Some Doofus With Opinions
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Liberal, reader, writer, editor. Undisciplined but enthusiastic photographer and metal art maker. Robert Frost wrote “The best way out is always through.” And the only way through is together.
The world may be in flames. But @nytimes.com SuperMega endures. Thank you @sidsivakumar.bsky.social, Holiday 2024 will glow bright.
December 8, 2024 at 10:05 PM
The world may be in flames. But @nytimes.com SuperMega endures. Thank you @sidsivakumar.bsky.social, Holiday 2024 will glow bright.
From The Guardian … www.theguardian.com/books/2024/d...
My retirement plans have suddenly firmed up considerably. #moby-dick #readathon
My retirement plans have suddenly firmed up considerably. #moby-dick #readathon
‘People are rooting for the whale’: the strange American tradition of Moby-Dick reading marathons
For decades, diehard fans have joined together to read Herman Melville’s 600-page novel aloud in exotic locations
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December 8, 2024 at 9:09 PM
From The Guardian … www.theguardian.com/books/2024/d...
My retirement plans have suddenly firmed up considerably. #moby-dick #readathon
My retirement plans have suddenly firmed up considerably. #moby-dick #readathon
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Bus stop temps tmrw morning 17°, wind chills in the tweens.
December 5, 2024 at 6:53 PM
Bus stop temps tmrw morning 17°, wind chills in the tweens.
So “skeet/skeeted/skeeting” was the best that we could come up with? Did we workshop “sky”? “Fly”? Literally anything other than “skeet”?
November 22, 2024 at 3:57 PM
So “skeet/skeeted/skeeting” was the best that we could come up with? Did we workshop “sky”? “Fly”? Literally anything other than “skeet”?
Is there ever not a good time to read Moby-Dick? No.
#booksky #mobydick #melville #biggiantbooksbouteverytbingandohyeahsomewhalestuff
#booksky #mobydick #melville #biggiantbooksbouteverytbingandohyeahsomewhalestuff
November 20, 2024 at 4:45 AM
Is there ever not a good time to read Moby-Dick? No.
#booksky #mobydick #melville #biggiantbooksbouteverytbingandohyeahsomewhalestuff
#booksky #mobydick #melville #biggiantbooksbouteverytbingandohyeahsomewhalestuff
Yes. This.
Okay, calling Elon “X Luthor” is chef’s kiss
Yup. Glad I'm off X Luthor's platform.
November 19, 2024 at 5:29 AM
Yes. This.
Hey #booksky #InfiniteJest again for my winter long-read? Or #Ulysses for the first time. Show your work.
November 19, 2024 at 5:27 AM
Hey #booksky #InfiniteJest again for my winter long-read? Or #Ulysses for the first time. Show your work.
Quick update on the arc of the moral universe. We should go ahead and order our entrees.
"The arc of the moral universe is running very late. It’s sitting in standstill traffic behind a fleet of Amazon delivery vans, a burning Tesla, and a stretch limousine with Truck Nuts."
Updates on the Arc of the Moral Universe
“The arc of the moral universe is long, but it bends towards justice.” — Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. - - -The arc of the moral universe is feeling ...
buff.ly
November 18, 2024 at 2:38 AM
Quick update on the arc of the moral universe. We should go ahead and order our entrees.
Okiedoke #nashville friends. The only reason to stay on Twixter has hung out its shingle on @bsky.app
Inconsequential Rain Tuesday Morning, Cold Air Arrives Later This Week. New blog here
Inconsequential Rain Tuesday Morning, Cold Air Arrives Later This Week
Dry and warm today and Monday. Highs in the low 70s, 12-15° above average. A thin line of showers is expected to move thru our area early Tuesday morning, providing us with a little rain, but not m…
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November 17, 2024 at 11:56 PM
Okiedoke #nashville friends. The only reason to stay on Twixter has hung out its shingle on @bsky.app
Coffee, the @nytimes.com, the Clinch Mountain Boys on the hi-fi and you lovely people. Feels like a good start to the week.
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open.spotify.com/album/0qEjBS...
Clinch Mountain Gospel
Ralph Stanley · Album · 2005 · 12 songs
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November 17, 2024 at 4:53 PM
Coffee, the @nytimes.com, the Clinch Mountain Boys on the hi-fi and you lovely people. Feels like a good start to the week.
open.spotify.com/album/0qEjBS...
open.spotify.com/album/0qEjBS...
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Word of the Day is a true favourite, as some of you will know.
Apricity (17th century) is the warmth of the sun on a winter’s day.
Apricity (17th century) is the warmth of the sun on a winter’s day.
November 17, 2024 at 10:09 AM
Word of the Day is a true favourite, as some of you will know.
Apricity (17th century) is the warmth of the sun on a winter’s day.
Apricity (17th century) is the warmth of the sun on a winter’s day.
This. #MobyDick
my other favorite thing about Ishmael is how he begins like, “so you know how sometimes you’re walking around town and you’re like, ‘oh, wow, I want to punch literally everyone in the face,’ and that’s how you know it’s time to be on a boat? you know, that totally universal human experience?”
November 17, 2024 at 5:49 AM
This. #MobyDick
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is this anything?
September 23, 2024 at 10:05 PM
is this anything?
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watched JESUS CAMP (2005) last night to remind myself how goddamn long this has been going on
November 16, 2024 at 6:37 PM
watched JESUS CAMP (2005) last night to remind myself how goddamn long this has been going on
@melville-society.bsky.social - Ahoy shipmates!
November 17, 2024 at 2:06 AM
@melville-society.bsky.social - Ahoy shipmates!
Would love to see @colbertlateshow.bsky.social resurrect #hewhoshallbenamed
November 16, 2024 at 11:25 PM
Would love to see @colbertlateshow.bsky.social resurrect #hewhoshallbenamed
#aclu, both nationally and in your state, is gonna be busy for a while. Oughta think about setting them up on autopay. www.aclu.org/action @aclu.bsky.social
Actions Archive | American Civil Liberties Union
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November 16, 2024 at 9:39 PM
#aclu, both nationally and in your state, is gonna be busy for a while. Oughta think about setting them up on autopay. www.aclu.org/action @aclu.bsky.social
Heading for the rabbit hole of covers of “O Death” having heard it (the version find by #TheClinchMountainBoys) last night on s1e1 if #badsisters. #CamperVanBeethoven did one, along with a bunch of other groups. Do how is it that #TheDecemberists *haven’t* done one?
November 16, 2024 at 4:50 PM
Heading for the rabbit hole of covers of “O Death” having heard it (the version find by #TheClinchMountainBoys) last night on s1e1 if #badsisters. #CamperVanBeethoven did one, along with a bunch of other groups. Do how is it that #TheDecemberists *haven’t* done one?
I think it may be worth remembering that in the first Trump administration, 169 appointees withdrew during confirmation hearings, were fired, or resigned.
November 15, 2024 at 6:05 PM
I think it may be worth remembering that in the first Trump administration, 169 appointees withdrew during confirmation hearings, were fired, or resigned.
Things and items.
November 15, 2024 at 4:45 AM
Things and items.