Original Grumpa
@originalgrumpa.bsky.social
Get off my lawn.
RVA, veteran, tail end of the Boomers, sarcoma survivor 13 years NED.
I don’t identify as blue or red - I’m more in between. That’s Moose and Minka in the cat pic.
RVA, veteran, tail end of the Boomers, sarcoma survivor 13 years NED.
I don’t identify as blue or red - I’m more in between. That’s Moose and Minka in the cat pic.
#RVA city administration has been a hot mess for too many years.
Time to clear out the dead weight.
Avula inherited an abyss of dysfunction, inefficiency and incompetence but it's now on him to make it right.
www.vpm.org/news/2025-12...
Time to clear out the dead weight.
Avula inherited an abyss of dysfunction, inefficiency and incompetence but it's now on him to make it right.
www.vpm.org/news/2025-12...
Richmond City auditor finds nearly 50 unfixed, high-risk issues
The city’s finance department still has dozens of unresolved recommendations.
www.vpm.org
December 4, 2025 at 3:16 AM
#RVA city administration has been a hot mess for too many years.
Time to clear out the dead weight.
Avula inherited an abyss of dysfunction, inefficiency and incompetence but it's now on him to make it right.
www.vpm.org/news/2025-12...
Time to clear out the dead weight.
Avula inherited an abyss of dysfunction, inefficiency and incompetence but it's now on him to make it right.
www.vpm.org/news/2025-12...
Even if tariffs are ultimately removed, I suspect prices will remain essentially the same and that companies will just pocket a larger profit margin.
Am I being cynical or am I being a realist?
Am I being cynical or am I being a realist?
December 3, 2025 at 4:37 AM
Even if tariffs are ultimately removed, I suspect prices will remain essentially the same and that companies will just pocket a larger profit margin.
Am I being cynical or am I being a realist?
Am I being cynical or am I being a realist?
Why are 350 million of us allowing a dozen or two of us to dismantle our country?
December 3, 2025 at 4:32 AM
Why are 350 million of us allowing a dozen or two of us to dismantle our country?
Why tf is Jared Kushner sitting at the negotiating table regarding the Ukraine conflict?
December 1, 2025 at 12:06 AM
Why tf is Jared Kushner sitting at the negotiating table regarding the Ukraine conflict?
It’s apple cake season. Made two tonight.
November 26, 2025 at 2:12 AM
It’s apple cake season. Made two tonight.
Trump wants to host a UFC fight at the White House to celebrate the country’s 250th birthday.
If he’s the tough guy he says he is, I say he should fight a match himself...maybe against Sen. Mark Kelly. I’d buy a pay-per-view pass for that.
www.nbcnews.com/sports/mixed...
If he’s the tough guy he says he is, I say he should fight a match himself...maybe against Sen. Mark Kelly. I’d buy a pay-per-view pass for that.
www.nbcnews.com/sports/mixed...
UFC confirms Trump's plan to host a fight at White House in 2026
Trump said he wants the card to be held in front of more than 20,000 people as part of a celebration honoring America’s 250th birthday on July 4, 2026.
www.nbcnews.com
November 25, 2025 at 2:39 AM
Trump wants to host a UFC fight at the White House to celebrate the country’s 250th birthday.
If he’s the tough guy he says he is, I say he should fight a match himself...maybe against Sen. Mark Kelly. I’d buy a pay-per-view pass for that.
www.nbcnews.com/sports/mixed...
If he’s the tough guy he says he is, I say he should fight a match himself...maybe against Sen. Mark Kelly. I’d buy a pay-per-view pass for that.
www.nbcnews.com/sports/mixed...
Age yourself with gaming
November 13, 2025 at 12:43 AM
Age yourself with gaming
I’m sensing a night full of unhinged Truth Social posts.
November 5, 2025 at 2:44 AM
I’m sensing a night full of unhinged Truth Social posts.
What's it like inside your head?
October 23, 2025 at 11:38 PM
What's it like inside your head?
Age yourself with a film you saw in the cinema as a kid.
September 29, 2025 at 1:51 AM
Age yourself with a film you saw in the cinema as a kid.
Well, we ALMOST made it 250 years. It was a good run.
September 18, 2025 at 11:32 PM
Well, we ALMOST made it 250 years. It was a good run.
I miss simpler times...
September 12, 2025 at 10:59 PM
I miss simpler times...
I appreciate our senators from Virginia.
www.cnn.com/2025/09/04/h...
www.cnn.com/2025/09/04/h...
Warner to RFK Jr.: How can you be that ignorant? | CNN
During a Senate hearing, HHS Secretary RFK Jr. said he did not know how many people died from Covid-19 in the United States. Data from Johns Hopkins University shows that more than one million America...
www.cnn.com
September 4, 2025 at 10:44 PM
I appreciate our senators from Virginia.
www.cnn.com/2025/09/04/h...
www.cnn.com/2025/09/04/h...
Ruin a movie by making it about Gary
There’s Something About Gary
There’s Something About Gary
Ruin a movie by making it about Gary
The Good, the Bad, and the Gary
The Good, the Bad, and the Gary
Run a movie by making it about Gary
Alien vs Gary
Alien vs Gary
September 4, 2025 at 1:51 AM
Ruin a movie by making it about Gary
There’s Something About Gary
There’s Something About Gary
Has anyone seen Rep. Rob Wittman (VA-01) recently? Thought maybe he’d host a town hall during his recess but, as usual, it appears he’s gone into hiding between election cycles.
