Bill
@oldpine.bsky.social
Long ago USMC infantry, more recently survived cancer, lost a dog and gained a cat.
I can’t be the only person that would bet money that Hegseth has E.D.
December 9, 2025 at 10:18 PM
I can’t be the only person that would bet money that Hegseth has E.D.
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What a profoundly un-American sentiment. I'm thankful that my country has, generally, kept our Army off our streets.
Pirro: "These Guardsmen and all who are here to protect the District are the line that separates a civilized society from a barbaric one."
November 27, 2025 at 4:18 PM
What a profoundly un-American sentiment. I'm thankful that my country has, generally, kept our Army off our streets.
Out on the Lakefront this morning, and more people jogging in the cold than on other days off. Guilt?
November 27, 2025 at 4:22 PM
Out on the Lakefront this morning, and more people jogging in the cold than on other days off. Guilt?
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The funniest thing in football is when a coach down like 38-7 will cover his mouth with his play sheet as though he's worried the opponent will steal his play calls that are doing so well
November 9, 2025 at 10:52 PM
The funniest thing in football is when a coach down like 38-7 will cover his mouth with his play sheet as though he's worried the opponent will steal his play calls that are doing so well
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Jurors Find Sandwich Hurler Not Guilty of Assault (gift link)
Jurors Find Sandwich Hurler Not Guilty of Assault
www.nytimes.com
November 6, 2025 at 10:28 PM
Jurors Find Sandwich Hurler Not Guilty of Assault (gift link)
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there was a time i never thought i could hate a politician more than i hated that guy. in retrospect, very naive of me
November 4, 2025 at 12:32 PM
there was a time i never thought i could hate a politician more than i hated that guy. in retrospect, very naive of me
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idk, I’ve traveled alone around the world including in “scary” places since I was a kid, and I really can find nothing but raw, cruel contempt in my heart for little baby 6’2 white man MAGAs who piddle like cockapoos at the mere idea of using public transportation
August 26, 2025 at 7:34 PM
idk, I’ve traveled alone around the world including in “scary” places since I was a kid, and I really can find nothing but raw, cruel contempt in my heart for little baby 6’2 white man MAGAs who piddle like cockapoos at the mere idea of using public transportation
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You don't have to be Lebanese but it helps
July 22, 2025 at 12:01 AM
You don't have to be Lebanese but it helps
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Sharon I bloody died Sharon. Sharon they sent me to bloody heaven. Where are the bloody flames Sharon. Sharon it’s all bloody choir music up here Sharon. Sharon for fucks sake all the white is bloody blinding me up here Sharon
July 22, 2025 at 7:34 PM
Sharon I bloody died Sharon. Sharon they sent me to bloody heaven. Where are the bloody flames Sharon. Sharon it’s all bloody choir music up here Sharon. Sharon for fucks sake all the white is bloody blinding me up here Sharon
Wtf is wrong with these people?
How profoundly sad. The kids deprived of reading Calvin and Hobbes are the kids who need them the most. My brother put it best: "We know we’re fucked when they come for your cartoon stuffed tigers."
Let's go sit in the grass and crack open "The Days are Just Packed."
pen.org/magic-tree-h...
Let's go sit in the grass and crack open "The Days are Just Packed."
pen.org/magic-tree-h...
‘Magic Tree House’ Author, ‘Calvin and Hobbes’ among hundreds of Tennessee book bans - PEN America
The removals in Tennessee are the result of a growing political movement to control information through book banning.
pen.org
June 24, 2025 at 1:31 PM
Wtf is wrong with these people?
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I’m gonna make myself some tea and then I’m gonna post. Everybody be ready for that
June 12, 2025 at 12:37 PM
I’m gonna make myself some tea and then I’m gonna post. Everybody be ready for that
The greatest war story ever told commemorates a war that established no boundaries, won no territory, and furthered no cause.
-Caroline Alexander, on the Iliad
Typical.
-Caroline Alexander, on the Iliad
Typical.
May 17, 2025 at 11:02 PM
The greatest war story ever told commemorates a war that established no boundaries, won no territory, and furthered no cause.
-Caroline Alexander, on the Iliad
Typical.
-Caroline Alexander, on the Iliad
Typical.
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who called it woke pope and not Opus DEI
May 8, 2025 at 5:42 PM
who called it woke pope and not Opus DEI
A warning to my fellow vets: “The Return” might break you for a bit.
May 3, 2025 at 12:04 AM
A warning to my fellow vets: “The Return” might break you for a bit.
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Tech companies love to be like "404 error: oops, the monkeys got out of their habitat again! 🙊 Oh noes!"
when the actual reason is that they fired all their engineers and replaced them with chatbots and ketamine
when the actual reason is that they fired all their engineers and replaced them with chatbots and ketamine
May 2, 2025 at 4:23 PM
Tech companies love to be like "404 error: oops, the monkeys got out of their habitat again! 🙊 Oh noes!"
when the actual reason is that they fired all their engineers and replaced them with chatbots and ketamine
when the actual reason is that they fired all their engineers and replaced them with chatbots and ketamine
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Me: Historians do vital work, enlarging our understanding of the past and deepening our knowledge of ourselves.
Historians:
Historians:
Historians dispute Bayeux tapestry penis tally after lengthy debate
Two Bayeux scholars at loggerheads over whether dangling shape depicts dagger or the embroidery’s 94th phallus
www.theguardian.com
April 25, 2025 at 7:08 AM
Me: Historians do vital work, enlarging our understanding of the past and deepening our knowledge of ourselves.
Historians:
Historians:
I wonder if millennials have any idea that you used to tell people you’d call them after 7 to save your minutes.
April 11, 2025 at 2:26 AM
I wonder if millennials have any idea that you used to tell people you’d call them after 7 to save your minutes.
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"Communities live or die based on their ability to create compositive narratives that bring them together; this togetherness, however, is often built on degrading, undermining, or dehumanizing others."
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Talking about Homer
A podcast on on Storylife
open.substack.com
April 8, 2025 at 3:10 PM
"Communities live or die based on their ability to create compositive narratives that bring them together; this togetherness, however, is often built on degrading, undermining, or dehumanizing others."
open.substack.com/pub/joelchri...
open.substack.com/pub/joelchri...
Damn, this man can write. Had me remembering growing up on the Chesapeake, thinking about cold beers and hot weather, and then how sad I am about where this country is.
Belongs in the Atlantic, instead of whatever nonsense they’re publishing.
Belongs in the Atlantic, instead of whatever nonsense they’re publishing.
I owe a couple of folks on Bluesky for today’s blog post but considering the subject matter I’m not comfortable naming them publicly.
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Obituary Beer
Right now I have Dos Equis in the fridge. An imported Mexican lager is fitting I guess. Dos Equis is by no means a “special” beer but it's crisp and cold and there, which makes it about as good as a ...
in-the-pines.ghost.io
April 7, 2025 at 8:41 PM
Damn, this man can write. Had me remembering growing up on the Chesapeake, thinking about cold beers and hot weather, and then how sad I am about where this country is.
Belongs in the Atlantic, instead of whatever nonsense they’re publishing.
Belongs in the Atlantic, instead of whatever nonsense they’re publishing.
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This inclusion would have improved the rise of skywalker immeasurably
April 5, 2025 at 1:46 PM
This inclusion would have improved the rise of skywalker immeasurably
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April 4, 2025 at 9:21 PM
