Rob of San Francisco

@robehle
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"From the time of their ride in the blimp, Bill and Ann were more interested in dirigibles than ever." --The Dirigible Book

Former art director at Stanford Press, now tending my garden in exile. Short stories in New England Review, American Short Fiction, Epoch, Zyzzyva, Fiction, and other impressive magazines.

justmytoots.com/@[email protected]

Neutrinos are the tiniest breakfast flakes in the known universe.

Why is the Bald Eagle not called the Glorious White-Maned Eagle and the Golden Eagle not called the Plain Old Brown Eagle?

—from Thoughts of a Bald Eagle

@blogdiva Deep down, every liberal believes that if all their policies were fully implemented then people's lives would become marginally better and the world would be a little more just.

And deep down, every conservative believes that if all their policies were fully implemented there would be a magical transformation and all of a sudden it would be 1880 again, and they would be the biggest rancher in the valley and they would have both a docile underage wife and the ability to have erections again.

Australians reject extremely controversial proposal to recognize the first Australians as the first Australians. Such a wacko idea was obviously going to be too divisive.

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-10-14/voters-reject-indigeneous-voice-to-parliament-referendum/102974522

Australians reject Indigenous recognition via Voice to Parliament, referendum set for defeat

Australians have rejected recognising Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people as the nation's first people in the constitution through the establishment of a Voice to Parliament advisory body.

ABC News
Folks, much as I enjoy Mastodon, I’m still utterly stuck when trying to use a different/new account, or trying to switch. It’s like I’m stuck on the side of the road, looking under the hood, and trying to find out which thing is the carburetor. Things like “access token invalid” make me feel like I’m in a Kafka story.
Freaking out at the size of the squirrel jumping around in the street tree, then saw it was the neighbor trimming it. Little guy would be terrifying if he were a squirrel.

Thanks to everyone who attended my seminar on embracing unconditional love and acceptance for all!

Also, F-U to all of the jerks who didn't bother to show up.

I was almost squashed by an ent this afternoon.
Does it bug anyone else when you see a Halloween skeleton missing patellas? I mean, the hyoid missing I get . . .
Guess not.