Mark Trail
@marktrail.bsky.social
Jack-of-All Ceremonies, Cheaplance Writer, Nature Boy, Record Collector and Reasonable Person.
I like to think I'm sophisticated but when you get right down to it, bedroom stuff remains mysterious to me.
Fernando Duvet
Fernando Duvet
January 16, 2026 at 2:07 PM
I like to think I'm sophisticated but when you get right down to it, bedroom stuff remains mysterious to me.
Fernando Duvet
Fernando Duvet
I was walking past my radio and the news was on. They were saying something about a new food pyramid with corn dogs at the top and how from now on all food will cost $3. I didn't catch the details of the story but I decided to just keep walking.
Will Forage
Will Forage
January 16, 2026 at 1:58 PM
I was walking past my radio and the news was on. They were saying something about a new food pyramid with corn dogs at the top and how from now on all food will cost $3. I didn't catch the details of the story but I decided to just keep walking.
Will Forage
Will Forage
In a highly persuasive, engaging and nearly-coherent speech yesterday, our fearsome president explained his justification for wanting to invade Greenland and behead all the viable males there. The Great Elocutor walks among us - let no idea be considered ill-conceived!
Donnie Havaoffswitch
Donnie Havaoffswitch
January 15, 2026 at 5:23 PM
In a highly persuasive, engaging and nearly-coherent speech yesterday, our fearsome president explained his justification for wanting to invade Greenland and behead all the viable males there. The Great Elocutor walks among us - let no idea be considered ill-conceived!
Donnie Havaoffswitch
Donnie Havaoffswitch
Put any three musicians you want together in a super group power trio and then give them a name. In mine, Mr. Brown has learned to play amazing bass, while still singing of course.
Krupa DeVille
Krupa DeVille
January 15, 2026 at 4:38 PM
Put any three musicians you want together in a super group power trio and then give them a name. In mine, Mr. Brown has learned to play amazing bass, while still singing of course.
Krupa DeVille
Krupa DeVille
Make it a read letters day.
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This Is Font-Tastic!
We may be going off-script
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January 15, 2026 at 7:30 PM
Make it a read letters day.
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“I want to be like water. I want to slip through fingers, but hold up a ship.”
Michelle Williams
Michelle Williams
January 14, 2026 at 6:26 PM
“I want to be like water. I want to slip through fingers, but hold up a ship.”
Michelle Williams
Michelle Williams
Here's Albert with his son Hans and his grandson Bernhard. Release the Epstein files!
Albert Redactedpart
Albert Redactedpart
January 13, 2026 at 7:27 PM
Here's Albert with his son Hans and his grandson Bernhard. Release the Epstein files!
Albert Redactedpart
Albert Redactedpart
"That desire which is in us all to better other people's condition by having them think as we think."
Mark Twain, summarizing how it is that I'm here for you.
Prof. M. E. Trailinoff
Mark Twain, summarizing how it is that I'm here for you.
Prof. M. E. Trailinoff
January 13, 2026 at 2:35 PM
"That desire which is in us all to better other people's condition by having them think as we think."
Mark Twain, summarizing how it is that I'm here for you.
Prof. M. E. Trailinoff
Mark Twain, summarizing how it is that I'm here for you.
Prof. M. E. Trailinoff
After the way it went yesterday, I think I need to find a new dentist.
Carie DeWay
Carie DeWay
January 13, 2026 at 2:27 PM
After the way it went yesterday, I think I need to find a new dentist.
Carie DeWay
Carie DeWay
"Sure, I always vote for the most reasonable progressive candidate and I do emails as recommended by Earthjustice and I've got 350.org going and I call my congressman too. I'm mostly just waiting for the world to change, so I guess I'm really waiting for human nature to improve."
Stoney Burka
Stoney Burka
January 13, 2026 at 2:21 PM
"Sure, I always vote for the most reasonable progressive candidate and I do emails as recommended by Earthjustice and I've got 350.org going and I call my congressman too. I'm mostly just waiting for the world to change, so I guess I'm really waiting for human nature to improve."
Stoney Burka
Stoney Burka
I'll offer up a couple of easy ones and then you get to choose number three!
Huell B. Wright
Huell B. Wright
January 13, 2026 at 2:03 PM
I'll offer up a couple of easy ones and then you get to choose number three!
Huell B. Wright
Huell B. Wright
Chekov and Gorky in Yalta, 1900, waiting for their burgers.
Sloan Kitchenstaff
Sloan Kitchenstaff
January 13, 2026 at 1:56 PM
Chekov and Gorky in Yalta, 1900, waiting for their burgers.
Sloan Kitchenstaff
Sloan Kitchenstaff
Considering the state of the world, politically, and the condition of the planet, climatologically, Petr Valek and I agree that there's no reason to worry about the children - they will be fine!
