Mike Whelan, Jr.
@mikewhelanjr.bsky.social
I write and garden and love my wife while living in the middle of nowhere. It’s a pretty great gig. Used to lawyer, now I legaltech.
Feels like it might be another duck therapy day
September 11, 2025 at 3:10 PM
Feels like it might be another duck therapy day
This is one day, man. One day. Who has the recipes for this abundance??
August 19, 2025 at 6:48 PM
This is one day, man. One day. Who has the recipes for this abundance??
Particularly because there are a few tromboncino plants among them. Please send help. I have chosen…poorly.
August 19, 2025 at 6:39 PM
Particularly because there are a few tromboncino plants among them. Please send help. I have chosen…poorly.
I need to watch this slate.com/culture/2025...
August 19, 2025 at 3:31 PM
I need to watch this slate.com/culture/2025...
If I had to live off of what I’m able to grow here I’d need a whole lot more zucchini recipes
August 17, 2025 at 6:23 PM
If I had to live off of what I’m able to grow here I’d need a whole lot more zucchini recipes
My chickens won’t eat these hornworms or the Japanese beetles I bring them. Seriously, the least competent chickens in all chickendom.
August 10, 2025 at 7:07 PM
My chickens won’t eat these hornworms or the Japanese beetles I bring them. Seriously, the least competent chickens in all chickendom.
This widow skimmer is stalking mosquitos from its perch on the tomato trellis
June 30, 2025 at 3:17 AM
This widow skimmer is stalking mosquitos from its perch on the tomato trellis
So in one 24 hour period these people made up a whole story with no basis in fact to make the guy on the right look like a guy on the left and then used AI people at a parade to make the president not look weak.
The Information Age, indeed.
The Information Age, indeed.
June 16, 2025 at 5:02 PM
So in one 24 hour period these people made up a whole story with no basis in fact to make the guy on the right look like a guy on the left and then used AI people at a parade to make the president not look weak.
The Information Age, indeed.
The Information Age, indeed.
We had a full rainbow day yesterday. Not sure if I’ve ever seen that.
June 11, 2025 at 12:06 AM
We had a full rainbow day yesterday. Not sure if I’ve ever seen that.
Los Angeles (in Stephen Miller’s mind)
June 9, 2025 at 12:33 AM
Los Angeles (in Stephen Miller’s mind)
The final peony blooms of the season. If I'd known it was this easy to make my wife happy, I might have planted her favorite flowers years ago.
June 3, 2025 at 12:04 AM
The final peony blooms of the season. If I'd known it was this easy to make my wife happy, I might have planted her favorite flowers years ago.
Yeah, he seems nice. Makes me wonder if he uses thee/thou instead of the plural “you” as singular, just to make the king happy about his grammar.
June 2, 2025 at 4:50 AM
Yeah, he seems nice. Makes me wonder if he uses thee/thou instead of the plural “you” as singular, just to make the king happy about his grammar.
Man. And peonies take so much patience. To destroy what’s maybe the most hope-driven plant in the garden is particularly awful.
June 2, 2025 at 12:04 AM
Man. And peonies take so much patience. To destroy what’s maybe the most hope-driven plant in the garden is particularly awful.
Bluesky puts a lot of weird stuff in my timeline and is not very good at getting rid of that stuff when I tap “less like this,” but this one’s weird. Either it knows I speak Italian, which is freaky, or it doesn’t and gives me Italian language stuff anyway, which is awful user experience.
May 23, 2025 at 3:47 PM
Bluesky puts a lot of weird stuff in my timeline and is not very good at getting rid of that stuff when I tap “less like this,” but this one’s weird. Either it knows I speak Italian, which is freaky, or it doesn’t and gives me Italian language stuff anyway, which is awful user experience.
So there are characters who used flattery and others’ rage to gain power—Korihor, Amalikiah, King Noah, etc.—but the biggest signal came from the Nephites’ shift in government. They decided kings were bad because bad kings could do a whole lot of bad.
