Patrick
@aldrichpatrick.bsky.social
Knucklehead guitar guy living in Honolulu
Isn’t Shannon a little busy playing Michael Stipe?
I’m so sorry Michael Shannon but you have to play John Brown
If you were a despotic president, what movie would you force Hollywood to make? I want to see Quentin's Star Trek movie or maybe Kill Bill Vol 3.
November 26, 2025 at 2:40 AM
Isn’t Shannon a little busy playing Michael Stipe?
“You will be visited by three spirits”
November 26, 2025 at 1:31 AM
“You will be visited by three spirits”
Trick question.
The answer is brownies. Always brownies.
The answer is brownies. Always brownies.
Cookies: soft or crispy?
November 26, 2025 at 12:42 AM
Trick question.
The answer is brownies. Always brownies.
The answer is brownies. Always brownies.
Apparently NYT is smelling blood in the water.
“..Trump in his second term has started scheduled events in the afternoon on average, at 12:08 p.m. .. The number of Mr. Trump’s total official appearances has decreased by 39 percent.”
@nytimes.com
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/25/u...
@nytimes.com
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/25/u...
November 26, 2025 at 12:40 AM
Apparently NYT is smelling blood in the water.
Pie is great, but ice cream is God tier.
DESSERTS RANKED:
1. ICE CREAM
2. A WARM FRUIT PIE OR CRUMBLE OF YOUR CHOICE WITH ICE CREAM
3. ICE CREAM CAKE
4. ICE CREAM SAMMICHES
5. CAKE WITH ICE CREAM ON THE SIDE
1. ICE CREAM
2. A WARM FRUIT PIE OR CRUMBLE OF YOUR CHOICE WITH ICE CREAM
3. ICE CREAM CAKE
4. ICE CREAM SAMMICHES
5. CAKE WITH ICE CREAM ON THE SIDE
The dirty secret of pies is that they have the lowest ceiling potential of all sweets. Your best pie is merely fine. Your median pie is bad.
November 25, 2025 at 9:55 PM
Pie is great, but ice cream is God tier.
Well Phil…
It’s because she doesn’t come from the news gathering world.
She’s an opinion writer and that’s all she knows.
It’s because she doesn’t come from the news gathering world.
She’s an opinion writer and that’s all she knows.
I don’t understand why Weiss thinks the desired outcome of CBS News coverage is debate.
November 25, 2025 at 4:38 PM
Well Phil…
It’s because she doesn’t come from the news gathering world.
She’s an opinion writer and that’s all she knows.
It’s because she doesn’t come from the news gathering world.
She’s an opinion writer and that’s all she knows.
At this point, there is no newspaper in Washington DC that actually serves the residents of the city.
It’s overwhelmingly a D city, and they’re putting out this garbage along with a bunch of right wing bullshit.
As bad as WaTimes or WashEx?
Perhaps not, but still bad.
It’s overwhelmingly a D city, and they’re putting out this garbage along with a bunch of right wing bullshit.
As bad as WaTimes or WashEx?
Perhaps not, but still bad.
Washpost readers are amazing:
"Many participants express disbelief and frustration, questioning the editorial board's priorities given the more pressing issues facing the world.
"Some comments suggest that the piece is trivial or liken it to content suitable for a high-school newspaper."
"Many participants express disbelief and frustration, questioning the editorial board's priorities given the more pressing issues facing the world.
"Some comments suggest that the piece is trivial or liken it to content suitable for a high-school newspaper."
November 25, 2025 at 4:32 PM
At this point, there is no newspaper in Washington DC that actually serves the residents of the city.
It’s overwhelmingly a D city, and they’re putting out this garbage along with a bunch of right wing bullshit.
As bad as WaTimes or WashEx?
Perhaps not, but still bad.
It’s overwhelmingly a D city, and they’re putting out this garbage along with a bunch of right wing bullshit.
As bad as WaTimes or WashEx?
Perhaps not, but still bad.
Again, Adam O’Neal came from The Economist (not bad) via WSJ (very bad) to work with Will Lewis who was with WSJ (again, very bad) and The Telegraph (Conrad Black, pardoned by DJT, really really bad).
O’Neal has said he doesn’t care about losing subscribers.
Looks like he’ll get his wish.
O’Neal has said he doesn’t care about losing subscribers.
Looks like he’ll get his wish.
At this point, the Washpost edit page is just trolling its readers.
This is today's actual house editorial.
This is today's actual house editorial.
November 25, 2025 at 4:30 PM
Again, Adam O’Neal came from The Economist (not bad) via WSJ (very bad) to work with Will Lewis who was with WSJ (again, very bad) and The Telegraph (Conrad Black, pardoned by DJT, really really bad).
O’Neal has said he doesn’t care about losing subscribers.
Looks like he’ll get his wish.
O’Neal has said he doesn’t care about losing subscribers.
Looks like he’ll get his wish.
Fun fact:
My wife’s uncle Jerome (RIP) was a close friend of Howard Warshaw and worked on the infamous ET game.
My wife’s uncle Jerome (RIP) was a close friend of Howard Warshaw and worked on the infamous ET game.
