Bud Sturguess
@sturguess.bsky.social
Overweight bipolar novelist.
57th worst sinner of all time, saved by the blood of Jesus Christ.
57th worst sinner of all time, saved by the blood of Jesus Christ.
A poem I wrote about myself and Franklin Pierce, one of America's worst and most forgotten presidents, who died #otd in 1869. #poetry
Poem: "Franklin Pierce & Me"
I would give anything to spend an evening with President Franklin Pierce A room in the White House stained with tobacco Talking at midnight...
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October 8, 2025 at 4:04 PM
Me ranting about boomer comments on classic rock videos.
Cringe Classic Rock Comments
YouTube video by Bud Sturguess
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October 5, 2025 at 10:19 PM
Me ranting about boomer comments on classic rock videos.
Please, nobody wake up Green Day tomorrow. If they're awake they might make more music, and they haven't made a good album since "Nimrod" in '97.
October 1, 2025 at 12:18 AM
Please, nobody wake up Green Day tomorrow. If they're awake they might make more music, and they haven't made a good album since "Nimrod" in '97.
Mother took Tylenol
and I was born with Boanthropy
(Like Nebuchadnezzar, you know)
No essential oil or alcohol
or Democrat philanthropy
keeps me off my knees
eating the grass you hoe
Leaves and blood in my hair
Like an unkempt Cher
A feral child of acetaminophen
Mother's pharmaceutical sin
and I was born with Boanthropy
(Like Nebuchadnezzar, you know)
No essential oil or alcohol
or Democrat philanthropy
keeps me off my knees
eating the grass you hoe
Leaves and blood in my hair
Like an unkempt Cher
A feral child of acetaminophen
Mother's pharmaceutical sin
September 26, 2025 at 4:57 PM
Mother took Tylenol
and I was born with Boanthropy
(Like Nebuchadnezzar, you know)
No essential oil or alcohol
or Democrat philanthropy
keeps me off my knees
eating the grass you hoe
Leaves and blood in my hair
Like an unkempt Cher
A feral child of acetaminophen
Mother's pharmaceutical sin
and I was born with Boanthropy
(Like Nebuchadnezzar, you know)
No essential oil or alcohol
or Democrat philanthropy
keeps me off my knees
eating the grass you hoe
Leaves and blood in my hair
Like an unkempt Cher
A feral child of acetaminophen
Mother's pharmaceutical sin
I'm literally a Christian. Bud "The Christian" Sturguess they call me! And even I know that this is unconstitutional. Moreover, things like this can drive people further away from faith.
All Amarillo ISD elementary schools utilizing controversial new religion-infused curriculum : Amarillo Tribune
Amarillo ISD adopted the Bluebonnet Learning curriculum this school year. Using these materials entitles the district to an additional $20 per student in State funding, but some lessons have been crit...
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September 23, 2025 at 3:23 PM
I'm literally a Christian. Bud "The Christian" Sturguess they call me! And even I know that this is unconstitutional. Moreover, things like this can drive people further away from faith.
I got into some small degree of trouble over my last blog about Charlie Kirk, being accused of taking his racist and antisemitic remarks "out of context." So, I've remedied that by providing more elaboration on his racist and antisemitic remarks in this follow-up.
Charlie Kirk's Racism & Antisemitism - In Context
In the small degree of backlash I received from last week's blog concerning the death of Charlie Kirk, the one common objection was that I ...
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September 20, 2025 at 9:00 PM
I got into some small degree of trouble over my last blog about Charlie Kirk, being accused of taking his racist and antisemitic remarks "out of context." So, I've remedied that by providing more elaboration on his racist and antisemitic remarks in this follow-up.
Wow. I... okay, that was unexpected. Well...good for you, Ted. I think?
'Dangerous as hell': Cruz blasts FCC's Jimmy Kimmel takedown
The Texas Republican called Brendan Carr's actions “right out of ‘Goodfellas.’”
www.politico.com
September 19, 2025 at 8:44 PM
Wow. I... okay, that was unexpected. Well...good for you, Ted. I think?
My colleague and pal Justin Lacour, a poet of immense insight and wit, has released "A Reading From the Book of Panic." I know I'm looking forward to it!
Today is the release date of my first book of poems. I'm not good at self-promotion, but please check it out. It's funny. www.lavenderink.org/site/shop/a-...
A Reading from the Book of Panic - Lavender Ink / Diálogos
Justin Lacour’s A Reading from the Book of Panic begins in Eden and ends with a little epic. Along the way, the poems contemplate anxiety, family, faith, addiction, and youth.
www.lavenderink.org
September 16, 2025 at 3:13 AM
My colleague and pal Justin Lacour, a poet of immense insight and wit, has released "A Reading From the Book of Panic." I know I'm looking forward to it!
