Randal Hendrickson
@hendrickson.bsky.social
Political Theory PhD, history of ideas sort, MS in Library and Info Science. Working out some stuff at "The Vapors.” Would love you to have a look.
https://thevapors.substack.com/
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The vapors is a "malady of happy people," said Rousseau. When I suffer it, I observe while the getting is good. Click to read The Vapors, by Randal Hendrickson, a Substack publication. Launched 11 day...
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No exit is no escape. Craft your own violent solution.
Am I the only one who understands "Sense and Sensibility"?
Am I the only one who understands "Sense and Sensibility"?
November 28, 2025 at 9:07 PM
No exit is no escape. Craft your own violent solution.
Am I the only one who understands "Sense and Sensibility"?
Am I the only one who understands "Sense and Sensibility"?
Thanksgiving performance: not bad.
On review:
Am told that “You can look at my pants, but don’t touch them” set the wrong tone.
And “You don’t like me because you’re scared. I can see and smell your fear” was “counterproductive.”
On review:
Am told that “You can look at my pants, but don’t touch them” set the wrong tone.
And “You don’t like me because you’re scared. I can see and smell your fear” was “counterproductive.”
November 28, 2025 at 4:52 PM
Thanksgiving performance: not bad.
On review:
Am told that “You can look at my pants, but don’t touch them” set the wrong tone.
And “You don’t like me because you’re scared. I can see and smell your fear” was “counterproductive.”
On review:
Am told that “You can look at my pants, but don’t touch them” set the wrong tone.
And “You don’t like me because you’re scared. I can see and smell your fear” was “counterproductive.”
I shouldn’t have told you guys that “Han Solo” means “die alone.” I knew but didn’t know how much that series meant to you.
November 28, 2025 at 3:50 PM
I shouldn’t have told you guys that “Han Solo” means “die alone.” I knew but didn’t know how much that series meant to you.
Based on user data, I believe LMAO to mean:
Let Me Announce Onanism
Let Me Announce Onanism
November 26, 2025 at 7:53 PM
Based on user data, I believe LMAO to mean:
Let Me Announce Onanism
Let Me Announce Onanism
He keeps me safe from aggressors.
November 26, 2025 at 6:36 PM
He keeps me safe from aggressors.
It’s a soft porn scene. A bed. A couple going at it. A funky-ass bassline plays. Pan out. The bassist is standing at the edge bed, playing live and super into the whole thing.
I gave that concept to my dude in film class back when. Big success. No credit. Not why I do it.
I gave that concept to my dude in film class back when. Big success. No credit. Not why I do it.
November 25, 2025 at 2:32 PM
It’s a soft porn scene. A bed. A couple going at it. A funky-ass bassline plays. Pan out. The bassist is standing at the edge bed, playing live and super into the whole thing.
I gave that concept to my dude in film class back when. Big success. No credit. Not why I do it.
I gave that concept to my dude in film class back when. Big success. No credit. Not why I do it.
My step-sister caught shit for having boys with tattoos over. It was a victory for her when Dad discovered I had a few. What neither of them understood is that not all tattoos are the same and that my journey is profound. I uniquely call it “chasing the dragon,” my journey.
Huh?
Huh?
November 22, 2025 at 10:55 PM
My step-sister caught shit for having boys with tattoos over. It was a victory for her when Dad discovered I had a few. What neither of them understood is that not all tattoos are the same and that my journey is profound. I uniquely call it “chasing the dragon,” my journey.
Huh?
Huh?
The reason I’m lonesome is because relationships are too easy to attain.
I am hero.
I cast my gaze, and address my longing, to the interplanetary experience.
I depend deeply on an internet connection, but, otherwise, I am perfectly free.
I am hero.
I cast my gaze, and address my longing, to the interplanetary experience.
I depend deeply on an internet connection, but, otherwise, I am perfectly free.
November 22, 2025 at 1:54 PM
The reason I’m lonesome is because relationships are too easy to attain.
I am hero.
I cast my gaze, and address my longing, to the interplanetary experience.
