Ray Sidman 🎃

Stateside during the years leading up to World War II and during that war, stupid American Nazi factions stupidly carried out attacks against Jewish mobsters. And got their stupid Nazi asses kicked across the board. This is their story. Now reading …

This is the way. Visited this pumpkin patch with the fam this weekend. ❤️

This weekend, the daughters are in town for our annual family Halloweekend 🎃

All right, Brewers. Let’s do this. #worldseries2026

At a certain point, the self as common denominator becomes impossible to ignore.

It has been a few months, but tonight I’m finally getting back to (my formerly regular) Wednesday night open mic night. Live music. Feels good. Sounds good.

With possibly the most important elections in my lifetime coming up, I’m listening to something politically timely and musically superb. Gil Scott-Heron all the way. #gilscottheron

I’ve been absent for a few days, and will be at low ebb on Bluesky for a little while yet. After a very rough weekend, we had to put our beloved 17-year-old mini-dachshund Rock to sleep last night. Here are a few recent photos of him. He was a rescue shelter, and we had 6 wonderful years with him.💔❤️

Turns out voice-to-text does NOT know how to handle “assuage.”

What are you reading for Banned Books Week 2026? In honor of the late Marjane Satrapi, who died this last June at age 56, I’m revisiting her magnum opus Persepolis. According to Banned-Books.org, it has been banned in the U.S. and Iran, among other countries. I’ve been a fan since it first came out.

We as a society have in recent years gone from “put a pin in that” to “put a chainsaw in that.”

Tonight’s hanging/doing shit/existing accompaniment is Gil Scott-Heron - Pieces of a Man (1971).

“Nothing’s been fucked that can’t be unfucked.” - Some asshole with a Y chromosome

Today’s driving-to-Madison-to-run-errands playlist is brought to you by the letters D, O, K, E, and N.

“A lot can happen in an hour.” “You have all the time in the world.” The weekend: “Hold my beer …”

BANNED BOOKS WEEK 2026 is only 1 week away — October4-10! What are you reading? Fight censorship. Fight for your right to read what you want to read, what you have a right to read. #bannedbooksweek #americanlibraryassociation

“Control the communications of a country and you control the country.” - Robert Heinlein, The Puppet Masters

You know, it’s a local brick-and-mortar coffee shop morning for me and my current leisure-reading book. ☕️

My favorite season of the year officially starts now, as I’m doing the annual Halloween decorating.

Sometimes it’s yarp. Sometimes it’s narp.

If you like dark synth and densely atmospheric modern horror, I give my highest possible recommendation to Come True (2020). I regularly spin the soundtrack/score for background music. Pilotpriest, the composer, is a moniker used by the film’s writer-director. Here’s a taste.

Remember when scrolling didn’t automatically mean doomscrolling?

I maintain the argument that this might be the best song ever written in my lifetime.

If what you’re posting includes the word “garlic,” odds are excellent that I’m all in on what you’re saying.

My Roll20.net profile. Awww, yeahhh.

Today is the start of my favorite season. Happy Autumn, everyone!

Once I’m gone, I hope people will look back at my existence and say, “Motherfucker got the assignment.”

It’s impossible to not feel good after listening to this song. Do you remember? 💙

Apparently I’m not old enough (or something) to understand why, in the Brady Bunch, the 3 daughters had to change their last name.

What are we doing here, society? Not only is TerrorVision not available on streaming, but also it has a 10% score at Rotten Tomatoes?

I am all in on Greta Gerwig’s Narnia.

These Hey Dude loafers are so damn comfy.

Woke up this morning. Woke. Up this morning. Woke. Up this. Morning.

Now we have a running game. Ho ho ho. #kcchiefs

Hard to pick the dumbest development in our government this fine Monday. apnews.com/article/epa-... apnews.com/article/trum...

I don’t burn both ends of the candle. I just burn the candle.

I shall finish the game.

Re: Anti-trans Democrats and the rest of those assholes Fuck these fucking assholes all to fuck. (Sometimes, eloquence is the way to go.)

The Return of the Living Dead (1985) is where Linnea Quigley kicked in the crypt doors and announced her reign as B-movie queen of the next decade. Sure, the tombstone dance. But that’s just one piece of the puzzle. Her delivery of Trash’s highly quotable dialogue is memorable and steals the show. 🖤

The female guitarist rock duo Finom opened for Mannequin Pussy on Thursday night in Madison, and they were phenomenal. On top of that, one of them was 9 months pregnant and still kicked ass with the showmanship chops throughout their set. I picked up one of their albums, as well. #finom #thesylvee

Listening to NIN Downward Spiral, having a few microbrews (I’m not a snob, I’m allergic to gluten), and plotting a late night of movie watching.

Tonight, I’ll be at the Mannequin Pussy concert at The Sylvee in Madison, Wis.! Never seen them before, can’t wait! #mannequinpussy

Offering such incentives is obviously unethical and I would assume illegal. So, just another day.

Remember when Idiocracy was supposed to take place 500 years in the future? Yeah. Those were good times.

I’m in the mood for some Talking Heads …

I enjoy leisure reading the most when I stick to stream-of-consciousness in picking what I read. In turn, I’m seeing similitudes in my current spate of titles: Just finished Junky by William S. Burroughs. Now reading My Bad by Hugh Ryan. Next on the docket will be Vagabond by Tim Curry.

Now reading My Bad: A Personal History of the Queer Nineties and Beyond by Hugh Ryan. I don’t read many memoirs, but this one sounds particularly fascinating.