The Renegade Writer's Mouthy Musings

Tick-tock…

I’m becoming painfully aware of how short life is. I’ve learned of the deaths of classmates I knew as a child. They seem to happen more frequently than I ever remember.

And I’m only 51 years old. I can only imagine how this accelerates when I reach my 60s, then 70s.

My parents are in their 70s. They’ve never left the United States. I don’t want that for me. My Bride and I have had hopes and dreams of visiting other countries together. We’ve never been able to do that in the almost 15 years we’ve been together.

Travel is pricey. And when you have people back home who depend on you, it’s not easy to take trips out of the country. Or to live abroad, away from your parents and children.

I talk about this juggling act I’m living through at this stage of life in today’s podcast episode. I’m thankful and grateful for the progress I’ve made as a writer for the past 4 1/2 years. But I’m also painfully aware of how slow this process has been. I hope to achieve so much more and visit many more places I’ve never been.

Whatever happens, I’ll take you guys there with me. That’s a given. Thank you for your continued support. It means the world to my family and me.

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I saw a couple of shitty comments on my friend Weird Paul Petroskey’s Facebook posts the other day.

Those snarky comments made me angry. I’m used to the abusive crap people leave on my political humor articles and posts. It comes with the territory of being opinionated, mouthy, and vocal. I expect that, and I laugh at them all.

Before blocking them with my favorite finger. The one that’s always standing up for me.

But I don’t like seeing that happen on my friends’ pages. Especially those who do nothing but post great content and are nice to everyone. Weird Paul isn’t political; he’s humorous. His nostalgic posts don’t deserve negative feedback from negative, know-it-all types of clowns.

And though I know he’s a grown man and doesn’t need me to defend him, it still pisses me off when people leave their dumb, unasked-for opinions about his posts.

And everyone else’s. I talk about this in today’s episode of our podcast. If I catch anyone saying stupid shit on my subscribers’ Substack posts, I’m going to say something. And it won’t be fucking nice. It’s in my nature to stand up to bullies.

I hope you’ll always do the same. We need more of that in today’s world. Especially with all of the BS going on in this country right now.

Thank you for lending me your ears, as always. I couldn’t do this without you all.

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I just got home from doing some wildlife photography. It was wonderful to get out there again. A nice three-hour break from screens and the bullshit drama of Crybaby Caligula.

I almost didn’t go. I talk myself out of so many workouts, get-togethers, and wildlife photography excursions because of Substack. I convince myself that I should be putting 12 to 15 hours daily into this thing of mine. It often becomes tiresome and stressful.

My mental health takes a hit most days.

But not today. I told myself to cut the shit and get out into nature. I needed that. And I’m proud of the things I saw. It felt awesome to get out into nature again. I may even do it again tomorrow.

I talk about the pressure and the grind of attempting to grow an anti-fascist movement in today’s episode of our podcast. Though I appreciate what I do for a living and am very proud of my work, I realize that I’m not very measured or balanced in how I handle my career. I need to do better.

And I will. I’m learning how to improve my mental health and take time for other things. I appreciate you understanding and supporting my choice to put a little less time into this thing. But don’t worry.

I’ll always remain Mouthy. And determined to stop Pedolf Shitler. We’ll do it together.

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I will be attending Traitor Trump’s funeral in person.

I just decided this today. It’s too big an event not to miss. And don’t get me wrong, I’m certainly not attending to pay my respects. Quite the opposite, in fact.

I’m going to wait in the miles-long line to visit his grave once he’s in it. And I’m going to pressure wash that bitch once I reach the headstone. Mooch will join me, and we’ll be one of the many to turn his gravesite into the world’s most-visited gender neutral bathroom on the planet.

I’m going to tell you all about this in today’s episode. I can’t take the chance that he’s not really gone. We have to visit it ourselves. And I have a few choice words to tell that lying, cheating, thieving, child-rapist myself.

And for once, he won’t be able to interrupt me.

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If Trump is calling Lake Ontario “Lake America” now, I’m calling it “Lake Epstein.” To hell with what he thinks about it.

None of us are required to take his little tangerine toddler twatzi shit seriously. We do not have to believe anything he tells us to. And I’ll be double-damned if I ever allow a lying, cheating, thieving child-rapist to tell ME what’s what.

