Uncle Spike
@unclespike.bsky.social
A slightly neurospicy Gen-X nerd. (BTW: Nerds and geeks are not the same thing.) Will comment on music often. Not a bear. A bit of a gainer. Cis-homo/queer. I contradict myself. I am large; I contain multitudes. No LGB without the T. 🏳🌈🏳⚧
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Uncle Spike
@unclespike.bsky.social
· Aug 25
Here's your uncle wishing you well on this #mcm and beyond. Big hugs for all who need 'em. It's a tough world out there. Be kind to everyone...especially yourself.
Current thing that makes me excited: homemade dehydrated fermented hot sauce mash powder.
Damn, that's a mouthful. Apparently it's super delicious. I seldom make fermented hot sauce. I don't have a dehydrator. Also don't have a spice grinder. But just the idea seems so neat.
Damn, that's a mouthful. Apparently it's super delicious. I seldom make fermented hot sauce. I don't have a dehydrator. Also don't have a spice grinder. But just the idea seems so neat.
November 11, 2025 at 7:26 AM
Current thing that makes me excited: homemade dehydrated fermented hot sauce mash powder.
Damn, that's a mouthful. Apparently it's super delicious. I seldom make fermented hot sauce. I don't have a dehydrator. Also don't have a spice grinder. But just the idea seems so neat.
Damn, that's a mouthful. Apparently it's super delicious. I seldom make fermented hot sauce. I don't have a dehydrator. Also don't have a spice grinder. But just the idea seems so neat.
Today I shake my fist at a website for using "discrete" when "discreet" was called for. Yesterday it was at mixing up "wary" and "weary" on a post here.
I'm getting very peeved at such errors nowadays. My kingdom for a magic wand to make corrections...especially for experts in their field.
I'm getting very peeved at such errors nowadays. My kingdom for a magic wand to make corrections...especially for experts in their field.
November 10, 2025 at 10:49 PM
Today I shake my fist at a website for using "discrete" when "discreet" was called for. Yesterday it was at mixing up "wary" and "weary" on a post here.
I'm getting very peeved at such errors nowadays. My kingdom for a magic wand to make corrections...especially for experts in their field.
I'm getting very peeved at such errors nowadays. My kingdom for a magic wand to make corrections...especially for experts in their field.
So, as the kids are tiring of saying, I was today years old when...
...I found out Jonathan Bailey is gay. He never set off my gaydar, despite being devastatingly handsome. And I say that as a HUGE Bridgerton fan. (Should I have considered his being in Wicked a hint?)
...I found out Jonathan Bailey is gay. He never set off my gaydar, despite being devastatingly handsome. And I say that as a HUGE Bridgerton fan. (Should I have considered his being in Wicked a hint?)
November 9, 2025 at 10:23 PM
So, as the kids are tiring of saying, I was today years old when...
...I found out Jonathan Bailey is gay. He never set off my gaydar, despite being devastatingly handsome. And I say that as a HUGE Bridgerton fan. (Should I have considered his being in Wicked a hint?)
...I found out Jonathan Bailey is gay. He never set off my gaydar, despite being devastatingly handsome. And I say that as a HUGE Bridgerton fan. (Should I have considered his being in Wicked a hint?)
The room here at home in CA where musical magic happens. Guitar, singing, listening. Today's listening was Nebraska by Bruce Springsteen—the whole album. Gives me shivers, it's so good. Should be required listening for everyone nowadays.
"Well, sir I guess there's just a meanness in this world."
"Well, sir I guess there's just a meanness in this world."
November 4, 2025 at 9:03 PM
The room here at home in CA where musical magic happens. Guitar, singing, listening. Today's listening was Nebraska by Bruce Springsteen—the whole album. Gives me shivers, it's so good. Should be required listening for everyone nowadays.
"Well, sir I guess there's just a meanness in this world."
"Well, sir I guess there's just a meanness in this world."
I used to mock the old fogeys who wore golf pants and listened to Frank Sinatra and whose idea of a fun and crazy night was when their prunes kicked in. But goddamn it, I'm now one of 'em. Except I wear aloha shirts and listen to exotica.
November 4, 2025 at 7:12 AM
I used to mock the old fogeys who wore golf pants and listened to Frank Sinatra and whose idea of a fun and crazy night was when their prunes kicked in. But goddamn it, I'm now one of 'em. Except I wear aloha shirts and listen to exotica.
Monday morning with coffee (not shown), Mozart, Buddha, and belly. (Buddha does not have the belly in this case.)
November 3, 2025 at 5:14 PM
Monday morning with coffee (not shown), Mozart, Buddha, and belly. (Buddha does not have the belly in this case.)
Gonna try something new. I think we've been sold the wrong story about dental health...that brushing is more important. For the next month, I'm going to floss every day like clockwork. And I'm gonna brush my teeth for maybe ten seconds a day. Let's see what they say on my next dental visit.
November 2, 2025 at 8:15 PM
Gonna try something new. I think we've been sold the wrong story about dental health...that brushing is more important. For the next month, I'm going to floss every day like clockwork. And I'm gonna brush my teeth for maybe ten seconds a day. Let's see what they say on my next dental visit.
