Lain Hughes
@pumpkinshirt.bsky.social
History teacher/school newspaper sponsor/dilettante/just this guy, you know? (In a Beeblebroxian sense)
I like sci-fi, politics, and history and am therefore constantly irritated.
Also pumpkinshirt on Instagram, Threads, and TOS (The Old Site)
I like sci-fi, politics, and history and am therefore constantly irritated.
Also pumpkinshirt on Instagram, Threads, and TOS (The Old Site)
Under the Seasonal Popular Annoying Music International Treaty (SPAMIT) the top three holiday songs from each decade would be limited to a worldwide total of 250,000 hours of broadcast hours per month. Please urge the Senate to ratify this vital agreement.
December 18, 2025 at 5:21 PM
Under the Seasonal Popular Annoying Music International Treaty (SPAMIT) the top three holiday songs from each decade would be limited to a worldwide total of 250,000 hours of broadcast hours per month. Please urge the Senate to ratify this vital agreement.
I believe you know my thoughts on telepathy.
December 17, 2025 at 5:21 PM
I believe you know my thoughts on telepathy.
The least realistic part of “Night at the Museum” isn’t the exhibits coming to life, it’s the fact that Carla Gugino’s character has been working on a dissertation for four years and still has visible enthusiasm about the subject.
December 17, 2025 at 3:31 PM
The least realistic part of “Night at the Museum” isn’t the exhibits coming to life, it’s the fact that Carla Gugino’s character has been working on a dissertation for four years and still has visible enthusiasm about the subject.
I have two identical pairs of brown pants, but I definitely have a favorite, in case you’re wondering how middle age is going.
December 11, 2025 at 1:17 PM
I have two identical pairs of brown pants, but I definitely have a favorite, in case you’re wondering how middle age is going.
VPN-less Bluesky is back for my state (well, for old dudes like me)!
December 11, 2025 at 2:01 AM
VPN-less Bluesky is back for my state (well, for old dudes like me)!
The police suspected me of imitating a raven, but they weren’t sure and didn’t feel they could arrest me without probable caws.
October 31, 2025 at 3:08 PM
The police suspected me of imitating a raven, but they weren’t sure and didn’t feel they could arrest me without probable caws.
We all had a nerdy friend named Gary who tried one year to get people to call him “Viper,” right?
Grammarly is changing its name to Superhuman
So long, Grammarly. Greetings, Superhuman.
www.theverge.com
October 29, 2025 at 1:08 PM
We all had a nerdy friend named Gary who tried one year to get people to call him “Viper,” right?
“What I want from each and every one of you is a hard-target search of every banana stand, organ-grinder’s residence, circus tent, farmhouse, henhouse, outhouse and doghouse in the area. Checkpoints go up at fifteen miles. Your fugitive's name is Dr. Gigglebritches. Go get him."
October 28, 2025 at 9:58 PM
“What I want from each and every one of you is a hard-target search of every banana stand, organ-grinder’s residence, circus tent, farmhouse, henhouse, outhouse and doghouse in the area. Checkpoints go up at fifteen miles. Your fugitive's name is Dr. Gigglebritches. Go get him."
I try really hard to be fair and consider all points of view; not just those that align with mine, but the stupid ones, too.
October 26, 2025 at 9:43 PM
I try really hard to be fair and consider all points of view; not just those that align with mine, but the stupid ones, too.
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Look, the girl in the corner did try to warn us it would turn into a ballroom blitz.
October 24, 2025 at 12:35 AM
Look, the girl in the corner did try to warn us it would turn into a ballroom blitz.
Finally watching the new Spinal Tap movie.
October 22, 2025 at 6:48 PM
Finally watching the new Spinal Tap movie.
Somehow, irony returned.
October 22, 2025 at 1:17 PM
Somehow, irony returned.
The movie was awful and I cracked a tooth on the snacks. I’m guessing I misunderstood the person who described it as “a solid popcorn movie.”
October 19, 2025 at 4:53 PM
The movie was awful and I cracked a tooth on the snacks. I’m guessing I misunderstood the person who described it as “a solid popcorn movie.”
At camp we used to play a rousing game of Shark Shark Smurf.
(Alternate joke: “You’re gonna need a smaller boat.”)
(Alternate joke: “You’re gonna need a smaller boat.”)
October 13, 2025 at 4:47 PM
At camp we used to play a rousing game of Shark Shark Smurf.
(Alternate joke: “You’re gonna need a smaller boat.”)
(Alternate joke: “You’re gonna need a smaller boat.”)
Don’t mind if I do!
October 12, 2025 at 10:09 PM
Don’t mind if I do!
For a split second I thought North Korea was building a Death Star.
October 10, 2025 at 11:56 AM
For a split second I thought North Korea was building a Death Star.
BREAKING: White House responds to public outcry by agreeing to release George Washington’s dental records.
September 27, 2025 at 10:06 PM
BREAKING: White House responds to public outcry by agreeing to release George Washington’s dental records.
Danmit, now I have to decide if my favorite war-zone comedy is M*A*S*H or Portlandia.
September 27, 2025 at 8:24 PM
Danmit, now I have to decide if my favorite war-zone comedy is M*A*S*H or Portlandia.
My kid is reading “The Cask of Amontillado” for the first time. The version in his textbook is fine, but I promised that after school I’d show him the really rare vintage edition I keep down in the basement.
September 17, 2025 at 12:52 PM
My kid is reading “The Cask of Amontillado” for the first time. The version in his textbook is fine, but I promised that after school I’d show him the really rare vintage edition I keep down in the basement.
Another day, another dullard.
September 9, 2025 at 1:44 PM
Another day, another dullard.
This seems like a good time to Google Lysenkoism.
August 29, 2025 at 1:01 PM
This seems like a good time to Google Lysenkoism.
There’s the bottom of the barrel, then beneath that there’s the floor, then, 100 feet under that is where the bar has been set.
August 26, 2025 at 7:12 PM
There’s the bottom of the barrel, then beneath that there’s the floor, then, 100 feet under that is where the bar has been set.
Can’t help but be impressed that this little parasite went to the trouble to grow a Snidely Whiplash-style evil mustache to let us know it’s a villain.
August 25, 2025 at 7:07 PM
Can’t help but be impressed that this little parasite went to the trouble to grow a Snidely Whiplash-style evil mustache to let us know it’s a villain.