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Sam (he/him)
@goodsam.bsky.social
Avid reader, atheist, hero to three kittens, woodworker, guitar player, ambivalent Floridian.
“And when you pray, make sure everyone knows about it with your drip.”
November 22, 2025 at 12:36 PM
Another day, another internet infrastructure outage.
November 18, 2025 at 1:32 PM
I’m supposed to submit some pages to my critique group today for our next session. Had nothing. Thought I‘d try a 10-minute timed writing with the prompt, “I remember…”

25 minutes and 800 words later, I might have something.
November 14, 2025 at 2:28 PM
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Loving today's news that the mysterious "fedora man" outside the Louvre heist was actually a 15-year-old museum visitor who dresses like a 1940s French detective all the time, just because. apnews.com/article/louv...
Fedora man unmasked: Meet the teen behind the Louvre mystery photo
Fifteen-year-old Pedro Elias Garzon Delvaux has become an internet sensation after an Associated Press photo captured him outside the Louvre on the day of a crown jewels heist.
apnews.com
November 9, 2025 at 12:16 PM
Because she's always known me as an atheist, a friend was surprised to hear that I once attended a Pentecostal church and spoke in tongues. I wrote a little piece about it. It's my first attempt at memoir essay. I hope you enjoy it!

stfalco.medium.com/false-tongue...
False Tongues
The pastor finished his sermon and raised his arms, hands outstretched toward heaven. He threw his head back and began to pray aloud…
stfalco.medium.com
November 12, 2025 at 5:10 PM
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you guys have GOT to watch the whole thing

www.youtube.com/watch?v=kOQT...
November 5, 2025 at 7:45 AM
Post a bird announcing that Dick Cheney is dead.
November 4, 2025 at 8:59 PM
Make a movie food:

Butch Casserole and the Sundance Kid
Make a movie food:

2001: A Spice Odyssey
Make a movie food:

The Rocky Challa Picture Show
October 24, 2025 at 10:17 AM
I'm attending No Kings's event, “NO KINGS Gulfport, Florida” - sign up now to join me! www.mobilize.us/nokings/even...
NO KINGS Gulfport, Florida · No Kings
**In America, we don’t put up with would-be kings.** Our peaceful movement is only getting bigger and stronger. “NO KINGS” is more than just a slogan—it’s the foundation our nation was built upon. Bo...
www.mobilize.us
October 13, 2025 at 10:52 PM
In high school, I wrote a seven-pager on The Scarlet Letter the day before it was due, having read only the Mad Magazine version of the book + listened to class discussion. Got an A-.
I wrote a 10 page dialogue between Socrates and Nietzsche at 3 am the day it was due that my philosophy professor loved so much he gave me an A++ and to this day I have no idea what I got right about it
I wrote a 15 page report on heraldic symbolism in medieval armor and weapon design for my art history class the night before it was due (8am class). Made up 90% of it (only found one book for reference) and got an A. GenAI could fucking never.
October 10, 2025 at 10:05 AM
Me: Hey, here’s a video about a woodworking technique I need to learn!

YouTube: OK, but first you gotta watch an ad.

Me: Grumbles, but fine.

YouTube: OK, here’s your video.

…30 seconds later…

YouTube: Time to watch another ad!

I hope there‘s a woodworking book with that tip in it.
September 30, 2025 at 12:55 PM
So I'm not writing novels anymore.
medium.com/@stfalco/qui...
Quitter
I’ve been trying to write a publishable novel for a long time. The desire goes back to junior high school, and I kept at it for decades…
medium.com
September 25, 2025 at 1:48 PM
Kittens are so adorable and cuddly.
September 19, 2025 at 11:57 PM
Bought a book yesterday. Tidy, three library books I requested came in. Now I'm paralyzed trying to decide which to read. Oh, and I also have the latest issue of Rock and a Hard Place.

Who needs sleep?
September 16, 2025 at 12:04 AM
I was thinking along these lines while tidying my garage tonight. Came inside to find that @slacktivistfred.bsky.social has the topic covered. www.patheos.com/blogs/slackt...
No, Donny, These Men Are Nihilists
Walter Sobchak was right to find nihilists deplorable, but he was wrong to think they're not dangerous.
www.patheos.com
September 16, 2025 at 12:01 AM
Age verification:

LOAD “file_name”, 8
Age Verification:

My first car had a TAPE DECK
Age verification:

telnet [target IP] [target port]
September 10, 2025 at 9:47 AM
Medium: Come join us to connect with other people over great writing!

Every other article recommended to me: How to use AI to write Medium articles.

FFS.
September 9, 2025 at 5:51 PM
Is there any stupider marketing campaign than, "Try our ultimate answer machine! Ask it anything, and it will give you an answer! Don't trust the answers!"
September 8, 2025 at 11:40 AM
Ayn Rice’s The Vampire John Galt.
September 6, 2025 at 10:43 PM
Desecrating one by driving around with it dirty and torn, mounted to the tailgate of your oversized pickup track, that's OK.
Trump signs an executive order: "If you burn a flag, you get one year in jail."
August 25, 2025 at 7:18 PM
This morning I had a moment of being completely at peace with myself.

Then I reached over my head for something and pulled a muscle in my shoulder. Now I hate everything.
August 20, 2025 at 1:04 PM
Feel like you have more to do than can ever be done? You're not alone.
Escaping the Poisonous Productivity Mindset
I started earning a paycheck at age sixteen. In my forty-two years in the workforce, one thing has remained constant regardless of employer or industry: the insistence that none of us are doing eno…
samfalco.com
August 16, 2025 at 7:09 PM
Of the 21 calls I have received this month, 19 were spam. The other two were from the veterinarian’s office.

I’m paying a monthly fee for scammers to distract me daily.
August 14, 2025 at 10:02 PM