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Cranky Tom

@crankybear.net
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Too much being, not enough nothingness. Astros fan since 1975. Recovering college professor. Digital sausage maker. Recovering beer blogger. Curmudgeon. Animal lover currently owned by cats. Full time cautionary tale.

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Cranky Tom @crankybear.net · 1h
I’m so very sorry.
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Cranky Tom @crankybear.net · 3h
I routinely turn to traumatic brain injury victims for all my ontological worldview.
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Cranky Tom @crankybear.net · 14h
When it came out @radiocarla.com and I were going to go see it on one if our early dates. The line was too long, even in little Martin, TN. Off the top of my head I don’t remember what we wound up seeing, but it was fine. And to this day I haven’t seen it.
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🦩Bob🦩 @bobblakley.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Apex predator at work
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Cranky Tom @crankybear.net · 05/10/2026
Nobody loves JD: and I include his wife and kids. No one will lift a finger to help him if he’s in a jam. People wouldn’t piss on him if he were on fire. Once Trump dies it’s going to be every slime ball for themselves. And they’re some of the stupidest people on the planet.
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Cranky Tom @crankybear.net · 04/10/2026
For those followers who read but don’t follow my lovely bride, you may have an interest in a series of reviews she’s writing about book trackers. She’s only halfway through her initial batch, so she’s trying to be as comprehensive as possible. Straightforward and no BS reviews. Just like her :-)
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Cranky Tom @crankybear.net · 04/10/2026
I’ve always thought of TNS as a dirty team (playing style, not hygiene :-)). Not today. Physical, yes, but no more than what the ref was allowing. So I don’t want to take anything away from them, but the days of “woulda, shoulda, coulda” are gone for Wrexham, at least in the Adran Premier.
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Cranky Tom @crankybear.net · 04/10/2026
If only the two penalties against Thomas would have been called #AskWxm
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Cranky Tom @crankybear.net · 04/10/2026
Fuck. Just fuck. #AskWxm #WxmAFCwomen
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Cranky Tom @crankybear.net · 04/10/2026
Is he allowed to call 30 seconds?
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Cranky Tom @crankybear.net · 04/10/2026
I’m not sure this ref responds to external stimuli. #AskWxm #WxmAFCwomen
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Cranky Tom @crankybear.net · 04/10/2026
I could live a happy life hearing “too much on it” and “overhit” 75% less #AskWxm #WxmAFCwomen
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Cranky Tom @crankybear.net · 04/10/2026
That was finishing! Beautiful!. Now two more times #AskWxm #WxmAFCwomen
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Cranky Tom @crankybear.net · 04/10/2026
We HAVE to learn how to finish. “Unlucky” won’t cut it. #AskWxm #WxmAFCwomen
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Cranky Tom @crankybear.net · 04/10/2026
Or The Surf.
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Cranky Tom @crankybear.net · 04/10/2026
That music is entirely too jaunty this early (in the States) in the morning. Looks like the streaming side got some love this week and it’s much appreciated. Only took a (literal) meltdown… #AskWxm #WxmAFCwomen
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Cranky Tom @crankybear.net · 04/10/2026
Great to see everyone this morning, This is going to be a hell of a match. #AskWxm #WxmAFCwomen
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Cranky Tom @crankybear.net · 03/10/2026
That happened here a few months ago. It was a pain in the ass. Of course things go to shit around here every time JD comes home to be with his favorite couch.
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Cranky Tom @crankybear.net · 03/10/2026
A huge missed opportunity was a compilation of the most instantly recognizable songs. It would have been called “Hooked on Hooks”
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Cranky Tom @crankybear.net · 03/10/2026
They just took the money and ran? Sorry it happened. I’m damned near to the point that I have to have a personal connection to the project.
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Cranky Tom @crankybear.net · 02/10/2026
Woot! is going to be lit.
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Cranky Tom @crankybear.net · 02/10/2026
One time I made being estranged from my remaining family work for me :-). Still one cousin I’m close to, but we’ve always texted anyway even before. My circumstances are not widely applicable.
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Cranky Tom @crankybear.net · 02/10/2026
Mine went away in 2019 and it’s the best thing I ever did.
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Cranky Tom @crankybear.net · 02/10/2026
Tip your server. We hate them standing up straight.
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Cranky Tom @crankybear.net · 02/10/2026
I never experienced anything but people being nice and helpful anytime I visited NYC. There are assholes everywhere. My opinion is that there are no more there than anywhere else. And I was fortunate that I never ran into any of them there.
