Curmudgeon Obscura

Yours Truly as Shylock in Kentucky Shakespeare's 'Shakespeare With Veterans' production of 'The Merchant of Venice.' 10 July 2025

I can do Shakespeare! Really!

a man with a shaved head and a brown jacket is standing in a room looking at the camera . Alt: Ewan McGregor in Trainspotting.

So, you got Ewan McGregor in Trainspotting.

This is something that long ago was something conservatives railed against: the presumption that the State is paramount and incapable of error. Conservatives have always said that government can't be relied on because it is too big and incompetent. But, as we see today, that was always a lie.

They've been praying for centuries. How well is that going?

Saying "We need to pray" is just a polite way of saying that they have no intention of doing anything.

"Cats rule!"

The Democratic incumbent organized a write-in campaign and was backed by the local Republican party and ended up winning AS A WRITE-IN against a popular democratic socialist in his own party.

Why am I bringing this up? No reason.

I remember back in '21 when a democratic socialist named India Walton unexpectedly won the Democratic primary for Mayor of Buffalo against an unpopular incumbent veteran political figure. Do you remember what happened?

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They were typical Army soldiers who got voluntold to do duty on the weekend doing something they consider ridiculous. Of course their morale is going to be shit.

That's Bootstrap Bill Turner and Hari Seldon!

It's a common flaw of those individuals with inherited wealth.

A friendly note to the fine folks of the CAARNG: remember now that you've been federalized, the NGB at the Pentagon is now responsible for your duty pay. Remember that when you realize who is notorious for stiffing his contractors.

Lead singer holding up paper saying "Oneders" (pronounced One-ders). Bassist saying "It looks like the O-nee-ders."

So, just another typical year then.

Just saw the live presentation of 'Good Night and Good Luck' and was thinking about @hntdove.bsky.social's brilliant novel 'Ruled Brittania.'

I know we won't get the happy ending that we got there, but there are times when I wish we would, knowing how art can save humanity.

ICE is acting precisely the way W Bush, Cheney, and Ridge created them to act, and they've had two decades to build the kind of force that would do it. After we hold the Trump administration responsible, we must hold Bush, Cheney, and Ridge responsible as well.

All our love. And many hugs.

It's terrifying that I had all the details about this right except the individual he picked.

They never answer my emails. Perhaps I should stop using the term "worthless collaborative cockwombles" when writing to them but I can't think of a less offensive term that maintains the needed level of accuracy.

The talent was there. Then that talent was traded away for a pair of burned out vets in order to "win now" which they didn't. Trading high-quality young players in order to get solid vets rarely works in practice. And now with Pickett and Erceg gone, Lund has gone from decent to horrific overnight.

As a Racing fan, I'm frelling pissed off is what I am. Bad goalkeeping. Bad defending. Bad everything. This match just oozed rottenness from every bad touch... simply bad beyond all infinite dimensions of possible badness.

Well... maybe not that bad, but Lord, it wasn't good.

I'm not disappointed. I'm frelling pissed off is what I am. Bad goalkeeping. Bad defending. Bad everything. This match just oozed rottenness from every bad touch... simply bad beyond all infinite dimensions of possible badness.

Well... maybe not that bad, but Lord, it wasn't good.

The gods were displeased with Louisville's defense. And rightly so.

a man is laying on a couch with his eyes closed and his mouth open . ALT: a man is laying on a couch with his eyes closed and his mouth open .

Matches like this are why Lynn Family Stadium has an excellent selection of bourbon available for fans.

Five seasons of pain, but I keep going. #NWSL #RacingLou #RunWithUs

Musk wearing an ushanka and captioned "In Soviet America, Illegal Deports You!"

Cue the Kristen Bell crying meme.

The US has already had two known adoptees as president (Ford and Clinton) and it is possible that there has been a third (Lincoln).

No one who has served in the US Armed Forces that has ever served with Canadians jokes about their capabilities. You know who does? Chickenhawks.

But never trust a player with a helmet on his head...

So, the GOP is truly the CPSU of America.