Just a guy in Idaho
@valboi.bsky.social
Idaho guy navigating life amongst the red potatoes and the blue mountains.
Daily life is serious, so
I’m here for the funny.
Also, Go Cubs!
Daily life is serious, so
I’m here for the funny.
Also, Go Cubs!
I thought everyone ate pumpkin pie! I want to hang out with the apple crumb and coconut pie people.
(I had to google three of these, FYI)
(I had to google three of these, FYI)
November 27, 2025 at 2:47 AM
I thought everyone ate pumpkin pie! I want to hang out with the apple crumb and coconut pie people.
(I had to google three of these, FYI)
(I had to google three of these, FYI)
There’s a few lines from Paul’s letter to Timothy that feel close:
November 7, 2025 at 2:11 AM
There’s a few lines from Paul’s letter to Timothy that feel close:
“Be careful not to practice your righteousness in front of others to be seen by them. If you do, you will have no reward from your Father in heaven."
Matthew 6:1 (NIV)
Matthew 6:1 (NIV)
October 15, 2025 at 6:11 PM
“Be careful not to practice your righteousness in front of others to be seen by them. If you do, you will have no reward from your Father in heaven."
Matthew 6:1 (NIV)
Matthew 6:1 (NIV)
Looks like a balanced competition.
October 4, 2025 at 3:45 PM
Looks like a balanced competition.
If I'm watching a movie on Prime and a commercial comes on for Rexulti, should I feel paranoid that my taste in movies may not be good for my overall mood?
I just wanted to watch a Paul Thomas Anderson movie.
(Dear Prime: I mute the TV during your ads)
I just wanted to watch a Paul Thomas Anderson movie.
(Dear Prime: I mute the TV during your ads)
October 3, 2025 at 5:00 AM
If I'm watching a movie on Prime and a commercial comes on for Rexulti, should I feel paranoid that my taste in movies may not be good for my overall mood?
I just wanted to watch a Paul Thomas Anderson movie.
(Dear Prime: I mute the TV during your ads)
I just wanted to watch a Paul Thomas Anderson movie.
(Dear Prime: I mute the TV during your ads)
Hot diggity! Cubbies win Wildcard Series!
Next up: those damn Brewers...
Next up: those damn Brewers...
October 3, 2025 at 12:20 AM
Hot diggity! Cubbies win Wildcard Series!
Next up: those damn Brewers...
Next up: those damn Brewers...
Even ChatGPT could help Chuck. Here's what it wrote:
October 1, 2025 at 7:26 AM
Even ChatGPT could help Chuck. Here's what it wrote:
Someone PLEASE help Chuck Schumer with his news conferences.
Pete Buttigieg is so gifted at communicating in relevant stories - tell Chuck to call him!
Pete Buttigieg is so gifted at communicating in relevant stories - tell Chuck to call him!
October 1, 2025 at 7:25 AM
Someone PLEASE help Chuck Schumer with his news conferences.
Pete Buttigieg is so gifted at communicating in relevant stories - tell Chuck to call him!
Pete Buttigieg is so gifted at communicating in relevant stories - tell Chuck to call him!
No pressure boys...but please send the Padres packing.
NOTE: Tatis is allowed to play well, because he's a baller. But Machado is a horrible person who needs to fail miserably.
NOTE: Tatis is allowed to play well, because he's a baller. But Machado is a horrible person who needs to fail miserably.
September 30, 2025 at 7:10 PM
No pressure boys...but please send the Padres packing.
NOTE: Tatis is allowed to play well, because he's a baller. But Machado is a horrible person who needs to fail miserably.
NOTE: Tatis is allowed to play well, because he's a baller. But Machado is a horrible person who needs to fail miserably.
I asked ChatGPT to see if it would say something funny, but it came back thinking I was serious.
It’s a long list of stuff!
Also, I learned more about force majeure than I wanted.
It’s a long list of stuff!
Also, I learned more about force majeure than I wanted.
September 24, 2025 at 1:53 AM
I asked ChatGPT to see if it would say something funny, but it came back thinking I was serious.
It’s a long list of stuff!
Also, I learned more about force majeure than I wanted.
It’s a long list of stuff!
Also, I learned more about force majeure than I wanted.
I forgot it was the 21st day of September!
September 22, 2025 at 1:02 AM
I forgot it was the 21st day of September!
Damn you Mother Nature! How can I ever lose the last 5 lbs with your naughty temptations!!
September 17, 2025 at 9:29 PM
Damn you Mother Nature! How can I ever lose the last 5 lbs with your naughty temptations!!
