Gordon Christen
@gordonchristen.bsky.social
I get paid to talk about Jesus, so I wouldn’t trust a word I say.
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Happy thanksgiving week, I’d like to restate my longstanding opinion that we should change the national anthem to The Weight. I don’t care that The Band is Canadian.
November 25, 2025 at 9:15 PM
Happy thanksgiving week, I’d like to restate my longstanding opinion that we should change the national anthem to The Weight. I don’t care that The Band is Canadian.
Saw a photo of an interfaith Thanksgiving service and they made the rabbi hold a damn menorah.
November 25, 2025 at 7:50 PM
Saw a photo of an interfaith Thanksgiving service and they made the rabbi hold a damn menorah.
I consider myself a middling home cook. I think people think learning to cook is all about fancy techniques, but most of it is:
1. More butter than you think you need
2. Worcestershire sauce
3. Grating Parmesan until your arm hurts
1. More butter than you think you need
2. Worcestershire sauce
3. Grating Parmesan until your arm hurts
November 25, 2025 at 4:26 PM
I consider myself a middling home cook. I think people think learning to cook is all about fancy techniques, but most of it is:
1. More butter than you think you need
2. Worcestershire sauce
3. Grating Parmesan until your arm hurts
1. More butter than you think you need
2. Worcestershire sauce
3. Grating Parmesan until your arm hurts
Compare a 70s SBD to and 80s one and tell me Betty C-J doesn’t deserve the damn medal of freedom or whatever. Wild to have such great soundboards only to basically have to do matrices and auds for the 80s.
November 25, 2025 at 2:44 PM
Compare a 70s SBD to and 80s one and tell me Betty C-J doesn’t deserve the damn medal of freedom or whatever. Wild to have such great soundboards only to basically have to do matrices and auds for the 80s.
Spouse is working Thursday so Thanksgiving is tomorrow for us. Doing it up even though it’s just three of us. Apple Pie
November 24, 2025 at 10:26 PM
Spouse is working Thursday so Thanksgiving is tomorrow for us. Doing it up even though it’s just three of us. Apple Pie
“As every student of exploration knows, the prize goes not to the explorer who first sets foot upon the virgin soil but to the one who gets that foot home first. If it is still attached to his leg, this is a bonus”
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November 23, 2025 at 6:09 PM
“As every student of exploration knows, the prize goes not to the explorer who first sets foot upon the virgin soil but to the one who gets that foot home first. If it is still attached to his leg, this is a bonus”
app.thestorygraph.com/books/266a68...
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You could read Stephen’s speech in Acts 7, or just refer to the Peanuts from June 20, 1980
November 23, 2025 at 2:23 PM
You could read Stephen’s speech in Acts 7, or just refer to the Peanuts from June 20, 1980
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It really is just simple geometry.
You cannot build a functional city if everyone brings a 2-ton living room on wheels with them.
You cannot build a functional city if everyone brings a 2-ton living room on wheels with them.
The entrance to the 3-storey bike parking garage at Utrecht Central holding 12,500 bicycles. It’s free for the first 24 hours, linked to the station, and used by tens of thousands every day. This is what happens when a country treats bikes as real transport infrastructure, not an afterthought.
November 22, 2025 at 11:28 PM
It really is just simple geometry.
You cannot build a functional city if everyone brings a 2-ton living room on wheels with them.
You cannot build a functional city if everyone brings a 2-ton living room on wheels with them.
Next up. Was at the library and needed the physical version of this anyway. Cooking from the get go as always.
app.thestorygraph.com/books/324703...
app.thestorygraph.com/books/324703...
November 22, 2025 at 2:33 AM
Next up. Was at the library and needed the physical version of this anyway. Cooking from the get go as always.
app.thestorygraph.com/books/324703...
app.thestorygraph.com/books/324703...
ACAB includes Clifford
November 22, 2025 at 12:33 AM
ACAB includes Clifford
Saw a reel about it, but I really think there’s going to be a historical comp to make between the BBB ICE funding and the compromise of 1850/Fugitive slave act. Not just in the way it terrorizes citizens, but in the way it seems to be galvanizing people to actually hold more progressive positions.
November 20, 2025 at 4:28 PM
Saw a reel about it, but I really think there’s going to be a historical comp to make between the BBB ICE funding and the compromise of 1850/Fugitive slave act. Not just in the way it terrorizes citizens, but in the way it seems to be galvanizing people to actually hold more progressive positions.
“A pessimist gets nothing but pleasant surprises, and optimist nothing but unpleasant.” What an amazing line.
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November 19, 2025 at 4:04 AM
“A pessimist gets nothing but pleasant surprises, and optimist nothing but unpleasant.” What an amazing line.
