Michael Rene Zuzel
@michaelzuzel.com
words | music | photos | voice
Author, “Sunday Specials: Classic and Contemporary Cocktails for Every Weekend of the Year” (forthcoming)
Narrator, “Hero Redefined: Profiles of Olympic Athletes Under the Radar”
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Author, “Sunday Specials: Classic and Contemporary Cocktails for Every Weekend of the Year” (forthcoming)
Narrator, “Hero Redefined: Profiles of Olympic Athletes Under the Radar”
michaelzuzel.com
cuisinestupide.com
Today is the day! My friend Debbie has brought a great new mystery into the world. Check it out!
Yep, it’s happening. Mark your calendars! “Vineyard of Lies” is out Dec. 3.
December 3, 2025 at 8:05 PM
Today is the day! My friend Debbie has brought a great new mystery into the world. Check it out!
A bright yellow sweater purchased from a sporting goods store closeout rack in 1982 — 43 years ago. Shows absolutely no sign of wear, probably because it’s 100% synthetic fiber. The clothing equivalent of a nylon rope. Will certainly outlive me. May outlast the apocalypse.
What’s the oldest article of clothing you still wear? I just pulled out a 29-year-old puffy coat that is still plenty puffy.
December 3, 2025 at 6:10 PM
A bright yellow sweater purchased from a sporting goods store closeout rack in 1982 — 43 years ago. Shows absolutely no sign of wear, probably because it’s 100% synthetic fiber. The clothing equivalent of a nylon rope. Will certainly outlive me. May outlast the apocalypse.
Pure canine poetry. @weratedogs.com needs to hear this one.
Carol of the Dogs
YouTube video by drnik46
youtu.be
December 3, 2025 at 5:32 PM
Pure canine poetry. @weratedogs.com needs to hear this one.
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Hey @jaketapper.bsky.social Free idea: Late last night Trump posted 160 times on his social media site. Today he repeatedly fell asleep in a cabinet meeting. Might be a story there.
December 2, 2025 at 10:48 PM
Hey @jaketapper.bsky.social Free idea: Late last night Trump posted 160 times on his social media site. Today he repeatedly fell asleep in a cabinet meeting. Might be a story there.
The magic of theater, in one scene. RIP Tom Stoppard.
Eleven years ago, I wrote to Tom Stoppard to ask about this coup de théâtre from 1949. It took me down an unexpected rabbit hole - in memory of Stoppard, here's what I found.
December 1, 2025 at 5:33 AM
The magic of theater, in one scene. RIP Tom Stoppard.
Post your favorite “Lord of the Rings” character. Wrong answers only.
December 1, 2025 at 5:23 AM
Post your favorite “Lord of the Rings” character. Wrong answers only.
Can’t trim the tree without cracking open the first bottle of this year’s batch of @altonbrown.bsky.social Aged Eggnog. 🍸🍹🎄🎅
November 30, 2025 at 2:00 AM
Can’t trim the tree without cracking open the first bottle of this year’s batch of @altonbrown.bsky.social Aged Eggnog. 🍸🍹🎄🎅
The NYT holiday crew didn’t follow the checklist.
November 29, 2025 at 3:56 PM
The NYT holiday crew didn’t follow the checklist.
Our usual Thanksgiving feast was canceled due to circumstances. Our friends John and @debbiedakins.bsky.social came to the rescue today with leftovers. And they were superb.
November 29, 2025 at 5:50 AM
Our usual Thanksgiving feast was canceled due to circumstances. Our friends John and @debbiedakins.bsky.social came to the rescue today with leftovers. And they were superb.
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The DC shooting story is really getting to me because we literally trained this man as a child soldier for a death squad in a forever war and Stephen Miller et al want to blame it on other cultures? It's our culture, American culture, that killed that woman.
November 28, 2025 at 1:40 PM
The DC shooting story is really getting to me because we literally trained this man as a child soldier for a death squad in a forever war and Stephen Miller et al want to blame it on other cultures? It's our culture, American culture, that killed that woman.
Introduce yourself with five musicians/bands you’ve seen in concert multiple times
Indigo Girls
Bruce Springsteen
R.E.M.
Jimmy Buffett
Leo Kottke
Indigo Girls
Bruce Springsteen
R.E.M.
Jimmy Buffett
Leo Kottke
Introduce yourself with five concerts you've seen multiple times
R.E.M.
Los Lobos
Husker Du
The Replacements
The Clash
(Springsteen 35+ times)
R.E.M.
Los Lobos
Husker Du
The Replacements
The Clash
(Springsteen 35+ times)
Introduce yourself with five concerts you've seen multiple times
R.E.M.
OutKast
Radiohead
Beastie Boys
The Roots
R.E.M.
OutKast
Radiohead
Beastie Boys
The Roots
November 28, 2025 at 6:17 AM
Introduce yourself with five musicians/bands you’ve seen in concert multiple times
Indigo Girls
Bruce Springsteen
R.E.M.
Jimmy Buffett
Leo Kottke
Indigo Girls
Bruce Springsteen
R.E.M.
Jimmy Buffett
Leo Kottke
Um, weren’t all holidays “invented”?
