Uncle Spike
@unclespike.bsky.social
A slightly neurospicy Gen-X nerd. (BTW: Nerds and geeks are not the same thing.) Will comment on music often. Not a bear. A bit of a gainer. Cis-homo/queer. I contradict myself. I am large; I contain multitudes. No LGB without the T. 🏳🌈🏳⚧
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Uncle Spike
@unclespike.bsky.social
· Aug 25
Here's your uncle wishing you well on this #mcm and beyond. Big hugs for all who need 'em. It's a tough world out there. Be kind to everyone...especially yourself.
I love drinking out of this goblet. I think everyone should drink out of glassware that pleases them. Also, Thanksgiving in all its gluttonous glory hit me, just like everyone else. Hope you all had a great one.
November 30, 2025 at 3:46 AM
I love drinking out of this goblet. I think everyone should drink out of glassware that pleases them. Also, Thanksgiving in all its gluttonous glory hit me, just like everyone else. Hope you all had a great one.
Time to experiment. Let's see what happens when I add lecithin to my...as they say nowadays, supplement stack. I've read interesting things.
November 28, 2025 at 7:01 AM
Time to experiment. Let's see what happens when I add lecithin to my...as they say nowadays, supplement stack. I've read interesting things.
I just watched All About Eve. Around the line "Fasten your seat belts. It's going to be a bumpy night," I noticed that Margo (Bette Davis) seemed to be downing a lot of martinis. Well, I timed them. Yep. Five martinis in less than nine minutes. I don't know anyone else who has done that.
November 23, 2025 at 8:33 AM
I just watched All About Eve. Around the line "Fasten your seat belts. It's going to be a bumpy night," I noticed that Margo (Bette Davis) seemed to be downing a lot of martinis. Well, I timed them. Yep. Five martinis in less than nine minutes. I don't know anyone else who has done that.
Dessert, pt 2: Kefir cheese, sliced persimmon, honey, and pumpkin spice, heavy on the cloves. Super delicious. No one can accuse me of being conventional.
November 21, 2025 at 4:02 AM
Dessert, pt 2: Kefir cheese, sliced persimmon, honey, and pumpkin spice, heavy on the cloves. Super delicious. No one can accuse me of being conventional.
Things that complement each other so well: the right font for an author. Examples:
- Permanent Marker and Henry Rollins (no joke)
- Kirimomi Swash and William Blake
- EB Garamond and Jane Austen
- Walter Turncoat and Jack London
In related news, I love my Kindle. And I love having fun with fonts
- Permanent Marker and Henry Rollins (no joke)
- Kirimomi Swash and William Blake
- EB Garamond and Jane Austen
- Walter Turncoat and Jack London
In related news, I love my Kindle. And I love having fun with fonts
November 21, 2025 at 3:54 AM
Things that complement each other so well: the right font for an author. Examples:
- Permanent Marker and Henry Rollins (no joke)
- Kirimomi Swash and William Blake
- EB Garamond and Jane Austen
- Walter Turncoat and Jack London
In related news, I love my Kindle. And I love having fun with fonts
- Permanent Marker and Henry Rollins (no joke)
- Kirimomi Swash and William Blake
- EB Garamond and Jane Austen
- Walter Turncoat and Jack London
In related news, I love my Kindle. And I love having fun with fonts
I swam 3x200 today. The guy I shared the lane with was impressed with my speed and told me so. I thanked him and told him I was impressed with his consistency. I rested between 200s while he never stopped. Both of us doing the best we knew how, and doing great in our own way.
November 21, 2025 at 3:31 AM
I swam 3x200 today. The guy I shared the lane with was impressed with my speed and told me so. I thanked him and told him I was impressed with his consistency. I rested between 200s while he never stopped. Both of us doing the best we knew how, and doing great in our own way.
It's been a while. Hey y'all!
My latest "want to have my cake and eat it too" bit: be able to do 40 pushups bc heart disease would suck. But want a big belly that hits the ground before my chest. So...🤔
Not gonna say how many pushups I can do at once. But it's not 40. I got work to do.
