"smokey stevenson"
@kurtblumenau.bsky.social
https://sabr.org/authors/kurt-blumenau/
It is spring, moonless night in the small town, starless and bible-black.
It is spring, moonless night in the small town, starless and bible-black.
Linus seems like a good match for Wheat Chex somehow.
I note also that he is waiting under mistletoe to be kissed, smooth operator that he is.
I note also that he is waiting under mistletoe to be kissed, smooth operator that he is.
November 19, 2025 at 5:02 PM
Linus seems like a good match for Wheat Chex somehow.
I note also that he is waiting under mistletoe to be kissed, smooth operator that he is.
I note also that he is waiting under mistletoe to be kissed, smooth operator that he is.
The Globe’s head weather guy is no doubt enjoying a Beavis-style chortle over this last sentence.
November 19, 2025 at 1:08 AM
The Globe’s head weather guy is no doubt enjoying a Beavis-style chortle over this last sentence.
Not quite Red Sovine but I did my best
November 18, 2025 at 12:54 PM
Not quite Red Sovine but I did my best
The side benefit of being Gen X and owning 9,000 baseball caps is they all last forever
November 18, 2025 at 12:39 AM
The side benefit of being Gen X and owning 9,000 baseball caps is they all last forever
#OTD 50 years ago, the Boston Globe re-runs the famous picture of Rita Hayworth in a negligee on Page 2, on the grounds that Middle-Aged Men Need To See It.
(I'm not planning to waste my time looking for the photo they ran to cheer up these men's wives.)
(I'm not planning to waste my time looking for the photo they ran to cheer up these men's wives.)
November 17, 2025 at 12:26 PM
#OTD 50 years ago, the Boston Globe re-runs the famous picture of Rita Hayworth in a negligee on Page 2, on the grounds that Middle-Aged Men Need To See It.
(I'm not planning to waste my time looking for the photo they ran to cheer up these men's wives.)
(I'm not planning to waste my time looking for the photo they ran to cheer up these men's wives.)
NYT baked apple cider donuts.
November 16, 2025 at 1:29 PM
NYT baked apple cider donuts.
Reading about the shutdown of G&L Guitars and remembering when Instagram didn’t suck and I followed them there.
They would post pix of guitars as they rolled off the line, with info on each instrument and where it was going …
They would post pix of guitars as they rolled off the line, with info on each instrument and where it was going …
November 16, 2025 at 2:08 AM
Reading about the shutdown of G&L Guitars and remembering when Instagram didn’t suck and I followed them there.
They would post pix of guitars as they rolled off the line, with info on each instrument and where it was going …
They would post pix of guitars as they rolled off the line, with info on each instrument and where it was going …
A reminder that this is a Jim Hutto stan account, and today was the rare day when he qualified in more than one square.
November 15, 2025 at 2:11 AM
A reminder that this is a Jim Hutto stan account, and today was the rare day when he qualified in more than one square.
tell me you’ve never heard me sing without telling me you’ve never heard me sing
November 15, 2025 at 1:09 AM
tell me you’ve never heard me sing without telling me you’ve never heard me sing
Some wise soul on my feed suggested a few days ago that I mute this and get it over with early. Already regret not listening to them.
November 14, 2025 at 5:42 PM
Some wise soul on my feed suggested a few days ago that I mute this and get it over with early. Already regret not listening to them.
Used this mysterious traveller in today’s Grid.
Career highlight: getting arrested during a game in Pittsfield, Mass., in 1971, after mouthing off to police who were trying to restore peace after a knock-down, drag-out brawl.
(Not only was he arrested, but he took the loss, too.)
Career highlight: getting arrested during a game in Pittsfield, Mass., in 1971, after mouthing off to police who were trying to restore peace after a knock-down, drag-out brawl.
(Not only was he arrested, but he took the loss, too.)
November 14, 2025 at 12:28 AM
Used this mysterious traveller in today’s Grid.
Career highlight: getting arrested during a game in Pittsfield, Mass., in 1971, after mouthing off to police who were trying to restore peace after a knock-down, drag-out brawl.
(Not only was he arrested, but he took the loss, too.)
Career highlight: getting arrested during a game in Pittsfield, Mass., in 1971, after mouthing off to police who were trying to restore peace after a knock-down, drag-out brawl.
(Not only was he arrested, but he took the loss, too.)
Gropius' house is dopius and I would love to see somebody on my Bluesky feed design the winning toilet. Sharpen up your crayons, everybody!
November 13, 2025 at 7:02 PM
Gropius' house is dopius and I would love to see somebody on my Bluesky feed design the winning toilet. Sharpen up your crayons, everybody!
Well, do ya?
November 13, 2025 at 12:18 PM
Well, do ya?
Long day at work.