My blog, re: Charlie Kirk. My disappointment in fellow Christians for praising him, and my disappointment in myself for my initial reaction to his death.
Re: The Shooting of Charlie Kirk
I first became aware of Charlie Kirk last year when a pro-life organization in my city of Amarillo, Texas announced he would be speaking at ...
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September 12, 2025 at 3:22 PM
My blog, re: Charlie Kirk. My disappointment in fellow Christians for praising him, and my disappointment in myself for my initial reaction to his death.
For me, the greatest song ever written about 9/11. It's emotional while not cheesy, genuine and heartfelt, without a demand for nationalistic pride. It reminds me the people who suffered and died that day were *people*, not talking points.
Into the Fire
YouTube video by Bruce Springsteen - Topic
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September 11, 2025 at 1:45 PM
For me, the greatest song ever written about 9/11. It's emotional while not cheesy, genuine and heartfelt, without a demand for nationalistic pride. It reminds me the people who suffered and died that day were *people*, not talking points.
You've reached a hitherto unknown level of petty when you handily defeat someone in an election, but you're still so salty they had the nerve to challenge you that you revoke their Secret Service protection.
September 9, 2025 at 12:19 AM
You've reached a hitherto unknown level of petty when you handily defeat someone in an election, but you're still so salty they had the nerve to challenge you that you revoke their Secret Service protection.
If people created the kind of uproar about poverty and healthcare that they did about the Cracker Barrel logo, more people might have homes and new teeth.
September 1, 2025 at 8:07 PM
If people created the kind of uproar about poverty and healthcare that they did about the Cracker Barrel logo, more people might have homes and new teeth.
#Minneapolis
"Kids"
You're weird. You talk to imaginary friends.
You whine and make messes. Your parents are hippies.
But when you become a tearless, spotless teddy bear
taped to a little pink cross,
minding your manners in horrible silence,
I steal away and die a little death.
"Kids"
You're weird. You talk to imaginary friends.
You whine and make messes. Your parents are hippies.
But when you become a tearless, spotless teddy bear
taped to a little pink cross,
minding your manners in horrible silence,
I steal away and die a little death.
August 27, 2025 at 6:42 PM
#Minneapolis
"Kids"
You're weird. You talk to imaginary friends.
You whine and make messes. Your parents are hippies.
But when you become a tearless, spotless teddy bear
taped to a little pink cross,
minding your manners in horrible silence,
I steal away and die a little death.
"Kids"
You're weird. You talk to imaginary friends.
You whine and make messes. Your parents are hippies.
But when you become a tearless, spotless teddy bear
taped to a little pink cross,
minding your manners in horrible silence,
I steal away and die a little death.
Sermon given at my church, concerning injustice, poverty and the oppressed. Much of what's said here here could be called "woke," "socialist," or other buzzwords people use to dismiss inconvenient facts. Buy it's beyond and above woke. It's simply the Word of God.
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August 26, 2025 at 11:38 PM
Sermon given at my church, concerning injustice, poverty and the oppressed. Much of what's said here here could be called "woke," "socialist," or other buzzwords people use to dismiss inconvenient facts. Buy it's beyond and above woke. It's simply the Word of God.
A thing I wrote about creative freedom, after seeing that old "Schfifty Five" video on YouTube (iykyk).
Schfifty Five: A Lesson in Creative Freedom
My friend Kirsten recently showed me a YouTube video from the platform's formative years. Like human formative years, YouTube's were quite b...
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August 21, 2025 at 2:04 AM
A thing I wrote about creative freedom, after seeing that old "Schfifty Five" video on YouTube (iykyk).
America's political and cultural state has me sometimes wishing ICE would mistake me for an undocumented penguin and deport me to the Falkland Islands. I could settle on a sheep farm. Just me, sheep, books, penguins, and a cold breeze. Not to mention those gorgeous thicc Falkland baddies. 🇫🇰
August 6, 2025 at 2:54 AM
America's political and cultural state has me sometimes wishing ICE would mistake me for an undocumented penguin and deport me to the Falkland Islands. I could settle on a sheep farm. Just me, sheep, books, penguins, and a cold breeze. Not to mention those gorgeous thicc Falkland baddies. 🇫🇰
Minion: "Mr. President. The DOJ memo raised a lot of furor among even your supporters. Please. We're begging you. Do SOMETHING that assures them you're not covering for sex offenders!"
Trump: "I hate Rosie O'Donnell."
Trump: "I hate Rosie O'Donnell."
