I offer absurdist edits of absurdist Heathcliff comics, make food, post political memes.

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Cake day: July 9th, 2023

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  • I legit expected that to be a link to the play. Didn’t expect Zero. Even though I have been binging Smashing Pumpkins on repeat chronological order for the last two years. I only move forward when I’ve just about had enough and I can always go backwards. After two years I have just this week made it to Pieces Isocrat.

    I liked them in high school. I liked them in my 20s. But then I didn’t really listen in my 30s and 40s. I know a lot more about music now. Their stuff is so much more complicated and intricate than I understood back in the day.

    Sorry for the long post.






  • I live in a rural area between major cities. My wife and I have frequently talked about how few birds there are. The only time we get a decent sized flock that reminds me of my childhood is starlings. And even then it doesn’t count because the flock isn’t nearly big enough and starlings are invasive species that should be killed on site.

    It’s not just habitat destruction. It’s the lack of bugs. Destroy the habitat and the bugs can’t breed. And the birds can eat. We are on year nine of no pesticides. This year was the biggest firefly bloom I have ever seen. I’m hoping that next year is even bigger. Fortunately, the guy who owns the 34 acres behind me is all about organic practices and doesn’t use anything more than turkey manure to fertilize his crops.


  • There aren’t any birds. I totally understand where you’re coming from. It’s an issue I have thought about a lot. But where I live there aren’t any birds. I remember birds. I remember when they could literally block out the sky with their murmurations. But they’re not here. They all died. It wasn’t cats that killed them. It was us. It was our pesticides. It was our herbicides.

    I don’t live in some Urban hell hole. I live in the country. Cows out-number people on my block. For every bird that shows up there are 500 rats, mice and voles.

    I used to worry about this. But reality has taught me a very different lesson.






  • I totally understand the gag. But I also have an obligation to point out the actual facts. I’m hoping that one day the rescue or shelter that I foster for gives me the call that there is a bangle that needs my help.

    And I’m going to be heartbroken when we decide that the cat cannot be adopted by anybody. So we have to keep it but then it gets outside and we find out that Bengals and chickens are not compatible.

    I’m also open to the idea of a bobcat or a cougar. Do you know how cool it would be to have a cougar that refuses to get off your kitchen island?