Deanna Kreisel 🌱
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Deanna Kreisel 🌱
@doctorwaffle.substack.com
Victorianist • Utopianist • Environmentalist • Essayist
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Depressing but true. De-Nazification lasted only a few years — just until the US decided it was more afraid of the Soviets. The myth of the clean Wehrmacht persisted until the 90s.
January 12, 2026 at 1:05 AM
A friend once told me a story about being in India and eating a breakfast of yogurt at a picnic table under a tree. As she was eating she felt a sharp pain in her bicep and looked down to see that a monkey had just punched her in the arm. It then grabbed her yogurt and ran.
December 29, 2025 at 2:28 PM
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December 26, 2025 at 5:41 PM
3. That life insurance policy would set up George's wife nicely, and pay for a lot of therapy for those kids later on
December 26, 2025 at 5:36 PM
2. Clarence the Angel's trick proved only that it was better for George to have been born; it did not prove that it was better that he not kill himself;
December 26, 2025 at 5:36 PM
Jesus what the hell happened to this guy? I mean, he used to be kind of okay-ish?
December 16, 2025 at 8:11 PM
Living in Canada was blissfully Thanksgiving-free (look, Canadians don't even know which day "Canadian Thanksgiving" falls on, okay?), but still couldn't escape Christmas....
December 16, 2025 at 3:22 PM
The sigh of relief I let out every January 2nd...
December 16, 2025 at 3:21 PM
Also, "Get this man a trough of spritzer!"
December 15, 2025 at 6:57 PM
Was just talking about this movie the other day -- "Did you know Nietzsche died of syphilis?" Kills me every time.
December 15, 2025 at 6:55 PM
I mean, assuming it's true? I would guess those "traits" include ruthless selfishness and a soul dead to beauty.
December 13, 2025 at 7:35 PM
It was among the very first hospitals to include extensive grounds (with lots of grass!) as an explicit part of treatment. #Lawns4Eva
December 13, 2025 at 7:32 PM
Look. There are only a few things I can brag about. I'm a good writer. I'm a good friend. And I make FUCKING AMAZING desserts. Delicious cakes. Pies to die for. I can whip up a perfect crust in my sleep. Cupcakes, cookies. all of it. And thus, I can say, with unassailable authority: CAKE.
December 8, 2025 at 4:19 PM
LAWN: A Key to All Mythologies
December 8, 2025 at 3:23 PM
Luddites 4-Eva ❤️
December 7, 2025 at 6:29 PM
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December 5, 2025 at 9:22 PM
LOLOL
December 5, 2025 at 9:01 PM
Asking for a friend
December 5, 2025 at 9:00 PM