Eat shit, Groper Cleveland. Fuck you, I won’t do what you tell me.

I was thinking about this after writing my new article this morning. The news came that Pervert Hoover signed an executive order that proclaimed Lake Ontario to be renamed “Lake America” because he’s crying like a little bitch about Canada not bowing down to his crap. Boo hoo, somebody call a Whaa-ambulance.

He’s such a victim. Crybaby Caligula. Well, I’m over his daily drama. Let me tell you why I don’t care about this latest nothing story. I appreciate you lending me your ears. Thank you for everything you all bring to our fight against fascism.

I couldn’t do it without you.

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I get pretty fed up with stupid people. It’s gotten worse over the past decade. Wanna guess why?

That’s RIGHT. Of course, you knew the answer to that one. Our Mouthy Militia is full of the best people. Ones who know that all Trumpanzees are full of bullshit. They truly don’t care about what’s best for the people of our country.

If they did, there’s no way they’d still be supporting the Count of Mostly Crisco.

I talk about why these traitorous shit-stains are so publicly, purposely ignorant. And why they view liberal folks who only want good things for all American citizens as their enemy. You’re a garbage human being if you’re still supporting a lying, thieving, child-rapist.

I appreciate you all lending me your ears for this episode. With over 1.5 million episode downloads in less than two years, you’ve made it clear that you stand with me in the fight against fascism. I couldn’t do this without y’all. Mooch agrees.

Let’s keep resisting and be mouthy and vocal every step of the way. Thank you for all you do as members of our Mouthy Militia.

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Man, it’s been quite the day already.

It was busy for a Tuesday. Hell, most of my days are pretty jam-packed. I put 12 to 15 hours a day into my Substack. Anything extra outside of those hours really makes for an exhausting day.

But those days are especially kickass and fulfilling. This morning’s chat with an old friend and a couple of other posts that I saw brought me to tears.

Good ones, though. I take pride in being able to let my emotions out and to fully embrace them. Between that and doing another Substack Live with my good friend, Rusty Shackleford, it’s been a damn good day. Let me tell you about it in today’s podcast episode.

I appreciate you all taking an interest and lending me your ears. I hope you’re also having a wonderful day and can appreciate the range of emotions we all feel, too.

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That was a whole bunch of fun. Substack Lives kick ass. Especially when you do them with great friends.

I appreciate Rusty Shackleford joining me on today’s Live. It was awesome to discuss parenthood with him. Hearing a good fella’s perspective about raising two kids under two brought back a lot of wonderful memories.

And some crazy shenanigans. I bet a lot of you can relate to that.

We’ll have to do another one again soon. Meanwhile, please consider subscribing to my close friend’s Substack. He’s a stay-at-home father of two young sons, and he’d love to have your support.

Free or paid, it means the world to us to have more subscribers who support what we do.

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Until next time, parents and children of parents. We hope you enjoyed today’s discussion!

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I get tired of talking about stupid-ass Donald Trump daily.

I’ve made this clear many times. And yet, I’m still writing and podcasting about him most of the day. Well, fuck that. Not today. I have someone better to discuss.

Substack’s favorite dog, Mooch. She deserves our time.

I decided to conduct an interview with her for today’s podcast episode. Since she can’t actually speak, I did the speaking for her. I can read her facial expressions. I know what she’s thinking.

So here it is. I think you’ll enjoy this one. Thank you for lending us both your ears. She was happy to participate in my little Q&A session for you guys. We’re grateful that you take such an interest in my writing and podcasting.

She loves being here for it daily with me. Much love to you all, from both of us.

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Someone should have beaten Trump’s ass as a child.

Or at least disciplined him in some way. He’s the quintessential spoiled little fuck who was never told “NO.” It’s obvious in everything that he does. His constant pissing and moaning about every little goddamn thing is exhausting to watch.

If he’d been raised better, perhaps he would have had a chance at being a decent human being. But who knows? Rich kids tend to become asshole adults.

I talk about this in today’s podcast episode. I’d love to hear your thoughts about how Donald Douchebag became such an insufferable, vile fuck-puddle. Thank you for giving us some insight. I appreciate you listening to this one.

Your support of my writing and podcast means the world to me. I couldn’t do this without our free and paid subscribers. Our Mouthy Militia is the BEST.

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