Deejay

A blue sign reading ‘Roald Amundsens gate’ on a building

Hey HEY I know this guy!!

Tumblr post: video games are all about meeting a little elf outside the city gates that says 'ah... the pernicious weed!' when you give him a healing herb and then finding yourself fifteen years later saying "ah... the pernicious weed!" to yourself in the shower

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A huge group of people are in a giant hole in the middle of a rolling field. There is a large sign with an arrow pointing to the hole that says "HOLE." Suddenly the group's attention turns to a new hole, complete with a giant sign with an arrow pointing to it that says "NEW HOLE." One person points to the new hole and says "hey look! Someone made a new hole!" The mass clamours out of the old hole and makes a bee-line toward the new hole. It's chaos. One person, now situated in the new hole says "this feels like how the old hole used to feel." Another person nods in agreement.

how about you care about actual fucking people on this planet before you start wondering if your toaster has a soul.

Once everyone materially demonstrates they care for all people on this planet and we deal WITH ALL THAT and all the animals too

then we can talk about your nonsense.

[kash patel doing a presentation in front of FBI employees] ok everyone, watch this [he pulls out a skateboard and tries to do a kickflip but falls on his ass and is carried out by two agents]

Also see: Great aunt who was a rum runner and wore a spider brooch probably killed her first husband with illuminating gas, took the insurance money, and lived her best life.

Right now, I'm trying to find any connection between the Taylor and Welch families, or any reason why my family has been so insistent (since 1943!!) that this wasn't an accident. If it really was an accident, then all good! I will change the narrative! BUT IF NOT, hoo boy!

Taylor said he mistook Earl for "a wounded deer" while Earl was sitting on a stump eating lunch. According to this article, Earl was shot "in the side of the head" instead of the neck. Eventually, the death was ruled an accident and Taylor paid a fine to the family.

As I was growing up, I was always told about Earl's "hunting accident", which was consistently said with raised eyebrows and a look that p much said it wasn't an accident at all.

According to the Detroit Free Press: "At East Tawas, Dwight Taylor, 35, of Marshall, was bound to Iosco County Circuit Court on charges of involuntary manslaughter. He is charged with shooting and killing Earl Keck, 33, of Alabaster, in the woods near Five Corner Dam."

Here's where the conspiracy is. Like I said, I was always told that Earl was our genetic longevity outlier. I looked up his birth certificate and voila. Guess what he died of?

"Gunshot wound in neck"

"I clicked it once and it did not go off, but the second time I tried it the gun happened to be pointed toward Freddie and it went off with a bang. The bullet struck him in the heart and he died right away."

YIKES.

As a matter of fact, Earl did know it was loaded. He confessed to killing Freddie later, first after lying and saying Freddie fell off a barn roof. In this article, he says, "I told that Welch boy to stay away from house or he'd get hurt. He came just the same and I went and got a revolver."

An article from Brethren, Michigan titled BULLET INSTEAD OF FALL PROBABLY KILLED BOY, detailing the death of 7-year-old Freddie Welch who was killed by 9-year-old Earl Keck.

You see, Earl had a really horrible moment in his childhood. At age nine, he'd been playing with his 7-year-old friend Freddie Welch. According to this account, they were playing with a gun (because Michigan in the 1920s) and Earl didn't know it was loaded.

A black and white photograph of a light-haired young man in a suit and tie.

In my family oral history, it's always been, "Except Earl." Earl's always been an outlier, the only family member who died comparatively young at 34 years old. How exactly? Well, that is the conspiracy.

So background is that my maternal great-grandmother's family was locally famous for having extremely long lifespans. My great-grandma, for instance, lived to 102 years. Her twin sister lived 95. Six of her other siblings lived well into their 80s and 90s, EXCEPT Earl.

I'm researching an incredibly strange family conspiracy story and holy shit is it getting WEIRD. Please hold for details.

hes got anxiety

potoo

A Siamese cat next to two large stacks of books about polar exploration

I’m back in the podcast research saddle! (Misha for scale)

A seal point kitten with big blue eyes

Pair of headlights on this thing.

A package of assorted cheese with a cracker in a plastic container, from Westside Market, New York City on 77 Seventh Ave The label reads: Assorted cheese hell.....yes THE SKY IS DARK THE WIND IS COLD THE NIGHT IS YOUNG BEFORE IT'S OLD AND GREY. WE WILL KNOW THE THRILL OF IT ALL--BRYAN FREEY there is a barcode and it says 1 PCS Packed on: & Sell by: OCT 01 Total price $5.99

It's officially October 1st so that means you all have to repost Assorted cheese
hell.....yes

"it's equidistant " do i look like i know how long a horse is

as we approach halloween please remember: late night with the devil, No. WNUF halloween special, No. it's got to be "Ghostwatch", accept no substitutes

i had to dig this up again to honor one of the greats

Altanin’t

Anyway DJ can have a little lava as a treat. Just a little rock snack. Little nibble off the ol' magma.

Volume goes up significantly when I send pictures of lava that looks edible, usually combined with a much more stern, "DO NOT."