I recently resolved to stop keeping empty boxes and to throw out the empty boxes that I already have. But today I received shoes from Zappos — a box inside a box — and those boxes are too good to throw out. Sturdy, clean, regular and the perfect size for … something. I’ll figure it out.

Today in America's rapid decline: Trump is literally threatening death to lawmakers who reminded serving military of their obligation to disobey unlawful orders. These lawmakers are themselves military veterans — Trump had a medical deferrment because, he claims, he had bonespurs.

Amazon Prime is making a new Stargate series! Sweet!

Trump Praises Saudi Prince and Dismisses Question About Killing of Journalist "“You don’t have to embarrass our guest by asking a question like that,” Mr. Trump told the journalist, Mary Bruce of ABC News, later referring ... https://mitchellaneous.net/2025/11/18/trump-praises-saudi-prince-and.html

Town’s Huge Christmas Mural Was Generated Using AI, Resulting in Ghastly Chthonic Horrors. “This mural has gone up in Kingston, ostensibly for Christmas but AI has ensured it’s actually to celebrate the return of our dark lord Cthulhu."

A 79-year-old man who was born in a refugee camp is doing hard time in Alligator Alcatraz after 70 years in the U.S. “He fell out of his wheelchair and they left him on the cell floor for hours.”

Here’s another photo of the borzoi dog I saw at the park the other day, caught in the act of shaking himself.

Little kid wearing a monkey mask, 1920. The boots make the outfit. reddit.com/r/interestin...

Free speech is more than me being allowed to say what I want. Everyone also has to like it and tell me I'm a smart and handsome boy

#3157 A helpful tutorial

I love the copy on this 1932 ad. “Hark!”

I don’t know who it is in San Diego. Does that mean I’m the “guy?”

OpenAI is cutting off service to a toymaker after teddy bears started telling children how to play with matches and talking about sexual fetishes. Why didn’t I ever have cool toys like that when I was a kid?

Here's something I saw while walking the dog: This Russian borzoi hound: https://mitchw.blog/2025/11/16/heres-something-i-saw-while.html

Timeline cleanse from my backyard cam

I don’t have a problem with the first, and not even much of a problem with the third — I don’t spring out of bed with a smile on my face like a demented clown — I often want to sleep for just a little while longer. But when it’s time to get up, I get up.

The hobbits have arrived at the Prancing Pony, which I picture as like the Bada Bing in The Sopranos. “Paulie Walnuts” could be a hobbit name.

Me, when I go out to walk the dog, and it's forecast to rain in the next hour: https://mitchw.blog/2025/11/14/me-when-i-go-out.html