I might have mentioned this before, but I'd better remind you that I am teaching a class on the history of video games (over 4 live sessions).
It's titled *History of Video Games: a tale of tech and game design*, and lessons start this Monday, Dec 1.
More info ⇢ www.d6learning.com/course/dec-g...
It's titled *History of Video Games: a tale of tech and game design*, and lessons start this Monday, Dec 1.
More info ⇢ www.d6learning.com/course/dec-g...
November 25, 2025 at 4:20 PM
Fun fact:
My wife’s uncle Jerome (RIP) was a close friend of Howard Warshaw and worked on the infamous ET game.
My wife’s uncle Jerome (RIP) was a close friend of Howard Warshaw and worked on the infamous ET game.
At risk of being called something I couldn’t say in front of my mother, I always thought pilgrim Snoopy and the Thanksgiving dinner of jellybeans and popcorn set to a Vince Guaraldi soundtrack was high culture.
Be advised that with only three viewing experiences, we have the sum total of what the American entertainment industry has to say about Thanksgiving.
1. Planes, Trains & Automobiles in full.
2. The camp play carnage in Addams Family Values
3. The clip below.
After that, it's all just football.
1. Planes, Trains & Automobiles in full.
2. The camp play carnage in Addams Family Values
3. The clip below.
After that, it's all just football.
47 years ago today, dozens of turkeys met their unfortunate demise in a Cincinnati parking lot.
November 25, 2025 at 4:06 PM
At risk of being called something I couldn’t say in front of my mother, I always thought pilgrim Snoopy and the Thanksgiving dinner of jellybeans and popcorn set to a Vince Guaraldi soundtrack was high culture.
What’s the matter, Pete?
Uniform shirts the wrong shade of brown?
Uniform shirts the wrong shade of brown?
Pete Hegseth is planning for the military to sever all ties with Scouting America, saying the group once known as the Boy Scouts is no longer a meritocracy and has become an organization designed to "attack boy-friendly spaces," according to documents reviewed by NPR.
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U.S. ready to cut support to Scouts, accusing them of attacking 'boy-friendly spaces'
Documents show the U.S. military is planning to sever all ties with the organization formerly known as the Boy Scouts.
www.npr.org
November 25, 2025 at 4:04 PM
What’s the matter, Pete?
Uniform shirts the wrong shade of brown?
Uniform shirts the wrong shade of brown?
Read up on 1136 Union Mall in Honolulu if you want to see how these things work in real life with unscrupulous developers.
From NYT Metro:
There is a push to revive single-room occupancy housing, where kitchens and bathrooms are shared among apartments as small as 100 square feet each.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/25/n...
There is a push to revive single-room occupancy housing, where kitchens and bathrooms are shared among apartments as small as 100 square feet each.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/25/n...
The ‘New’ Solution for the N.Y.C. Housing Crisis: Tiny Apartments
www.nytimes.com
November 25, 2025 at 3:30 PM
Read up on 1136 Union Mall in Honolulu if you want to see how these things work in real life with unscrupulous developers.
Jesus.
Seems like Major Pete doesn’t understand how cameras work.
Also seems like he’s never heard of unlawful command influence.
Seems like Major Pete doesn’t understand how cameras work.
Also seems like he’s never heard of unlawful command influence.
November 25, 2025 at 3:28 PM
Jesus.
Seems like Major Pete doesn’t understand how cameras work.
Also seems like he’s never heard of unlawful command influence.
Seems like Major Pete doesn’t understand how cameras work.
Also seems like he’s never heard of unlawful command influence.
And now, thanks to Mike, I have a sandwich hunt to go on when I’m out conducting fieldwork.
Another you-have-to-try: there's a place downtown that does a kimchee reuben.
If you haven’t tried kimchi on a brat you’re really missing out
November 25, 2025 at 6:25 AM
And now, thanks to Mike, I have a sandwich hunt to go on when I’m out conducting fieldwork.
Really, kids…
For a bunch of guys who are super opposed to communism/socialism, they keep doing the things that will inspire the revolution.
For a bunch of guys who are super opposed to communism/socialism, they keep doing the things that will inspire the revolution.
One explanation for economic populism in the US is the recurring cycle of bubbles and bailouts that happens without any democratic input
November 25, 2025 at 5:13 AM
Really, kids…
For a bunch of guys who are super opposed to communism/socialism, they keep doing the things that will inspire the revolution.
For a bunch of guys who are super opposed to communism/socialism, they keep doing the things that will inspire the revolution.
Just realized that Major Pete, who doesn’t have an ethical bone in his body, would call D Senators who retired from the military to active duty in order to rat fuck them and their constituents.
November 25, 2025 at 4:40 AM
Just realized that Major Pete, who doesn’t have an ethical bone in his body, would call D Senators who retired from the military to active duty in order to rat fuck them and their constituents.
Actually up there with Marc Rich’s pardon.
Cannot overstate how, from my perch as a national-security reporter, this would have been an earth-shattering scandal in a prior era.
