Wade Bowen
@bogmad.bsky.social
Self loathing and hubris. Sometimes echidnas. Sometimes that other thing. Over there, behind you.
I did a Star Trek podcast that has [d]evolved into dad-chat for hellworld, mostly. Oh and another one that hasn’t.
Kickersofelves.com
I did a Star Trek podcast that has [d]evolved into dad-chat for hellworld, mostly. Oh and another one that hasn’t.
Kickersofelves.com
I’ve always liked goblin week. Futzing around with the kids so this guy is mostly harmless, cept for the lack of pants. So I guess maybe there’s something malicious about him. Must be cold.
#goblinweek2026
#goblinweek2026
January 26, 2026 at 1:25 PM
I’ve always liked goblin week. Futzing around with the kids so this guy is mostly harmless, cept for the lack of pants. So I guess maybe there’s something malicious about him. Must be cold.
#goblinweek2026
#goblinweek2026
I was gonna post some dumb shit about the perfect Alice Cooper song for that Starfleet Academy show, but uhh… yeah there’s not much room for fun things today.
Solidarity to Minnesota today, peace for the dead, and fuck ICE.
Solidarity to Minnesota today, peace for the dead, and fuck ICE.
January 24, 2026 at 6:50 PM
I was gonna post some dumb shit about the perfect Alice Cooper song for that Starfleet Academy show, but uhh… yeah there’s not much room for fun things today.
Solidarity to Minnesota today, peace for the dead, and fuck ICE.
Solidarity to Minnesota today, peace for the dead, and fuck ICE.
[Man on SEPTA train lights a joint]
“Thank god. Something to cover up the smell in here”
[Man switches over to a fent/meth/crack(?) pipe]
“Goddamit”
“Thank god. Something to cover up the smell in here”
[Man switches over to a fent/meth/crack(?) pipe]
“Goddamit”
January 20, 2026 at 8:36 PM
[Man on SEPTA train lights a joint]
“Thank god. Something to cover up the smell in here”
[Man switches over to a fent/meth/crack(?) pipe]
“Goddamit”
“Thank god. Something to cover up the smell in here”
[Man switches over to a fent/meth/crack(?) pipe]
“Goddamit”
Reposted by Wade Bowen
We did it. We diagnosed exactly what is wrong with the current state of media criticism. We can even “explain” it in a YouTube video under 20 minutes!
Not great for seo but respectful of your time and intelligence
youtu.be/r6Bx-_vw71Y?...
www.podbean.com/ew/pb-hzvpp-...
kickersofelves.com/roa/
Not great for seo but respectful of your time and intelligence
youtu.be/r6Bx-_vw71Y?...
www.podbean.com/ew/pb-hzvpp-...
kickersofelves.com/roa/
A Prologue, of sorts
YouTube video by Kickers of Elves
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December 2, 2025 at 2:32 PM
We did it. We diagnosed exactly what is wrong with the current state of media criticism. We can even “explain” it in a YouTube video under 20 minutes!
Not great for seo but respectful of your time and intelligence
youtu.be/r6Bx-_vw71Y?...
www.podbean.com/ew/pb-hzvpp-...
kickersofelves.com/roa/
Not great for seo but respectful of your time and intelligence
youtu.be/r6Bx-_vw71Y?...
www.podbean.com/ew/pb-hzvpp-...
kickersofelves.com/roa/
You don’t see a lot of mom and pop corner strip clubs anymore these days
November 22, 2025 at 3:54 PM
You don’t see a lot of mom and pop corner strip clubs anymore these days
Just how interesting can it be to try to make a helmet out of a giant mantis head while laying around with a bunch of wolves?
Downtime: Crafting a Big Mess into Something Useful
Trying to do something with a dead mantis in Kal-Arath
open.substack.com
September 19, 2025 at 3:26 PM
Just how interesting can it be to try to make a helmet out of a giant mantis head while laying around with a bunch of wolves?
Congratulations! Your TIMES SQUARE ELMO evolved into LABUBU!
September 15, 2025 at 3:45 PM
Congratulations! Your TIMES SQUARE ELMO evolved into LABUBU!