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Duke looking like a damn Butterfinger commercial
November 19, 2025 at 2:45 AM
Duke looking like a damn Butterfinger commercial
Gosh the “remain peaceful” stuff from NC officials is so hollow. Add to that the constant need to seem tough on crime and we just end up with a bunch of half-hearted, mealy-mouthed nonsense when what we need are actual leaders and actual leadership.
November 18, 2025 at 3:05 AM
Gosh the “remain peaceful” stuff from NC officials is so hollow. Add to that the constant need to seem tough on crime and we just end up with a bunch of half-hearted, mealy-mouthed nonsense when what we need are actual leaders and actual leadership.
Sorry, I can’t believe any country is in good shape when people have to start worrying about carrying their papers around.
November 18, 2025 at 12:58 AM
Sorry, I can’t believe any country is in good shape when people have to start worrying about carrying their papers around.
Boomer nostalgia is mostly nonsense, but it’s undeniable there was something special in the water from about 71-74. Maybe just enough time for counterculture to mature a little but before the drugs really went sour.
November 17, 2025 at 2:12 PM
Boomer nostalgia is mostly nonsense, but it’s undeniable there was something special in the water from about 71-74. Maybe just enough time for counterculture to mature a little but before the drugs really went sour.
Next up, the first one was a joy. Penny really lays out the setting and characters before the crime. Feeling it all falling into place is really satisfying.
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November 16, 2025 at 11:36 PM
Next up, the first one was a joy. Penny really lays out the setting and characters before the crime. Feeling it all falling into place is really satisfying.
app.thestorygraph.com/books/c64bfb...
app.thestorygraph.com/books/c64bfb...
We are still fighting the battles of reconstruction
I'm seeing people wonder why ICE is going after Charlotte.
ICE has been at war with Charlotte's sheriff ever since he won in 2018.
We'd covered this at Bolts back in the day; this quote is from that sheriff:
ICE has been at war with Charlotte's sheriff ever since he won in 2018.
We'd covered this at Bolts back in the day; this quote is from that sheriff:
“When the 8 African American sheriffs took over the largest counties in North Carolina, it became a threat to the good ol’ boy system,” says the sheriff of Charlotte. These new sheriffs broke ties with ICE.
But GOP lawmakers cracked down this week, overbidding the governor’s veto to adopt this law:
But GOP lawmakers cracked down this week, overbidding the governor’s veto to adopt this law:
November 16, 2025 at 12:23 PM
We are still fighting the battles of reconstruction
In retrospect, the Farm bill loophole was the perfect way to legalize cannabis. Basically building up a shadow industry that could take on more formal regulation. I wish I had any confidence this is actually how it will go.
November 15, 2025 at 1:32 AM
In retrospect, the Farm bill loophole was the perfect way to legalize cannabis. Basically building up a shadow industry that could take on more formal regulation. I wish I had any confidence this is actually how it will go.
Going to post in a new thread for SD posting because I don’t want to clout chase in the Hawken retweet.This rips obviously. Stand outs besides the singles are Midnite Cruiser and Brooklyn. Been spinning it all day.
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Can't Buy a Thrill - Wikipedia
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November 14, 2025 at 9:26 PM
Going to post in a new thread for SD posting because I don’t want to clout chase in the Hawken retweet.This rips obviously. Stand outs besides the singles are Midnite Cruiser and Brooklyn. Been spinning it all day.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Can%27t...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Can%27t...
Finally becoming a Steely Dan dad
a man in a suit and tie with his arms in the air and the words it 's happening
ALT: a man in a suit and tie with his arms in the air and the words it 's happening
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November 14, 2025 at 8:33 PM
Finally becoming a Steely Dan dad
Back to mysteries after a foray into reading (as opposed to listening to) nonfiction. I’m so deeply uncomfortable with “obsessive men making bad choices.” Bad Blood is great though, so I’m still excited for the crossover.
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November 14, 2025 at 2:08 AM
Back to mysteries after a foray into reading (as opposed to listening to) nonfiction. I’m so deeply uncomfortable with “obsessive men making bad choices.” Bad Blood is great though, so I’m still excited for the crossover.
app.thestorygraph.com/books/1f30a5...
app.thestorygraph.com/books/1f30a5...
Whenever you feel like a better world isn’t possible, remember that the NFL fixed the kickoff.
November 14, 2025 at 2:04 AM
Whenever you feel like a better world isn’t possible, remember that the NFL fixed the kickoff.
Nothing has confirmed to me Amazon is evil more than using “In My Life” in a commercial.
November 14, 2025 at 1:41 AM
Nothing has confirmed to me Amazon is evil more than using “In My Life” in a commercial.
Thought something was wrong with my TV with these Patriots uniforms.
November 14, 2025 at 1:39 AM
Thought something was wrong with my TV with these Patriots uniforms.