Xmas ghosts are stirring
@toffph.bsky.social
anthologist of Victorian Christmas ghost stories
local historian and gravestone conservationist
H. C. Dodge & shape poem collector
http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/20841298.Christopher_Philippo/blog
https://www.findagrave.com/user/profile/477914
local historian and gravestone conservationist
H. C. Dodge & shape poem collector
http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/20841298.Christopher_Philippo/blog
https://www.findagrave.com/user/profile/477914
His imagining America existed and had boats landing there at the same time as the Danes "we had boats landing there, also" is likewise... something.
As a matter of trivia would there have been anything pre-Second Grinnell expedition (1853), I wonder?
As a matter of trivia would there have been anything pre-Second Grinnell expedition (1853), I wonder?
January 19, 2026 at 4:53 PM
His imagining America existed and had boats landing there at the same time as the Danes "we had boats landing there, also" is likewise... something.
As a matter of trivia would there have been anything pre-Second Grinnell expedition (1853), I wonder?
As a matter of trivia would there have been anything pre-Second Grinnell expedition (1853), I wonder?
Useful topheavy design.
January 19, 2026 at 4:30 PM
Useful topheavy design.
Clinton's "basket" line was so memorable Chuck thought he'd try out "buckets." Maybe we'll be treated to pails, hods, scuttles next.
January 19, 2026 at 4:20 PM
Clinton's "basket" line was so memorable Chuck thought he'd try out "buckets." Maybe we'll be treated to pails, hods, scuttles next.
Castration really needs to become a requirement for office. Should cut down some on the number of aspirants.
January 19, 2026 at 5:14 AM
Castration really needs to become a requirement for office. Should cut down some on the number of aspirants.
"You will see in the next months, we’re going to be focusing on five buckets." Who talks like that?
The only time I'd care to see Schumer and buckets mentioned in the same sentence would be when he kicks it, which can't be soon enough.
The only time I'd care to see Schumer and buckets mentioned in the same sentence would be when he kicks it, which can't be soon enough.
January 19, 2026 at 3:17 AM
"You will see in the next months, we’re going to be focusing on five buckets." Who talks like that?
The only time I'd care to see Schumer and buckets mentioned in the same sentence would be when he kicks it, which can't be soon enough.
The only time I'd care to see Schumer and buckets mentioned in the same sentence would be when he kicks it, which can't be soon enough.
Fifteen words, did they miscount?
January 19, 2026 at 2:09 AM
Fifteen words, did they miscount?
The *world* ought to let him have it, just, according to that *other* meaning of the phrase.
Definition of LET HAVE IT
to attack, punish, or criticize (someone) in a violent or angry way… See the full definition
www.merriam-webster.com
January 17, 2026 at 11:23 PM
The *world* ought to let him have it, just, according to that *other* meaning of the phrase.
"Territorial expansion" grr. Wish they'd do more to expand their minds and hearts.
We've acquired multiple territories we still haven't granted statehood, whose people we still haven't granted full citizenship, unlike the land of the Louisiana Purchase and Alaska. Absolutely it's "Blut und Boden."
We've acquired multiple territories we still haven't granted statehood, whose people we still haven't granted full citizenship, unlike the land of the Louisiana Purchase and Alaska. Absolutely it's "Blut und Boden."
January 17, 2026 at 8:49 PM
"Territorial expansion" grr. Wish they'd do more to expand their minds and hearts.
We've acquired multiple territories we still haven't granted statehood, whose people we still haven't granted full citizenship, unlike the land of the Louisiana Purchase and Alaska. Absolutely it's "Blut und Boden."
We've acquired multiple territories we still haven't granted statehood, whose people we still haven't granted full citizenship, unlike the land of the Louisiana Purchase and Alaska. Absolutely it's "Blut und Boden."
All caps is pretty shouty. God surely used a better font, besides.
January 17, 2026 at 6:36 PM
All caps is pretty shouty. God surely used a better font, besides.
