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Grouching Towards Bethlehem

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An old grouch who used to be not-quite-someone in small-town Arkansas newspapers until he wasn’t... https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0GM6GTH5J

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Im assuming Dances With Burritos is also spoken for by Scalzi, so good luck!

02.03.2026 02:57 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Taking on a project probably bigger than I should that precisely zero people will notice or appreciate but.. it's in memory of the friend who passed so.. there you go. Doesn't matter.

28.02.2026 00:49 — 👍 4    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

New Claypool Lennon Delirium album pre-ordered. The first two LPs of theirs were damned good so this is an easy leap of faith purchase.

27.02.2026 05:50 — 👍 2    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0

My beard just got offended! (Not really)

26.02.2026 19:45 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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To honor the work of my friend that passed the torch has been picked up to continue his dream of a sustainable scholarship fund.

If you can, please consider donating.

26.02.2026 19:34 — 👍 3    🔁 2    💬 0    📌 0

Craftwerk was right there! Heh

Also now I want to hear this...

25.02.2026 05:04 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Dear friend of 21 years passed away earlier today and I'm not sure I'll be okay for quite a while. Bill was a remarkable man and an even better friend.

24.02.2026 05:38 — 👍 3    🔁 0    💬 3    📌 0

Bigots don't deserve being won over

24.02.2026 02:21 — 👍 22    🔁 0    💬 2    📌 0

Every time I forget about how good he was I just dropped the first volume of Jazzmatazz on

22.02.2026 22:57 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

This documentary on Sun Ra is lovely and reminds me of how much I enjoy some of his otherness. I can't surf all the aural waves he generates but I can enjoy listening to them crash upon the shores of my mind.

21.02.2026 03:03 — 👍 5    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0

I smell a fake full page ad offering vermin removal services.. "do you have large Toyota corrola sized vermin decimating your local food sources.. be it salmon or the drive thru at your local chick-fil-a?"

20.02.2026 21:45 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

RFKJR: I can't quit you, Kid

KIDROCK: Bawidaba wait.. are you snorting cocaine off my toilet seat again???

20.02.2026 05:28 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Titan has been putting some nice releases out lately

20.02.2026 05:20 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Yet another library said yes to my foolish quest to gather a collection of library cards. This one was a commemorative card that looks just gorgeous. I can't wait for it to eventually get here.

Who knew a silly hobby could cheer me up?

19.02.2026 23:04 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Instead of holding two skateboards, you’d be holding two guitars, but I see it

19.02.2026 17:19 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Lawyer: Who?
Witness: Your client!
Lawyer: Who?
Witness: Hes right there! Hes the one who mugged me.
Lawyer: Who?
Witness:
Lawyer:
Witness:
Lawyer: i rest my case

19.02.2026 15:23 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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a man is talking to another man in a warehouse with the words `` my name jeff '' above him . ALT: a man is talking to another man in a warehouse with the words `` my name jeff '' above him .
19.02.2026 05:51 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

So far in my new hobby of trying to collect library cards from around the country (if not world).. has netted me three cards from 2 libraries. One sent me both the English and Spanish version of their card.

Now.. I need more lol

19.02.2026 02:27 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

The other weekly columnist for our local paper was accidentally hit by a car and i'm wondering... if THIS is what happens to someone that meets deadlines? Was this a practice run for those of us who don't? #eyeseditor

18.02.2026 21:08 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

I’m Cajun by heritage so I wonder if I could qualify for Canadian citizenship as Cajuns were driven out which eventually caused them to settle in south Louisiana…

Hmmmmm

18.02.2026 19:43 — 👍 3    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Is THAT what the M stands for? The E should be at the end then...

18.02.2026 05:36 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Only the blue ones

18.02.2026 05:19 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Because he’s also an X-Man?

16.02.2026 20:04 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

I wish I could afford the jacket. That is... a statement

14.02.2026 06:36 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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a man is sitting on a couch with the words `` that 's a shame '' written on the screen . ALT: a man is sitting on a couch with the words `` that 's a shame '' written on the screen .
14.02.2026 06:18 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Man, that was a great read. Enjoy!

14.02.2026 04:42 — 👍 3    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

All graciously take them and let my dog wear them so that the algorithm is just other dog butts being sniffed

13.02.2026 16:28 — 👍 7    🔁 1    💬 1    📌 0

At around the 3.5 month mark waiting on an invoice to be paid is when it starts to grate on your nerves, fyi.

13.02.2026 01:29 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

They give you something for the palpitations? My cardiologist finally gave me a blocker to get my heart to calm down when it gets excited.

12.02.2026 05:43 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Team wankbeast 2030

11.02.2026 05:45 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0