In Spanish, C.S. Lewis translates to "Yes, it's Luis."

I’m not here to doom-scroll. I’m here to hang out. That makes all the difference!

“I’m getting calls from Democrats wanting to meet. I never even heard their names before. And they’re claiming to be l—the Democrats have no leader. They remind me of Somalia,” Trump said. Appearing pleased with his weirdly racist analogy, Trump continued— newrepublic.com/post/201432/...

“Our migrant brothers and sisters are not strangers; they are family in Christ,” said Cardinal Blase Cupich, archbishop of Chicago... “They enrich our Church and serve as a reminder that the gospel knows no borders and that God’s love is for all people.” www.chicagotribune.com/2025/09/28/i...

Here's a word I hadn't known! "Confabulation": "Segal said another characteristic of Trump’s questionable mental acuity is confabulation. 'It’s where he takes an idea or something that’s happened and he adds to it things that have not happened.'" www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

This is a much needed conviction. #USDemocracy

If this were any other year, we would be seeing this on the front page for months. I didn't even get wind of this with everything else going on. Arrrgh. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

I'm highly uncomfortable around people who've lost their toes. 🫤 That's right, I'm lack-toes intolerant.

G'mar chatimah tova, y'all!

I can’t think of a better time in our nation’s history to have an ALL-SPANISH Super Bowl halftime. Btw, Bad Bunny is a massive talent, terrific songwriter, and future rock and roll hall of famer.

Is Eminence Front legit?

Like a dream — I just walked out on my second floor deck, which faces Forest Park, and I CAN HEAR PUBLIC ENEMY! “Brothers Gonna Work It Out.” Unreal. Surreal! Dear God, is this healing.

New poem. Judge away! Let your inner jerk be seen. open.substack.com/pub/aaronbel...

This is Clem Fandango. Can you hear me?

They've lost the 9yos

I hope I enjoyed writing 'Pevely' as much as you enjoyed reading it. Hard to imagine it being any other way!

New poem - “Pevely” open.substack.com/pub/aaronbel...

My arguments might be red herrings but at LEAST they're well-read herrings.

Stephen Miller’s speech meant nothing. More white supremacist blather from the increasingly nothing-to-hide GOP, and more history-oblivious support from Christians who revere Charlie Kirk as a martyr of the faith. So far from reality, from good. America has no shame left.

I haven't released a great album since OK Computer.

bluesky just as dead for bonekickers content as twitter

We saw Spoon last night. Good band. I guess my favorite lyric of theirs is "Don't meet me at Target."

I made this video last night. SO FUN. I love you @pixiesofficial.bsky.social !! youtu.be/BgIZwKGN9nk?...

“I counted stars one by one, each a tiny hope that you would leave me alone forever—all, a galaxy of fear that you might stay” –Portnoy McGregor #poetry #poems

“I counted stars one by one, each a tiny hope that you would leave me alone forever—all, a galaxy of fear that you might stay” –Portnoy McGregor #poetry #poems

Happy #MexicanIndependenceDay to EVERYONE!! 🇲🇽

New poem in the new ACTION SPECTACLE (in Part I) for those keeping score @ home: www.action-spectacle.com

The superstar of the #Emmys is a Catholic Christian talk show host: "I wanted to do a comedy show about love—we ended up doing a show about loss. And that's related to love. Because you only truly know love when you sense how close you are to losing it." –Stephen Colbert

A friend of mine was on Charlie Kirk's "watch list" of Black professors. She received so many death and rape threats that her university offered her a security detail for the walk to class. This is Kirk's legacy. You would never know it from reading all of these legacy newspaper op-eds about him.

The superstar of the #Emmys is a Catholic Christian talk show host: "I wanted to do a comedy show about love—we ended up doing a show about loss. And that's related to love. Because you only truly know love when you sense how close you are to losing it." –Stephen Colbert

Just think of how offended the British are by phrases like "arse poetica" ... and yet, all poets have one.

Improv: Yes, and Young ppl: Sick, and Romans: Sic, et

And now they’re all 10% off with the code timefor10 “I am for real.” –OutKast

OakOak.

Which work? Calling for gay people to be stoned to death? Blaming airplane crashes on black pilots? Anti-vax bullshit? Election denialism? Pushing Great Replacement Theory? Kirk’s murder is awful and ominous for this country. But no, we don’t need to honor him or “continue his work.”

The murder of Charlie Kirk was criminal, wrong, and should be condemned. And Charlie Kirk was a horrible, hateful man who spent his life radicalizing young people to embrace their worst demons by targeting women, people of color, immigrants, and the marginalized. I refuse to sanitize him.

“awful people don’t deserve to be killed, but they don’t deserve to be praised, either” is apparently a thought too complex for the pundit mind

My sbux drink at CLT was gonna be $19.50, so I tried to pay with stars. Looked like it went through but didn’t show up in my orders! Didn’t deduct stars. So I told them; they said they’re having trouble with stars right now. I reminded them our fault is in our selves. Free mocha.

First time I heard “Take on Me” was a real aha moment, so to say.

Psychologists have identified many levels of anxiety — tiers for fears, so to say.

One thing I’ve learned while working in corporate America is that when we unlock transformative synergy, we unleash YOY growth. Kudos to everyone.

One thing I’ve learned while working in corporate America is that when we unlock transformative synergy, we unleash YOY growth. Kudos to everyone.

I tried standup once. Didn’t kill, but I did commit mans laughter.

Know your rights, Illinois. Stay safe and stay informed.

I tried standup once. Didn’t kill, but I did commit mans laughter.

After a while, erasure poems began to lose their freshness

I don’t love the Cubs, in fact, I hate them, but where do I sign to join the civilian militia that will protect Chicago from our federal government?

The President of the United States is threatening to go to war with an American city. This is not a joke. This is not normal. Donald Trump isn't a strongman, he's a scared man. Illinois won’t be intimidated by a wannabe dictator.

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Sometimes you just reflect. On my first day of teaching college, in the year 2000, I never would have thought i would be here, today, 22 years of teaching under my belt, 10+ years of fintech writing, 4 books of poetry, a totally worthless douchebag watching TV.