@johnsickels.bsky.social
Retired baseball writer, novelist, teacher, and many other things; pro-democracy, anti-fascist; original series Star Trek fan; cats; Beavis and Butthead; Pink Floyd; pro-freedom, pro-love; father of autistic son
Yes but what does he think of Prince of Darkness? That's the real question.
November 13, 2025 at 6:24 AM
Yes but what does he think of Prince of Darkness? That's the real question.
The Vichy Caucus
November 10, 2025 at 3:37 AM
The Vichy Caucus
grew up in the 70s and 80s. Two of my high school teachers were DDay vets, one was in a wheelchair from the bullet he took. My next door neighbor was a B29 navigator over Japan. I had many relatives who fought in the war and a few who remembered WW1 from their childhoods. That's all gone now.
November 1, 2025 at 1:14 PM
grew up in the 70s and 80s. Two of my high school teachers were DDay vets, one was in a wheelchair from the bullet he took. My next door neighbor was a B29 navigator over Japan. I had many relatives who fought in the war and a few who remembered WW1 from their childhoods. That's all gone now.
The American fascist movement believes that liberals are as cowardly and fear-driven as they are. It is true that liberals are slow to anger. But the American fascists are making the same mistake made by their Confederate and Nazi predecessors.
October 31, 2025 at 1:08 AM
The American fascist movement believes that liberals are as cowardly and fear-driven as they are. It is true that liberals are slow to anger. But the American fascists are making the same mistake made by their Confederate and Nazi predecessors.
You will not be saved.
October 28, 2025 at 11:55 PM
You will not be saved.
Yeah. This. Its not my state so my opinion doesn't matter, but I'd take an old Dem pol over Nazi tattoo dude who doesn't seem to be what he claims to be.
October 26, 2025 at 2:16 AM
Yeah. This. Its not my state so my opinion doesn't matter, but I'd take an old Dem pol over Nazi tattoo dude who doesn't seem to be what he claims to be.
Tom, will the military obey orders to gun down protestors in the streets? Because I think they will be given that order eventually.
October 22, 2025 at 8:03 PM
Tom, will the military obey orders to gun down protestors in the streets? Because I think they will be given that order eventually.
The GOP is letting it happen, the Supreme Court is fine with it, and the military has now shown it will follow patently and obviously illegal orders.
October 22, 2025 at 8:00 PM
The GOP is letting it happen, the Supreme Court is fine with it, and the military has now shown it will follow patently and obviously illegal orders.
I wish I had taken that advice when young. It took me a long time to realize that buying fewer goods, but better quality, is usually the winning play. Of course that's hard for necessities when cash flow is an issue, which just reinforces the cycle of debt and poverty.
October 19, 2025 at 7:55 PM
I wish I had taken that advice when young. It took me a long time to realize that buying fewer goods, but better quality, is usually the winning play. Of course that's hard for necessities when cash flow is an issue, which just reinforces the cycle of debt and poverty.
Yeah i needed some shoes in April and went the cheap route. Mistake! By July I had crippling hip and back pain. In Sept I gave up, bit the $$ bullet and bought much better shoes from a local quality chain rather than discount chain. Now my back and hip are fine, and the shoes will last much longer.
October 19, 2025 at 7:46 PM
Yeah i needed some shoes in April and went the cheap route. Mistake! By July I had crippling hip and back pain. In Sept I gave up, bit the $$ bullet and bought much better shoes from a local quality chain rather than discount chain. Now my back and hip are fine, and the shoes will last much longer.
Put another way, sociopaths used to be split about evenly between the two parties. But now sociopaths are mostly sorted into a single party.
October 18, 2025 at 12:39 AM
Put another way, sociopaths used to be split about evenly between the two parties. But now sociopaths are mostly sorted into a single party.
Musk (and Trump) will go down in history as mass murderers in the pantheon of great villains.
October 17, 2025 at 2:30 AM
Musk (and Trump) will go down in history as mass murderers in the pantheon of great villains.
I am shocked, SHOCKED to find racism in this establishment.
October 15, 2025 at 12:35 AM
I am shocked, SHOCKED to find racism in this establishment.
Prince of Darkness? Maybe you should use the dream clip from the John Carpenter movie.
October 12, 2025 at 6:15 PM
Prince of Darkness? Maybe you should use the dream clip from the John Carpenter movie.
John Carpenter's The Sound of Music
John Carpenter's Dirty Dancing
John Carpenter's Apocalypse Now
John Carpenter's Dirty Dancing
John Carpenter's Apocalypse Now
October 10, 2025 at 2:54 PM
John Carpenter's The Sound of Music
John Carpenter's Dirty Dancing
John Carpenter's Apocalypse Now
John Carpenter's Dirty Dancing
John Carpenter's Apocalypse Now
Yeah AI sucks. It can't put oblique Pink Floyd and Star Trek references into papers like i used to do.
October 9, 2025 at 3:11 AM
Yeah AI sucks. It can't put oblique Pink Floyd and Star Trek references into papers like i used to do.
Went to computer center at 1 am to print it. Found the file corrupted, went back to apartment, that version was corrupted too, so i got my research materials, went back to computer center and rewrote it. It was due at 8 am. Lots of coffee, terror, and 24 hour computer center were keys to success.
October 9, 2025 at 3:09 AM
Went to computer center at 1 am to print it. Found the file corrupted, went back to apartment, that version was corrupted too, so i got my research materials, went back to computer center and rewrote it. It was due at 8 am. Lots of coffee, terror, and 24 hour computer center were keys to success.
1991, 40 page paper in grad school about the historiography of the Jacobite movement in Britain. Eaten by a computer virus. Had to recreate and rewrite it in 3 hours.
October 9, 2025 at 2:47 AM
1991, 40 page paper in grad school about the historiography of the Jacobite movement in Britain. Eaten by a computer virus. Had to recreate and rewrite it in 3 hours.
"Will be"?? My God.
October 8, 2025 at 1:18 AM
"Will be"?? My God.