I depend deeply on an internet connection, but, otherwise, I am perfectly free.
I am hero.
I cast my gaze, and address my longing, to the interplanetary experience.
I depend deeply on an internet connection, but, otherwise, I am perfectly free.
Male loneliness finds its highest (which is to say lowest) expression in “critique.”
November 19, 2025 at 2:58 PM
Male loneliness finds its highest (which is to say lowest) expression in “critique.”
Pure beef? Follow the arrow.
November 16, 2025 at 10:17 PM
Pure beef? Follow the arrow.
I dress like the foremost authority on the question: “What if I could date a mermaid?”
November 10, 2025 at 4:21 PM
I dress like the foremost authority on the question: “What if I could date a mermaid?”
Reposted by Randal Hendrickson
🏴☠️💀🏴☠️
Announcement?
As I explore old typewriters, I thought to involve you (?).
If you feel alright with my having an address, DM me a theme, question, or etc. I’ll draw from my janky toolkit, write you a little something, date it, identify the typewriter, and send.
Announcement?
As I explore old typewriters, I thought to involve you (?).
If you feel alright with my having an address, DM me a theme, question, or etc. I’ll draw from my janky toolkit, write you a little something, date it, identify the typewriter, and send.
November 8, 2025 at 4:40 PM
🏴☠️💀🏴☠️
Announcement?
As I explore old typewriters, I thought to involve you (?).
If you feel alright with my having an address, DM me a theme, question, or etc. I’ll draw from my janky toolkit, write you a little something, date it, identify the typewriter, and send.
Announcement?
As I explore old typewriters, I thought to involve you (?).
If you feel alright with my having an address, DM me a theme, question, or etc. I’ll draw from my janky toolkit, write you a little something, date it, identify the typewriter, and send.
🏴☠️💀🏴☠️
Announcement?
As I explore old typewriters, I thought to involve you (?).
If you feel alright with my having an address, DM me a theme, question, or etc. I’ll draw from my janky toolkit, write you a little something, date it, identify the typewriter, and send.
Announcement?
As I explore old typewriters, I thought to involve you (?).
If you feel alright with my having an address, DM me a theme, question, or etc. I’ll draw from my janky toolkit, write you a little something, date it, identify the typewriter, and send.
November 8, 2025 at 4:40 PM
🏴☠️💀🏴☠️
Announcement?
As I explore old typewriters, I thought to involve you (?).
If you feel alright with my having an address, DM me a theme, question, or etc. I’ll draw from my janky toolkit, write you a little something, date it, identify the typewriter, and send.
Announcement?
As I explore old typewriters, I thought to involve you (?).
If you feel alright with my having an address, DM me a theme, question, or etc. I’ll draw from my janky toolkit, write you a little something, date it, identify the typewriter, and send.
Saw Orcutt Shelley Miller last night.
Just so fucking good. Man. Each piece just slaps.
Go see them if they come your way.
youtu.be/c3b5ZOZ0WfI?...
Just so fucking good. Man. Each piece just slaps.
Go see them if they come your way.
youtu.be/c3b5ZOZ0WfI?...
Orcutt Shelley Miller - Full Performance (Live on KEXP)
YouTube video by KEXP
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November 6, 2025 at 2:26 PM
Saw Orcutt Shelley Miller last night.
Just so fucking good. Man. Each piece just slaps.
Go see them if they come your way.
youtu.be/c3b5ZOZ0WfI?...
Just so fucking good. Man. Each piece just slaps.
Go see them if they come your way.
youtu.be/c3b5ZOZ0WfI?...
Got a day going. A visit to my dude to zap a blank ditch that’s been troubling me. And then off to see these guys a few blocks down the road. Fun.
If you escape a kind of paralysis and manage to get out and about, cool shit happens, and nice people worth knowing emerge. Big if. But, you know..
If you escape a kind of paralysis and manage to get out and about, cool shit happens, and nice people worth knowing emerge. Big if. But, you know..
November 5, 2025 at 4:21 PM
Got a day going. A visit to my dude to zap a blank ditch that’s been troubling me. And then off to see these guys a few blocks down the road. Fun.
