Jeffrey R. Villines
@jeffinthebowtie.bsky.social
HCC English Faculty | Fantasy Author | Occasional Actor | he/him | www.jeffinthebowtie.com
You understand a lot, sure, but there are some things you wouldn’t understand. Some things you couldn’t understand. Some things you *shouldn’t* understand.
November 19, 2025 at 9:46 PM
You understand a lot, sure, but there are some things you wouldn’t understand. Some things you couldn’t understand. Some things you *shouldn’t* understand.
I guess this is the cosmetic equivalent of first-generation DVD cases boasting “INTERACTIVE MENUS!” as a Special Feature.
November 19, 2025 at 4:39 AM
I guess this is the cosmetic equivalent of first-generation DVD cases boasting “INTERACTIVE MENUS!” as a Special Feature.
I should not have used a semicolon.
November 19, 2025 at 4:31 AM
I should not have used a semicolon.
Greg unfairly maligned that wig and NO ONE stood for truth; not even on the podcast!
November 19, 2025 at 4:31 AM
Greg unfairly maligned that wig and NO ONE stood for truth; not even on the podcast!
The specificity of this joke is *informed*.
November 18, 2025 at 2:25 PM
The specificity of this joke is *informed*.
Or the Night Court joke, “$50, senator—same as in town!”
November 18, 2025 at 2:19 PM
Or the Night Court joke, “$50, senator—same as in town!”
That weird prequel to that Fairuza Balk movie?
November 17, 2025 at 1:39 AM
That weird prequel to that Fairuza Balk movie?
Imagining you listening to “Yakko’s World” and checking countries off as it goes.
November 16, 2025 at 5:08 PM
Imagining you listening to “Yakko’s World” and checking countries off as it goes.
“I don’t know why I feel better…”
(In the corner, a medieval barber breaks into an excited sweat, impatient for you to ask his input.)
(In the corner, a medieval barber breaks into an excited sweat, impatient for you to ask his input.)
November 12, 2025 at 9:22 AM
“I don’t know why I feel better…”
(In the corner, a medieval barber breaks into an excited sweat, impatient for you to ask his input.)
(In the corner, a medieval barber breaks into an excited sweat, impatient for you to ask his input.)
Reposted by Jeffrey R. Villines
Part of the issue is that Good at Words people are generally inclined to accept that people are all different ways and to think that’s just fine. Good at Math people have been allowed too much room to think that only they have the thoughts that matter.
November 12, 2025 at 1:04 AM
Part of the issue is that Good at Words people are generally inclined to accept that people are all different ways and to think that’s just fine. Good at Math people have been allowed too much room to think that only they have the thoughts that matter.
Much like the frustrating attempts to ground Doctor Who with a canonically consistent backstory
November 11, 2025 at 1:11 PM
Much like the frustrating attempts to ground Doctor Who with a canonically consistent backstory
Grover is her primary target. She swore this on the grave of her former partner, Mr. Johnson:
November 11, 2025 at 1:03 PM
Grover is her primary target. She swore this on the grave of her former partner, Mr. Johnson:
HAMBURGLAR (sadly surveying the damage): Rubble, rubble.
November 6, 2025 at 9:54 AM
HAMBURGLAR (sadly surveying the damage): Rubble, rubble.
The Hot Fuzz of electoral politics
November 4, 2025 at 11:41 AM
The Hot Fuzz of electoral politics
“You’re thinking of Mister Wizard.”
November 3, 2025 at 1:33 PM
“You’re thinking of Mister Wizard.”
AGENT COOPER: …So how long have these two been cynically impersonating love?
November 1, 2025 at 10:00 PM
AGENT COOPER: …So how long have these two been cynically impersonating love?
This is just to say
I have eaten
the vomit
that was deposited on
the kitchen floor
and which
you were probably
saving
for the dog
Forgive me
It was there
so *schlormp*
and so chunky
I have eaten
the vomit
that was deposited on
the kitchen floor
and which
you were probably
saving
for the dog
Forgive me
It was there
so *schlormp*
and so chunky
November 1, 2025 at 1:57 PM
This is just to say
I have eaten
the vomit
that was deposited on
the kitchen floor
and which
you were probably
saving
for the dog
Forgive me
It was there
so *schlormp*
and so chunky
I have eaten
the vomit
that was deposited on
the kitchen floor
and which
you were probably
saving
for the dog
Forgive me
It was there
so *schlormp*
and so chunky
I used to be with ‘it’, but then they changed what ‘it’ was. Now what I’m with isn’t ‘it’ anymore and what’s ‘it’ seems weird and scary.
It’ll happen to *me*!
—Confused Logan
It’ll happen to *me*!
—Confused Logan
November 1, 2025 at 3:12 AM
I used to be with ‘it’, but then they changed what ‘it’ was. Now what I’m with isn’t ‘it’ anymore and what’s ‘it’ seems weird and scary.
It’ll happen to *me*!
—Confused Logan
It’ll happen to *me*!
—Confused Logan
All-time classic turn from Glenn Shadix!
November 1, 2025 at 2:34 AM
All-time classic turn from Glenn Shadix!
Hail, Knight of the Woeful Countenance!
October 31, 2025 at 3:25 PM
Hail, Knight of the Woeful Countenance!
Watching my cat zoom up and down the hall at three in the morning, my eyes narrow. “Repetitive activitiessss!” I rasp.
October 30, 2025 at 2:37 AM
Watching my cat zoom up and down the hall at three in the morning, my eyes narrow. “Repetitive activitiessss!” I rasp.