notch performances in a beautiful outdoor theatre in the woods of Wisconsin!
Both top-notch performances in a beautiful outdoor theatre in the woods of Wisconsin!
The late unlemented Jesse Ventura once commented that St. Paul MN’s street plans must have been designed by “drunk Irishmen”.
You be the judge.
You be the judge.
August 18, 2025 at 9:00 PM
The late unlemented Jesse Ventura once commented that St. Paul MN’s street plans must have been designed by “drunk Irishmen”.
You be the judge.
You be the judge.