jtrott.bsky.social
@jtrott.bsky.social
Knock, knock…
HIPPA who?
I can’t tell you.
December 3, 2025 at 6:09 PM
@grumpysociologist.bsky.social
In a recent dream, for the encore at a McCartney concert, he did The Tubes’ White Punks On Dope.

A little incongruous but it would be an impressive outro.
November 30, 2025 at 5:55 PM
@grumpysociologist.bsky.social
Continuing on a theme.

What’s black & white and has difficulty turning around in hallways?
A nun with a javelin through her head.

NPR ran a piece on the bane of leaf blowers, followed by one on bagpipes. Copy editors.
November 21, 2025 at 11:55 PM
@grumpysociologist.bsky.social
What comes after two days of rain in Portland?
Monday.

How is playing bagpipes like throwing javelin blindfolded?
You don’t have to be very good at it to get everyone’s attention.
November 21, 2025 at 11:34 PM
You have to identify who and what you’re fighting during this current culmination of the Filthy Rich vs Ordinary People.

Your Party is just as infected by Legalized Bribery - allowing Pharma/Ins to call the shots.

Address that - or step aside for Had Enough.

Defiance ‘til Death
November 17, 2025 at 4:26 AM
@grumpysociologist.bsky.social
I’ve never been one for pranks and certainly not vandalism.

Lately, however, I’ve been tempted to change the G to D on a Merge sign.

Probably won’t but I’ve reached the age when I can go out to the mailbox with no pants on.
November 11, 2025 at 5:18 PM
@grumpysociologist.bsky.social
Just ran over Oh Mommy by Brewer&Shipley.

I can do it solo but another guitar and harmony would make it snap.

Need to update lyrics but I can see it going over well at protest gatherings - while they’re still allowed to exist.
October 13, 2025 at 8:23 PM
@grumpysociologist.bsky.social
Chatting with my wife’s orthopedic surgeon, I made the observation that orthos have a reputation as the most arrogant and imperious.

He asked if I thought he was arrogant.

Not at all; perhaps the stereotype has changed.

With a side-eye smirk,”It hasn’t.”
September 23, 2025 at 5:19 PM
@grumpysociologist.bsky.social
After a labyrinthine morning, three heads turned toward my exasperated yell upon seeing the sign on the door, Card Printing Machine Down.

Further rigmarole to replace my cards without a drivers license ensued.

cont…
September 16, 2025 at 11:34 PM
There once was a man from Spokane
Whose limericks would never quite scan
Asked why he did it
He said to his credit
I always try to add as many syllables to the last line as I possibly can
August 4, 2025 at 3:43 PM
@grumpysociologist.bsky.social
Any headway on finding that box?

Will you post any music?
August 4, 2025 at 4:26 AM
@byron

My response to a Christian apologist:
“You don’t see the irony in demanding evidence before you’ll consider an assertion?”
July 29, 2025 at 3:44 PM
@grumpysociologist.bsky.social
Just heard a food show which touches on etiquette. If I ever get a chance to call-in, my question will be “Is it proper to eat the Filthy Rich with the fingers - or should the fingers be eaten separately?”
July 28, 2025 at 3:07 AM
@briantylercohen.bsky.social

Prior to any general strike, there are similar actions which can demonstrate the lever of Ordinary People. Ex:

Choose a day. We agree to not conduct any transactions for ten minutes, at noon.
Repeat and lengthen as needed to make the point.

No messy logistics.
July 8, 2025 at 9:54 PM
@dollemore.com
Laura Ingraham placed a garden hose through the mail slot of an ex-boyfriend’s house. She bragged about ruining the expensive wooden floors. That’s the Sociopath Zone.

One in twenty-five people is a sociopath. Clearly that is significantly higher amongst politicians and preachers.
July 1, 2025 at 5:39 PM
@parkermolloy.com Beginning with the United Health incident, it has become more apparent who the villains are.

Democrats should admit they are ensnared by the same Legalized Bribery as Republicans and corporate media. Then demand an end to private funding of political campaigns.
June 27, 2025 at 2:54 AM
@grumpysociologist.bsky.social

Me being Jiminy Cricket.

Don’t know your composition background, but if you’d like to write a song, try this:

Choose a song to emulate. Note the meter and nuances.
Sub-vocalize it for a bit, losing the melody.
Write phrases to that.

Just a couple of lines.
June 16, 2025 at 4:34 PM
@johnfugelsang.bsky.social
Stephen “ Gangster of Loathe” Miller

Emotionally twisted misanthrope who never got over that girls prefer the company of “clearly inferior men.”
June 9, 2025 at 5:47 PM
When dealing with customer service, I increasingly hear the presumptuous closing salutation, “Have a blessed day.”

I’ll often reply, “Oh, I have other plans, I assure you.”
June 9, 2025 at 2:54 PM
@therickwilson.bsky.social

Re: Donald’s vanity military parade.

Ask him if the name Anwar Sadat strikes a familiar note.
May 18, 2025 at 1:45 AM
@ocasio-cortez.house.gov

General Strikes and similar actions.

They cannot be stopped without rebellion.

Not courts, not corp media, not speechifying; prudent rebellion.

“We don’t fight fascists because we will win; we fight fascists because they’re fascists.”

Too-late is not far off.
May 11, 2025 at 3:40 AM
@paulogia.bsky.social
It speaks to the whimsical nature of textual context when the Apologist’s own name doesn’t comport with language standards.

Vodie or Voddie; either way you look at it it’s wrong.

Is it a power thing to continually correct people your whole life?

Drop the D, fool.
May 6, 2025 at 11:24 PM
@laloalcaraz.bsky.social
I have to assume you grew up with people who called you Alcatraz.
May 6, 2025 at 4:48 PM
@paulogia.bsky.social
Dog videos are more edifying than most of what we get from religions.

If dogs were capable of inventing a theology, their God would have characteristics of Dog.

The Christian God is such a Karen.
May 6, 2025 at 2:45 PM
I get “post has been deleted” for every post.
April 29, 2025 at 1:41 PM