Alan Reese
@phantom1250.bsky.social
I wondered why the ball kept getting bigger and then it hit me.
Life is kinda like that, so I try to follow Joseph Campbell's dictum and be a joyful participant in the sorrow of the world.
Life is kinda like that, so I try to follow Joseph Campbell's dictum and be a joyful participant in the sorrow of the world.
My holiday motto this season: Conscience over convenience and consumerism!
No Amazon Christmas.
Shop local and independent.
Make charitable donations.
No Amazon Christmas.
Shop local and independent.
Make charitable donations.
November 17, 2025 at 1:59 PM
My holiday motto this season: Conscience over convenience and consumerism!
No Amazon Christmas.
Shop local and independent.
Make charitable donations.
No Amazon Christmas.
Shop local and independent.
Make charitable donations.
Canceled my Amazon membership. Planning on a NO Amazon Christmas. Shopping local and giving charitable donations. Conscience wins over convenience. Same reason I jettisoned Facenook Jan. 20 and landed here. You can do it too. It might be an Alice's restaurant moment and movement.
November 7, 2025 at 12:00 AM
Canceled my Amazon membership. Planning on a NO Amazon Christmas. Shopping local and giving charitable donations. Conscience wins over convenience. Same reason I jettisoned Facenook Jan. 20 and landed here. You can do it too. It might be an Alice's restaurant moment and movement.
Why aren't we boycotting the companies contributing to the destruction of the White House??
November 4, 2025 at 9:13 PM
Why aren't we boycotting the companies contributing to the destruction of the White House??
I AM 100% ANTI TRUMP!
November 2, 2025 at 9:19 PM
I AM 100% ANTI TRUMP!
I think we should turn the clocks back every night. I'm getting a lot done.
November 2, 2025 at 7:15 PM
I think we should turn the clocks back every night. I'm getting a lot done.
What did you do with your extra hour today? I lay in bed and contemplated time as a construct of the human mind. Actually, I watched the leaves falling off the trees outside my window and thought of nothing. Heaven.
November 2, 2025 at 2:34 PM
What did you do with your extra hour today? I lay in bed and contemplated time as a construct of the human mind. Actually, I watched the leaves falling off the trees outside my window and thought of nothing. Heaven.
"I'll blow up some ships, then they'll stop talking about them damn files. If that don't work, I'll tear down the crappy house. That should do it!"
October 29, 2025 at 12:08 AM
"I'll blow up some ships, then they'll stop talking about them damn files. If that don't work, I'll tear down the crappy house. That should do it!"
Disgraceful! Is there no way to stop the obscene construction of this overpriced, opulent, and ostentatious showcase of no class?!
October 23, 2025 at 11:42 PM
Disgraceful! Is there no way to stop the obscene construction of this overpriced, opulent, and ostentatious showcase of no class?!
Has the guillotine been outlawed?
October 21, 2025 at 10:40 PM
Has the guillotine been outlawed?
Westminster, MD. No King's Day!
October 19, 2025 at 12:05 AM
Westminster, MD. No King's Day!
We Love America, Mike! We hate YOU!
October 16, 2025 at 8:53 PM
We Love America, Mike! We hate YOU!
Reposted by Alan Reese
Reposted by Alan Reese
“No one man can terrorize a whole nation, unless we are all his accomplices.” -Edward R. Murrow
October 6, 2025 at 5:01 PM
“No one man can terrorize a whole nation, unless we are all his accomplices.” -Edward R. Murrow
Reposted by Alan Reese
“50 thousand low income, working class Americans will die every year.”
October 2, 2025 at 3:40 AM
“50 thousand low income, working class Americans will die every year.”
"Damn these human beings; if I had invented them, I would go hide my head in a bag." -Mark Twain
September 27, 2025 at 10:27 PM
"Damn these human beings; if I had invented them, I would go hide my head in a bag." -Mark Twain
For me, getting out of bed in the morning is an act of courage. Going out the door, absolutely heroic.
August 24, 2025 at 3:06 AM
For me, getting out of bed in the morning is an act of courage. Going out the door, absolutely heroic.
I am off down the Yellow brick road of Substack in an attempt to keep me off the streets and out of trouble. Please join me. I would love your company.
substack.com/@alancreese?...
substack.com/@alancreese?...
Alan C Reese | Substack
Poet by calling. Writing instructor by profession.
substack.com
August 22, 2025 at 8:37 PM
I am off down the Yellow brick road of Substack in an attempt to keep me off the streets and out of trouble. Please join me. I would love your company.
substack.com/@alancreese?...
substack.com/@alancreese?...
Oh boy. A summer cold. What fun! Haven't had one of those in decades. I've been expelling buckets of mucous from my nostrils the size and consistency of jellyfish.
July 18, 2025 at 4:11 AM
Oh boy. A summer cold. What fun! Haven't had one of those in decades. I've been expelling buckets of mucous from my nostrils the size and consistency of jellyfish.
Does Emil Bove look like Nosferatu, or it just me?
July 17, 2025 at 3:07 PM
Does Emil Bove look like Nosferatu, or it just me?
Watching a Wes Anderson film is like watching a live action cartoon.
July 12, 2025 at 6:20 PM
Watching a Wes Anderson film is like watching a live action cartoon.