Greg Lester
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Greg Lester
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Dad. Communications consultant/science writer guy. America's leading lawn gnome critic. Likes: bikes, science, camping, travel, frugality. Dislikes: lawn gnomes without eyes, quick declines into fascism.

Pictured, Tonka as a young man
Know what's worse?

The Secretary of Health and Human Services is a chemtrails nut, too, and that's probably the least offensive of the set of pseudoscientific personal beliefs that he's turning into policy.
November 12, 2025 at 9:30 PM
Thank you!

I don't need C-3PO, I need a little R2 to change my oil and make me martinis.

Hell, C-3PO didn't need to look like a person. He was a translator. He could have been an app.
November 12, 2025 at 12:12 AM
The entire cabinet can all travel in one little car, which is amazing.
November 10, 2025 at 7:38 PM
Or signs, seating cards, or directions.

At each table, we set gift bags of heirloom flower bulbs. On the day before we married, my MiL hired a last-minute wedding manager.

Ignorant of the bulbs (and the note), she ate an entire bag & left for the ER before the reception. Never did meet her.
November 10, 2025 at 2:54 PM
I'm only shocked that he hadn't pardoned them already.
November 10, 2025 at 12:08 PM
*static*

tsssh-click

(pilot grunt)

"Uh...as we are approaching the Rockies, I'm going to need everyone to stand up and jump on 3...2...aaaaaand..."
November 9, 2025 at 9:21 PM
He's grown into a remarkable young man.
November 8, 2025 at 8:56 PM
We were there for Ben's Eagle Project. We got 100 trees planted. Now we are sore.
November 8, 2025 at 8:51 PM
This is precisely what Aunt Gloria did for Uncle George, along with reminders to use the handrails she installed everywhere.
November 7, 2025 at 3:14 PM
This why “good” at real estate and reality tv is not a plan for running government
November 7, 2025 at 2:29 AM
Or plastic fins to make them easier to throw. Get a good spiral
November 6, 2025 at 11:40 PM
This next year will be rough, though. I feel a tsunami of nonsense, lies, and propaganda on the horizon.
November 5, 2025 at 1:07 PM
Somehow, this redneck rural cosplay thing has become the default setting in this country.

I was just thinking about this in To Kill a Mockingbird terms. Peck's Finch was a model for quiet strength, masculinity, and moral certainty.

We have rejected that model for violent, racist Bob Ewells.
November 3, 2025 at 5:36 PM