Ghislaine Maxwell moved to federal prison camp in Texas
Maxwell, Jeffrey Epstein's associate who is serving a 20-year prison sentence for her role in recruiting and trafficking minors for sex, was being held at a facility in Florida.
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August 3, 2025 at 6:02 PM
Minion: "Mr. President. The DOJ memo raised a lot of furor among even your supporters. Please. We're begging you. Do SOMETHING that assures them you're not covering for sex offenders!"
Trump: "I hate Rosie O'Donnell."
Trump: "I hate Rosie O'Donnell."
So this happened today. From the Amarillo Museum of Art here in Amarillo, Texas.
August 2, 2025 at 12:38 AM
So this happened today. From the Amarillo Museum of Art here in Amarillo, Texas.
How severe sycophancy is in the GOP:
In Texas, an actor in John Cornyn's ads boasts "Cornyn votes with Trump 99% of the time!" Is that really a bragging point? "I agree with this other guy on EVERYTHING! I literally can't think for myself! Vote for a guy whose accomplishment is: riding coat-tails!"
In Texas, an actor in John Cornyn's ads boasts "Cornyn votes with Trump 99% of the time!" Is that really a bragging point? "I agree with this other guy on EVERYTHING! I literally can't think for myself! Vote for a guy whose accomplishment is: riding coat-tails!"
July 30, 2025 at 9:13 PM
How severe sycophancy is in the GOP:
In Texas, an actor in John Cornyn's ads boasts "Cornyn votes with Trump 99% of the time!" Is that really a bragging point? "I agree with this other guy on EVERYTHING! I literally can't think for myself! Vote for a guy whose accomplishment is: riding coat-tails!"
In Texas, an actor in John Cornyn's ads boasts "Cornyn votes with Trump 99% of the time!" Is that really a bragging point? "I agree with this other guy on EVERYTHING! I literally can't think for myself! Vote for a guy whose accomplishment is: riding coat-tails!"
My new novel, "Things Blowing Up" is now available. But it's like $22 with shipping. You could use that to help somebody buy their prescriptions. So if the book's synopsis (link below) interests you, slide into my DMs and I'll hook you up with a free PDF copy.
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July 21, 2025 at 3:48 PM
My new novel, "Things Blowing Up" is now available. But it's like $22 with shipping. You could use that to help somebody buy their prescriptions. So if the book's synopsis (link below) interests you, slide into my DMs and I'll hook you up with a free PDF copy.
lulu.com/spotlight/budsturguess
lulu.com/spotlight/budsturguess
Minion: "Mr. President, this Epstein thing has even your most ardent supporters in an uproar. You have to do something to make it look like you're not covering for pedophiles!"
Trump: "Y'know, just because you told me to do that, I'm gonna do the opposite."
Trump: "Y'know, just because you told me to do that, I'm gonna do the opposite."
Maurene Comey, daughter of James Comey and prosecutor of Jeffrey Epstein, is fired
Comey, who had worked in the U.S. attorney’s office for nearly a decade, prosecuted both Jeffrey Epstein and his associate Ghislaine Maxwell.
www.politico.com
July 20, 2025 at 4:00 AM
Minion: "Mr. President, this Epstein thing has even your most ardent supporters in an uproar. You have to do something to make it look like you're not covering for pedophiles!"
Trump: "Y'know, just because you told me to do that, I'm gonna do the opposite."
Trump: "Y'know, just because you told me to do that, I'm gonna do the opposite."
Me, who believes Oswald was the lone gunman and the moon landing was real, when I read the DOJ's Epstein memo.
July 12, 2025 at 4:55 PM
Me, who believes Oswald was the lone gunman and the moon landing was real, when I read the DOJ's Epstein memo.
Right, so the new novel is about a small town that becomes known as "the most depressing town in Missouri" and is subsequently invaded by aliens who want to study humans to find a cure a depression epidemic on their home planet. Available July 21st from lulu.com.
July 11, 2025 at 2:11 AM
Right, so the new novel is about a small town that becomes known as "the most depressing town in Missouri" and is subsequently invaded by aliens who want to study humans to find a cure a depression epidemic on their home planet. Available July 21st from lulu.com.
If the standard amount for Christians to tithe - including to individuals in need, not strictly to one's local church fund - is 10% of your income, I think in the wake of the gutting of Medicaid and SNAP, Christians who voted Republican should increase their tithing to 20%.
July 7, 2025 at 3:38 PM
If the standard amount for Christians to tithe - including to individuals in need, not strictly to one's local church fund - is 10% of your income, I think in the wake of the gutting of Medicaid and SNAP, Christians who voted Republican should increase their tithing to 20%.