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Big nerd, lover of hockey, sometimes baker, indigenous, ally, gamer, and mystic. He/him Reading blog- https://open.substack.com/pub/verygrungyreader Religious blog- https://open.substack.com/pub/verygrungyreader Buy a coffee- https://ko-fi.com/nerdyrev
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A new update- ko-fi.com/i/IG2G31BL17M

My latest blog post- open.substack.com/pub/grungypa...

I’m on Ko-Fi now as a central place for my posts. Please give a follow- ko-fi.com/nerdyrev

I have a new devotional just for Lent. I used to live near a Bruderhof community, who were incredibly kind. Their publishing house, Plough, makes some wonderful devotionals and biographies. I especially enjoy them because they focus a lot on Christian anarchist authors.

Good selections for Book of the Month this month.

Bringing my starter back to life. It is time to make bread again, I think. I haven’t made bread since October.

Several Dem Congress members didn’t go to the speech last night and one member was tossed. It was at that point the others should have left too. Empty seats sat a lot more than color coordinated shirts.

There were some other books too 😂 A new Richard Rohr ❤️❤️❤️❤️

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Canadians are regularly booing the American National anthem and not buying American products. Why? Because the President decided Canada is no longer an ally. Why did he do that? He is selling America out and is a traitor to the country partnering with dictators and going against democracies.

Tariffs UP. Groceries UP. Exports DOWN. Stock market DOWN. Consumer confidence DOWN. Chance of a recession UP UP UP. After Trump left, it took Biden 4 years to rebuild the US economy. It’s taken Trump just 6 weeks to destroy it again.

Why can’t we have nice things without Nazis? I honestly won’t know where to go next. I will stick with Substack until it becomes unbearable. theweek.com/media/substa...

Latest blog post. It is a summary of my dissertation- open.substack.com/pub/grungypa...

Me- I’m ready to start this week right! Also me-

Maybe it is just me, but a President using Federal funds to invest in his, his family, and his friends crypto seems pretty illegal. *sarcasm font*

I will fully admit I don’t get the glitter in ashes for Ash Wednesday thing. Wearing ash is to symbolize mourning and repentance as well as recognizing our mortality. Why is glitter part of repentance? Why is glitter part of death? I honestly don’t understand, rather than old man complaining.

Hat tip to @alanferrier.bsky.social.

Oh man! We had local candidates looking for signatures to get on the ballot. As I was signing, I missed the overtime game winning goal in the Leafs game! Blergh!!!!

Oh damn www.nytimes.com/2025/03/01/a...

It is 61 degrees and the sun is in my eyes. My hair is thinning and doesn’t have cream in it, so it is blowing everywhere. It is going to drop to 20, so might as well soak it in now. 😎

A new post from my reading blog- open.substack.com/pub/verygrun...

I am a slow gamer and I finally finished Stellar Blade after 30 hours. Yes, you can just look at the character and reduce the game, but you would be missing an incredible hack and slash/RPG. Great story and fighting system. Beating some bosses felt like accomplishments. Great game.

Now is a good time for former Presidents to speak out about the problems Trump is creating with Ukraine. That was embarrassing

In less than a month, he destroyed one of the best post lockdown economies in the world.

Amen.

Did anyone else notice coverage of pro-Palestine protests stopped being covered by news media once Biden lost? It is almost as if news media was trying to show Biden as weak. Notice protests against Trump aren’t covered at all by media?

“A liminal space is a threshold, the space of ambiguity or disorientation that occurs when we find ourselves transitioning from who we once were to who we are becoming.” - Heather Plett

Stay home, don’t buy anything and enjoy what you have? Say no more to this introvert as I am already picking which books I am going to read. Want to extend it a few more days? I’m in. 😄

In addition to my Howard Thurman morning devotional reading and my evening fiction reading, I also grow through reading theology. I don’t post about it much because it is niche reading and they usually take a month or two to get through, but these are the two I am currently reading.

I’m not enjoying this normalizing of having Zoom meetings over the lunch hour. There should be a break in the day for everyone. It isn’t healthy to work without breaks.

I wish I had this quote yesterday- It seems simple, sometimes, to deal charitably with those who may be regarded as enemies. There is something rather flattering and condescending about extending grace to one who is beyond the pale. To pray for one’s enemies can be a very superior role.

I like how we are all just letting a madman take over the US government. He has the DoD, the FBI, and the Supreme Court. On Friday he began on the military and everyone is twiddling their thumbs in the Senate and House.

Maybe he’s born with it, maybe it’s Pond Water #svengoolie

This guy has perfect aim. The Yankees should sign him #svengoolie

You know what this movie needed? A groovy song break. How did this not win an Oscar? #svengoolie

That view looks just like Tokyo. You can tell by the blue neon sign reading Tokyo. 😂😅😂 #svengoolie

That woman had plenty of time to get away before being grabbed. #svengoolie

A fourth Nazi salute from a Republican and the second from CPAC. If it smells like a Nazi party, it is a Nazi party.

It is mind boggling that in America right now, you are considered a radical liberal if you believe the poor should be cared for and people should have equal rights and opportunities.

You have a week left to download your kindle books to your computer.

Disappointed (but not surprised) that the only outlets covering the fed funding chaos impact on tribes are Native ones. Anti-Indigenous racism functions thru erasure. If u r reporting on issues that impact tribes without ever mentioning us u r perpetuating anti-Indigenous racism.

If it looks and acts like a neo Nazi, it is a neo Nazi. They are not hiding and this isn’t a mistake or just a hand thing. There are several Neo nazis in charge of the current GOP including the VP of the US who met with Neo Nazis this week in Germany.

New blog post- grungypastor.substack.com/p/when-to-sa...

Canada won! Woot!

Bruins fans booing Brad Marchand because he is on Team Canada is a thing of beauty.

I am still amazed that the news about VP Vance blowing off the German chancellor to meet with the neo Nazi party wasn’t bigger news in the US. Crazy

Each day starts with a joy, such as when the carafe is full and the last drip of coffee filters through and it is time to pour and enjoy the first cup. Bliss.