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Uncommonly spirited (two decades of bourbon opinions), amateur raconteur (sparsely edited), a thousand picnics or none. He/Him. Louisville, KY

technical sargent chowdown, RIP
A screenshot from the Disco Elysium video game in which it describes the philosophy of moralism (a stand in for “centrists”) as being devoid of belief, but rather a system of control that opposes every incremental attempt at change.
Ms paint of uh I guess a romantic painting I should know the one anyway it says “do not kill the part of you that is cringe/kill the part that cringes” and maybe it’s a South Park? IDK it’s not yet five am and the dog is pissing on a lily plant
A dozen or so Mirablis in bloom encroaching on the gravel patio but they’re pretty so whatever we will pull them later
It’s the guy from every Guy Ritchie wet dream and he’s got guns
A holiday greeting card which is a giant orange garbage truck in a santa hat
A dog on the floor, peaceful.
A grade inflation chart for maple syrup, courtesy NPR
a copy of "the triumph of nancy reagan" displayed next to a biography of colette titled "secrets of the flesh" in a bookstore in semi-rural NC
An onion article headlined “ice agent scores easy win by deporting own family”
This is a stupid visual joke that is not enhanced by alt text, apologies.
Mise en place
Figs, sage, bourbon and an empty pot on the range
It’s two roti with a chicken 65 quesadilla in between I mean what more could you want okay yeah also there’s a bourbon highball in there it really rounds out the flavors and cleans up with the carbonation
A bottle of Ford’s gin martini (3:1) and a box gas station fried chicken
A Velcro patch on a military uniform that says “gender reveal party technician” and depicts a person running from a mushroom cloud that is both pink and blue in color
A bowl of punch with a block of ice and dehydrated lemon wheels darkened with angostura bitters
A lagotto romanola (Italian truffle dog) lying at her “masters” feet we are varying shades of beige and oatmeal and an Oxford pattern shits real New England for Kentucky IDK
A bouquet of flowers for my baby on a rough morning
An arrangement of flowers on a headboard in the downstairs guest room
A fist full of lavender, spiderwort, marigolds, and bee balm
The seed bench, where I will get some extra vitamin D starting in January
Several gladiolus sprouting in a terracotta pot with an upside down wine bottle in it, we know who we are and we are unashamed
foxglove planted next to a teak bench in our front yard, flowering purple in the foreground and white behind. could stand to be denser.
hollyhock in bloom in our front yard, ahead of some cone flowers that are still in buds
weak little puny plants that I water every other day and they're sitting directly in the sun. what more do you want?!?
plants along a window ledge look this is a very visual thread if you're still along for the ride we are grateful
climbing plants trained to sticks in pots of soil
yung edamame, mixtape drops for labor day 2025
unripe blackberries trained along a metal fence
a tomato plant in a cage, he knows what he did
it's kale. lacinto, specifically.
a container full of companion plants, including tomatoes, basil, and squash
potted herbs freshly watered
fig tree in a pot with lots of new growth. I'll prune it next year if it survives the winter.
bee balm in bloom say that three times fast
a picture of our vegetable garden in mid June, with a makeshift path made of old tile, a raised bed made of wood and stone, and in the background big rubber tubs with tomatoes and kale. The ground is gently overgrown with clover and a border of wildflowers againt the north fence
A screenshot of some posts. The first is a picture of an occluded ad on the LA metro that says “La United against hat” because someone put a flyer in front of the last “e”. Below that, William Gibson reposts a quote from a bot that posts quotes from Moby Dock saying “yet this is life”
Two lagotto romanolo dogs, one brown one cream colored
Justice Souter's house in NH. My man, insulation has existed since wattle and daub
J. R. "Bob" Dobbs, of the Church of the Subgenius (maybe)
a recipe for what appears to be a hell of a sidecar and a note saying the spec comes from the wife of a man who drank 5 zombies at Trader Vic's in March '45 and apparently didn't learn a goddamn thing
Pouring punch from a large bowl into cordial glasses
deeply dorothy draper discussion pit in a 10k book library
“The algorithm” suggesting I follow JD Vance and Melania Trump, people for whom pity and contempt vie for my attention.
A stoneware mug from the Pendennis club in the foreground, a dim living room with a brightly lit Christmas tree in the background
Two dozen bagels to tide us over into the holidays
white people shit that's been going around on the memes
Poster standing in front of a mothman effigy in Marlinton WV shortly before Halloween, mothman looks like a gentle and thoughtful lover
A cat named Thumper (it’s the name of the second still you use in a two still run) leaping onto a barrel in the yard but it’s also a picture of the cats butthole
Ham
screenshot of chickenwing's reply about changing handles showing "invalid handle" as their handle, :busted:
A large festive mothman in Marlinton, WV, with an excitable asshole posing in front of it (the poster)
a gunblade IRL in brazil?
My bed is trying to get me to compare sleep scores via the app with @ennuigo and you have no idea how competitive she can be oh god
Blind dog on a pile of books with a dress shirt around his shoulders, a good dog
A man drinking coffee looking surprised (bad way)
like a bad neighbor, this car is trash
it's a cybertruck in a state farm insurance agent's business card as a wrap or whatever christ this is so stupid my head hurts i cannot believe that's a write off