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Michael Bowen

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Dogsbody and Minor Functionary (ret.) As if you couldn't guess, cis-het late-boomer male, aka Generation Jones/Bastard of Young Married 33 years, no kids, currently 2 cats Lives between the Catskills and the Hudson

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I thought people didn't like nepo babies?

10.11.2025 06:43 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I think they might want to turn The Dotard's new "ballroom" into a casino. "Loosest slots in DC!"

08.11.2025 06:00 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

They were granted their own town about 6 years ago. Not that there aren't plenty of Haredi living in Monroe, but they're no longer a majority for now.

06.11.2025 19:43 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

The Town Board where I live has a Democratic majority for the first time since I moved here in 1993.

06.11.2025 03:22 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

My town elected three Democrats yesterday to the town board. That's the first time in the 32 years I lived here that there has been a Democratic majority on the board.

06.11.2025 03:03 β€” πŸ‘ 8    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0

Cholesterol, do your job!

04.11.2025 22:39 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I used to volunteer in our town for twenty years or so - we always did the same thing.

01.11.2025 23:53 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Who the hell thinks that The Dotard will still be alive in three years?

24.10.2025 02:10 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

That's very unprofessional. Sorry you have to deal with this.

24.10.2025 02:07 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Folk-rock genius Richard Thompson used to cover this song at his solo shows back around that time.

24.10.2025 02:00 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

I used to wonder about that until I realized that my parents actually looked like each other, particularly when they were younger. I did inherit my dad's stupid hairline and his under-eye bags.

23.10.2025 05:34 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

That guitar outro...magnificent!

20.10.2025 04:38 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

How long does this moron think he's going to live, anyway?

20.10.2025 04:35 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Y'know, I'm not vegan, but if that tastes as good as it looks, I bet I'd love it.

20.10.2025 04:26 β€” πŸ‘ 7    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

He's doing what he can to crash the Canadian economy as well as the American. Just for self-interest you can't let The Dotard prevail.

20.10.2025 04:25 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

My late RWNJ brother was living in a tent in some woods in the middle of Raleigh once, despite being a night manager at a Wendy's. His roommate flaked on him and he couldn't make enough for first & last month's rent.

20.10.2025 03:58 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

I don't think I'll listen to a RW Mormon politician judge anyone's dancing.

20.10.2025 03:49 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Skateboard dude shouldn't have stolen the old guy's glasses. Sorry.

20.10.2025 03:47 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I know what you mean. I've lived a fairly long life without it. I can't figure out how it would make my life better.

18.10.2025 02:46 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Thank you, Karen, for being brave enough to go out and monitor what is actually going on in the war-torn ruins of Portland.

17.10.2025 01:09 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

The only saving grace in this particular situation is that since The Dotard has come back into power so many IRS employees have been fired, they won't have enough people to actively persecuted his "enemies".

17.10.2025 01:03 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I've been watching Slow Horses and this guy might as well be Claude Whelan.

17.10.2025 00:57 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Engelbert Humperdinck in gale-force winds.

15.10.2025 20:48 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

2/2
Likewise, we got the Funk & Wagnall's encyclopedia, but only volumes 1 through 19. We missed the last six because we moved again.

13.10.2025 23:18 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

1/2
When I was a kid, they used to have promotions where they'd give away the first of a set of reference books and then sell the rest for 49Β’ every week. I got six of seven Rand McNally geography books, but we moved before we got the 7th - Africa.

13.10.2025 23:16 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0

My German mother's name was Hannelore. She went by Ellen.

13.10.2025 22:58 β€” πŸ‘ 7    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I got my first radio for Xmas in 1967 when I was 9. I started listening to Boston's WHDH-AM, which was a sorta adult-contemporary station. They played a lot of Dionne Warwick, thank goodness.

13.10.2025 22:55 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Just added to the kickstarter.

13.10.2025 22:49 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

He's talking about heaven so much now because he knows he's dying. He'll be dead this time next year, so it'll be interesting if they try running his corpse for president in 2028.

13.10.2025 22:47 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

One of the nice things about the weather cooling down is that our two boys spend more time curled up next to each other. It'll never stop being cute.

13.10.2025 22:44 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

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