Michael Bowen
bowenm.bsky.social
Michael Bowen
@bowenm.bsky.social
Dogsbody and Minor Functionary (ret.)

As if you couldn't guess, cis-het late-boomer male, aka Generation Jones/Bastard of Young

Married 33 years, no kids, currently 2 cats

Lives between the Catskills and the Hudson

I certainly knew that the whole Homeland Security thing was going to be a boondoggle and a threat to citizen rights.
January 19, 2026 at 12:33 AM
This is the first time the board has been majority Democrat since I moved here 33 years ago. It's kind of amazing, and its largely this new team not just relying on their usual voters, but doing real GOTV stuff.
January 19, 2026 at 12:22 AM
Amazing!
January 18, 2026 at 11:39 PM
One of the things that this moron thinks is that he has huge numbers of followers on X or whatever. He doesn't know that almost all of them are bots.
January 18, 2026 at 11:31 PM
We replaced our tired old useless town board with three new Democrats. One of the first things I saw on my FB feed this morning was our new Supv. thanking snowplow crews by name. Very smart. Point out that you've got good people working on a problem.
January 18, 2026 at 11:22 PM
Our big orange guy, Mose, turns 19 next month.
January 18, 2026 at 1:19 AM
I called mine the day after Renee Good was murdered and told him in no uncertain terms he must support Robin Kelly's resolution to impeach Noem. He replied with a squishy email that basically says nothing.
January 15, 2026 at 11:50 PM
My Prius Prime has got 133K miles on it right now. If I want to get rid of it in three years or so, is there anything on the market right now that has 300+ miles of range and a charging time of under 45 minutes? I'd prefer a sedan and not an SUV if that makes a difference.
January 15, 2026 at 2:59 AM
Yeah, I think Mazda has the most on-point styling of any car line sold in America. And that amazing ruby paint!
January 15, 2026 at 2:54 AM
Oh, and BTW, several of my closest friends are despondent Mets fans as well.
January 9, 2026 at 4:15 AM
I think they may well have brought in their own "organ". I watched on a b&w TV so I don't know what color the pretend pipes were.
January 9, 2026 at 4:10 AM
Deport the Afrikaaners - Elon Musk, Peter Thiel, and David Sacks.
January 9, 2026 at 4:04 AM
My first choice, but I knew I'd be scooped.
January 9, 2026 at 3:45 AM
I saw them on American Bandstand back in the day. I remember they were "playing" an electric piano that had tubes, probably from toilet paper and paper towel rolls, glued to the top so they could pretend it was an organ. It's still a kicking song, though, covered by the Replacements!
January 9, 2026 at 3:44 AM
I wonder if Hilton will kick them out now.
January 8, 2026 at 1:52 AM
Musk will now sue Europe for not buying enough of his swasticars.
January 8, 2026 at 1:50 AM
Thanks for writing. It makes a lot of us feel better.
January 8, 2026 at 1:27 AM
On edit - s/b Day 7
January 8, 2026 at 12:13 AM