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Doug Messel @dougmessel.com · 30/09/2026
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Doug Messel @dougmessel.com · 27/09/2026
Cheers (I don’t have a drink).
View from my seats at the Royals game. Literally the only one I’ve gone to this year.
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Doug Messel @dougmessel.com · 22/09/2026
It’s time for everyone to gather round as a family and read the @mcsweeneys.net holiday classic
A mug on a coffee table. The mug says “It’s decorative gourd season, motherfuckers.”
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Doug Messel @dougmessel.com · 16/09/2026
Trying to figure out what this dude means by “install.”
Guy in my subdivision asking for someone to “install” his wireless printer and new soundbar.
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Doug Messel @dougmessel.com · 02/09/2026
Post something random or you’ll have an awful September
The astral projection meme but the text reads the socialism leaving my body when they announce downtown royals stadium proposals.
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Doug Messel @dougmessel.com · 26/08/2026
It worked for Parker Posey 🤷
DVD cover of The OH in Ohio.
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Doug Messel @dougmessel.com · 04/08/2026
Got a cool sticker for doing democracy today
My I voted sticker is an eagle-headed dude flexing. The notebook also has the words Real Good Shit taped to it, which I cut out of an issue of Oxford American a few weeks ago. I’ve been doing this with the print magazines I buy, even though every fiber of my soul wants to keep them intact. Probably because print magazines are fucking expensive now.
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Doug Messel @dougmessel.com · 01/08/2026
Forgot to log the Lemony Snicket books I read aloud to Banjo at bedtime, but this was still not a great reading month. 🙁
My Margins reading recap for July. I read Casino Royals, the Dungeon Anarchist’s Cookbook, and The Gate of the Feral Gods.
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Doug Messel @dougmessel.com · 24/07/2026
Bad week. let’s start the weekend off with something uplifting and fun
The intro to every episode of Berserk (1997)
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Doug Messel @dougmessel.com · 19/07/2026
Straight up ready to have a bad time
Happiness by Todd Solondz
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Doug Messel @dougmessel.com · 17/07/2026
Came across a Sci-fi Channel recording of Voltage Fighters Gowcaizer on YouTube which means it’s time for “Erin encounters Masami Obari’s character designs”
A poster for Voltage Fighters. Karin Son and Shania Ishizaki are here, scantily clad as all get out
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Doug Messel @dougmessel.com · 02/07/2026
my basement office is perpetually cold but I have a white dog with a thick coat. this queen cannot be uncomfortable but I can put on pants
Wags on the fireplace just snoozin away
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Doug Messel @dougmessel.com · 02/07/2026
Oh noooo my finger slipped during the criterion sale
Happiness,sorcerer, blow out, blue velvet, inland empire, princess bride, the before trilogy all on Blu-ray from Barnes and noble
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Doug Messel @dougmessel.com · 25/06/2026
Not gluing but taking over the unused, disorganized IKEA Raskog "art cart" in my dining room and using my Bambu Lab A1 to print inserts for it.
Bambu Lab A1 3D printer printing an insert for the IKEA Raskog cart. It's gonna take forever to just do one shelf.
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Doug Messel @dougmessel.com · 21/06/2026
Current mood:
Doug wearing a purple sash that says 40 and fabulous and a tiara. On the table next to him are birthday and father’s day gifts. Wags the dog is looking at him from the floor because she wants a cookie.
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Doug Messel @dougmessel.com · 15/06/2026
The Mission?
Jeremy Irons in The Mission
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Doug Messel @dougmessel.com · 14/06/2026
Anyone have a hookup in Johnson County who can help me get rid of this guy ASAP? I threw up in my mask trying to at least move him away from the house.
Dead possum. He dead. He smells.
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Doug Messel @dougmessel.com · 01/06/2026
not even kidding
Ace of base’s the sign
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Doug Messel @dougmessel.com · 28/05/2026
I don’t usually share Banjo photos on this app because it’s not private and people are weird but today‘s the anniversary of bringing him home from the NICU and this picture always makes me laugh.
Facebook post of a small baby in a cardboard box on the coffee table while a white dog (Wags) sniffs at the box. Introductions have been made.
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Doug Messel @dougmessel.com · 23/05/2026
Star Trek title card with text that says Deanna’s horny mom
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Doug Messel @dougmessel.com · 23/05/2026
🤷‍♂️ The only one I’m really interested in actually attending is Resurrection tbh
My quiz results showing based on aesthetics I should belong to the evangelical Lutheran church in America
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Doug Messel @dougmessel.com · 13/05/2026
Big Slick is coming up soon. Phenomenal event. Raises millions for Children's Mercy Hospital here in KC, a place that is deeply important to me...But it's a perplexing choice to invite an avowed anti-vaccination crank to perform at your children's hospital benefit.
Zachary Levi, who sucks
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Doug Messel @dougmessel.com · 11/05/2026
Mine was Madonna's "Bedtime Stories," for Christmas 1994, which clearly meant I needed to buy it again on vinyl for "sentimental reasons."
my turntable shelf with Madonna's Bedtime Stories on the now playing stand. There's also a Barnes & Noble bag with some books on it and a Wilco and Taylor Swift poster in the picture, if you care.
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Doug Messel @dougmessel.com · 06/05/2026
immediate jagi vibes
Jagi from Fist of the North Star
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Doug Messel @dougmessel.com · 05/05/2026
"AI lets normal people create art, AI translates my vision, AI democratizes the artistic process, etc." AI couldn't get fucked up on cough syrup in a 2000s-era anime chat room, disappear for two hours, and return at 2 am to drop this image in the chat and proudly announce they drew a purple fence.
One night in the Anime Cap chat, this dude named Lorak was essentially live-tweeting how he got super fucked up on cough medicine and disappeared for a few hours, only returning to share this image he made in MS paint along with the very simple caption of I drew a purple fence.
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Doug Messel @dougmessel.com · 02/05/2026
Hey this is dogshit
Reddit apparently telling me I can’t use my browser on mobile to keep reading something and that I have to download the app
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Doug Messel @dougmessel.com · 28/04/2026
I referenced this guy in a LinkedIn post looking for a technical writer today and I’m convinced no one on that site knows who he is
1980s electricity safety mascot Louie the Lightning Bug
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Doug Messel @dougmessel.com · 27/04/2026
...i'm not gonna do it. i wanna. but i'm not gonna.
a friend of mine posted a photo on her insta stories from this "add yours" prompt and it is taking all my power not to be morbid
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Doug Messel @dougmessel.com · 10/04/2026
Once again, I would like to offer up this poem I wrote a few months ago, but with the caveat that there is apparently a wrong way to talk to God now
Talking to Jesus
I had a youth pastor friend once.
I said I didn’t know how to pray,
And he told me to think of Jesus
As a trusted pal.
He said to talk to Him like He is
A buddy or perhaps my best friend.

