Steve Kelley
@skelleync.bsky.social
Dad, husband, librarian, music nerd, comic book collector, dog lover, liberal, movie lover, horror fan.
Our old fella Stubbs with his tongue hanging out.
December 1, 2025 at 11:45 PM
Our old fella Stubbs with his tongue hanging out.
Watching the Irish horror movie “Oddity.” I actually yelled out at one point (I saw the jump scare coming and it still got me).
November 1, 2025 at 3:25 AM
Watching the Irish horror movie “Oddity.” I actually yelled out at one point (I saw the jump scare coming and it still got me).
I am Jimmy Kimmel.
September 17, 2025 at 11:23 PM
I am Jimmy Kimmel.
Went with the family to see “Weapons” tonight and we all absolutely loved it! My wife gave it an A+ and she doesn’t even like horror movies.
August 19, 2025 at 2:28 AM
Went with the family to see “Weapons” tonight and we all absolutely loved it! My wife gave it an A+ and she doesn’t even like horror movies.
Lemme tell ya, librarians are absolutely furious that Trump fired the Librarian of Congress, Carla Hayden. Search the topic on your social media feeds and you will see, we are pissed.
May 9, 2025 at 2:51 PM
Lemme tell ya, librarians are absolutely furious that Trump fired the Librarian of Congress, Carla Hayden. Search the topic on your social media feeds and you will see, we are pissed.
Is it just me, or do the malefactors of great wealth need a good kicking?
April 11, 2025 at 2:19 PM
Is it just me, or do the malefactors of great wealth need a good kicking?
I found out today that I was elected President-Elect of Core, a Division of the American Library Association. I’m really honored and excited to be given this opportunity to help an organization that I really love.
April 7, 2025 at 11:17 PM
I found out today that I was elected President-Elect of Core, a Division of the American Library Association. I’m really honored and excited to be given this opportunity to help an organization that I really love.
You know what would have been easier than fighting to hold off the destruction of every institution that genuinely makes this country great? Fully supporting and voting for that woman from California who was running against the orange vandal. Call me lazy that way.
March 18, 2025 at 9:04 PM
You know what would have been easier than fighting to hold off the destruction of every institution that genuinely makes this country great? Fully supporting and voting for that woman from California who was running against the orange vandal. Call me lazy that way.
I know I have been doom spiraling (with good reason!), but the article linked in my comment below makes some great points about how we need to keep pushing back. “[T]he fraction of the public that is happy with the agenda currently being enacted is going to get smaller for the foreseeable future.”
February 21, 2025 at 9:25 PM
I know I have been doom spiraling (with good reason!), but the article linked in my comment below makes some great points about how we need to keep pushing back. “[T]he fraction of the public that is happy with the agenda currently being enacted is going to get smaller for the foreseeable future.”
Saw "I'm Still Here," the last of the 10 Best Picture Oscar nominees I had to see, and the best. Set in Brazil in 1970, during the right-wing military dictatorship, you get to know and love this big wonderful family, which makes it all the more powerful when things take the inevitable tragic turn.
February 21, 2025 at 4:46 PM
Saw "I'm Still Here," the last of the 10 Best Picture Oscar nominees I had to see, and the best. Set in Brazil in 1970, during the right-wing military dictatorship, you get to know and love this big wonderful family, which makes it all the more powerful when things take the inevitable tragic turn.
In positive news, I'm at the lowest weight I've been in 20 years or more and I'm using the last notch on my belt. So I've got that going for me.
February 20, 2025 at 5:30 PM
In positive news, I'm at the lowest weight I've been in 20 years or more and I'm using the last notch on my belt. So I've got that going for me.
I had been planning to make a semi-joking post today about being one month through Trump's term, with 47 months to go, but I don't know if our constitution can survive another 47 months of this assault.
February 20, 2025 at 5:19 PM
I had been planning to make a semi-joking post today about being one month through Trump's term, with 47 months to go, but I don't know if our constitution can survive another 47 months of this assault.
The United States is committing suicide as a democracy and the strangest thing is that it is all over...nothing. We're not in a massive war, our economy didn't collapse. It's just enough people believed enough lies that scared them so much they decided having a democratic republic was too much work.
February 20, 2025 at 3:24 PM
The United States is committing suicide as a democracy and the strangest thing is that it is all over...nothing. We're not in a massive war, our economy didn't collapse. It's just enough people believed enough lies that scared them so much they decided having a democratic republic was too much work.
Senate Republicans don’t care if their grandchildren get polio.
February 14, 2025 at 12:08 AM
Senate Republicans don’t care if their grandchildren get polio.
With all that's going on, I keep thinking of this line from my favorite movie, "Little Murders":
It's dangerous to challenge a system, unless you're completely at peace with the thought that you're not going to miss it when it collapses.
It's dangerous to challenge a system, unless you're completely at peace with the thought that you're not going to miss it when it collapses.
February 12, 2025 at 5:44 PM
With all that's going on, I keep thinking of this line from my favorite movie, "Little Murders":
It's dangerous to challenge a system, unless you're completely at peace with the thought that you're not going to miss it when it collapses.