November 27, 2025 at 8:57 PM
Um, weren’t all holidays “invented”?
The neighbor’s grandkids are visiting, romping around the backyard with their parents. The younger, a preschooler, is making a passionate plea to his mom: “We could get a dog, and you could take care of it!” Apparently thinking that’s the argument that will seal the deal.
November 27, 2025 at 8:50 PM
The neighbor’s grandkids are visiting, romping around the backyard with their parents. The younger, a preschooler, is making a passionate plea to his mom: “We could get a dog, and you could take care of it!” Apparently thinking that’s the argument that will seal the deal.
We miss ya, Johnny.🎵🎸
5 Years After His Death, John Prine Gets a Cinematic Send-Off
www.nytimes.com
November 27, 2025 at 4:49 PM
We miss ya, Johnny.🎵🎸
Great moon out there tonight🌙🔭📷
November 25, 2025 at 2:14 AM
Great moon out there tonight🌙🔭📷
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Here's my peace plan. Get the fuck out of Ukraine's sovereign territory, and we'll maybe, possibly, after a while, think, at least a little, about asking (nicely) the rest of the world to remove sanctions.
November 24, 2025 at 9:38 PM
Here's my peace plan. Get the fuck out of Ukraine's sovereign territory, and we'll maybe, possibly, after a while, think, at least a little, about asking (nicely) the rest of the world to remove sanctions.
“Stitch in the Ditch.” A cocktail of my own creation. Pear brandy, Becherovka, lemon juice, simple, orange bitters, dried pear chip garnish. 🍸🍹
November 24, 2025 at 1:51 AM
“Stitch in the Ditch.” A cocktail of my own creation. Pear brandy, Becherovka, lemon juice, simple, orange bitters, dried pear chip garnish. 🍸🍹
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Yep, it’s happening. Mark your calendars! “Vineyard of Lies” is out Dec. 3.
November 20, 2025 at 8:35 AM
Yep, it’s happening. Mark your calendars! “Vineyard of Lies” is out Dec. 3.
In college I was listlessly studying filmmaking while hanging out at the campus radio station. Took a news writing class my senior year just for credits. The prof thought I was ok at it; got me an internship at the local paper. 20 years later my name was on the cover of a journalism textbook. Weird.
November 23, 2025 at 5:56 AM
In college I was listlessly studying filmmaking while hanging out at the campus radio station. Took a news writing class my senior year just for credits. The prof thought I was ok at it; got me an internship at the local paper. 20 years later my name was on the cover of a journalism textbook. Weird.
There’s no “scientific orthodoxy” involved here. There’s science, and there’s quackery. The quack is challenging the science.
Breaking News: Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said he personally instructed the CDC to abandon its position that vaccines do not cause autism. The move underscores his determination to challenge scientific orthodoxy — in this case, that vaccines save lives — and bend the health department to his will.
RFK Jr. Says He Instructed CDC to Change Vaccines and Autism Language on Website
In an interview, Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. cited gaps in vaccine safety research. His critics say he is ignoring a larger point: Vaccines save lives.
nyti.ms
November 22, 2025 at 12:15 AM
There’s no “scientific orthodoxy” involved here. There’s science, and there’s quackery. The quack is challenging the science.
Our little village doesn’t have much in the way of manufacturing businesses. The glass factory closed a couple of years ago, and the OSF production facility is still not back to full pre-pandemic production. The loss of a toy-train maker might sound like nothing, but it’s big deal for us.
A Talent model railroad manufacturer will shutter following a Monday, Nov. 17, acquisition by a global model railroad company. The news came as a surprise to the 20-plus workers at the company which traces its roots to the early 1940s. ashland.news/micro-trains...
Micro-Trains Line Co. warehouse is closing in Talent - Ashland News - Community-Supported, NonProfit News
A Talent model railroad manufacturer will shutter following a Monday, Nov. 17 acquisition by a global model railroad company. The news came as a surprise to the 20-plus workers at the company which tr...
ashland.news
November 22, 2025 at 12:03 AM
Our little village doesn’t have much in the way of manufacturing businesses. The glass factory closed a couple of years ago, and the OSF production facility is still not back to full pre-pandemic production. The loss of a toy-train maker might sound like nothing, but it’s big deal for us.
I don’t need an AI friend. LinkedIn emails me every day to tell me I’m “on a roll.” Which is all the affirmation I need to continue my life of sloth and inebriation.
November 20, 2025 at 12:28 AM
I don’t need an AI friend. LinkedIn emails me every day to tell me I’m “on a roll.” Which is all the affirmation I need to continue my life of sloth and inebriation.
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First Calvin and Hobbes comic strip was published 40 years ago yesterday. 🐯 👦🏼
November 19, 2025 at 7:19 PM
First Calvin and Hobbes comic strip was published 40 years ago yesterday. 🐯 👦🏼
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When nature takes him, as it takes us all, perhaps his entire obituary will simply read “quiet, piggy”
November 19, 2025 at 3:03 AM
When nature takes him, as it takes us all, perhaps his entire obituary will simply read “quiet, piggy”
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