Feeling more and more...ah...my presence on the spectrum lately. Like looking back at my life and having a strong suspicion that people all along have been whispering behind my back, "is he really that deluded? Like...does he not get how off and out of place he is?" It's unnerving.
October 24, 2025 at 8:49 PM
Feeling more and more...ah...my presence on the spectrum lately. Like looking back at my life and having a strong suspicion that people all along have been whispering behind my back, "is he really that deluded? Like...does he not get how off and out of place he is?" It's unnerving.
Denver fall: Gorgeous leaves changing color and beautiful cool weather.
Palm Springs fall: Citrus season begins and beautiful warm weather. (There's also that Pride thing, or so I've been told.)
Palm Springs fall: Citrus season begins and beautiful warm weather. (There's also that Pride thing, or so I've been told.)
October 24, 2025 at 5:45 AM
Denver fall: Gorgeous leaves changing color and beautiful cool weather.
Palm Springs fall: Citrus season begins and beautiful warm weather. (There's also that Pride thing, or so I've been told.)
Palm Springs fall: Citrus season begins and beautiful warm weather. (There's also that Pride thing, or so I've been told.)
Back in the late '90s, after college graduation, my friends and I discovered this bit of hilariously sobering cartoonage. Classic Gen X humor. To this day, I still enjoy coffay and cookays.
Laid-Off: A Day in the Life
YouTube video by Odd Todd
youtu.be
October 22, 2025 at 3:22 PM
Back in the late '90s, after college graduation, my friends and I discovered this bit of hilariously sobering cartoonage. Classic Gen X humor. To this day, I still enjoy coffay and cookays.
Plugging in the guitar tonight, I hit some random strings in random ways, and one second later, out of nowhere, I'm playing the opening riff to Day Tripper. Not even one of my favorite songs, and I haven't heard it for months, but damn, it's fun when music strikes like that.
October 22, 2025 at 3:35 AM
Plugging in the guitar tonight, I hit some random strings in random ways, and one second later, out of nowhere, I'm playing the opening riff to Day Tripper. Not even one of my favorite songs, and I haven't heard it for months, but damn, it's fun when music strikes like that.
Hoo boy. With parents like these, I'm not sure if the kids will be alright. (Said half-jokingly. And I can't tell if the OP was joking about this or not, either.)
October 13, 2025 at 4:09 PM
Hoo boy. With parents like these, I'm not sure if the kids will be alright. (Said half-jokingly. And I can't tell if the OP was joking about this or not, either.)
Overeating...
1/3 of a cucumber with hummus
A sliced green bell pepper with homemade eggplant dip.
I'm fucking rage-eating this shit.
If this doesn't shoot my energy to the moon and make me want to destroy all my enemies, I'm coming after the food police with my machetes.*
*May or may not exist
1/3 of a cucumber with hummus
A sliced green bell pepper with homemade eggplant dip.
I'm fucking rage-eating this shit.
If this doesn't shoot my energy to the moon and make me want to destroy all my enemies, I'm coming after the food police with my machetes.*
*May or may not exist
October 8, 2025 at 10:20 PM
Overeating...
1/3 of a cucumber with hummus
A sliced green bell pepper with homemade eggplant dip.
I'm fucking rage-eating this shit.
If this doesn't shoot my energy to the moon and make me want to destroy all my enemies, I'm coming after the food police with my machetes.*
*May or may not exist
1/3 of a cucumber with hummus
A sliced green bell pepper with homemade eggplant dip.
I'm fucking rage-eating this shit.
If this doesn't shoot my energy to the moon and make me want to destroy all my enemies, I'm coming after the food police with my machetes.*
*May or may not exist
In high school, The Mayor of Casterbridge was one of my favorite books. I picked it back up again last year and found it too difficult. This was sobering.
I honestly blame my addiction to screens and social media. Am currently taking steps to get back to where I was, or as near as possible.
I honestly blame my addiction to screens and social media. Am currently taking steps to get back to where I was, or as near as possible.
October 4, 2025 at 6:25 AM
In high school, The Mayor of Casterbridge was one of my favorite books. I picked it back up again last year and found it too difficult. This was sobering.
I honestly blame my addiction to screens and social media. Am currently taking steps to get back to where I was, or as near as possible.
I honestly blame my addiction to screens and social media. Am currently taking steps to get back to where I was, or as near as possible.
Rediscovering this classic (oh god, did I just say that?) and...yeah. Really enjoying it. No cognitive dissonance here, which kinda hurts to say.
This whole post/essay/analysis is brilliant. Recommended to everyone.
This whole post/essay/analysis is brilliant. Recommended to everyone.
Green Day – American Idiot – Classic Music Review
I swear on a stack of bibles . . . oh, wait, I’m an atheist . . . I swear on a stack of all my favorite albums that this review has nothing to do with recent developments that prove beyond a …
altrockchick.com
October 3, 2025 at 8:08 PM
Rediscovering this classic (oh god, did I just say that?) and...yeah. Really enjoying it. No cognitive dissonance here, which kinda hurts to say.
