squidbag tag:typepad.com,2003:weblog-102550 2013-05-16T09:42:23-05:00 As in, a bag of squid. TypePad Don't Come Around Much Anymore tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d83451d77069e201901c3f1d87970b 2013-05-16T09:42:23-05:00 2013-05-16T09:42:23-05:00 Those of you who have been reading me since 2004 (masochists, to be sure) may have noticed the extreme drop-off in posting that has, of late, occurred. My habitual ranting about shit in print has taken a backseat to paper... Squidbag Human Nature tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d83451d77069e2017eeb3078e4970d 2013-05-16T00:17:11-05:00 2013-05-16T00:17:11-05:00 Except that really, humans, for the most part, don't act naturally at all. When we do our best, we tend to behave against nature. Even giving into desire (of any kind) often requires a rejection of self-preservation. What's our deal?... Squidbag The American Hopeless Problem tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d83451d77069e2017eea2016db970d 2013-05-07T19:06:19-05:00 2013-05-07T19:06:19-05:00 If you're like me, (and you know you are, secretly, down in places you'd rather not acknowledge) you find yourself frequently in observation of others and thinking "Man, this guy is completely hopeless." Whether it be some talking head floundering... Squidbag No Country For Stupid Men tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d83451d77069e201901b8278b8970b 2013-04-23T19:13:22-05:00 2013-04-23T19:13:22-05:00 The world is not safe for disrespectful pricks in restaurants any longer. Two instances from last week, the first from Friend of the Squidbag (SquidFriend? SquidFiend?) Joe Basilone out of Chi-Town: "Took the boys out for lunch, and there were... Squidbag I'm Trying to Understand tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d83451d77069e2017d430914f1970c 2013-04-22T22:14:16-05:00 2013-04-22T22:14:16-05:00 Last month, a bunch of us found out that my daughter's Girl Scout troop leader had been lying to all of us about various things for almost two years, stealing money from the troop and using it for whatever she... Squidbag Wal-Martination tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d83451d77069e2017c380d4fd2970b 2013-03-23T19:20:50-05:00 2013-03-23T19:20:50-05:00 So I had to go to Wal-Mart for some stuff. Don't judge me; I needed storage bins and a picture frame and milk and bread and make-up for my lovely wife and fish tank things and so on, and they... Squidbag Transmissive Animosity tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d83451d77069e2017ee828de7c970d 2013-02-18T21:16:09-06:00 2013-02-17T21:36:31-06:00 I think that one of the hardest problems we have as members of the human race is this; when we hate someone, it's extremely difficult for us to move through life when no one else feels the same way about... Squidbag A Magical Place tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d83451d77069e2017c36f03d10970b 2013-02-17T16:19:53-06:00 2013-02-18T07:11:11-06:00 I don't know how many of you have ever had the occasion to travel to the Hazen's Brigade monument at the Stones River Battlefield in Murfreesboro, but if you can make it out there, I highly recommend the experience, which... Squidbag Unreasonable Book Feels tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d83451d77069e2017d4103a788970c 2013-02-15T18:59:53-06:00 2013-02-15T18:59:54-06:00 Above is a trailer put together by people who love Warren Ellis & his new book, Gun Machine. That's Ben Templesmith's art, and Wil Wheaton's voice. I finished this book over the weekend, during some time I decided to take... Squidbag Tearing the Ticket tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d83451d77069e2017d408ee03b970c 2013-01-29T08:26:52-06:00 2013-01-29T08:26:52-06:00 I hope to hell I die off camera. Seriously, the sudden variety of on-camera death is either pointlessly gory - which I don't need; the idea of everyone seeing the chicken salad I had for lunch and the state of... Squidbag