Christopher O.
@phaseolus.bsky.social
Old man, loves Milwaukee and cats and Baroque music, pining for a more just and equitable and kind future
Bathtub cake is problematic. See Geisel, T.S., D.Phil. (hon.), "The Cat in the Hat Comes Back", 1958.
November 22, 2025 at 7:36 PM
Bathtub cake is problematic. See Geisel, T.S., D.Phil. (hon.), "The Cat in the Hat Comes Back", 1958.
I hope you've learned your lesson about eating cake in the bathtub
November 22, 2025 at 7:29 PM
I hope you've learned your lesson about eating cake in the bathtub
We need more than one. And, @benwikler.bsky.social would be amazing at this.
November 22, 2025 at 6:49 PM
We need more than one. And, @benwikler.bsky.social would be amazing at this.
how could such a thing *not* be ultra-processed?
November 22, 2025 at 4:10 PM
how could such a thing *not* be ultra-processed?
I dunno, but who the hell is "Mr. Siead", why does he think he's important, and how do you pronounce 'Siead'?
November 22, 2025 at 4:02 PM
I dunno, but who the hell is "Mr. Siead", why does he think he's important, and how do you pronounce 'Siead'?
insert Homer Simpson meme here
November 21, 2025 at 2:08 PM
insert Homer Simpson meme here
All my best wishes for peace and happiness ...
November 21, 2025 at 3:14 AM
All my best wishes for peace and happiness ...
People like her tormentors are the reason I increasingly *hate* the Fark politics tab, instead of just finding it tiresome
November 21, 2025 at 3:13 AM
People like her tormentors are the reason I increasingly *hate* the Fark politics tab, instead of just finding it tiresome
You're right, but at least it gives me something to tease my grandson about after he's moved on to something else
November 20, 2025 at 5:02 PM
You're right, but at least it gives me something to tease my grandson about after he's moved on to something else
50 years ago I thought to myself "who is that raspy old lady" and now I'm thinking damn she's fine
November 20, 2025 at 3:27 AM
50 years ago I thought to myself "who is that raspy old lady" and now I'm thinking damn she's fine
this is the best explanation I've run across -- www.youtube.com/watch?v=laZp...
Is 67 just brain rot?
YouTube video by languagejones
www.youtube.com
November 19, 2025 at 9:10 PM
this is the best explanation I've run across -- www.youtube.com/watch?v=laZp...
I laughed out loud at 'Dim Philby'
November 19, 2025 at 5:47 PM
I laughed out loud at 'Dim Philby'
Also see Alonzo Cushing, US Army, lost his life at Gettysburg, described as "look[ing] more like a schoolgirl than a warrior, but the best fighting man I ever saw" according to one of his Corporals. Dude was tougher than any of today's tacticool beardos.
academyleadership.com/news/201411....
academyleadership.com/news/201411....
All In: Alonzo Cushing and the Leader's Commitment
A National Park Service plaque on Gettysburg's Cemetery Ridge shows a photograph of Lieutenant Alonzo Cushing of the US Army. His dark hair is thick, a bit wavy, his jaw a gentle curve. He looks lik...
academyleadership.com
November 19, 2025 at 3:09 AM
Also see Alonzo Cushing, US Army, lost his life at Gettysburg, described as "look[ing] more like a schoolgirl than a warrior, but the best fighting man I ever saw" according to one of his Corporals. Dude was tougher than any of today's tacticool beardos.
academyleadership.com/news/201411....
academyleadership.com/news/201411....
NE Wisconsin's Booyah does that, too.
Living a 2 hour drive South of Booyah country, I've never had it, but I hope I get to have some before I die.
Living a 2 hour drive South of Booyah country, I've never had it, but I hope I get to have some before I die.
November 19, 2025 at 1:59 AM
NE Wisconsin's Booyah does that, too.
Living a 2 hour drive South of Booyah country, I've never had it, but I hope I get to have some before I die.
Living a 2 hour drive South of Booyah country, I've never had it, but I hope I get to have some before I die.
obviously not enough if you peed a little
November 19, 2025 at 1:45 AM
obviously not enough if you peed a little
Somebody a couple years behind me was on some episodes of "Animal Cops", I guess.
College classmate of mine went to Brookfield East with Brian Ritchie of the Violent Femmes. According to him, Ritchie would turn assigned class presentations on various subjects into weird performance art, and got As
College classmate of mine went to Brookfield East with Brian Ritchie of the Violent Femmes. According to him, Ritchie would turn assigned class presentations on various subjects into weird performance art, and got As
November 18, 2025 at 10:44 PM
Somebody a couple years behind me was on some episodes of "Animal Cops", I guess.
College classmate of mine went to Brookfield East with Brian Ritchie of the Violent Femmes. According to him, Ritchie would turn assigned class presentations on various subjects into weird performance art, and got As
College classmate of mine went to Brookfield East with Brian Ritchie of the Violent Femmes. According to him, Ritchie would turn assigned class presentations on various subjects into weird performance art, and got As
I've heard that literally hundreds of times since 2016 from people who somehow don't want to realize that every goddamned normie lib has been hoping for & working to get better Democrats for 50 years.
November 18, 2025 at 4:57 PM
I've heard that literally hundreds of times since 2016 from people who somehow don't want to realize that every goddamned normie lib has been hoping for & working to get better Democrats for 50 years.
Curious what her definition of "vicious" is. I'll wager it's mostly people like me who are just sick and tired of lousy discourse with the extremely online podcast-brained.
And it's so predictable, it's like she's reading from a script -- "can't handle the tiniest little bit of criticism of Dems"
And it's so predictable, it's like she's reading from a script -- "can't handle the tiniest little bit of criticism of Dems"
November 18, 2025 at 4:53 PM
Curious what her definition of "vicious" is. I'll wager it's mostly people like me who are just sick and tired of lousy discourse with the extremely online podcast-brained.
And it's so predictable, it's like she's reading from a script -- "can't handle the tiniest little bit of criticism of Dems"
And it's so predictable, it's like she's reading from a script -- "can't handle the tiniest little bit of criticism of Dems"
One that had me SMDH was on a house, in Pennsylvania, only a couple miles NORTH of Gettysburg
November 17, 2025 at 7:34 PM
One that had me SMDH was on a house, in Pennsylvania, only a couple miles NORTH of Gettysburg
Second thing I remember, suddenly low-grade corruption started appearing everywhere in state government. Time was WI politics was so squeaky clean that a lobbyist paying for someone's fountain soda was a minor scandal.
November 17, 2025 at 6:18 PM
Second thing I remember, suddenly low-grade corruption started appearing everywhere in state government. Time was WI politics was so squeaky clean that a lobbyist paying for someone's fountain soda was a minor scandal.
First thing I remember when he became governor is his scrapping a state law that capped credit card interest rates at IIRC 17.9% APR, purportedly to keep a WI credit card issuer in business. They left the state anyway within weeks.
November 17, 2025 at 6:16 PM
First thing I remember when he became governor is his scrapping a state law that capped credit card interest rates at IIRC 17.9% APR, purportedly to keep a WI credit card issuer in business. They left the state anyway within weeks.
not for a fly-domestic-for-work-every-few-weeks flyer there's not
November 17, 2025 at 6:05 PM
not for a fly-domestic-for-work-every-few-weeks flyer there's not