Practiced a lick all morning and was playing it fine. Not great but getting there. Came back after supper and it’s like my fingers don’t work at all. Damndest thing.

Just a periodic reminder that Theo Von grew up in one of the wealthiest neighborhoods in Louisiana and his “poverty” origin story is from when he was choosing to couch surf because he was mad at his parents.

I was told all weekend long that compared to New Englanders, people from the South were uniquely racist and state government actions proved it. Anyway…

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A new fast casual chain opened where the old TGIFridays used to be and I just stumbled on an ad where they’re looking forward to being a part of our vibrant community and come on y’all… This is a 94% white wealthy bedroom community and y’all moved into a defunct TGIFridays. “Vibrant” is a tad much

Gawddddammmnnn!

In other news I can play “Rabble Rouser” fairly okay but for some reason I can’t remember it for shit if I look away from the Tab.

I’m practicing in the living room. Spouse is taking a work phone call in the front room despite having an office upstairs AND at their alleged place of business. I’m being very good and not turning the amp up but oof..the temptation is high.

Guitar? Yea guitar. Then nap. Then the kid comes home and after homework video games. Then wrestling. Honestly today’s looking up.

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Sure. "The Grand Jury did not see the operative indictment" is the kind of fuckup where lawyers literally don't actually know what happens next because it SO fundamental a thing that it is LITERALLY possible nobody had even thought of this as a thing that could happen.

This is genuinely insane. I mean just batshit. If you’ve never been in criminal court this…this is some fucking alternate universe cartoon shit. In a million years ai never would’ve guessed that federal prosecutors could pull something like this.

Okay. Bear with me here… Pornhub categories as written by Ben Franklin.

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What The Fuck!

Ok. Trying to claw out of the depression pit so positivity post. I’m about to go absolutely fucking ham on charitable donations toward kids Christmas. To start me and my kid are gonna pick out some gifts to drop off at the VA for Toys for Tots and I took a name off the giving tree at the Y.

I want a new tattoo but I don’t want to go through the long drawn out effort of booking one and waiting six months for artist availability.

Still can’t get over people spending all weekend pointing to a state that’s 97% white as an example of an anti-racist utopia. Not gonna let that one go for a while.

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Thought after a two day couch nap we were finally clawing out of the depression pit but there’s always a fucking rich ass Masshole waiting to kick me back into that hole. Tomorrow will be better.

These old white Masshole fucks walk through the world like no one else is in it and in a just world I’d get to slap the shit out the next one that makes eye contact with me and just walks right at me.

One of the things that fascinates me about Professional Wrestling is it’s clearly filled with a nearly even mix of the nicest folks you’ll ever meet and the biggest pieces of shit that have ever existed.

“I left my heart in Tulsa on the corner of Easton and Main, on Cains ball room floor, soaking up a bourbon stain.” I’ve only driven through Tulsa. Haven’t stopped in Oklahoma since I was a teenager, but goddamn if this song doesn’t make me wanna go back and stay a while. youtu.be/9ZOgzXJQ8EY?...

I had a sci-fi short I ounce wrote, probably the best short script I’ve ever written but it’s never been produced. Anyway I wanted to use Johnny Rodriquez’s “Riding My Thumb to Mexico” as our main characters arrive at the small town police station that acts as the setting.

You know…I was born and raised in Louisiana. Grew up in Shreveport in the 80s. Europeans still shock me sometimes with their overt racism.

Was “It Wasn’t God Who Made Honky Tonk Angels” the first example of a diss track in American culture?

I’ll also go to bat for Bob Seger anytime. Bob Seger rules. Yes even “Night Moves”

It should come as no surprise that I fucking love Roy Orbison. Even end of career Jason Priestly in the VH1 music video Orbison.

Internet doomers are soft as baby shit. “We’ll never have to stop working to make things better” Fuck off you fucking spoiled bitch, that’s how life is. Every goddamned breath is a fight in a world designed to kill you. Some folks learn that lesson early, rest of y’all are drowning in privilege.

I’ll never not hate dudes who superset on the most used equipment at peak gym hours but there’s a special place in hell for the ones that half-rep everything when they do.

Whatta y’all think it feels like for an Autobot to get an oil change? You think a car wash tickles?

My spirit animal is just 24y/o me on a good night

I love being dad. Being dad rules. But you know I’ve been a good boy for decades now and I kinda want to like for real party and you just can’t be doing that shit as dad. Can’t be doing that shit anymore to be honest. Bro hangovers hurt BAD now and come on quick.

What sucks about this is it’s after bed time but I wanna play my guitar. I should get headphones. Man I suck. I have so much more to learn and practice. Good thing I still enjoy it.

Probably shouldn’t say this publicly under my government name but I don’t plan on filling out any more 4473s so… It’s been a dogshit week so far so I’m getting high and listening to alt-country music and it’s so fuckin good.

I can’t find a picture and I wouldn’t call is “slop” but… Boudin balls from a gas station. They take the filling from boudin sausage, ball it up, bread and deep fry it then sell it to you in a greasy paper sack at a gas station in town called Krotz Springs.

“Chomsky continued to correspond with [Epstein] at least until the summer of 2019, even after the Herald’s series led to widespread outcry and the Justice Department publicly announced a fresh probe.”

I know they’re a one hit wonder but The Georgia Satellite’s “Keep Your Hands to Yourself” deserves a place on the amount Rushmore of redneck rock n roll.

The Everly Brothers “Wake up Little Susie” is a fun song but knowing what I know about the 1950s and sexuality I’m not convinced that couple was in as big of trouble as they think they are.

Mark Chestnuts “Too Cold at Home” is a thoroughly underrated 90s country album.

You could cover Tom T Hall’s “Homecoming” now because it’s full anachronisms but damn is such a good sad song.

And yea, I’m locking comments. I’ve spent four days now reading folks talking about how my home and my family are uniquely fucked up racist monsters who deserve to suffer. I feel no obligation to engage in open debate with Bluesky weirdos.

I was the kinda guy who took my assigned beat seriously. My beat was MY FUCKING BEAT and I did not take kindly to other people shitting where I ate. Still not sure I could do much to stop ICE et al if they decided to act an ass.

Y’all know how folks call for an ambulance and the cops show up? And how y’all get big mad at the cops because it doesn’t make anything better? Yea cops hate that shit too. It’s the EMS and fire companies that push for that, they won’t go without a cop because it’s “unsafe” for their crews.

My cheap amp had a bunch of preset digital effects most of which I need to delete and reprogram but it at least lets me play with some sounds without springing for peddles. One is “Surf Music” which is making trying to learn Duane Eddy’s “Rabble Rouser” a lot of fun.

The average Masshole driver is really doing a good job of rewarding me for getting out of bed and running this errands I hate in this place that I hate.

New York City people will loudly proclaim “this is the greatest place in the world” then describe daily life there in a way that makes me never want to visit. “Oh you learn to live with…” no I fucking don’t. I’m 47 years old and you can’t make me.

I think the lesson here is if you've been scared to write a novel or memoir or whatever you should just do it.

The best part of the Nuzzi drama is I got to deliver the details of the Nuzzi drama to my spouse who had only the vaguest idea of what is going on.

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