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Cranky Tom @crankybear.net · 01/10/2026
Cheese Castle?
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Cranky Tom @crankybear.net · 01/10/2026
I’d happily give you the one we have in KY.
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Cranky Tom @crankybear.net · 30/09/2026
I’ve gotten on their website a couple of times and it’s crazy (in the best possible way) the trailers they build. The horse transporters look cool, and the specialty vending trailers are extremely cool. Cracks me up that one model is called “Business Inabox.” And they look indestructable.
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Cranky Tom @crankybear.net · 30/09/2026
I’m generally pretty cynical about these kinds of things because it’s usually obvious that grifters love them some EKY politicians. We have an Ark for chrissakes. This one, though? None of my BS alarms are going off. This is one I can just say “best of luck and I hope it works out.”
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Cranky Tom @crankybear.net · 30/09/2026
Most of my dreams seem to plop me back to either undergrad or grad school. High school never comes up.
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Cranky Tom @crankybear.net · 30/09/2026
EPP-ock is how I say it.
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Cranky Tom @crankybear.net · 30/09/2026
I’m not super invested in this, but (a) anyone with a functioning brain stem knows the Astros are in the wildcard only because the rules said someone had to be, (b) what exactly are people supposed to be cheering?, and (c) you’re really going to bitch about the people who paid money to be there?
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Cranky Tom @crankybear.net · 29/09/2026
www.whitehouse.gov/presidential... Convicted Felon Has Opinion.
whitehouse.gov
Inaugurating The Era Of Super Intelligence
By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, it is hereby ordered: Section 1. Every child deserves a safe and nurturing home where they ...
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Cranky Tom @crankybear.net · 29/09/2026
Convicted Felon Releases Statement.
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Cranky Tom @crankybear.net · 29/09/2026
The reaction is the reward. And it’s just an added bonus since being a decent human being is supposed to be the default setting and should pass without notice.
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Cranky Tom @crankybear.net · 29/09/2026
I could be mistaken in this, but I remember hearing in an interview that it was something that originated in post. It wasn’t planned from the beginning. I hope I’m not imagining that.
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Cranky Tom @crankybear.net · 29/09/2026
Nah. Not blonde.
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Cranky Tom @crankybear.net · 29/09/2026
I have never wanted to stand and shout “Amen!” more than right now reading this. They aren’t “solving” “problems” many people have, and they’d be the last people I’d go to anyway.
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Cranky Tom @crankybear.net · 29/09/2026
Since I started it yesterday, expect a report soon!
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Cranky Tom @crankybear.net · 29/09/2026
I never reject beans if that’s how the person who cooks it likes it. It’s just that I don’t put them in mine.
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Cranky Tom @crankybear.net · 28/09/2026
To many, many, many more!!!
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Cranky Tom @crankybear.net · 27/09/2026
Chuck seeing Dad for the first time in four months!!!!!!!!!!! He’s going home!
Three people in a room with a very happy ginger cat on his cat dad.
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Cranky Tom @crankybear.net · 27/09/2026
I think we’ve reached the “turn it off and turn it back on again stage.” I’ve been there, so nothing but sympathy from me. Road games suck. #AskWxm
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Cranky Tom @crankybear.net · 27/09/2026
I don’t think it’s a short since it drops out so cleanly, but there’s clearly a gremlin in the audio chain today. #AskWxm
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Cranky Tom @crankybear.net · 27/09/2026
THERE’S OUR LIZZIE! #AskWxm
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Cranky Tom @crankybear.net · 27/09/2026
Someone needs to tell Cam2 not go in so tight. Forget the zoom. #AskWxm
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Cranky Tom @crankybear.net · 27/09/2026
Precision is going to matter today. If our passes are even the slightest bit off target, they’re there to take the ball. #AskWxm
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Cranky Tom @crankybear.net · 27/09/2026
@askwxm.bsky.social clearly is in a mood and lacks adult supervision. Should be fun! #AskWxm #WxmAFCwomen
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Cranky Tom @crankybear.net · 27/09/2026
New pitch means new internet connection.
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Cranky Tom @crankybear.net · 27/09/2026
Love seeing Lizzie getting a chance to shake the rust off. We have two excellent keepers and it’s a shame one of them always has to be on the bench. #AskWxm #WxmAFCwomen
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