STEPHAN LOY
@stephanloy.bsky.social
Artist of paintings and photos, writer of novels and short stories, enjoyer of retirement, and eater of donuts. Visit my website: smloy.net
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STEPHAN LOY
@stephanloy.bsky.social
· May 6
GUARDIANS AT THE GATE, a dark satire on the plight of public education in America, is right there, ready for you to buy, read, and gawk at. ebook formats and print. If you're a teacher, know a teacher, or ever had a teacher, this novel will blow you away. books2read.com/u/4A09QJ
It's amazing how, when you pull something lifting a thing, you suddenly become very careful about lifting with your legs, not your back when it's way too late.
November 19, 2025 at 6:32 PM
It's amazing how, when you pull something lifting a thing, you suddenly become very careful about lifting with your legs, not your back when it's way too late.
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Damn. I have friends who were hoping they WOULD flee and free up some of those apartments.
November 17, 2025 at 11:57 PM
Damn. I have friends who were hoping they WOULD flee and free up some of those apartments.
I keep irrationally checking the Rivian website to see if they're making anything I can afford (and want), and also to reassure myself that they haven't yet gone evil, like Tesla did.
November 15, 2025 at 9:53 PM
I keep irrationally checking the Rivian website to see if they're making anything I can afford (and want), and also to reassure myself that they haven't yet gone evil, like Tesla did.
If you have to make an appointment to "touch grass," you've been doing your life the wrong way the whole time.
November 13, 2025 at 12:34 PM
If you have to make an appointment to "touch grass," you've been doing your life the wrong way the whole time.
First snow in Indianapolis. Only an inch or two for us and barely sticking to pavement. I guess South Bend north of us got about a foot.
November 10, 2025 at 3:41 PM
First snow in Indianapolis. Only an inch or two for us and barely sticking to pavement. I guess South Bend north of us got about a foot.
It should start snowing in the next ten minutes or so. Not crying 'woe is me.' We're supposed to get maybe an inch, and the roads will only be wet. South Bend won the prize with 5-12 inches thru the evening. We were just there at the Oliver Inn.
November 9, 2025 at 8:22 PM
It should start snowing in the next ten minutes or so. Not crying 'woe is me.' We're supposed to get maybe an inch, and the roads will only be wet. South Bend won the prize with 5-12 inches thru the evening. We were just there at the Oliver Inn.
I've winterized the yard. Wind chimes, lawn furniture, fence decor, statuary, garden clogs, all in the garage until April. Grass mowed close, flower beds cleared, patio emptied. Sigh...
a man with a beard is looking at another man and saying `` winter is coming . ''
Alt: Sean Bean as Ned Stark from Game of Thrones, grimly throwing out the hard truth of Indiana, "Winter is coming."
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November 8, 2025 at 1:42 PM
I've winterized the yard. Wind chimes, lawn furniture, fence decor, statuary, garden clogs, all in the garage until April. Grass mowed close, flower beds cleared, patio emptied. Sigh...
It's such a tragedy that air travel has been disrupted in the US. It's a horror story for the history books. It's almost as if there were no such things as buses or Amtrak.
November 7, 2025 at 1:10 PM
It's such a tragedy that air travel has been disrupted in the US. It's a horror story for the history books. It's almost as if there were no such things as buses or Amtrak.
I've said it before, and I know you might sniff at it, but this is absolutely the best song about a dog ever written. No schmaltz, no goofy nostalgia, just dog.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=YyHe...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=YyHe...
Jenny (2002 Remaster)
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November 6, 2025 at 6:20 PM
I've said it before, and I know you might sniff at it, but this is absolutely the best song about a dog ever written. No schmaltz, no goofy nostalgia, just dog.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=YyHe...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=YyHe...
In the middle of Clean the House Day. I did the vacuuming and, as is our custom, Amy is doing the vacuuming behind me to make sure I did it right. I'm in the middle of mowing the lawn, which Amy won't do behind me because, you know, bugs and snakes.
November 6, 2025 at 6:16 PM
In the middle of Clean the House Day. I did the vacuuming and, as is our custom, Amy is doing the vacuuming behind me to make sure I did it right. I'm in the middle of mowing the lawn, which Amy won't do behind me because, you know, bugs and snakes.
So, I only have to live to May of 2031 to geet a decent look at Mars.
November 6, 2025 at 2:40 AM
So, I only have to live to May of 2031 to geet a decent look at Mars.
Americans! Provisionally good news! You can move to Svalbard, just pack up and go today! As long as you have a means to support yourself, own a good, heavy coat, a really big gun for fending off bears, and you're practiced at performing vital medical procedures on yourself.
November 4, 2025 at 1:01 PM
Americans! Provisionally good news! You can move to Svalbard, just pack up and go today! As long as you have a means to support yourself, own a good, heavy coat, a really big gun for fending off bears, and you're practiced at performing vital medical procedures on yourself.
🎵It's a beautiful day in the neighborhood, a beautiful day for neighbors...🎵
November 4, 2025 at 12:56 PM
🎵It's a beautiful day in the neighborhood, a beautiful day for neighbors...🎵
Consider:
John Carpenter's The Fog is a sequel to Halloween. Poor Laurie, traumatized by the horror of her experience in Haddonfield, IL, runs away, changes her name, and hitchhikes to California only to stumble into boat hooks and bludgeons out of the night.