Bjorn Toadapt
Bjorn Toadapt
January 13, 2026 at 1:35 PM
Considering the state of the world, politically, and the condition of the planet, climatologically, Petr Valek and I agree that there's no reason to worry about the children - they will be fine!
Bjorn Toadapt
Bjorn Toadapt
So, Neal Cassady, Hunter Thompson and Don Martin walk into a bar...
Bart Tendersez
Bart Tendersez
January 12, 2026 at 4:32 PM
So, Neal Cassady, Hunter Thompson and Don Martin walk into a bar...
Bart Tendersez
Bart Tendersez
How you get there is less important than your state of mind when you arrive.
Bonnie Voyage
Bonnie Voyage
January 12, 2026 at 2:10 PM
How you get there is less important than your state of mind when you arrive.
Bonnie Voyage
Bonnie Voyage
Surging Porker's Loamy Harsh Clump Band.
Warren Coates
Warren Coates
January 11, 2026 at 6:13 PM
Surging Porker's Loamy Harsh Clump Band.
Warren Coates
Warren Coates
We may not want to admit it but we are all living on burroed time.
Don Key-Hotte
Don Key-Hotte
January 11, 2026 at 6:02 PM
We may not want to admit it but we are all living on burroed time.
Don Key-Hotte
Don Key-Hotte
At age nineteen, Merle Haggard was imprisoned at San Quentin and he attended this show. Afterward he reportedly told his cellmate, "Cash has a weird voice and they were definitely not as good as The Beatles."
Merle Littover
Merle Littover
January 11, 2026 at 5:47 PM
At age nineteen, Merle Haggard was imprisoned at San Quentin and he attended this show. Afterward he reportedly told his cellmate, "Cash has a weird voice and they were definitely not as good as The Beatles."
Merle Littover
Merle Littover
August Macke painted this portrait of his wife Elisabeth. He didn't get much further in the art world because he was killed serving in the German Army in World War I, which was not The War To End All Wars, that one came later.
Auggie Mentation
Auggie Mentation
January 11, 2026 at 5:24 PM
August Macke painted this portrait of his wife Elisabeth. He didn't get much further in the art world because he was killed serving in the German Army in World War I, which was not The War To End All Wars, that one came later.
Auggie Mentation
Auggie Mentation
Come on - what are you afraid of? Race me dammit, race me!
Colin Uoutt
Colin Uoutt
January 11, 2026 at 4:22 PM
Come on - what are you afraid of? Race me dammit, race me!
Colin Uoutt
Colin Uoutt
Is this still a country where a person with a dream can do anything?
Lando DeFreeish
Lando DeFreeish
January 11, 2026 at 4:10 PM
Is this still a country where a person with a dream can do anything?
Lando DeFreeish
Lando DeFreeish
I'm not very good at walking anymore so instead of shopping at local stores like a good community member would do, I often purchase things on the internet that are then brought to my house and left on my porch. I think I'd be just fine in Carol's shoes - happy even, maybe.
Gowan Sturka-Crazy
Gowan Sturka-Crazy
January 11, 2026 at 3:57 PM
I'm not very good at walking anymore so instead of shopping at local stores like a good community member would do, I often purchase things on the internet that are then brought to my house and left on my porch. I think I'd be just fine in Carol's shoes - happy even, maybe.
Gowan Sturka-Crazy
Gowan Sturka-Crazy
Charlie Musselwhite, with the Yucatan blues. Why I remember a rainy night 50-some years ago at the Humboldt State College Rathskeller... 0h, excuse me, I nodded off during my own story.
Harper Extraordinaire
Harper Extraordinaire
January 10, 2026 at 11:36 PM
Charlie Musselwhite, with the Yucatan blues. Why I remember a rainy night 50-some years ago at the Humboldt State College Rathskeller... 0h, excuse me, I nodded off during my own story.
Harper Extraordinaire
Harper Extraordinaire
For those of you who are too young to remember, this is Edward G. Robinson taking a goddamn bubble bath. He was an outspoken critic of fascism and Nazism!
Kid Galahad
Kid Galahad
January 10, 2026 at 9:53 PM
For those of you who are too young to remember, this is Edward G. Robinson taking a goddamn bubble bath. He was an outspoken critic of fascism and Nazism!
Kid Galahad
Kid Galahad
For those of you who are too young to remember, Sophia Loren was a famous Italian actress who was known for her kindness and generosity toward the crew members on her movie sets, like this young man who managed the food at the craft services table.
L. Vestigial
L. Vestigial
January 10, 2026 at 9:43 PM
For those of you who are too young to remember, Sophia Loren was a famous Italian actress who was known for her kindness and generosity toward the crew members on her movie sets, like this young man who managed the food at the craft services table.
L. Vestigial
L. Vestigial