It's dangerous to challenge a system, unless you're completely at peace with the thought that you're not going to miss it when it collapses.
Reposted by Steve Kelley
I wrote this bit that is entirely unrelated to current things
Voting for the Mayor Who Promised to Blow Up the City Doesn’t Mean I Approve of the Mayor Blowing Up the City
It’s so easy to label people these days. From the way folks have been talking, you’d think everyone falls into two buckets: those who voted against...
www.mcsweeneys.net
February 10, 2025 at 6:46 PM
I wrote this bit that is entirely unrelated to current things
I'm sure that in their search for waste, fraud, and abuse these DOGE goons are looking really closely at the federal contracts for SpaceX and Starlink. I wonder how much of that money goes to Apartheid Clyde's personal ketamine budget?
February 10, 2025 at 8:46 PM
I'm sure that in their search for waste, fraud, and abuse these DOGE goons are looking really closely at the federal contracts for SpaceX and Starlink. I wonder how much of that money goes to Apartheid Clyde's personal ketamine budget?
Last night, I checked my email and saw an alert from the New York Times: "BREAKING NEWS: Trump orders Treasury to stop..." I thought, "What fresh hell is this?" and opened it to see the full headline: Trump orders Treasury to stop minting pennies. And I was stunned because...that sounds reasonable.
February 10, 2025 at 5:08 PM
Last night, I checked my email and saw an alert from the New York Times: "BREAKING NEWS: Trump orders Treasury to stop..." I thought, "What fresh hell is this?" and opened it to see the full headline: Trump orders Treasury to stop minting pennies. And I was stunned because...that sounds reasonable.
My wife and I are more than half way through watching all ten movies nominated for the Best Picture Oscar, having seen six. So far I like 7 or 8 of last year’s nominees better than any of these movies. 2023 was just a great year for movies. I’ll talk about the ones I’ve seen below.
February 7, 2025 at 9:47 PM
My wife and I are more than half way through watching all ten movies nominated for the Best Picture Oscar, having seen six. So far I like 7 or 8 of last year’s nominees better than any of these movies. 2023 was just a great year for movies. I’ll talk about the ones I’ve seen below.
Back in 2010, we got together with a bunch of friends for a game night. It just happened to be the week that the Citizens United decision came down from the Supreme Court. My friend Cheryl and I were gloomy, saying: It's the death of the republic, man. Everybody else said we were overreacting.
February 6, 2025 at 5:57 PM
Back in 2010, we got together with a bunch of friends for a game night. It just happened to be the week that the Citizens United decision came down from the Supreme Court. My friend Cheryl and I were gloomy, saying: It's the death of the republic, man. Everybody else said we were overreacting.
"Why didn't somebody tell us it would be this bad if he was elected?!"
"We did. Repeatedly. You ignored us."
"We didn't like your tone."
"Tone?"
"You sounded shrill and alarmist."
"Are you alarmed now?"
"Yes!"
"Well..."
"We did. Repeatedly. You ignored us."
"We didn't like your tone."
"Tone?"
"You sounded shrill and alarmist."
"Are you alarmed now?"
"Yes!"
"Well..."
February 5, 2025 at 7:58 PM
"Why didn't somebody tell us it would be this bad if he was elected?!"
"We did. Repeatedly. You ignored us."
"We didn't like your tone."
"Tone?"
"You sounded shrill and alarmist."
"Are you alarmed now?"
"Yes!"
"Well..."
"We did. Repeatedly. You ignored us."
"We didn't like your tone."
"Tone?"
"You sounded shrill and alarmist."
"Are you alarmed now?"
"Yes!"
"Well..."
In cheerier news, I was very happy with the new Baseball Hall of Fame inductees announced today. Ichiro and CC Sabathia are both deserving of going in on the first ballot and I was glad to see Billy Wagner get in on his tenth and last ballot (he was fearsome in his prime).
January 22, 2025 at 10:36 PM
In cheerier news, I was very happy with the new Baseball Hall of Fame inductees announced today. Ichiro and CC Sabathia are both deserving of going in on the first ballot and I was glad to see Billy Wagner get in on his tenth and last ballot (he was fearsome in his prime).
C'mon arteriosclerosis, do your damn job already!
January 22, 2025 at 6:30 PM
C'mon arteriosclerosis, do your damn job already!
RIP legendary cartoonist Jules Feiffer, who passed away last Friday at the age of 95. He began his career at 17 as an assistant to the great Will Eisner on his seminal comic "The Spirit," eventually taking on the writing and drawing. /1
January 21, 2025 at 9:58 PM
RIP legendary cartoonist Jules Feiffer, who passed away last Friday at the age of 95. He began his career at 17 as an assistant to the great Will Eisner on his seminal comic "The Spirit," eventually taking on the writing and drawing. /1
One day down. 1,430 to go.*
*assuming free and fair elections continue to be a thing
*assuming free and fair elections continue to be a thing
January 21, 2025 at 5:06 PM
One day down. 1,430 to go.*
*assuming free and fair elections continue to be a thing
*assuming free and fair elections continue to be a thing