We need to vote this coward out in 2026. Who’s in play for his seat?
We need to vote this coward out in 2026. Who’s in play for his seat?
September 4, 2025 at 1:39 AM
Has anyone seen Rep. Rob Wittman (VA-01) recently? Thought maybe he’d host a town hall during his recess but, as usual, it appears he’s gone into hiding between election cycles.
We need to vote this coward out in 2026. Who’s in play for his seat?
We need to vote this coward out in 2026. Who’s in play for his seat?
Today I passed by a pickup with the same style of lowered rear end as the one in this pic.
Why. T. F. Would. Anyone. Do. This?
Why. T. F. Would. Anyone. Do. This?
August 19, 2025 at 10:17 PM
Today I passed by a pickup with the same style of lowered rear end as the one in this pic.
Why. T. F. Would. Anyone. Do. This?
Why. T. F. Would. Anyone. Do. This?
If the politicians in DC really wanted to impress me with their crime-fighting capabilities, they’d fill a prison in El Salvador with all the phishing and smishing scammers.
August 12, 2025 at 11:52 PM
If the politicians in DC really wanted to impress me with their crime-fighting capabilities, they’d fill a prison in El Salvador with all the phishing and smishing scammers.
One reason your prescriptions are so expensive is because big pharma pays around $14 billion a year for the cheesy ad campaigns that they shouldn't need to even air, because your Doc would know what you should be taking anyway.
www.csrxp.org/csrxp-analys...
www.csrxp.org/csrxp-analys...
CSRxP ANALYSIS FINDS BIG PHARMA’S DIRECT-TO-CONSUMER (DTC) ADVERTISING COSTS U.S. TAXPAYERS BILLIONS OF DOLLARS
Study Finds Reducing or Taxing Brand Name Drug Companies’ Nearly $14 Billion in Annual Advertising & Promotion Spending Would Help Lower Prescription Drug Costs for the American People Washington, ...
www.csrxp.org
August 8, 2025 at 2:02 AM
One reason your prescriptions are so expensive is because big pharma pays around $14 billion a year for the cheesy ad campaigns that they shouldn't need to even air, because your Doc would know what you should be taking anyway.
www.csrxp.org/csrxp-analys...
www.csrxp.org/csrxp-analys...
I was not aware until today that the potato originated from its apparently slutty ancestor, the tomato.
Despite its origin, I now want Hanover Potatoes.
#RVA
www.livescience.com/planet-earth...
Despite its origin, I now want Hanover Potatoes.
#RVA
www.livescience.com/planet-earth...
Tomatoes randomly mated with another plant 9 million years ago. The result? Potatoes.
Researchers say they have finally uncovered the mysterious origins of one of our favorite carbs: the humble potato.
www.livescience.com
August 1, 2025 at 6:31 PM
I was not aware until today that the potato originated from its apparently slutty ancestor, the tomato.
Despite its origin, I now want Hanover Potatoes.
#RVA
www.livescience.com/planet-earth...
Despite its origin, I now want Hanover Potatoes.
#RVA
www.livescience.com/planet-earth...
If clear, indefensible evidence affirms the guilt of predators like this, they should be executed within days and in a very public manner so that others considering such crimes can clearly see what they, too, will swiftly receive when they are caught.
abcnews.go.com/US/suspect-a...
abcnews.go.com/US/suspect-a...
Teacher arrested for Arkansas double murder while getting haircut: Police
Clinton David Brin and his wife, Cristen Amanda Brink, were "fatally attacked" while out hiking with their two daughters at Devil's Den State Park, police said.
abcnews.go.com
July 31, 2025 at 6:42 PM
If clear, indefensible evidence affirms the guilt of predators like this, they should be executed within days and in a very public manner so that others considering such crimes can clearly see what they, too, will swiftly receive when they are caught.
abcnews.go.com/US/suspect-a...
abcnews.go.com/US/suspect-a...
Another #RVA drivers nit -
There’s a perfectly good turn lane for you to use, but you slow the through-lane by leaving half your vehicle in the through lane all the way up to the turn itself, or avoiding the turn lane altogether.
There’s a perfectly good turn lane for you to use, but you slow the through-lane by leaving half your vehicle in the through lane all the way up to the turn itself, or avoiding the turn lane altogether.
July 29, 2025 at 8:32 PM
Another #RVA drivers nit -
There’s a perfectly good turn lane for you to use, but you slow the through-lane by leaving half your vehicle in the through lane all the way up to the turn itself, or avoiding the turn lane altogether.
There’s a perfectly good turn lane for you to use, but you slow the through-lane by leaving half your vehicle in the through lane all the way up to the turn itself, or avoiding the turn lane altogether.
Good to see dealerships doing their part to make vehicles more affordable.
July 18, 2025 at 1:13 PM
Good to see dealerships doing their part to make vehicles more affordable.
Just the latest example of the bumblefuckery that was the Levar Stoney administration.
www.wtvr.com/news/local-n...
www.wtvr.com/news/local-n...
Richmond spent half a million dollars on Finance Department consultant: 'That is unheard of'
Richmond spent almost half a million dollars on a consultant to advise the Finance Director on improving processes for tax revenue billing, collection, and the overall taxpayer experience.
www.wtvr.com
July 12, 2025 at 2:22 AM
Just the latest example of the bumblefuckery that was the Levar Stoney administration.
www.wtvr.com/news/local-n...
www.wtvr.com/news/local-n...