John Allen
@knowtea.bsky.social
Minister (PCUSA), Musician (conductor, composer, singer, pianist/organist, music director for musical theatre), Whovian, Teutophone, Swedish-American, Jazz aficionado, #faithfullylgbt, and stuff.
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John Allen
@knowtea.bsky.social
· Nov 14
Ok for those of you who don’t know me: hi. Minister (PCUSA), Composer, Conductor, Singer, Baker, Queer/Bi, Whovian, Barth/Torrance stan, Batman stan. I write church music but I mostly listen to jazz. Liturgy nerd. Nerd in general. Involuntarily single. What’d I leave out?
Pepe the King Prawn IS … David Copperfield
*trailer voice
This Christmas, Disney brings you a new muppets holiday classic from the pen of Charles Dickens, MUPPETS BLEAK HOUSE
This Christmas, Disney brings you a new muppets holiday classic from the pen of Charles Dickens, MUPPETS BLEAK HOUSE
December 6, 2025 at 5:42 AM
Pepe the King Prawn IS … David Copperfield
For those of you who, like me, try not to “Christmas” before it’s Christmas, I offer this Advent Playlist. Here’s the Spotify version. I’ll post the Apple Music version next. open.spotify.com/playlist/5wH...
Advent Playlist
open.spotify.com
December 3, 2025 at 12:19 AM
For those of you who, like me, try not to “Christmas” before it’s Christmas, I offer this Advent Playlist. Here’s the Spotify version. I’ll post the Apple Music version next. open.spotify.com/playlist/5wH...
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During the shutdown, the Senate approved adding $32B to Trump's already record breaking $1 trillion Pentagon budget.
The Senate still hasn't voted on extending ACA subsidies — which would cost $35B.
It’s not about what this country can or can’t afford.
It’s about priorities.
The Senate still hasn't voted on extending ACA subsidies — which would cost $35B.
It’s not about what this country can or can’t afford.
It’s about priorities.
December 2, 2025 at 8:31 PM
During the shutdown, the Senate approved adding $32B to Trump's already record breaking $1 trillion Pentagon budget.
The Senate still hasn't voted on extending ACA subsidies — which would cost $35B.
It’s not about what this country can or can’t afford.
It’s about priorities.
The Senate still hasn't voted on extending ACA subsidies — which would cost $35B.
It’s not about what this country can or can’t afford.
It’s about priorities.
Nyåkers Pepparkakor. That is all.
November 30, 2025 at 8:53 PM
Nyåkers Pepparkakor. That is all.
For “Black Friday,” MeTV Toons is having Black & White Friday: all old black & white cartoons all day. Those old b&w Popeye cartoons are some of my favorites: zany.
November 28, 2025 at 11:34 PM
For “Black Friday,” MeTV Toons is having Black & White Friday: all old black & white cartoons all day. Those old b&w Popeye cartoons are some of my favorites: zany.
These just arrived. They are great!
November 28, 2025 at 8:49 PM
These just arrived. They are great!
Bourbon Pecan Pie with bourbon-pecan crust
November 27, 2025 at 2:05 AM
Bourbon Pecan Pie with bourbon-pecan crust
I used to live for the Don Martin cartoons in Mad Magazine every month.
November 26, 2025 at 3:31 AM
I used to live for the Don Martin cartoons in Mad Magazine every month.
LOL no
Cake > Pie
November 26, 2025 at 3:23 AM
LOL no
Mashed potatoes. Such a boring side item. Sweet potatoes are so much better, AND, unlike white potatoes, are indigenous to the Americas. Make a lovely sweet potato casserole with a pecan streusel topping.
with charity and goodwill, i must here part ways with rolls.
November 23, 2025 at 10:43 PM
Mashed potatoes. Such a boring side item. Sweet potatoes are so much better, AND, unlike white potatoes, are indigenous to the Americas. Make a lovely sweet potato casserole with a pecan streusel topping.
A boy is born in hard-time Mississippi,
Surrounded by four walls that ain't so pretty.
His parents give him love and affection,
To keep him strong, moving in the right direction:
Living just enough, just enough for the city …
Surrounded by four walls that ain't so pretty.
His parents give him love and affection,
To keep him strong, moving in the right direction:
Living just enough, just enough for the city …
November 23, 2025 at 5:42 AM
A boy is born in hard-time Mississippi,
Surrounded by four walls that ain't so pretty.
His parents give him love and affection,
To keep him strong, moving in the right direction:
Living just enough, just enough for the city …
Surrounded by four walls that ain't so pretty.
His parents give him love and affection,
To keep him strong, moving in the right direction:
Living just enough, just enough for the city …
I found that love provides the key;
Unlocks the heart and souls of you and me;
Love will learn to sing your song, yeah,
Oh yeah, love is written in the stone …
Unlocks the heart and souls of you and me;
Love will learn to sing your song, yeah,
Oh yeah, love is written in the stone …
November 23, 2025 at 5:40 AM
I found that love provides the key;
Unlocks the heart and souls of you and me;
Love will learn to sing your song, yeah,
Oh yeah, love is written in the stone …
Unlocks the heart and souls of you and me;
Love will learn to sing your song, yeah,
Oh yeah, love is written in the stone …
Why Hostess snack cakes never used “Ding Dong Merrily on High” for holiday commercials is a real mystery. Missed opportunity.