My latest "want to have my cake and eat it too" bit: be able to do 40 pushups bc heart disease would suck. But want a big belly that hits the ground before my chest. So...🤔
Not gonna say how many pushups I can do at once. But it's not 40. I got work to do.
How Pushups Can Help Men's Hearts
A recent study, of men and pushups, strengthens the case that muscle-building promotes heart health. "Even if you can only do a little exercise, you get tremendous benefits," a fitness expert says.
www.webmd.com
November 19, 2025 at 8:09 AM
It's been a while. Hey y'all!
My latest "want to have my cake and eat it too" bit: be able to do 40 pushups bc heart disease would suck. But want a big belly that hits the ground before my chest. So...🤔
Not gonna say how many pushups I can do at once. But it's not 40. I got work to do.
My latest "want to have my cake and eat it too" bit: be able to do 40 pushups bc heart disease would suck. But want a big belly that hits the ground before my chest. So...🤔
Not gonna say how many pushups I can do at once. But it's not 40. I got work to do.
Current thing that makes me excited: homemade dehydrated fermented hot sauce mash powder.
Damn, that's a mouthful. Apparently it's super delicious. I seldom make fermented hot sauce. I don't have a dehydrator. Also don't have a spice grinder. But just the idea seems so neat.
Damn, that's a mouthful. Apparently it's super delicious. I seldom make fermented hot sauce. I don't have a dehydrator. Also don't have a spice grinder. But just the idea seems so neat.
November 11, 2025 at 7:26 AM
Current thing that makes me excited: homemade dehydrated fermented hot sauce mash powder.
Damn, that's a mouthful. Apparently it's super delicious. I seldom make fermented hot sauce. I don't have a dehydrator. Also don't have a spice grinder. But just the idea seems so neat.
Damn, that's a mouthful. Apparently it's super delicious. I seldom make fermented hot sauce. I don't have a dehydrator. Also don't have a spice grinder. But just the idea seems so neat.
Today I shake my fist at a website for using "discrete" when "discreet" was called for. Yesterday it was at mixing up "wary" and "weary" on a post here.
I'm getting very peeved at such errors nowadays. My kingdom for a magic wand to make corrections...especially for experts in their field.
I'm getting very peeved at such errors nowadays. My kingdom for a magic wand to make corrections...especially for experts in their field.
November 10, 2025 at 10:49 PM
Today I shake my fist at a website for using "discrete" when "discreet" was called for. Yesterday it was at mixing up "wary" and "weary" on a post here.
I'm getting very peeved at such errors nowadays. My kingdom for a magic wand to make corrections...especially for experts in their field.
I'm getting very peeved at such errors nowadays. My kingdom for a magic wand to make corrections...especially for experts in their field.
So, as the kids are tiring of saying, I was today years old when...
...I found out Jonathan Bailey is gay. He never set off my gaydar, despite being devastatingly handsome. And I say that as a HUGE Bridgerton fan. (Should I have considered his being in Wicked a hint?)
...I found out Jonathan Bailey is gay. He never set off my gaydar, despite being devastatingly handsome. And I say that as a HUGE Bridgerton fan. (Should I have considered his being in Wicked a hint?)
November 9, 2025 at 10:23 PM
So, as the kids are tiring of saying, I was today years old when...
...I found out Jonathan Bailey is gay. He never set off my gaydar, despite being devastatingly handsome. And I say that as a HUGE Bridgerton fan. (Should I have considered his being in Wicked a hint?)
...I found out Jonathan Bailey is gay. He never set off my gaydar, despite being devastatingly handsome. And I say that as a HUGE Bridgerton fan. (Should I have considered his being in Wicked a hint?)
The room here at home in CA where musical magic happens. Guitar, singing, listening. Today's listening was Nebraska by Bruce Springsteen—the whole album. Gives me shivers, it's so good. Should be required listening for everyone nowadays.
"Well, sir I guess there's just a meanness in this world."
