josh t. bales
@joshbales.bsky.social
Writer, raconteur, and dachshund enthusiast based in Dayton, Ohio. Big fan of Space, both Ghost: Coast to Coast and Above and Beyond. Fiction in SLATE and elsewhere.
Substack: modernidiot.org
Website: joshbales.net
Substack: modernidiot.org
Website: joshbales.net
I don’t know what Word Lenin is but I’d sure as shit try it
December 10, 2025 at 7:22 PM
I don’t know what Word Lenin is but I’d sure as shit try it
A better world is possible
December 9, 2025 at 2:09 PM
A better world is possible
GREAT EXPECTATIONS (1998) getting the novelization treatment is so funny to me. Like sure, I’ll read GREAT EXPECTATIONS by Deborah Chiel, based on a screenplay by Mitch Glazer, based on the novel by Charles Dickens. Why not.
December 7, 2025 at 4:10 PM
GREAT EXPECTATIONS (1998) getting the novelization treatment is so funny to me. Like sure, I’ll read GREAT EXPECTATIONS by Deborah Chiel, based on a screenplay by Mitch Glazer, based on the novel by Charles Dickens. Why not.
Mr Homolka? Stop eating my sesame cake. STOP EATING MY SESAME CAKE.
October 12, 2025 at 5:47 PM
Mr Homolka? Stop eating my sesame cake. STOP EATING MY SESAME CAKE.
Some guy you went to high school with on facebook: the radical left is out of control
October 8, 2025 at 10:36 PM
Some guy you went to high school with on facebook: the radical left is out of control
Tried it once but it tweren’t for me
October 7, 2025 at 11:06 PM
Tried it once but it tweren’t for me
Watched Coppola’s Dracula film for the first time tonight. My thoughtful review:
October 5, 2025 at 2:55 AM
Watched Coppola’s Dracula film for the first time tonight. My thoughtful review:
![Photo of a four pack of seltzer sitting on a red table. The packaging reads:
Male ‘Em Say Uhh
THC INFUSED SELTZER
[drawing of a streetcar]
NOLA PUNCH](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:4wcwoimoc65eqbnm6ltfwpbj/bafkreig7tfmgarldraytsout7zbkqlp5i2erqkln2cyntjvdilflalvzvi@jpeg)
Was really fucking cool to see THE LAST STARFIGHTER on the big screen with my pop last night. I’ve probably watched it 50 times, but this was my first time doing so in a thee-ate-er
September 19, 2025 at 2:28 AM
Was really fucking cool to see THE LAST STARFIGHTER on the big screen with my pop last night. I’ve probably watched it 50 times, but this was my first time doing so in a thee-ate-er
Proof of life / office fit check
July 31, 2025 at 8:18 PM
Proof of life / office fit check
Finally, a word that perfectly describes how I move through this weird, beautiful world
July 2, 2025 at 4:32 PM
Finally, a word that perfectly describes how I move through this weird, beautiful world
The way my brain first interpreted this as “Queen of the Farts”
June 18, 2025 at 11:15 PM
The way my brain first interpreted this as “Queen of the Farts”
Nothing but the best and the brightest running the US federal government
June 2, 2025 at 9:35 PM
Nothing but the best and the brightest running the US federal government
“I don’t know why this happened to me”
May 25, 2025 at 5:19 PM
“I don’t know why this happened to me”
How the poker scene in CASINO ROYALE should have gone
May 22, 2025 at 3:21 PM
How the poker scene in CASINO ROYALE should have gone
I hope they didn’t finish this masterpiece because something bad happened to them, like they got the shit kicked out of them or something. That would be so sad.
May 12, 2025 at 9:41 PM
I hope they didn’t finish this masterpiece because something bad happened to them, like they got the shit kicked out of them or something. That would be so sad.
This shirt rules. Like yes, we do need more shirts have nipple tassels
April 30, 2025 at 1:17 PM
This shirt rules. Like yes, we do need more shirts have nipple tassels
New Orleans, 9 years ago. Me and Rin were drunk and/or possibly stoned on Frenchman Street.
April 25, 2025 at 12:12 AM
New Orleans, 9 years ago. Me and Rin were drunk and/or possibly stoned on Frenchman Street.
Happy (belated) National Sends Nude Day to all who celebrate(d) 🤠
April 19, 2025 at 2:00 PM
Happy (belated) National Sends Nude Day to all who celebrate(d) 🤠
Christ, what a day. First I find out my dog’s kidney disease has progressed from stage 2 to almost stage 4, then learn my uncle is in the ICU with sepsis
April 14, 2025 at 10:29 PM
Christ, what a day. First I find out my dog’s kidney disease has progressed from stage 2 to almost stage 4, then learn my uncle is in the ICU with sepsis
If you voted Republican because you fear socialism, then live your truth, babygirl
April 13, 2025 at 7:35 PM
If you voted Republican because you fear socialism, then live your truth, babygirl
The Type O Negative dude was a whole ass vibe
April 9, 2025 at 3:20 PM
The Type O Negative dude was a whole ass vibe