I was chatting up ChatGPT about the MLB playoffs (Go Cubs!) and the conversation leaked over into health insurance costs.
I asked for the most common reason people object to a national health plan, i.e. Canada, and it said 'Taxes.'
So here's ChatGPT's cheatsheet to start that conversation:
I asked for the most common reason people object to a national health plan, i.e. Canada, and it said 'Taxes.'
So here's ChatGPT's cheatsheet to start that conversation:
September 17, 2025 at 6:48 AM
I was chatting up ChatGPT about the MLB playoffs (Go Cubs!) and the conversation leaked over into health insurance costs.
I asked for the most common reason people object to a national health plan, i.e. Canada, and it said 'Taxes.'
So here's ChatGPT's cheatsheet to start that conversation:
I asked for the most common reason people object to a national health plan, i.e. Canada, and it said 'Taxes.'
So here's ChatGPT's cheatsheet to start that conversation:
After last night's Emmy Awards, I watched this short series and it is incredibly, emotionally powerful. As a dad, it floored me.
Bravo to the Emmy Awards for highlighting something I didn't know even existed.
Bravo to the Emmy Awards for highlighting something I didn't know even existed.
September 15, 2025 at 9:46 PM
After last night's Emmy Awards, I watched this short series and it is incredibly, emotionally powerful. As a dad, it floored me.
Bravo to the Emmy Awards for highlighting something I didn't know even existed.
Bravo to the Emmy Awards for highlighting something I didn't know even existed.
The part of this sticker that makes me laugh is the certainty.
It doesn’t say ‘can kill you’.
It says it WILL kill you.
It doesn’t say ‘can kill you’.
It says it WILL kill you.
September 12, 2025 at 9:23 PM
The part of this sticker that makes me laugh is the certainty.
It doesn’t say ‘can kill you’.
It says it WILL kill you.
It doesn’t say ‘can kill you’.
It says it WILL kill you.
“If you want to know what God thinks of money, just look at the people he gave it to.” - Dorothy Parker
September 4, 2025 at 6:47 PM
“If you want to know what God thinks of money, just look at the people he gave it to.” - Dorothy Parker
The death penalty is not a deterrent.
Trump’s claim otherwise is false.
Trump’s claim otherwise is false.
August 26, 2025 at 11:46 PM
The death penalty is not a deterrent.
Trump’s claim otherwise is false.
Trump’s claim otherwise is false.
The first chairlift in America (on the ridge behind the nasty green surrounded by sand):
August 25, 2025 at 9:04 PM
The first chairlift in America (on the ridge behind the nasty green surrounded by sand):
Finding out that Seth Meyers’ dog Frisbee died hit me a lot harder than it probably should have.
RIP Frisbee.
RIP Frisbee.
August 19, 2025 at 11:03 PM
Finding out that Seth Meyers’ dog Frisbee died hit me a lot harder than it probably should have.
RIP Frisbee.
RIP Frisbee.
I went to my favorite used bookstore and asked for a ‘sherbet’…a palate cleanser. Something like a Louis L’Amour.
They said, ‘Oh…I we have the perfect thing.’
‘Tooth and Claw’, by Craig Johnson.
I’m starting it now, but am more curious about who Pam is and why she needs to say goodnight.
They said, ‘Oh…I we have the perfect thing.’
‘Tooth and Claw’, by Craig Johnson.
I’m starting it now, but am more curious about who Pam is and why she needs to say goodnight.
August 16, 2025 at 10:24 PM
I went to my favorite used bookstore and asked for a ‘sherbet’…a palate cleanser. Something like a Louis L’Amour.
They said, ‘Oh…I we have the perfect thing.’
‘Tooth and Claw’, by Craig Johnson.
I’m starting it now, but am more curious about who Pam is and why she needs to say goodnight.
They said, ‘Oh…I we have the perfect thing.’
‘Tooth and Claw’, by Craig Johnson.
I’m starting it now, but am more curious about who Pam is and why she needs to say goodnight.
Cheat weekend is over. It was good while it lasted.
August 11, 2025 at 3:20 AM
Cheat weekend is over. It was good while it lasted.
Love him or hate him, 55 year old Phil Mickelson has some amazing calf muscles.
August 8, 2025 at 7:49 PM
Love him or hate him, 55 year old Phil Mickelson has some amazing calf muscles.
That magical time of year when the kids head back to campus.
August 8, 2025 at 7:28 PM
That magical time of year when the kids head back to campus.
I told it that it was wrong, and there was a palpable sadness in the response.
August 8, 2025 at 5:38 AM
I told it that it was wrong, and there was a palpable sadness in the response.