"Well, sir I guess there's just a meanness in this world."
November 4, 2025 at 9:03 PM
The room here at home in CA where musical magic happens. Guitar, singing, listening. Today's listening was Nebraska by Bruce Springsteen—the whole album. Gives me shivers, it's so good. Should be required listening for everyone nowadays.
"Well, sir I guess there's just a meanness in this world."
"Well, sir I guess there's just a meanness in this world."
I used to mock the old fogeys who wore golf pants and listened to Frank Sinatra and whose idea of a fun and crazy night was when their prunes kicked in. But goddamn it, I'm now one of 'em. Except I wear aloha shirts and listen to exotica.
November 4, 2025 at 7:12 AM
I used to mock the old fogeys who wore golf pants and listened to Frank Sinatra and whose idea of a fun and crazy night was when their prunes kicked in. But goddamn it, I'm now one of 'em. Except I wear aloha shirts and listen to exotica.
Monday morning with coffee (not shown), Mozart, Buddha, and belly. (Buddha does not have the belly in this case.)
November 3, 2025 at 5:14 PM
Monday morning with coffee (not shown), Mozart, Buddha, and belly. (Buddha does not have the belly in this case.)
Gonna try something new. I think we've been sold the wrong story about dental health...that brushing is more important. For the next month, I'm going to floss every day like clockwork. And I'm gonna brush my teeth for maybe ten seconds a day. Let's see what they say on my next dental visit.
November 2, 2025 at 8:15 PM
Gonna try something new. I think we've been sold the wrong story about dental health...that brushing is more important. For the next month, I'm going to floss every day like clockwork. And I'm gonna brush my teeth for maybe ten seconds a day. Let's see what they say on my next dental visit.
Feeling more and more...ah...my presence on the spectrum lately. Like looking back at my life and having a strong suspicion that people all along have been whispering behind my back, "is he really that deluded? Like...does he not get how off and out of place he is?" It's unnerving.
October 24, 2025 at 8:49 PM
Feeling more and more...ah...my presence on the spectrum lately. Like looking back at my life and having a strong suspicion that people all along have been whispering behind my back, "is he really that deluded? Like...does he not get how off and out of place he is?" It's unnerving.
Denver fall: Gorgeous leaves changing color and beautiful cool weather.
Palm Springs fall: Citrus season begins and beautiful warm weather. (There's also that Pride thing, or so I've been told.)
Palm Springs fall: Citrus season begins and beautiful warm weather. (There's also that Pride thing, or so I've been told.)
October 24, 2025 at 5:45 AM
Denver fall: Gorgeous leaves changing color and beautiful cool weather.
Palm Springs fall: Citrus season begins and beautiful warm weather. (There's also that Pride thing, or so I've been told.)
Palm Springs fall: Citrus season begins and beautiful warm weather. (There's also that Pride thing, or so I've been told.)
Back in the late '90s, after college graduation, my friends and I discovered this bit of hilariously sobering cartoonage. Classic Gen X humor. To this day, I still enjoy coffay and cookays.
Laid-Off: A Day in the Life
YouTube video by Odd Todd
youtu.be
October 22, 2025 at 3:22 PM
Back in the late '90s, after college graduation, my friends and I discovered this bit of hilariously sobering cartoonage. Classic Gen X humor. To this day, I still enjoy coffay and cookays.
Plugging in the guitar tonight, I hit some random strings in random ways, and one second later, out of nowhere, I'm playing the opening riff to Day Tripper. Not even one of my favorite songs, and I haven't heard it for months, but damn, it's fun when music strikes like that.
October 22, 2025 at 3:35 AM
Plugging in the guitar tonight, I hit some random strings in random ways, and one second later, out of nowhere, I'm playing the opening riff to Day Tripper. Not even one of my favorite songs, and I haven't heard it for months, but damn, it's fun when music strikes like that.
Hoo boy. With parents like these, I'm not sure if the kids will be alright. (Said half-jokingly. And I can't tell if the OP was joking about this or not, either.)