I loved Eddington, then I talked with Hugh and realized I need to watch it again with “secret knowledge” that I felt dumb for not noticing the first time.
We’ve been watching more movies and talking about them on the main feed lately. Especially proud of all the insights Hugh had to the John Ford of it all in Eddington, which you should go see before listening to our dumb podcast
youtu.be/13KpfVY8GNM?...
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youtu.be/13KpfVY8GNM?...
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Movies Movies Movies!
Check out the Kickers of Elves(formerly Rules of Acquisition) feed to hear us talk about Sinners and Eddington: Two movies we all saw and enjoyed. Hugh had some great insights about Ari Aster’…
kickersofelves.com
July 29, 2025 at 5:46 PM
I loved Eddington, then I talked with Hugh and realized I need to watch it again with “secret knowledge” that I felt dumb for not noticing the first time.
Neither skeet or whatthefuc, nor substack, nor other “platform” for a fuck to “monetize” your attention with but an honest to god website that is not promoting my work at all but that of guy named Benny. Remember when there were regular ass funny websites? www.bennyscheckner.com/musings/2025...
AI-Generated Benny Content — Benny Scheckner
In an effort to keep up with the pace of content creation due to the increased prevalence of AI, I, Benny Scheckner, asked an AI chatbot to analyze the writing on this website and generate a new p...
www.bennyscheckner.com
June 4, 2025 at 7:37 PM
Neither skeet or whatthefuc, nor substack, nor other “platform” for a fuck to “monetize” your attention with but an honest to god website that is not promoting my work at all but that of guy named Benny. Remember when there were regular ass funny websites? www.bennyscheckner.com/musings/2025...
I’m 45, but yes.
Another thing about everyone on Bluesky besides us all being 38 and all liking Star Trek Deep Space 9 is that we all live in Philadelphia
June 3, 2025 at 1:45 AM
I’m 45, but yes.
Yes, there is quite a bit of “shit” in the titles for these. The scatological preoccupation of the narrator is not lost on me. open.substack.com/pub/bogmad/p...
Get Your Shit Together, Man
Downtime in Kal-Arath, part 1
open.substack.com
March 31, 2025 at 3:06 PM
Yes, there is quite a bit of “shit” in the titles for these. The scatological preoccupation of the narrator is not lost on me. open.substack.com/pub/bogmad/p...
Reposted by Wade Bowen
Nowadays, sincerity and authenticity are in short supply. Massive opening for bloggers to just be messy and half-finished! I'd kill for a sliver of humanity online
March 6, 2025 at 2:49 PM
Nowadays, sincerity and authenticity are in short supply. Massive opening for bloggers to just be messy and half-finished! I'd kill for a sliver of humanity online
Got this in the mail the other day, and gotta say: The vibes were pretty good!
Introducing TRAP, a short and irregularly published zine of adventures, mishaps, and c. If you like TTRP vibes more than you like explicit instructions, TRAP may be for you. It is not going to be available digitally for a little while, but if you want a copy, I will mail you one for free.
March 7, 2025 at 2:21 AM
Got this in the mail the other day, and gotta say: The vibes were pretty good!
Spending too much time on Substack and seeing all this advice and “tips for getting into GMing”
I dunno, just play the fucking games guys. It’s not that hard. Finding the time and people with the same time, that’s the harder part
I dunno, just play the fucking games guys. It’s not that hard. Finding the time and people with the same time, that’s the harder part
February 21, 2025 at 1:49 AM
Spending too much time on Substack and seeing all this advice and “tips for getting into GMing”
I dunno, just play the fucking games guys. It’s not that hard. Finding the time and people with the same time, that’s the harder part
I dunno, just play the fucking games guys. It’s not that hard. Finding the time and people with the same time, that’s the harder part
This took long enough:
6,000+ words conjecturing what it might be like for man with a Neolithic understanding of the world and a modern aptitude for saying “fuck, shit, etc” to fight a meticulously researched giant praying mantis who kills his wolf-friend.
6,000+ words conjecturing what it might be like for man with a Neolithic understanding of the world and a modern aptitude for saying “fuck, shit, etc” to fight a meticulously researched giant praying mantis who kills his wolf-friend.
