Mr. Brown’s Nemesis
@seren1tyseeker.bsky.social
Husband, father. Sober since 8/4/2017. Fond of big ideas, small graces, and the daily practice of trying to be a better man.
Thing is, kind of amazing that the system has held together based on good faith and handshakes this long. Now that he’s shattered that, it’s challenging to think of independent guardrails in a poisonously partisan, self-obsessed political culture.
December 13, 2025 at 4:21 PM
Thing is, kind of amazing that the system has held together based on good faith and handshakes this long. Now that he’s shattered that, it’s challenging to think of independent guardrails in a poisonously partisan, self-obsessed political culture.
I’m thinking broader: an independent mechanism for investigating, enforcing, and prosecuting crimes committed by the executive. He’s proven those checks need more teeth. I’m struggling with exactly how it would work tho.
December 13, 2025 at 4:17 PM
I’m thinking broader: an independent mechanism for investigating, enforcing, and prosecuting crimes committed by the executive. He’s proven those checks need more teeth. I’m struggling with exactly how it would work tho.
Imagine how you’d view these photos if you didn’t yet know anything about the horrors that today make proximity to Epstein so scandalous. I expect I’d just think “this guy is plugged in with all the people who run the world. Wow.”
December 13, 2025 at 6:16 AM
Imagine how you’d view these photos if you didn’t yet know anything about the horrors that today make proximity to Epstein so scandalous. I expect I’d just think “this guy is plugged in with all the people who run the world. Wow.”
Not blackmail. It was a sense of invincibility IMO. If you’re chumming with the world’s richest and most powerful men and think you’re immune to consequences, he’d probably see these pics as proof of us his access to wealth, power, and influence.
December 13, 2025 at 6:16 AM
Not blackmail. It was a sense of invincibility IMO. If you’re chumming with the world’s richest and most powerful men and think you’re immune to consequences, he’d probably see these pics as proof of us his access to wealth, power, and influence.
That sucks. You have my sympathies. It’s so hard to watch other people get consumed by their -ism, but it’s unavoidable in recovery communities. My heart goes out to him and everyone who cares about him.
December 9, 2025 at 6:10 PM
That sucks. You have my sympathies. It’s so hard to watch other people get consumed by their -ism, but it’s unavoidable in recovery communities. My heart goes out to him and everyone who cares about him.
Gonna check this out.
December 9, 2025 at 1:49 PM
Gonna check this out.
As an album, I’d struggle to think of one. IMO Guaraldi doesn’t get nearly enough credit a terrific jazz pianist b/c he’s inextricably linked with the Charlie Brown franchise.
December 9, 2025 at 1:49 PM
As an album, I’d struggle to think of one. IMO Guaraldi doesn’t get nearly enough credit a terrific jazz pianist b/c he’s inextricably linked with the Charlie Brown franchise.
That’s amazing. Congrats and thanks for showing what’s possible. It really as a way better life than what I had before.
December 9, 2025 at 5:06 AM
That’s amazing. Congrats and thanks for showing what’s possible. It really as a way better life than what I had before.
Doesn’t strike me as something a normal drinker would ask for sure. If you’ve had one or two cases of overdoing it over the course of years that’s one thing; if you’re trying to quantify how often it’s acceptable, however…
December 6, 2025 at 10:13 PM
Doesn’t strike me as something a normal drinker would ask for sure. If you’ve had one or two cases of overdoing it over the course of years that’s one thing; if you’re trying to quantify how often it’s acceptable, however…
I get the logic behind “gratitude is Pollyanna BS when XYZ is happening in the world.” But that view ultimately serves little besides one’s sense of moral superiority over others. Balancing realism with gratitude offers the strength to be a force for love, healing, and change in the world.
November 27, 2025 at 9:28 PM
I get the logic behind “gratitude is Pollyanna BS when XYZ is happening in the world.” But that view ultimately serves little besides one’s sense of moral superiority over others. Balancing realism with gratitude offers the strength to be a force for love, healing, and change in the world.
