Sam Holdren

No one:

No one at all:

Me, spontaneously, as if I’m in a Quaker meeting: I don’t think “Archie Bunker’s Place” is essential, and if the show had to continue past Gloria & Mike’s departures, it should have ended with Edith’s death. And “The Jeffersons” deserved a final episode.

The people who spent years defending and even lionizing Kyle Rittenhouse and Ashli Babbitt now want us to believe that an unarmed mother in her car and a disarmed nurse were domestic terrorists who deserved to be murdered by law enforcement.

Cool. I see Seamist and Periwinkle a lot. Let me know sometime of what pieces you’re looking for and I’ll keep my eyes out.

That’s right. Forest Green and Turf Green. When they’re affordable and found in the wild, I’ll grab a piece.

What colors are you specifically seeking?

I’ve special ordered lilac tea set pieces from eBay for my sister-in-law, as it’s her color, but never seen it in the wild. Seamist, however, I’ve seen out here many times. Wildly, ran into a guy selling a lot of Forest Green.

I think they saved their factory from being burned down by an angry mob. I don’t like it as well as lilac, but it’s a step back in the right direction after last year.

What do YOU think?

We’re less than 10 hours away from knowing if the Fiesta Tableware Company is going to devastate its loyal customers again. That’s right… new color announcement tomorrow morning.

My cynicism tells me a gray or granite blue, perhaps a new yellow variation. Or a faint pastel 🤮

Me: “Oh, such and such highway construction project in random state is about to get underway? I better study satellite imagery then spend the next 2 hours reading that entire region’s longterm transportation improvement program to see if I’m satisfied with their choices.”

Anthony Geary was 1/2 the pinnacle of daytime drama in the U.S. in the late 70s & early 80s, which can never been repeated. He returned in the 90s & willingly took part in course-correcting the darker parts of that earlier legacy, at the risk of alienating fans. And brilliantly.

Is it weird that my expectations for how 2026 will go are partly based upon the next new color of Fiestaware?

Me: I wonder if I should be screened for neurodivergence?

Me Minutes Later: What do you mean Oklahoma got approval from AASHTO Route Numbering Committee to rename Muskogee Tpk. to I-343??? There’s no parent I-43 within OK to justify this atrocity! They’re breaking the system!!!

I wish I had the power to heal the pain of all those who would destroy or deplete me.

With corn for crunch and oats for punch, I hope everyone’s Halloween stayed crunchy, even in milk!

Just me, having morning coffee.
Happy Rapture Day 2025!

2005… rough year.
2025… better.
Just not politically.

20 years.
Wow.

…Put another way — lacking the ability to express my honest thoughts & feelings in the moment I thought them, existing in a constant state of shielding, incredible external stressors, over reliance on unhealthy verbal defense mechanisms, & a series of diverse nervous breakdowns.

Though I still have days where anxiety affects my capacity for clear verbal comms without a degree of stammering, I’m now 20 years from my low point where such profound self-editing produced speech that occurred at a crawl, unless rehearsed or outlined prior for presentation…

It’s fair to say the new #nakedgunmovie is much more scatological.

The same people who declared #SoundOfFreedom a great film and a siren for protecting children are doing backflips to defend their president, a documented sexual predator and credibly-accused pedophile who was good friends with a notorious sex trafficker of underage victims.

Sometimes I just want to scream. Then I remember I’m a baritone/bass with a monotonous range, so I just moan loudly and move on.

I did the thing.

Happy Juneteenth!
Just a reminder that Critical Race Theory isn’t just theory, it’s history. And if we can afford endless wars and tax breaks for billionaires, we can afford reparations and universal healthcare.

YouTube video by Sam Holdren Vibes from “No Kings Day” — Albuquerque, NM

Vibes from No Kings Day
— Albuquerque, New Mexico

Spoiler: it was peaceful and purposeful.

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#Albuquerque SHOWS UP.

#NoKings #NoKingsDay #NoKingsInAmerica #NoKingsProtest
#NewMexico #FuckTrump

Someday, the racist rapist convicted felon’s gravesite will become the most popular public restroom in America. And deservingly so.

#NoKings #NoKingsProtest #NoKingsInAmerica

I find that if you can do a Gregory Peck impersonation, you can do Walter Pidgeon. This is just common knowledge, right?

Don’t know who needs to hear this, but exorcising toxic energy and behavior doesn’t happen overnight. It’s like cleaning up a brownfields site. It takes years, can be costly, and you never fully achieve a toxin-free soul, only acceptably safe grounds for better redevelopment.