October 13, 2025 at 4:09 PM
Hoo boy. With parents like these, I'm not sure if the kids will be alright. (Said half-jokingly. And I can't tell if the OP was joking about this or not, either.)
Overeating...
1/3 of a cucumber with hummus
A sliced green bell pepper with homemade eggplant dip.
I'm fucking rage-eating this shit.
If this doesn't shoot my energy to the moon and make me want to destroy all my enemies, I'm coming after the food police with my machetes.*
*May or may not exist
1/3 of a cucumber with hummus
A sliced green bell pepper with homemade eggplant dip.
I'm fucking rage-eating this shit.
If this doesn't shoot my energy to the moon and make me want to destroy all my enemies, I'm coming after the food police with my machetes.*
*May or may not exist
October 8, 2025 at 10:20 PM
Overeating...
1/3 of a cucumber with hummus
A sliced green bell pepper with homemade eggplant dip.
I'm fucking rage-eating this shit.
If this doesn't shoot my energy to the moon and make me want to destroy all my enemies, I'm coming after the food police with my machetes.*
*May or may not exist
1/3 of a cucumber with hummus
A sliced green bell pepper with homemade eggplant dip.
I'm fucking rage-eating this shit.
If this doesn't shoot my energy to the moon and make me want to destroy all my enemies, I'm coming after the food police with my machetes.*
*May or may not exist
In high school, The Mayor of Casterbridge was one of my favorite books. I picked it back up again last year and found it too difficult. This was sobering.
I honestly blame my addiction to screens and social media. Am currently taking steps to get back to where I was, or as near as possible.
I honestly blame my addiction to screens and social media. Am currently taking steps to get back to where I was, or as near as possible.
October 4, 2025 at 6:25 AM
In high school, The Mayor of Casterbridge was one of my favorite books. I picked it back up again last year and found it too difficult. This was sobering.
I honestly blame my addiction to screens and social media. Am currently taking steps to get back to where I was, or as near as possible.
I honestly blame my addiction to screens and social media. Am currently taking steps to get back to where I was, or as near as possible.
Rediscovering this classic (oh god, did I just say that?) and...yeah. Really enjoying it. No cognitive dissonance here, which kinda hurts to say.
This whole post/essay/analysis is brilliant. Recommended to everyone.
This whole post/essay/analysis is brilliant. Recommended to everyone.
Green Day – American Idiot – Classic Music Review
I swear on a stack of bibles . . . oh, wait, I’m an atheist . . . I swear on a stack of all my favorite albums that this review has nothing to do with recent developments that prove beyond a …
altrockchick.com
October 3, 2025 at 8:08 PM
Rediscovering this classic (oh god, did I just say that?) and...yeah. Really enjoying it. No cognitive dissonance here, which kinda hurts to say.
This whole post/essay/analysis is brilliant. Recommended to everyone.
This whole post/essay/analysis is brilliant. Recommended to everyone.
Happy Friday, y'all. Here's my morning view from my cup of coffee. I ain't mad.
October 3, 2025 at 2:08 PM
Happy Friday, y'all. Here's my morning view from my cup of coffee. I ain't mad.
Made my first ever blancmange. A raspberry one, so really, perhaps it should be framboisemange. Delicious. Very tart. Brilliant pink. Lovely texture. Quite possibly the gayest dessert I have ever eaten, for many reasons. I look forward to making and eating this again.
October 3, 2025 at 3:44 AM
Made my first ever blancmange. A raspberry one, so really, perhaps it should be framboisemange. Delicious. Very tart. Brilliant pink. Lovely texture. Quite possibly the gayest dessert I have ever eaten, for many reasons. I look forward to making and eating this again.
Until further notice, this Gen-X kid decrees that this is the best candy in the empire. He shall take no questions. He shall, however, gladly take refills.
October 2, 2025 at 10:36 PM
Until further notice, this Gen-X kid decrees that this is the best candy in the empire. He shall take no questions. He shall, however, gladly take refills.