Waxwing Slain
@waxwing-slain.bsky.social
That vast moth-eaten musical brocade
Created to pretend we never die...
Created to pretend we never die...
To the dumb question "Why me?" the cosmos barely bothers to return the reply: why not? -CH
Of course Hitchens wasn't specifically referring to fantasy best ball, but still.
Of course Hitchens wasn't specifically referring to fantasy best ball, but still.
August 10, 2025 at 11:54 AM
To the dumb question "Why me?" the cosmos barely bothers to return the reply: why not? -CH
Of course Hitchens wasn't specifically referring to fantasy best ball, but still.
Of course Hitchens wasn't specifically referring to fantasy best ball, but still.
There's a direct line from Nixon's pardon-->the 12 years of the Bush 1 admin's deregulations-->Clinton's crime bill-->the Bush 2 admin's Kabuki wars-->Citizens United-->Obama's drone fetish-->the giddy eschatology of the current moron's admin.
It's 'Buy the Ticket, Take the Ride' as prophecy.
It's 'Buy the Ticket, Take the Ride' as prophecy.
July 24, 2025 at 2:43 PM
There's a direct line from Nixon's pardon-->the 12 years of the Bush 1 admin's deregulations-->Clinton's crime bill-->the Bush 2 admin's Kabuki wars-->Citizens United-->Obama's drone fetish-->the giddy eschatology of the current moron's admin.
It's 'Buy the Ticket, Take the Ride' as prophecy.
It's 'Buy the Ticket, Take the Ride' as prophecy.
Jake Tapper went full Taibbi, man. Never go full Taibbi.
June 28, 2025 at 10:07 AM
Jake Tapper went full Taibbi, man. Never go full Taibbi.
Nobody has ever been more correct about marketing than Bill Hicks.
June 20, 2025 at 2:08 AM
Nobody has ever been more correct about marketing than Bill Hicks.
America contains multitudes. It's a corporate oligarchy transitioning into a criminal oligarchy; it's a multi-level marketing scam; it's a cult that embraces giddy superstition and the deification of success; it's the idea of the perfect maiming the good; it's proof that all squares are rectangles.
June 16, 2025 at 1:48 AM
America contains multitudes. It's a corporate oligarchy transitioning into a criminal oligarchy; it's a multi-level marketing scam; it's a cult that embraces giddy superstition and the deification of success; it's the idea of the perfect maiming the good; it's proof that all squares are rectangles.
What a wondrous time to be alive as the pedophilic rapist, clutching the nuclear codes as he fumbles his way through the springtime of his senility, is called out by the ketamine infused apartheid fetishist in a public display of suppressed homoerotic longing that would cause even Freud to blush.
June 6, 2025 at 4:01 AM
What a wondrous time to be alive as the pedophilic rapist, clutching the nuclear codes as he fumbles his way through the springtime of his senility, is called out by the ketamine infused apartheid fetishist in a public display of suppressed homoerotic longing that would cause even Freud to blush.
... A Man For All Seasons, vanilla, dart guns, The Planets (both), Atlanta, Me and Sarah Jane, Disillusionment of Ten O’Clock, honeydew melon, Every Man for Himself and God Against All, Hilarious, Bioshock, Fred Couples, Gravity's Rainbow, Can't Truss It, Omar Little, Confians, Radio Cure...
May 6, 2025 at 12:13 PM
... A Man For All Seasons, vanilla, dart guns, The Planets (both), Atlanta, Me and Sarah Jane, Disillusionment of Ten O’Clock, honeydew melon, Every Man for Himself and God Against All, Hilarious, Bioshock, Fred Couples, Gravity's Rainbow, Can't Truss It, Omar Little, Confians, Radio Cure...
...Frame By Frame, Allan Cunningham, Chance and Necessity, Miles's second quintet, Michelada, Mastadon, The Second Coming, Ark, Blind Willie McTell, giraffes, Lolita, Roberto Clemente, air conditioning, Giant Defy Advanced, American Spirit menthol, Godless (both), best ball football, Repo Man...