Dumb yankee question: is there a technical distinction between stuffing and dressing? I always thought they were just two words that both applied to the whole genre of “things you serve with turkey” - cornbread, sage, oyster, etc.
November 26, 2025 at 4:59 PM
Dumb yankee question: is there a technical distinction between stuffing and dressing? I always thought they were just two words that both applied to the whole genre of “things you serve with turkey” - cornbread, sage, oyster, etc.
I have a few traditional stuffings I like, but my every-year-a-hit go-do stuffing is an andouille, cornbread and sage dressing. Love it. Most years I make that and a second, more traditional stuffing (for my father in law, who’s old school.)
November 25, 2025 at 4:20 PM
I have a few traditional stuffings I like, but my every-year-a-hit go-do stuffing is an andouille, cornbread and sage dressing. Love it. Most years I make that and a second, more traditional stuffing (for my father in law, who’s old school.)
Love this. Perfect turkey, if such a thing exists, is HARD. And while it’s traditional, there is no rule.
November 24, 2025 at 1:22 PM
Love this. Perfect turkey, if such a thing exists, is HARD. And while it’s traditional, there is no rule.
I’m a wet brine devotee, personally. Depending on how you’re cooking it, more leeway for creativity/flavor (e.g. when I smoke a turkey, I like adding oranges and lemons to the brine and think the flavor/acidity improves the final product.)
November 24, 2025 at 1:20 PM
I’m a wet brine devotee, personally. Depending on how you’re cooking it, more leeway for creativity/flavor (e.g. when I smoke a turkey, I like adding oranges and lemons to the brine and think the flavor/acidity improves the final product.)
Four fried chickens…and a coke! 😎
November 23, 2025 at 11:06 PM
Four fried chickens…and a coke! 😎
Deep dish pizza, Italian beef, Chicago-style dogs, and (outside the Chicagoland area) the Horseshoe sandwich
November 18, 2025 at 3:24 AM
Deep dish pizza, Italian beef, Chicago-style dogs, and (outside the Chicagoland area) the Horseshoe sandwich
Amen. There are a few bits of ridiculousness, but my drinking was mostly a 20-year long slog of slowly growing fear, shame, isolation, and self-hatred. Unless you’re a really dark person, not that entertaining.
November 16, 2025 at 1:41 AM
Amen. There are a few bits of ridiculousness, but my drinking was mostly a 20-year long slog of slowly growing fear, shame, isolation, and self-hatred. Unless you’re a really dark person, not that entertaining.
He’s a Baptist so the Pope had little to do with it, but I imagine if they were to meet they could set aside doctrinal differences and agree on certain core truths.
November 14, 2025 at 11:55 PM
He’s a Baptist so the Pope had little to do with it, but I imagine if they were to meet they could set aside doctrinal differences and agree on certain core truths.
If the forces of democracy and decency win this fight, this will be one of the defining images (think Saigon execution photo);
If trumpism succeeds, it will be erased from history - it’ll too damning to be allowed to stay.
If trumpism succeeds, it will be erased from history - it’ll too damning to be allowed to stay.
November 14, 2025 at 11:51 PM
If the forces of democracy and decency win this fight, this will be one of the defining images (think Saigon execution photo);
If trumpism succeeds, it will be erased from history - it’ll too damning to be allowed to stay.
If trumpism succeeds, it will be erased from history - it’ll too damning to be allowed to stay.
I vote for a more parliamentary-type system (tweaked for America). We should still never have a King or Queen, but as I watch the British system, I can see the value of having a symbolic/ceremonial executive without vesting huge executive powers in a single person.
October 31, 2025 at 6:22 PM
I vote for a more parliamentary-type system (tweaked for America). We should still never have a King or Queen, but as I watch the British system, I can see the value of having a symbolic/ceremonial executive without vesting huge executive powers in a single person.