The Real Dinky Dog
@therealdinkydog.bsky.social
Husband, father, bad guitar player, amateur philosopher, nerd and geek.
"No dictator, no invader, can hold an imprisoned population by the force of arms forever. There is no greater power in the universe than the need for freedom."
G'Kar - Babylon 5
G'Kar - Babylon 5
February 2, 2025 at 5:43 AM
"No dictator, no invader, can hold an imprisoned population by the force of arms forever. There is no greater power in the universe than the need for freedom."
G'Kar - Babylon 5
G'Kar - Babylon 5
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“To love a country, as to love a person, is to love a flawed & exquisite creation, to see what is best in it, to be angry when it is not what it could be, precisely because you have seen glimmers of its greatness.” ✨Pete Buttigieg
Pete, I toast you w/ this #CupOfJoe. Thank you for you.
Pete, I toast you w/ this #CupOfJoe. Thank you for you.
January 28, 2025 at 1:06 PM
“To love a country, as to love a person, is to love a flawed & exquisite creation, to see what is best in it, to be angry when it is not what it could be, precisely because you have seen glimmers of its greatness.” ✨Pete Buttigieg
Pete, I toast you w/ this #CupOfJoe. Thank you for you.
Pete, I toast you w/ this #CupOfJoe. Thank you for you.
“Who controls the past controls the future. Who controls the present controls the past.”
― George Orwell, 1984
― George Orwell, 1984
January 19, 2025 at 6:07 AM
“Who controls the past controls the future. Who controls the present controls the past.”
― George Orwell, 1984
― George Orwell, 1984
So it begins...
January 19, 2025 at 3:40 AM
So it begins...
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Day one of post new year / holiday slacking. Back in the gym.
Everything hurts.
Everything hurts.
January 11, 2025 at 5:55 PM
Day one of post new year / holiday slacking. Back in the gym.
Everything hurts.
Everything hurts.
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"We're going to drain the swamp!"
Did no one consider what was at the bottom of a swamp?
Did no one consider what was at the bottom of a swamp?
December 8, 2024 at 11:45 PM
"We're going to drain the swamp!"
Did no one consider what was at the bottom of a swamp?
Did no one consider what was at the bottom of a swamp?
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The enemy of my enemy is my enemy's enemy. No more. No less.
The Seventy Maxims of Maximally Effective Mercenaries - #29
The Seventy Maxims of Maximally Effective Mercenaries - #29
December 3, 2024 at 1:41 AM
The enemy of my enemy is my enemy's enemy. No more. No less.
The Seventy Maxims of Maximally Effective Mercenaries - #29
The Seventy Maxims of Maximally Effective Mercenaries - #29
While I've never been worried about the deep state, the shallow state worries me something fierce.
December 2, 2024 at 12:11 AM
While I've never been worried about the deep state, the shallow state worries me something fierce.
"I'll tell you one thing. If the primates that we came from had known that someday politicians would come out of the gene pool, they'd have stayed up in the trees and written evolution off as a bad idea!"
Capt. John Sheridan, Babylon 5
Capt. John Sheridan, Babylon 5
December 1, 2024 at 9:35 PM
"I'll tell you one thing. If the primates that we came from had known that someday politicians would come out of the gene pool, they'd have stayed up in the trees and written evolution off as a bad idea!"
Capt. John Sheridan, Babylon 5
Capt. John Sheridan, Babylon 5
It continues to befuddle me how all these self proclaimed Christian patriots continually come down on Cain's side of the brother's keeper question.
November 30, 2024 at 3:19 AM
It continues to befuddle me how all these self proclaimed Christian patriots continually come down on Cain's side of the brother's keeper question.
Work attitude today
November 26, 2024 at 3:23 PM
Work attitude today
FYI: I will never be mature enough to be trusted with a whole cake.
November 26, 2024 at 12:20 AM
FYI: I will never be mature enough to be trusted with a whole cake.
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On social media, I use the ‘block’ feature with joy in my soul and a song on my lips.
I block trolls, intentional irritants, people who piss on others’ happiness, asses who announce unfollows, joyless misery merchants, sanctimonious scolds, and people who would otherwise make me like a place less.
I block trolls, intentional irritants, people who piss on others’ happiness, asses who announce unfollows, joyless misery merchants, sanctimonious scolds, and people who would otherwise make me like a place less.
November 18, 2024 at 2:41 AM
On social media, I use the ‘block’ feature with joy in my soul and a song on my lips.
I block trolls, intentional irritants, people who piss on others’ happiness, asses who announce unfollows, joyless misery merchants, sanctimonious scolds, and people who would otherwise make me like a place less.
I block trolls, intentional irritants, people who piss on others’ happiness, asses who announce unfollows, joyless misery merchants, sanctimonious scolds, and people who would otherwise make me like a place less.
Sinclair: Ready?
Delenn: Why do your people always ask if someone is ready right before you're going to do something massively unwise?
Sinclair: Tradition.
Delenn: Why do your people always ask if someone is ready right before you're going to do something massively unwise?
Sinclair: Tradition.
November 18, 2024 at 1:32 AM
Sinclair: Ready?
Delenn: Why do your people always ask if someone is ready right before you're going to do something massively unwise?
Sinclair: Tradition.
Delenn: Why do your people always ask if someone is ready right before you're going to do something massively unwise?
Sinclair: Tradition.
I don't mind having enemies, but I do require that they meet minimum thresholds of education and intellectual rigor.
September 16, 2023 at 1:58 AM
I don't mind having enemies, but I do require that they meet minimum thresholds of education and intellectual rigor.