April 25, 2025 at 10:03 PM
...Frame By Frame, Allan Cunningham, Chance and Necessity, Miles's second quintet, Michelada, Mastadon, The Second Coming, Ark, Blind Willie McTell, giraffes, Lolita, Roberto Clemente, air conditioning, Giant Defy Advanced, American Spirit menthol, Godless (both), best ball football, Repo Man...
... Lady Lazarus, The Denial of Death, Crimes and Misdemeanors, By The Time I Get To Arizona, Clase Azul Reposado, Nasal Spray, MarkBass Amps, The Americans, Brad Mehldau, Libra, William Brennan, Real Whipped Cream, Allegro molto e vivace (Beethoven/Gould), Mark Rothko, White Vermont Cheddar...
April 21, 2025 at 1:21 AM
... Lady Lazarus, The Denial of Death, Crimes and Misdemeanors, By The Time I Get To Arizona, Clase Azul Reposado, Nasal Spray, MarkBass Amps, The Americans, Brad Mehldau, Libra, William Brennan, Real Whipped Cream, Allegro molto e vivace (Beethoven/Gould), Mark Rothko, White Vermont Cheddar...
... Aubade, Peep Show, James Baldwin, Spirited Away, Black Krim, I Felt A Funeral In My Brain, Half-Life, Steps Ahead, Blood Meridian, The Dallas Cowboys, Studio One, Arcata Ca, Spartacus Adagio, Cioppino, The Einstein Intersection, The Office UK, Nina Simone, Thinking Fast and Slow, Chai Tea...
April 17, 2025 at 9:21 PM
... Aubade, Peep Show, James Baldwin, Spirited Away, Black Krim, I Felt A Funeral In My Brain, Half-Life, Steps Ahead, Blood Meridian, The Dallas Cowboys, Studio One, Arcata Ca, Spartacus Adagio, Cioppino, The Einstein Intersection, The Office UK, Nina Simone, Thinking Fast and Slow, Chai Tea...
The Rite of Spring, Volvo 850 Turbo Wagon, Mezzetta jalapeno green olives, The Wire, Kindred, My Life had stood - a Loaded Gun, Naked, Dodo, Modulus Q5 Quantum, cotton, Cotton, Tom Kha Gai, Pale Fire, Lake Superior, Naima, Carpet Remnant World, Godel Escher Bach, Larry Sanders Show, Paul Dirac...
April 16, 2025 at 1:53 PM
The Rite of Spring, Volvo 850 Turbo Wagon, Mezzetta jalapeno green olives, The Wire, Kindred, My Life had stood - a Loaded Gun, Naked, Dodo, Modulus Q5 Quantum, cotton, Cotton, Tom Kha Gai, Pale Fire, Lake Superior, Naima, Carpet Remnant World, Godel Escher Bach, Larry Sanders Show, Paul Dirac...
Libertarianism is the art of supplying increasingly sophisticated rationalizations for the fact that Libertarians tend to lack self control and the ability to empathize.
March 24, 2025 at 1:21 PM
Libertarianism is the art of supplying increasingly sophisticated rationalizations for the fact that Libertarians tend to lack self control and the ability to empathize.
Pleasantly odd snow lighting.
December 2, 2024 at 6:05 AM
Pleasantly odd snow lighting.
Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, just covers. Day 20.
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August 30, 2024 at 12:03 PM
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August 28, 2024 at 3:13 PM
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Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, just covers. Day 18.
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August 26, 2024 at 5:54 PM
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August 25, 2024 at 7:26 AM
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He lifts the lifewand and the dumb speak.
August 23, 2024 at 11:20 PM
He lifts the lifewand and the dumb speak.
Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, just covers. Day 16.
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August 23, 2024 at 10:53 PM
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August 22, 2024 at 10:36 PM
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August 21, 2024 at 9:45 PM
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August 20, 2024 at 11:58 AM
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August 19, 2024 at 12:42 PM
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August 18, 2024 at 4:28 AM
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