If you escape a kind of paralysis and manage to get out and about, cool shit happens, and nice people worth knowing emerge. Big if. But, you know..
If you escape a kind of paralysis and manage to get out and about, cool shit happens, and nice people worth knowing emerge. Big if. But, you know..
Mr. Rogers, Cap Coleman, and sailor guy with kitty. My spirit guides this winter.
October 30, 2025 at 4:55 PM
Mr. Rogers, Cap Coleman, and sailor guy with kitty. My spirit guides this winter.
I weeded my library to one essential book. But I’ve been reading for a very long time.
October 26, 2025 at 11:22 PM
I weeded my library to one essential book. But I’ve been reading for a very long time.
This Halloween, I’m going as you, in hopes that your mom will leave me alone for a night.
October 26, 2025 at 10:50 AM
This Halloween, I’m going as you, in hopes that your mom will leave me alone for a night.
Rolling around with “don’t fuck with me” songs like this bad boy (so good), but doing shit like this. youtu.be/LU2Bt9cB6KY?...
October 25, 2025 at 7:23 PM
Rolling around with “don’t fuck with me” songs like this bad boy (so good), but doing shit like this. youtu.be/LU2Bt9cB6KY?...
More front work today. Recent troubling tattoo news has me grateful that, after all this time, I never accidentally got a Nazi tattoo.
My advice. Never choose a piece from a Nazi flash sheet. Also, why is there a Nazi flash sheet at your shop?
My advice. Never choose a piece from a Nazi flash sheet. Also, why is there a Nazi flash sheet at your shop?
October 23, 2025 at 1:12 PM
More front work today. Recent troubling tattoo news has me grateful that, after all this time, I never accidentally got a Nazi tattoo.
My advice. Never choose a piece from a Nazi flash sheet. Also, why is there a Nazi flash sheet at your shop?
My advice. Never choose a piece from a Nazi flash sheet. Also, why is there a Nazi flash sheet at your shop?
The wives who populate my harem, with the exception of Roxanne, whom I trust, each speak of “patriarchy” all the damn time. I’m, like, “Yeah, okay, sounds like a harem wife thing to say. Tell me, do you enjoy your private quarters that I enter at will? I made eunuchs for you!”
October 22, 2025 at 11:56 AM
The wives who populate my harem, with the exception of Roxanne, whom I trust, each speak of “patriarchy” all the damn time. I’m, like, “Yeah, okay, sounds like a harem wife thing to say. Tell me, do you enjoy your private quarters that I enter at will? I made eunuchs for you!”
Meritocracy is BS. But my time at Harvard was for merit. Pierre Manent thought I was funny and that it was neat to watch a hick speak about Montaigne, Montesquieu, and Jean-Jacques. So he wrote to a funded buddy at Harvard and was, like, “You ever seen a dog at a typewriter?”
October 20, 2025 at 10:28 AM
Meritocracy is BS. But my time at Harvard was for merit. Pierre Manent thought I was funny and that it was neat to watch a hick speak about Montaigne, Montesquieu, and Jean-Jacques. So he wrote to a funded buddy at Harvard and was, like, “You ever seen a dog at a typewriter?”
I sat to write some post-funeral thoughts, but found myself stabbing goblins all day. These are from my first foray into goblin territory. I like the dagger handle we’ve developed along the way. Might become a tattooer. Or artist or whatever. But I already said novelist. Hmm.
October 17, 2025 at 11:41 AM
I sat to write some post-funeral thoughts, but found myself stabbing goblins all day. These are from my first foray into goblin territory. I like the dagger handle we’ve developed along the way. Might become a tattooer. Or artist or whatever. But I already said novelist. Hmm.
My recollection of Kant’s death mask.
October 16, 2025 at 11:25 AM
My recollection of Kant’s death mask.
My cute little skull doodles have become something entirely new, and it is driven home for me that every beginning does not begin in wonder.
October 16, 2025 at 9:57 AM
My cute little skull doodles have become something entirely new, and it is driven home for me that every beginning does not begin in wonder.