November 21, 2025 at 6:28 PM
Why Hostess snack cakes never used “Ding Dong Merrily on High” for holiday commercials is a real mystery. Missed opportunity.
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Good news: only really, really dumb people thought they really wanted free speech on campus
Bad news: There are a deal-breakingly lot of really, really dumb people
Bad news: There are a deal-breakingly lot of really, really dumb people
November 21, 2025 at 4:41 AM
Good news: only really, really dumb people thought they really wanted free speech on campus
Bad news: There are a deal-breakingly lot of really, really dumb people
Bad news: There are a deal-breakingly lot of really, really dumb people
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ChatGPT’s signature writing style is everywhere now, and I hate it. It reminds me of when we tried mixing all the beverages at the soda fountain in middle school. We didn’t actually create the perfect drink, we just made a cloying monstrosity that lost everything good about its constituent parts.
November 19, 2025 at 5:17 PM
ChatGPT’s signature writing style is everywhere now, and I hate it. It reminds me of when we tried mixing all the beverages at the soda fountain in middle school. We didn’t actually create the perfect drink, we just made a cloying monstrosity that lost everything good about its constituent parts.
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Christ the King Sunday is the perfect opportunity to remind everyone that the separation of church and state protects both the church *and* the state from each other.
November 18, 2025 at 10:19 PM
Christ the King Sunday is the perfect opportunity to remind everyone that the separation of church and state protects both the church *and* the state from each other.
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Mike Johnson saying the un redacted release of the Epstein files poses a national security risk isn’t the “we have nothing to hide” message he thinks it is.
November 18, 2025 at 11:26 PM
Mike Johnson saying the un redacted release of the Epstein files poses a national security risk isn’t the “we have nothing to hide” message he thinks it is.
Annoying things I’ve heard from having QVC on all day while I’ve done housework: 1) “Vanella.” Every single person who has had to say “vanilla” has said “vanella”; 2) No one, and I mean no one, has known how to pronounce “mauve.”
November 16, 2025 at 1:20 AM
Annoying things I’ve heard from having QVC on all day while I’ve done housework: 1) “Vanella.” Every single person who has had to say “vanilla” has said “vanella”; 2) No one, and I mean no one, has known how to pronounce “mauve.”
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Don’t waste your time fact-checking these numbers, don’t engage Vance's vile propaganda as if he was advancing an argument in good faith.
Call out the underlying political project: A violent, authoritarian blood-and-soil nationalism that defines “America” as a white Christian homeland.
Call out the underlying political project: A violent, authoritarian blood-and-soil nationalism that defines “America” as a white Christian homeland.
JD Vance: "A lot of young people are saying housing is way too expensive. Why is that? Because we flooded the country with 30 million illegal immigrants who were taking houses that ought by right go to American citizens."
November 15, 2025 at 2:49 PM
Don’t waste your time fact-checking these numbers, don’t engage Vance's vile propaganda as if he was advancing an argument in good faith.
Call out the underlying political project: A violent, authoritarian blood-and-soil nationalism that defines “America” as a white Christian homeland.
Call out the underlying political project: A violent, authoritarian blood-and-soil nationalism that defines “America” as a white Christian homeland.
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I listened to the Megyn Kelly clip and my takeaway is that she should change her name to Megyn R Kelly
November 14, 2025 at 3:42 PM
I listened to the Megyn Kelly clip and my takeaway is that she should change her name to Megyn R Kelly
Downside of going to sleep listening to Classic American Top 40: chances are HIGH you’re gonna wake up to a Richard Marx song!
November 14, 2025 at 3:37 PM
Downside of going to sleep listening to Classic American Top 40: chances are HIGH you’re gonna wake up to a Richard Marx song!
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Once Christians tie their faith to partisan politics they eventually have to defend the indefensible.
Pledge all your allegiance to Jesus Christ and let the politicians fend for themselves.
Pledge all your allegiance to Jesus Christ and let the politicians fend for themselves.
November 13, 2025 at 12:57 AM
Once Christians tie their faith to partisan politics they eventually have to defend the indefensible.
Pledge all your allegiance to Jesus Christ and let the politicians fend for themselves.
Pledge all your allegiance to Jesus Christ and let the politicians fend for themselves.
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TV conspiracies: we’ve hacked their computers but they’ve perfectly cleaned up the evidence!
Real conspiracies:
To: conspirator
From: famous person
Attachment: evidence.png
Real conspiracies:
To: conspirator
From: famous person
Attachment: evidence.png
November 12, 2025 at 8:19 PM
TV conspiracies: we’ve hacked their computers but they’ve perfectly cleaned up the evidence!
Real conspiracies:
To: conspirator
From: famous person
Attachment: evidence.png
Real conspiracies:
To: conspirator
From: famous person
Attachment: evidence.png
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Republicans spent 10 years radicalizing their own base over QAnon. They promised to release the Epstein Files, which they said would be the proof and expose the conspiracy.
What they failed to realize was Trump is at the center of it and the base wouldn't forget.
What they failed to realize was Trump is at the center of it and the base wouldn't forget.
November 12, 2025 at 7:37 PM
Republicans spent 10 years radicalizing their own base over QAnon. They promised to release the Epstein Files, which they said would be the proof and expose the conspiracy.
What they failed to realize was Trump is at the center of it and the base wouldn't forget.
What they failed to realize was Trump is at the center of it and the base wouldn't forget.