Rest in peace, Walter. (That's him on the left.) I'm really sorry we didn't get more time with you.
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Had to end a chicken today.We separated him from the flock for him for a few days to see if heβd recover, but the leg was just not working anymore. If I put him back with the flock, all the chickens would attack him. Theyβre bastards like that.
So he had to go. I made it quick. His suffering is over.
Iβve had to do this a many times over the years for sick or ailing chickens, and I know each time that it was an act of kindness, but I always feel like a fucking monster.
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Had to end a chicken today.Had to end a chicken today.
It always sucks.
One of this year's chicks turned out to be a surprise rooster. We were excited about it. He was a dapper young gentleman and we were looking forward to watching him grow up.
But a few days ago I went out to the pen and discovered that he had somehow gotten his leg trapped in the gap between the back boards of a chair. He had been hanging upside down by his leg for hours. I was amazed he was still alive.
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Arguing with people online is not The Work.@Blort please donβt do that. I get the joke. Itβs just not helpful.
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Arguing with people online is not The Work.Arguing with people online is not The Work. Arguing with people online is not The Work. Arguing with people online is not The Work.
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I continue to not want a computer watch because I already carry a computer phone and that's plenty, actually.I continue to not want a computer watch because I already carry a computer phone and that's plenty, actually.
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Hey not-men who talk in generalizations about how men are with each other: you ever stop to think that maybe you have no fucking idea what you're talking about?Yes, I am subtooting something. No, I'm not going to link to it. Yes, I should probably tell this to the goats instead. No, I don't expect anyone to have empathy for the white-presenting man who has too many feelings. Yes, I think the lack of empathy extended to men is part of why they're so fucked up. No, I'm not going to run off and join a men's group about it. Yes, I'll end this here.
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Hey not-men who talk in generalizations about how men are with each other: you ever stop to think that maybe you have no fucking idea what you're talking about?Hey not-men who talk in generalizations about how men are with each other: you ever stop to think that maybe you have no fucking idea what you're talking about?
I would never assume I know what women are like with each other because I have never had that experience.
But I am also completely unlike the men that I hear women talk about and, after a while, I start to feel like some secret third thing.
(Yes, I know enbys exist. I'm not that, either. I'm just a squishy man and I like it that way.)
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This is the exact make and model of the best car I have ever owned. Only difference is that mine didn't have the spoiler.@jalefkowit All the new cars with the flat LED headlights look so angry.
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Adding "Bell Riots" to my list of filters. We get it, you watched Star Trek@jalefkowit Counterproposal.
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Steve was a friend.Here's the story he wrote for Fray's third issue. It was, ironically, about death.
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Steve was a friend.Steve was a friend. We met when we both worked at HotWired in 1995. I coded his first personal website. He was a longtime supporter of me and my work. I published him in Fray. He was always a voice for sincerity and sanity in an insane world. The world will be slightly less colorful without him.
https://relix.com/news/detail/r-i-p-journalist-editor-and-counterculture-enthusiast-steve-silberman/