May 15, 2025 at 5:17 PM
So there are characters who used flattery and others’ rage to gain power—Korihor, Amalikiah, King Noah, etc.—but the biggest signal came from the Nephites’ shift in government. They decided kings were bad because bad kings could do a whole lot of bad.
Just did the count. I have 20 different varieties of tomatoes, 60 seedlings total. If our weather would stop being drunk I could put these things in the ground. What should I do with 1,000 pounds of tomatoes?!
May 7, 2025 at 10:34 PM
Just did the count. I have 20 different varieties of tomatoes, 60 seedlings total. If our weather would stop being drunk I could put these things in the ground. What should I do with 1,000 pounds of tomatoes?!
The coordination of stupid is so gross.
April 28, 2025 at 6:20 PM
The coordination of stupid is so gross.
This is not a “deal.”
Also, the incoherence is so obvious. We talk about Biden’s decline because there was a decline. In Trump’s case, we let the crazy go because it’s always been there. It’s wild.
Also, the incoherence is so obvious. We talk about Biden’s decline because there was a decline. In Trump’s case, we let the crazy go because it’s always been there. It’s wild.
April 25, 2025 at 3:00 PM
This is not a “deal.”
Also, the incoherence is so obvious. We talk about Biden’s decline because there was a decline. In Trump’s case, we let the crazy go because it’s always been there. It’s wild.
Also, the incoherence is so obvious. We talk about Biden’s decline because there was a decline. In Trump’s case, we let the crazy go because it’s always been there. It’s wild.
I’m telling myself that it’s fine because I put them in my new little hoop house. There’s a small heater in there if I need it, but I expect I’ll pay a price. We’re definitely testing the limits of the plastic on that thing today. Super windy.
April 18, 2025 at 7:42 PM
I’m telling myself that it’s fine because I put them in my new little hoop house. There’s a small heater in there if I need it, but I expect I’ll pay a price. We’re definitely testing the limits of the plastic on that thing today. Super windy.
This is the kind of thing that gives gardeners in the Midwest false hope. “Let’s put the tomatoes out!” and in a week it’ll be 28 degrees outside. Gets us every time.
(He types after putting 5 tomato and 4 pepper seedlings in the dirt.)
(He types after putting 5 tomato and 4 pepper seedlings in the dirt.)
April 18, 2025 at 7:05 PM
This is the kind of thing that gives gardeners in the Midwest false hope. “Let’s put the tomatoes out!” and in a week it’ll be 28 degrees outside. Gets us every time.
(He types after putting 5 tomato and 4 pepper seedlings in the dirt.)
(He types after putting 5 tomato and 4 pepper seedlings in the dirt.)
For reference, here’s the tanking Utah Jazz throwing a game in January
April 16, 2025 at 6:47 PM
For reference, here’s the tanking Utah Jazz throwing a game in January
It is once again time for @smbrnsn.bsky.social to explain a tax thing in the news
April 15, 2025 at 6:40 PM
It is once again time for @smbrnsn.bsky.social to explain a tax thing in the news
Side story: our 23 year old son just traveled to Italy for the first time. He texted me after he learned that Italians eat a small dinner super late and that they’re incredibly direct. Warmed my heart.
April 8, 2025 at 7:29 PM
Side story: our 23 year old son just traveled to Italy for the first time. He texted me after he learned that Italians eat a small dinner super late and that they’re incredibly direct. Warmed my heart.
Gardening in the Midwest
March 31, 2025 at 9:49 PM
Gardening in the Midwest
Help me understand that, as I’m happy to be wrong. Common usage would align with B-D here (chemical weapon, nuclear, etc), but the 921 definition seems much more expansive, though still has limits. Has a court ever found a cocktail to be a WMD?
March 23, 2025 at 11:53 PM
Help me understand that, as I’m happy to be wrong. Common usage would align with B-D here (chemical weapon, nuclear, etc), but the 921 definition seems much more expansive, though still has limits. Has a court ever found a cocktail to be a WMD?