Phil Calvin
@pcalvin.bsky.social
Every day a step closer to being a codger. Dutch speaker, learning Spanish and Italian, lover of all things French.
Impatient Buddhist.
Impatient Buddhist.
Might be worth looking into a 100M real-estate fraud and tax grift involving Pulte, Trump and the Russians?
If only we still had a Justice Department.
If only we still had a Justice Department.
November 13, 2025 at 8:06 AM
Might be worth looking into a 100M real-estate fraud and tax grift involving Pulte, Trump and the Russians?
If only we still had a Justice Department.
If only we still had a Justice Department.
This man is the dumbest person to ever step foot in the White House.
November 8, 2025 at 4:18 PM
This man is the dumbest person to ever step foot in the White House.
Donkeys and olive trees. Kind of a dream for me.
October 21, 2025 at 5:35 PM
Donkeys and olive trees. Kind of a dream for me.
The man is really making decisions and policy based on the shit that Fox News puts in front of him.
Are there no adults in the White House anymore?
Are there no adults in the White House anymore?
September 29, 2025 at 8:34 AM
The man is really making decisions and policy based on the shit that Fox News puts in front of him.
Are there no adults in the White House anymore?
Are there no adults in the White House anymore?
Im totally convinced he has a specially stupid ChatGPT that generates this bullshit for him. There is no way he typed all this in with one thumb on his blackberry.
September 23, 2025 at 4:04 PM
Im totally convinced he has a specially stupid ChatGPT that generates this bullshit for him. There is no way he typed all this in with one thumb on his blackberry.
Breckenridge leaves are showing up for the peepers.
September 22, 2025 at 1:49 AM
Breckenridge leaves are showing up for the peepers.
Was a good walk in the woods this morning. Moose and deer, but no elk seen.
September 20, 2025 at 4:23 PM
Was a good walk in the woods this morning. Moose and deer, but no elk seen.
Stop funding fascism. Release the files.
No files? No funds.
No files? No funds.
September 18, 2025 at 5:25 PM
Stop funding fascism. Release the files.
No files? No funds.
No files? No funds.
Chronic venous insufficiency, but certainly not chronic venal insufficiency. That man is as venal as anyone on earth.
Chronic Venal Overload.
Chronic Venal Overload.
August 29, 2025 at 6:47 PM
Chronic venous insufficiency, but certainly not chronic venal insufficiency. That man is as venal as anyone on earth.
Chronic Venal Overload.
Chronic Venal Overload.
Tarpers suck. This woman blocked off two 8x10’ spots, one of them covering two rows of seats. Just selfish and unthoughtful.
August 24, 2025 at 5:14 PM
Tarpers suck. This woman blocked off two 8x10’ spots, one of them covering two rows of seats. Just selfish and unthoughtful.
Is there anything better than a shower beer?
After 10 hours on the dusty road supporting #breckepic I’m not sure.
After 10 hours on the dusty road supporting #breckepic I’m not sure.
August 13, 2025 at 11:43 PM
Is there anything better than a shower beer?
After 10 hours on the dusty road supporting #breckepic I’m not sure.
After 10 hours on the dusty road supporting #breckepic I’m not sure.
My good boy is supposed to only sleep on the blanket, not on the couch itself. Sometimes I let it slide, especially on the old faded slipcovers at the cabin. We can always wash or replace them, but he’s only going to be with me a few more years I’m afraid.
August 13, 2025 at 4:33 AM
My good boy is supposed to only sleep on the blanket, not on the couch itself. Sometimes I let it slide, especially on the old faded slipcovers at the cabin. We can always wash or replace them, but he’s only going to be with me a few more years I’m afraid.
It’s been a while since I bought new motorcycle tires, but it seems like the Trump tariffs have really had their effect. Strangely, I’m not finding any American made motorcycle tires. Imagine that.
#braaap
#braaap
July 25, 2025 at 9:32 PM
It’s been a while since I bought new motorcycle tires, but it seems like the Trump tariffs have really had their effect. Strangely, I’m not finding any American made motorcycle tires. Imagine that.
#braaap
#braaap
The number of dying trees this year seems off the charts. Makes me sad. Pine beetles? Probably.
July 21, 2025 at 2:25 AM
The number of dying trees this year seems off the charts. Makes me sad. Pine beetles? Probably.
I felled 6 trees today. With one exception, I easily bucked them all and brought the wood home to split for next winter (or the winter after this winter). One got hung up as a result of me trying to hurry and avoid going back to the truck for a couple more wedges. It doesn’t pay to hurry.
June 22, 2025 at 4:55 AM
I felled 6 trees today. With one exception, I easily bucked them all and brought the wood home to split for next winter (or the winter after this winter). One got hung up as a result of me trying to hurry and avoid going back to the truck for a couple more wedges. It doesn’t pay to hurry.
I spent all day cutting down dead trees, bucking them up and gathering it back to the house. Simple physical work with obvious results. Highly satisfying. Log-splitting will happen next to add to this pile.
June 12, 2025 at 11:04 PM
I spent all day cutting down dead trees, bucking them up and gathering it back to the house. Simple physical work with obvious results. Highly satisfying. Log-splitting will happen next to add to this pile.
Doubts that Trump will “fix the debt”? The LA Times is competing with the NYTimes now for the dumbest headlines.
Maybe “fix” is some new LA gang slang for “blow it up”?
Maybe “fix” is some new LA gang slang for “blow it up”?
June 1, 2025 at 10:59 PM
Doubts that Trump will “fix the debt”? The LA Times is competing with the NYTimes now for the dumbest headlines.
Maybe “fix” is some new LA gang slang for “blow it up”?
Maybe “fix” is some new LA gang slang for “blow it up”?
Lunch. Small sandwich. Big beer. Priorities on my last day in Buenos Aires. Cafe La Poesía.
June 1, 2025 at 4:56 PM
Lunch. Small sandwich. Big beer. Priorities on my last day in Buenos Aires. Cafe La Poesía.
Im really upset that tacos are being given a bad name now. Their record of delivering joy is nearly impeccable and now people are associating them with rotten garbage.
This injustice must not stand.
This injustice must not stand.
May 30, 2025 at 6:09 PM
Im really upset that tacos are being given a bad name now. Their record of delivering joy is nearly impeccable and now people are associating them with rotten garbage.
This injustice must not stand.
This injustice must not stand.
Day two in Buenos Aires. I like this place, a lot. The Spanish lessons are good, but wow, it takes some time to wrap my head around the sheismo and the zheismo thing, not to mention the voseo.
Hit the Bellas Artes museum, the Biblioteca, and the Centro de Historieta y Humor Gráfico Argentinos).
Hit the Bellas Artes museum, the Biblioteca, and the Centro de Historieta y Humor Gráfico Argentinos).
May 28, 2025 at 11:27 PM
Day two in Buenos Aires. I like this place, a lot. The Spanish lessons are good, but wow, it takes some time to wrap my head around the sheismo and the zheismo thing, not to mention the voseo.
Hit the Bellas Artes museum, the Biblioteca, and the Centro de Historieta y Humor Gráfico Argentinos).
Hit the Bellas Artes museum, the Biblioteca, and the Centro de Historieta y Humor Gráfico Argentinos).
I visited the museum of the gaucho today in Montevideo, and I really liked this painting which makes it look like they were eating their hongos.
May 22, 2025 at 2:19 AM
I visited the museum of the gaucho today in Montevideo, and I really liked this painting which makes it look like they were eating their hongos.