This whole post/essay/analysis is brilliant. Recommended to everyone.
This whole post/essay/analysis is brilliant. Recommended to everyone.
Happy Friday, y'all. Here's my morning view from my cup of coffee. I ain't mad.
October 3, 2025 at 2:08 PM
Happy Friday, y'all. Here's my morning view from my cup of coffee. I ain't mad.
Made my first ever blancmange. A raspberry one, so really, perhaps it should be framboisemange. Delicious. Very tart. Brilliant pink. Lovely texture. Quite possibly the gayest dessert I have ever eaten, for many reasons. I look forward to making and eating this again.
October 3, 2025 at 3:44 AM
Made my first ever blancmange. A raspberry one, so really, perhaps it should be framboisemange. Delicious. Very tart. Brilliant pink. Lovely texture. Quite possibly the gayest dessert I have ever eaten, for many reasons. I look forward to making and eating this again.
Until further notice, this Gen-X kid decrees that this is the best candy in the empire. He shall take no questions. He shall, however, gladly take refills.
October 2, 2025 at 10:36 PM
Until further notice, this Gen-X kid decrees that this is the best candy in the empire. He shall take no questions. He shall, however, gladly take refills.
Racking my brain, trying to figure out why I'm breathing so deeply and feeling so at peace this morning. The day spent with my mom as she recuperates from major surgery? The (big) handful of blueberries that accompanied the end-of-day peach ice cream with cardamom? I want to replicate this.
October 2, 2025 at 3:01 PM
Racking my brain, trying to figure out why I'm breathing so deeply and feeling so at peace this morning. The day spent with my mom as she recuperates from major surgery? The (big) handful of blueberries that accompanied the end-of-day peach ice cream with cardamom? I want to replicate this.
TIL that my mom used to go with her older sister to the Trader Vic's that used to be in the Capital Hilton in DC. Had a fake ID her brother made for her. She was drinking scorpions at 17.
I can't often say I'm proud of my mom, but since I'm a tiki fan, this did the trick for me. She was badass.
I can't often say I'm proud of my mom, but since I'm a tiki fan, this did the trick for me. She was badass.
October 2, 2025 at 6:36 AM
TIL that my mom used to go with her older sister to the Trader Vic's that used to be in the Capital Hilton in DC. Had a fake ID her brother made for her. She was drinking scorpions at 17.
I can't often say I'm proud of my mom, but since I'm a tiki fan, this did the trick for me. She was badass.
I can't often say I'm proud of my mom, but since I'm a tiki fan, this did the trick for me. She was badass.
Here's your friendly uncle with his pint or so of water that he drinks every morning right after waking up and weighing himself.
Why?
My reminder to you to be good to yourself. Chug water when you wake up. Rehydrate. Your body will thank you. Especially if, like me, you are a man of some age.
Why?
My reminder to you to be good to yourself. Chug water when you wake up. Rehydrate. Your body will thank you. Especially if, like me, you are a man of some age.
October 1, 2025 at 6:36 AM
Here's your friendly uncle with his pint or so of water that he drinks every morning right after waking up and weighing himself.
Why?
My reminder to you to be good to yourself. Chug water when you wake up. Rehydrate. Your body will thank you. Especially if, like me, you are a man of some age.
Why?
My reminder to you to be good to yourself. Chug water when you wake up. Rehydrate. Your body will thank you. Especially if, like me, you are a man of some age.
So...okay, like...#tummytuesday and stuff. Weight is kinda down, but you'd never know it.
October 1, 2025 at 4:38 AM
So...okay, like...#tummytuesday and stuff. Weight is kinda down, but you'd never know it.
Oh god. I just tried to make Matteo Lane's cacio e pepe, and it was a disaster. Wound up with perfectly cooked al dente bucatini floating in a soup of pasta water and parmigiano clumps. The recipe in his book may not be the best. Fortunately, he has a video that shows me how to rectify this.
September 29, 2025 at 1:16 AM
Oh god. I just tried to make Matteo Lane's cacio e pepe, and it was a disaster. Wound up with perfectly cooked al dente bucatini floating in a soup of pasta water and parmigiano clumps. The recipe in his book may not be the best. Fortunately, he has a video that shows me how to rectify this.
So...did I lose weight a month ago because I began guzzling #kefir #whey on the daily? Or because my home became a temporary convalescent home for a friend sprung from the hospital and we possibly ate less? Or both? I think the former.
Hypothesis to be tested starting this weekend.
Hypothesis to be tested starting this weekend.
September 26, 2025 at 5:55 AM
Another revelation: of what I post here, the stuff that people respond to and like does me the least good. The stuff that people don't respond to is often the most meaningful to me.
I think that says something about the community that I've curated here.
I think that says something about the community that I've curated here.
September 25, 2025 at 5:46 AM
Another revelation: of what I post here, the stuff that people respond to and like does me the least good. The stuff that people don't respond to is often the most meaningful to me.
I think that says something about the community that I've curated here.
I think that says something about the community that I've curated here.