Long day outside work.
Gimme some of that sweet, sexy escapism when I get home.
Long day outside work.
Gimme some of that sweet, sexy escapism when I get home.
November 13, 2025 at 12:58 AM
Long day at work.
Long day outside work.
Gimme some of that sweet, sexy escapism when I get home.
Long day outside work.
Gimme some of that sweet, sexy escapism when I get home.
New SABR Games Project jawn🚨:
Tracking a well-traveled Hall of Famer back to his roots in rural wartime North Carolina.
There’s “BASE BALL TONITE” … but who’s that teenager on the mound?
sabr.org/gamesproj/ga...
Tracking a well-traveled Hall of Famer back to his roots in rural wartime North Carolina.
There’s “BASE BALL TONITE” … but who’s that teenager on the mound?
sabr.org/gamesproj/ga...
November 13, 2025 at 12:00 AM
New SABR Games Project jawn🚨:
Tracking a well-traveled Hall of Famer back to his roots in rural wartime North Carolina.
There’s “BASE BALL TONITE” … but who’s that teenager on the mound?
sabr.org/gamesproj/ga...
Tracking a well-traveled Hall of Famer back to his roots in rural wartime North Carolina.
There’s “BASE BALL TONITE” … but who’s that teenager on the mound?
sabr.org/gamesproj/ga...
I think it got a little more pronounced (though still not naked eye where I am.) I went back out b/c we don’t get it that often here … so, make hay while the sky shines.
November 12, 2025 at 2:09 AM
I think it got a little more pronounced (though still not naked eye where I am.) I went back out b/c we don’t get it that often here … so, make hay while the sky shines.
the neighbors’ houses don’t help, but I think there is just a bit of what the locals would call “aurorer” going on.
November 12, 2025 at 1:42 AM
the neighbors’ houses don’t help, but I think there is just a bit of what the locals would call “aurorer” going on.
Holiday after-dark cooking music is a mix CD still kicking after 25 years.
Mostly made up of:
- George Winston playing Vince Guaraldi tunes (hence the cover art); and
- a pile of radio and TV air checks and snippets sourced from a long-ago Internet
Mostly made up of:
- George Winston playing Vince Guaraldi tunes (hence the cover art); and
- a pile of radio and TV air checks and snippets sourced from a long-ago Internet
November 11, 2025 at 10:17 PM
Holiday after-dark cooking music is a mix CD still kicking after 25 years.
Mostly made up of:
- George Winston playing Vince Guaraldi tunes (hence the cover art); and
- a pile of radio and TV air checks and snippets sourced from a long-ago Internet
Mostly made up of:
- George Winston playing Vince Guaraldi tunes (hence the cover art); and
- a pile of radio and TV air checks and snippets sourced from a long-ago Internet
Related or not (probably not) the phrase also appears in Tom Wolfe’s The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test; I’ve never quite understood what it means there either.
November 11, 2025 at 9:47 PM
Related or not (probably not) the phrase also appears in Tom Wolfe’s The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test; I’ve never quite understood what it means there either.
Just got one of those spam voicemails with a machine-generated female voice; all this one had to say was “goodbye.”
I’m interpreting this as a harbinger of impending death, like having a left hand held over your head on a Beatles album cover, so: it’s been nice shitposting at y’all
I’m interpreting this as a harbinger of impending death, like having a left hand held over your head on a Beatles album cover, so: it’s been nice shitposting at y’all
November 11, 2025 at 8:57 PM
Just got one of those spam voicemails with a machine-generated female voice; all this one had to say was “goodbye.”
I’m interpreting this as a harbinger of impending death, like having a left hand held over your head on a Beatles album cover, so: it’s been nice shitposting at y’all
I’m interpreting this as a harbinger of impending death, like having a left hand held over your head on a Beatles album cover, so: it’s been nice shitposting at y’all
Martha Stewart chewy molasses crinkles on a cold day. They’re not hella crinkly, but other than that, no fault to find
November 11, 2025 at 8:39 PM
Martha Stewart chewy molasses crinkles on a cold day. They’re not hella crinkly, but other than that, no fault to find
I have also discovered that -- like the singing bird and the croaking toad -- LeClerc's got a name. www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/L/P...
November 11, 2025 at 6:25 PM
I have also discovered that -- like the singing bird and the croaking toad -- LeClerc's got a name. www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/L/P...
acc. to Wiki, the Raspberries’ “Let’s Pretend” was inspired by, if not directly based on, an August 1972 Time magazine cover story about teenage sex: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Let%27s...
November 11, 2025 at 4:37 PM
acc. to Wiki, the Raspberries’ “Let’s Pretend” was inspired by, if not directly based on, an August 1972 Time magazine cover story about teenage sex: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Let%27s...