Billionaire Binance founder Changpeng Zhao, pardoned by Donald Trump, has been accused of facilitating millions of dollars’ worth of payments to Hamas in the wake of its attack on Israel on October 7 2023. Zhao also financed the Trump family's entrance into the cryptocurrency market.
November 25, 2025 at 4:39 AM
Actually up there with Marc Rich’s pardon.
Dershowitz and Loesch?
Christ almighty, we already have a Fox News.
Also, @crunchyfishtaco.bsky.social I need the clenched fist of justice.
Christ almighty, we already have a Fox News.
Also, @crunchyfishtaco.bsky.social I need the clenched fist of justice.
"elevate charismatic figures such as Alan Dershowitz"
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November 25, 2025 at 3:56 AM
Dershowitz and Loesch?
Christ almighty, we already have a Fox News.
Also, @crunchyfishtaco.bsky.social I need the clenched fist of justice.
Christ almighty, we already have a Fox News.
Also, @crunchyfishtaco.bsky.social I need the clenched fist of justice.
As a librarian’s spouse, I concur, as would STG.
Step 1: Sign up for a FREE library card at your local library today.
Step 2: Enter a world of possibilities.
Step 3: Share some of the library joy that is sure to come.
Step 2: Enter a world of possibilities.
Step 3: Share some of the library joy that is sure to come.
fry from futurama says " and it 's all thanks to the books at my local library .. "
ALT: fry from futurama says " and it 's all thanks to the books at my local library .. "
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November 25, 2025 at 2:37 AM
As a librarian’s spouse, I concur, as would STG.
Sigh…
Everyone knows that “Young Frankenstein” is the greatest comedy of all time.
Everyone knows that “Young Frankenstein” is the greatest comedy of all time.
The movie listed at #1 is so incredibly misplaced that it calls into question the veracity of the entire list. It belongs on the list, yes, but SO MUCH further down. An absolute, credibility-wrecking flub. Boo, @variety.com! Boo!
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variety.com/lists/best-c...
The 100 Best Comedy Movies of All Time
Variety's list of the 100 best comedy movies of all time includes 'Annie Hall,' 'Pretty Woman,' 'Waiting for Guffman' and 'Young Frankenstein.'
variety.com
November 25, 2025 at 2:21 AM
Sigh…
Everyone knows that “Young Frankenstein” is the greatest comedy of all time.
Everyone knows that “Young Frankenstein” is the greatest comedy of all time.
Introduce yourself with 4 spaceships
November 25, 2025 at 1:07 AM
Introduce yourself with 4 spaceships
Really how I feel about the use of “warrior”.
Might be a great Thin Lizzy song off if Jailbreak, but the term doesn’t represent our idea of a citizen soldier.
Might be a great Thin Lizzy song off if Jailbreak, but the term doesn’t represent our idea of a citizen soldier.
Though the online ur-text for this that remains Undefeated is probably @pptsapper.bsky.social 's "Stop Calling Us Warriors."
angrystaffofficer.com/2016/12/14/s...
angrystaffofficer.com/2016/12/14/s...
Stop Calling Us Warriors
If you’ve been in the Army longer than five minutes, you’ve probably been called “warrior” already. Or maybe “hero,” usually used sarcastically when referring to…
angrystaffofficer.com
November 25, 2025 at 12:20 AM
Really how I feel about the use of “warrior”.
Might be a great Thin Lizzy song off if Jailbreak, but the term doesn’t represent our idea of a citizen soldier.
Might be a great Thin Lizzy song off if Jailbreak, but the term doesn’t represent our idea of a citizen soldier.
Add in BSG, and this is a mighty fine list.
What you should be watching instead of Star Wars discourse, all television edition:
1. Space: 1999
2. Farscape
3. Babylon 5
4. Fringe
5. The X-Files
6. The Man from U.N.C.L.E.
7. The Avengers
8. Warehouse 13
9. The Six Million Dollar Man/Bionic Woman in release order
10. The Prisoner
1. Space: 1999
2. Farscape
3. Babylon 5
4. Fringe
5. The X-Files
6. The Man from U.N.C.L.E.
7. The Avengers
8. Warehouse 13
9. The Six Million Dollar Man/Bionic Woman in release order
10. The Prisoner
November 24, 2025 at 11:43 PM
Add in BSG, and this is a mighty fine list.
And I’ll do it while watching INTERSTELLAR…
Yearly reminder that many of you will eat a disgusting gourd pie this week and you should feel bad about it.
November 24, 2025 at 9:48 PM
And I’ll do it while watching INTERSTELLAR…
Hmm…
I live in Hawaii, so yeah, George and Tom are mistaken.
I live in Hawaii, so yeah, George and Tom are mistaken.
George was right, and the trend of men dressing like little boys with baseball caps and shorts year round was part of our overall cultural decline.
I remember when George Will wrote a whole op ed on how distasteful wearing blue jeans was.
washingtoncitypaper.com/article/3956...
washingtoncitypaper.com/article/3956...
November 24, 2025 at 9:47 PM
Hmm…
I live in Hawaii, so yeah, George and Tom are mistaken.
I live in Hawaii, so yeah, George and Tom are mistaken.