John Carpenter's The Fog is a sequel to Halloween. Poor Laurie, traumatized by the horror of her experience in Haddonfield, IL, runs away, changes her name, and hitchhikes to California only to stumble into boat hooks and bludgeons out of the night.
November 2, 2025 at 7:59 PM
Consider:
John Carpenter's The Fog is a sequel to Halloween. Poor Laurie, traumatized by the horror of her experience in Haddonfield, IL, runs away, changes her name, and hitchhikes to California only to stumble into boat hooks and bludgeons out of the night.
John Carpenter's The Fog is a sequel to Halloween. Poor Laurie, traumatized by the horror of her experience in Haddonfield, IL, runs away, changes her name, and hitchhikes to California only to stumble into boat hooks and bludgeons out of the night.
Wow, and they don't even have cruise control and it's hard to fish those shotguns out of that bed.
November 2, 2025 at 3:14 PM
Wow, and they don't even have cruise control and it's hard to fish those shotguns out of that bed.
It occurs to me that the Fantastic Four, with private spaceships, their own skyscraper living quarters, and their Future Foundation, are one percenters and everyone's begging them to protect us.
So what does that say about Marvel and Disney?
So what does that say about Marvel and Disney?
November 2, 2025 at 3:11 PM
It occurs to me that the Fantastic Four, with private spaceships, their own skyscraper living quarters, and their Future Foundation, are one percenters and everyone's begging them to protect us.
So what does that say about Marvel and Disney?
So what does that say about Marvel and Disney?
The wisdom is that you can't kill the dog. If you kill the dog, everyone will reject your art.
The folks who came up with this ludicrous writing rtule never saw The Thing from Another World or John Carpenter's The Thing.
The folks who came up with this ludicrous writing rtule never saw The Thing from Another World or John Carpenter's The Thing.
November 1, 2025 at 4:55 PM
The wisdom is that you can't kill the dog. If you kill the dog, everyone will reject your art.
The folks who came up with this ludicrous writing rtule never saw The Thing from Another World or John Carpenter's The Thing.
The folks who came up with this ludicrous writing rtule never saw The Thing from Another World or John Carpenter's The Thing.
It doesn't make the movie less terrifying, but the second the howitzer and the M1 tank showed up in Cloverfield, that monster realistically would have had about one minute left to live. Physics is a bitch that way.
November 1, 2025 at 4:34 PM
It doesn't make the movie less terrifying, but the second the howitzer and the M1 tank showed up in Cloverfield, that monster realistically would have had about one minute left to live. Physics is a bitch that way.
The monster movie madness has not subsided. I've The Fog, John Carpenter's The Thing, Cloverfield, the original King Kong, and a few others that escape me at the moment. Still have some Halloween candy and cookies left, too.
November 1, 2025 at 12:21 PM
The monster movie madness has not subsided. I've The Fog, John Carpenter's The Thing, Cloverfield, the original King Kong, and a few others that escape me at the moment. Still have some Halloween candy and cookies left, too.
We just polished off Halloween by watching The Ghost and Mrs. Muir (1947) and packing down a metric ton of Reese's Pumpkins, Milky Way Midnights, Mounds, and homemade cookies.
November 1, 2025 at 12:59 AM
We just polished off Halloween by watching The Ghost and Mrs. Muir (1947) and packing down a metric ton of Reese's Pumpkins, Milky Way Midnights, Mounds, and homemade cookies.
Things that make me stop listening immediately:
-People complaining about the high cost of gas while standing next to their 10-mpg giant SUV
-People complaining about the high cost of food as they walk out of Trader Joe's with multiple grocery bags
-People complaining about the high cost of gas while standing next to their 10-mpg giant SUV
-People complaining about the high cost of food as they walk out of Trader Joe's with multiple grocery bags
October 23, 2025 at 2:22 PM
Things that make me stop listening immediately:
-People complaining about the high cost of gas while standing next to their 10-mpg giant SUV
-People complaining about the high cost of food as they walk out of Trader Joe's with multiple grocery bags
-People complaining about the high cost of gas while standing next to their 10-mpg giant SUV
-People complaining about the high cost of food as they walk out of Trader Joe's with multiple grocery bags
So in a single day I find out that the government is scuttling the Artemis program and Trump is tearing a big hole in the White House. So now I need to make cornbread.
October 20, 2025 at 10:20 PM
So in a single day I find out that the government is scuttling the Artemis program and Trump is tearing a big hole in the White House. So now I need to make cornbread.
On this No Kings Day, here's Naptown (Indianapolis), a lonely fortress of good sense in a deep-red state of MAGA crazies. I couldn't get scale from my perspective, but, where I expected maybe a hundred or so, we had THOUSANDS turn out!
October 18, 2025 at 8:53 PM
On this No Kings Day, here's Naptown (Indianapolis), a lonely fortress of good sense in a deep-red state of MAGA crazies. I couldn't get scale from my perspective, but, where I expected maybe a hundred or so, we had THOUSANDS turn out!
So far these last 2 weeks, I've been to the South Pacific with Mary Poppins, helped Oklahoma Paint Your Wagon, and listened to The Sound of Music at a Royal Wedding. All of those musicals were fun and high quality, and some of them were also kind of creepy from a modern perspective.
October 14, 2025 at 12:44 AM
So far these last 2 weeks, I've been to the South Pacific with Mary Poppins, helped Oklahoma Paint Your Wagon, and listened to The Sound of Music at a Royal Wedding. All of those musicals were fun and high quality, and some of them were also kind of creepy from a modern perspective.