Michael Blevons
@mblevons.bsky.social
“Too many of our countrymen rejoice in stupidity, look upon ignorance as a badge of honor. They condemn everything they don't understand.”
Tallulah Bankhead, “Tallulah: My Autobiography”
Tallulah Bankhead, “Tallulah: My Autobiography”
December 12, 2025 at 10:29 AM
“Too many of our countrymen rejoice in stupidity, look upon ignorance as a badge of honor. They condemn everything they don't understand.”
Tallulah Bankhead, “Tallulah: My Autobiography”
Tallulah Bankhead, “Tallulah: My Autobiography”
“The danger of civilization, of course, is that you will piss away your life on nonsense.”
Jim Harrison, “The Beast God Forgot to Invent”
Jim Harrison, “The Beast God Forgot to Invent”
December 11, 2025 at 11:01 AM
“The danger of civilization, of course, is that you will piss away your life on nonsense.”
Jim Harrison, “The Beast God Forgot to Invent”
Jim Harrison, “The Beast God Forgot to Invent”
"America did not invent human rights. In a very real sense, it’s the other way around. Human rights invented America."
President Jimmy Carter, Farewell Address to the Nation, January 14, 1981
Today is International Human Rights Day.
Everyone deserves basic human rights.
President Jimmy Carter, Farewell Address to the Nation, January 14, 1981
Today is International Human Rights Day.
Everyone deserves basic human rights.
December 10, 2025 at 10:51 AM
"America did not invent human rights. In a very real sense, it’s the other way around. Human rights invented America."
President Jimmy Carter, Farewell Address to the Nation, January 14, 1981
Today is International Human Rights Day.
Everyone deserves basic human rights.
President Jimmy Carter, Farewell Address to the Nation, January 14, 1981
Today is International Human Rights Day.
Everyone deserves basic human rights.
Farewell, troubadour.
Godspeed, Raul.
Godspeed, Raul.
December 9, 2025 at 3:33 PM
Farewell, troubadour.
Godspeed, Raul.
Godspeed, Raul.
“When one man says, ‘No, I won’t,’ Rome begins to fear.”
Dalton Trumbo, “Spartacus”
Dalton Trumbo, “Spartacus”
December 9, 2025 at 11:52 AM
“When one man says, ‘No, I won’t,’ Rome begins to fear.”
Dalton Trumbo, “Spartacus”
Dalton Trumbo, “Spartacus”
“Every human being is a raindrop. And when enough of the raindrops become clear and coherent they then become the power of the storm.”
John Trudell, “What It Means to Be a Human Being” speech, San Francisco, CA, March 2001
John Trudell, “What It Means to Be a Human Being” speech, San Francisco, CA, March 2001
December 8, 2025 at 11:37 AM
“Every human being is a raindrop. And when enough of the raindrops become clear and coherent they then become the power of the storm.”
John Trudell, “What It Means to Be a Human Being” speech, San Francisco, CA, March 2001
John Trudell, “What It Means to Be a Human Being” speech, San Francisco, CA, March 2001
Also a Sunday…
84 years in infamy. Our parents and grandparents went to war not only against our attackers but also against the kind of people we’ve handed the keys to our country to. I remember history, but I guess it does repeat itself in a manner when so many don’t. And that’s sad.
84 years in infamy. Our parents and grandparents went to war not only against our attackers but also against the kind of people we’ve handed the keys to our country to. I remember history, but I guess it does repeat itself in a manner when so many don’t. And that’s sad.
December 7, 2025 at 11:48 AM
Also a Sunday…
84 years in infamy. Our parents and grandparents went to war not only against our attackers but also against the kind of people we’ve handed the keys to our country to. I remember history, but I guess it does repeat itself in a manner when so many don’t. And that’s sad.
84 years in infamy. Our parents and grandparents went to war not only against our attackers but also against the kind of people we’ve handed the keys to our country to. I remember history, but I guess it does repeat itself in a manner when so many don’t. And that’s sad.
“When I first read the dictionary, I thought it was a long poem about everything.”
Steven Wright, “I Have a Pony”
Steven Wright, “I Have a Pony”
December 6, 2025 at 10:42 AM
“When I first read the dictionary, I thought it was a long poem about everything.”
Steven Wright, “I Have a Pony”
Steven Wright, “I Have a Pony”
“What makes Iago evil? Some people ask. I never ask.”
Joan Didion, “Play It As It Lays”
Joan Didion, “Play It As It Lays”
December 5, 2025 at 6:16 PM
“What makes Iago evil? Some people ask. I never ask.”
Joan Didion, “Play It As It Lays”
Joan Didion, “Play It As It Lays”
Remembering Richard on his 93rd.
There will never be another like him.
There will never be another like him.
December 5, 2025 at 10:39 AM
Remembering Richard on his 93rd.
There will never be another like him.
There will never be another like him.
“When someone reaches middle age, people he knows begin to get put in charge of things, and knowing what he knows about the people who are being put in charge of things scares the hell out of him.”
Calvin Trillin, “With All Disrespect”
Calvin Trillin, “With All Disrespect”
December 5, 2025 at 10:31 AM
“When someone reaches middle age, people he knows begin to get put in charge of things, and knowing what he knows about the people who are being put in charge of things scares the hell out of him.”
Calvin Trillin, “With All Disrespect”
Calvin Trillin, “With All Disrespect”
Democracy: A Haiku
Few words are sadder
than I'd vote if I thought my
vote really mattered.
Few words are sadder
than I'd vote if I thought my
vote really mattered.
December 4, 2025 at 2:54 PM
Democracy: A Haiku
Few words are sadder
than I'd vote if I thought my
vote really mattered.
Few words are sadder
than I'd vote if I thought my
vote really mattered.
“Facing it — always facing it — that's the way to get through.”
Joseph Conrad, “Typhoon”
Joseph Conrad, “Typhoon”
December 3, 2025 at 12:26 PM
“Facing it — always facing it — that's the way to get through.”
Joseph Conrad, “Typhoon”
Joseph Conrad, “Typhoon”
