Ben Templesmith

These… these are real national guard members?

Is there like *any* fitness criteria?

DFW

Ahahahaha. That thing where you might actually catch up with a friend even though you forgot to tell them you’d be in town for a few hours, weeks ago, & just after your plane lands you remember to text them & they’ll be around your hotel at exactly the right time… probably. 😂

A gallery opening, a Hindu multi day wedding, a little Garden of the Gods, a side trip to DFW for a tattoo today, one day home with the cats, then 5 days out doing GalaxyCon Saint Louis.

I’m already rather tired, but such memories.

Then… crowdfunding a thingie?

Was taped right next to the entrance of the plane.

Also: this is real nice. Never seen it pointed out before as we boarded the flight.

Finally, I land in Denver 3 hours late. Thanks American.

Those 3 hours were meant to get me some time to stash stuff, put on a suit, grab a little food. Now I’m just dashing to the gallery where I’ll probably get changed in public as some sort of art piece.

😂

None of this is real, innit, since there’s still so many unknowns & the crisis of cosmology etc etc.

But I like a Big Crunch please.

as.cornell.edu/news/physici...

"What is the cost of lies? It's not that we will mistake them for the truth. The real danger is that, if we hear enough lies, then we no longer recognize the truth at all."

-Valery Legasov, Chernobyl Miniseries

I prefer to be a little more optimistic that more people are like me, & have lines they won’t cross & some sense of true honour, rather than be a spiral of negativity giving up all hope that what’s meant to be the bastion of protection of the constitution is just like all the rest, hollow & rancid!

Yup. Yuuuup.

Pete Davidson back stage at Riyadh making small talk.

"Yeah, my dad died on 9/11."
"Really? Mine too."
"..."
"..."

At 9am I do not think that would go well for the rest of my day. 😂

Yep is crap. Did the airline lounge instead. ( which is also quite crap ) 😂

I now have 4 hours stuck in Philly.

What do?

Is it worth crashing out somewhere before dashing back to airport?

You know when you have all your travel booked precisely for reasons that necessitate you getting up at the buttcrack of dawn to finally arrive at your destination at a decent hour, only to have your connecting flight already pushed back 2 hours to the same old shitty arrival time?

Yeah, that.

I choose to be more optimistic. ( apparently that the US military can be like any third world’s??? )

I don't like witnessing such history. But at the same time.. I know enough from other countries...

YouTube video by Vertical We Bury The Dead | Official Teaser (HD) | Vertical

I am so in.

And it's set in Australia.

youtu.be/FvuU_iWoTCw?...

I don't think they'll take that lying down. If they have any spine. They're the last defence for the constitution, which is what they swore an oath to, no?

I tried. But I had to leave.

It’s fine. It’s all fine.

Money will just appear yes? This is how it works.

Do you know how hard it is to do a W9 while tipsy?

Yes, im home from a bar, doing paperwork for people that want to
pay me money for work I just did.

A blessing & a curse since I have to be up in 4 hours time.

Ok pretty convinced there may be a military coup in the US’s future.

Put a bunch of generals in a room & submit them to a clown show & hint at cancelling 2028 elections? Yeah, that might do it.

Tomorrow & Friday in Denver. A devil on my shoulder & about 60 more on the walls.

At the Ink Comic Art Gallery.

You forgot the big one:

One party either lies outright much of the time, or bends the truth so far it could suck its own genitalia.

Most democrats just aren’t equipped for the messaging, the coining of terms, & the sheer will to fight dirty politically. Worked fine in the era of politeness though.

Only one with my limited knowledge so far…

Storyville lounge, absolutely. Part of Doctor Tumblety’s.

The only way the Dems win this is if they manage to grapple the narrative.

You know who is already laying it on thick with blame.

The media… aw fuck, we’re all cooked aren’t we.