Eukarya
We have bugs back home of course.
open.substack.com
February 20, 2025 at 5:12 PM
This took long enough:
6,000+ words conjecturing what it might be like for man with a Neolithic understanding of the world and a modern aptitude for saying “fuck, shit, etc” to fight a meticulously researched giant praying mantis who kills his wolf-friend.
6,000+ words conjecturing what it might be like for man with a Neolithic understanding of the world and a modern aptitude for saying “fuck, shit, etc” to fight a meticulously researched giant praying mantis who kills his wolf-friend.
Reposted by Wade Bowen
One of my favourite small David Lynch moments is when he tried to do one of those ceramic art cows for New York City and submitted this and was rejected.
January 16, 2025 at 7:03 PM
One of my favourite small David Lynch moments is when he tried to do one of those ceramic art cows for New York City and submitted this and was rejected.
I gotta get around to finishing up this “day” with the giant bug fight open.substack.com/pub/bogmad/p...
Wolves and shit
Not as much shit as last time.
open.substack.com
December 2, 2024 at 12:59 PM
I gotta get around to finishing up this “day” with the giant bug fight open.substack.com/pub/bogmad/p...
I cast from the Left Handed path
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Man Replies ‘STOP’ To Political Fundraiser Text Like Powerful Wizard Casting Spell To Ward Off Mythical Beast
CHICAGO—In an act of astonishing fortitude that showed he drew upon a seemingly endless well of mystic strength, local man Anthony Palmer reportedly replied “STOP” Thursday to a political fundraiser t...
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September 25, 2024 at 10:20 PM
I cast from the Left Handed path
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I started a substack. Not because I got jack shit I want to charge readers for, but because it was the closest thing to the old livejournal days for typing out inane little projects no one but me cares about. This one is from a solo-ttrpg I played. See? Just for me open.substack.com/pub/bogmad/p...
First Days Out from Home
A journal from Kal-Arath*
open.substack.com
September 22, 2024 at 1:22 PM
I started a substack. Not because I got jack shit I want to charge readers for, but because it was the closest thing to the old livejournal days for typing out inane little projects no one but me cares about. This one is from a solo-ttrpg I played. See? Just for me open.substack.com/pub/bogmad/p...
Is it just me, or was that Star Trek Discovery show kind of a mess?
June 6, 2024 at 2:56 AM
Is it just me, or was that Star Trek Discovery show kind of a mess?
This was fun. Don’t read into my heavy sighs in the sandwich discussions; my friends are dummies- and I mean that in the least pejorative and most endearing way possible
This episode’s not actually about sandwiches. Not all of it anyways
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stresignation.libsyn.com/site/a-disco...
Star Trek Resignation: A Disco Companion Home: Sandwiches (Discovery S5E06-07)
Two Episodes, two very different tastes. Sometimes you get what you asked for, and it leaves a bad taste in your mouth. Sometimes you don't expect to like something and yet you do. Because its w...
stresignation.libsyn.com
May 20, 2024 at 5:50 PM
This was fun. Don’t read into my heavy sighs in the sandwich discussions; my friends are dummies- and I mean that in the least pejorative and most endearing way possible
Reposted by Wade Bowen
Anyways, all this talk of mid-tv and producer meddling. Well that can’t have anything to do with our podcast. Apropos of nothing, the Second ep is titled “These Were Fine” podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/s...
kickersofelves.com/dhc/
kickersofelves.com/dhc/
Star Trek Resignation: A Disco Home Companion Inferno: These Were Fine (Discovery S5E04-05) on Apple Podcasts
Show Star Trek Resignation, Ep A Disco Home Companion Inferno: These Were Fine (Discovery S5E04-05) - May 2, 2024
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May 3, 2024 at 2:07 PM
Anyways, all this talk of mid-tv and producer meddling. Well that can’t have anything to do with our podcast. Apropos of nothing, the Second ep is titled “These Were Fine” podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/s...
kickersofelves.com/dhc/
kickersofelves.com/dhc/
Turns out you have options other than “stop=quit”
December 1, 2023 at 9:43 PM
Turns out you have options other than “stop=quit”