Coveting wallspace, printing contracts, attention, obedience totally cool though.
January 17, 2026 at 6:35 PM
Coveting wallspace, printing contracts, attention, obedience totally cool though.
"Under every understanding": he has none.
January 17, 2026 at 4:38 PM
"Under every understanding": he has none.
Isn't the headline saying a reckoning for Trump, for Trump's revolution is coming? I.e. he will fail and face consequences for what he's been doing? Or does the article go in a different direction?
January 17, 2026 at 2:53 AM
Isn't the headline saying a reckoning for Trump, for Trump's revolution is coming? I.e. he will fail and face consequences for what he's been doing? Or does the article go in a different direction?
No, you got it right.
Laurie Anderson on making an AI chatbot of Lou Reed: ‘I’m totally, 100%, sadly addicted’
Anderson’s experiments with language-based AI predated ChatGPT – with one machine modelled on her dead husband that her friends ‘just can’t stand’
www.theguardian.com
January 16, 2026 at 4:08 AM
No, you got it right.
Funeral March of Putin's Marionette
Funeral March of a Marionette — Theme from Alfred Hitchcock Presents
YouTube video by Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra
www.youtube.com
January 16, 2026 at 2:46 AM
Funeral March of Putin's Marionette
Weaponizing the earth! Weaponizing the water! Beware the Fifth Element!
January 16, 2026 at 12:37 AM
Weaponizing the earth! Weaponizing the water! Beware the Fifth Element!
As an attempt at a provocation of Altman, eh... but otherwise, ick. Slopmaker, not filmmaker.
January 15, 2026 at 9:59 PM
As an attempt at a provocation of Altman, eh... but otherwise, ick. Slopmaker, not filmmaker.
Cool, let him retreat to an underground bunker and start consuming Christian doomsday buckets of food. No worries about any of us wanting in on that!
January 15, 2026 at 8:58 PM
Cool, let him retreat to an underground bunker and start consuming Christian doomsday buckets of food. No worries about any of us wanting in on that!
Putin, or Putin's puppet? (Or recognize the false dilemma.)
January 14, 2026 at 8:53 PM
Putin, or Putin's puppet? (Or recognize the false dilemma.)
That's all kinds of messed up!
Looks like he left the sticker on the brim too.
Looks like he left the sticker on the brim too.
January 14, 2026 at 8:27 PM
That's all kinds of messed up!
Looks like he left the sticker on the brim too.
Looks like he left the sticker on the brim too.
Wish people around him, his SS detail, would start sharing more of what they observe of his behavior & actions in private that would help further overwhelmingly satisfy 25th Amendment or impeachment & removal even for the most stubborn GOP stalwarts. Their own oaths to the Constitution require it.
January 14, 2026 at 7:15 PM
Wish people around him, his SS detail, would start sharing more of what they observe of his behavior & actions in private that would help further overwhelmingly satisfy 25th Amendment or impeachment & removal even for the most stubborn GOP stalwarts. Their own oaths to the Constitution require it.
Tactical gear, green camo for winter, no practical footwear.
January 14, 2026 at 4:07 PM
Tactical gear, green camo for winter, no practical footwear.
Hoping for Pirro and Hegseth as regular guests, evidently.
January 14, 2026 at 4:04 PM
Hoping for Pirro and Hegseth as regular guests, evidently.
"Police" wearing branded merch like a NY Yankees hat while "working" is also buffoonish. If the situation is so informal they can advertise their fandoms on duty, they don't need masks and tactical vests or to be armed to the teeth. Who's the little guy & quote balloon on his hat, I wonder?
January 14, 2026 at 3:53 PM
"Police" wearing branded merch like a NY Yankees hat while "working" is also buffoonish. If the situation is so informal they can advertise their fandoms on duty, they don't need masks and tactical vests or to be armed to the teeth. Who's the little guy & quote balloon on his hat, I wonder?