The problem is I don’t talk to my friends
With the reverence and sanctity the Lord demands,
And every prayer ends up the same way:

“Hey man, can I ask you an honest question?”
“Can you believe this horse shit?”
“Guess who fucked up again.”
“Will you help me fix this goddamned problem?”
“Check this out,” I say
As I show Him something I am proud of.

I used to chuckle under my breath
When people would say “Abba Daddy,” 
But maybe there’s a point to earnestly seeking
The assent and approval of your old man.

Hell, maybe there’s no wrong way to talk to God
When trying to tell the truth
About the trials and tribulations of life.
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Doug Messel @dougmessel.com · 09/04/2026
If you’re gonna rail against Amazon for sunsetting support for older devices, that’s fine. But don’t lie and say they just want you to move to ad-choked devices. These are the ads:
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Doug Messel @dougmessel.com · 08/04/2026
sorry this is the only michael jackson movie i want to watch
DVD cover art of miss castaway and the island girls starring michael jackson as agent mj. oh yeah, eric roberts is in this one too. it's a dogshit ass movie and we watched it in college as a joke.
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Doug Messel @dougmessel.com · 07/04/2026
not really feeling that upbeat at the moment so i'm taking the wins where i can get them
part of an Asana comment I left on a draft telling my account lead that SEMRush gave the blog I wrote 9.6/10 and called it "Perfect."
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Doug Messel @dougmessel.com · 04/04/2026
Instruction manual for implantable cardio better defibrillator
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Doug Messel @dougmessel.com · 30/03/2026
I occasionally watch wrestling adjacent content despite not really being up on AEW at the moment and I cannot express how insane it is to see videos like this in my feed
Kevin Nash's youtube channel asking why we are spending billions in Iran
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Doug Messel @dougmessel.com · 27/03/2026
Current mood:
Wags, a white dog, wears a black soft cone around her neck. She is very sad.
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Doug Messel @dougmessel.com · 24/03/2026
Twenty years ago, I took exactly one class — Christian Thought — with Dr. Stein. It was probably one of the best courses I took that semester (even if I bitched and moaned the whole time). Anyway, I'm sure Bluesky can help get this funded. www.evansville.edu/donate2journey
We lost federal funding for Journey to Justice for high school students. 
And for those of you who have been following along over the years, you know how much this program matters to me and to the students who experience it.
I’m working on long-term grant funding. But right now, I have students who want to go this summer, and I don’t want cost to be the reason they can’t.
So right now, I’m trying to build support one student at a time. We’re hoping to fund 9 students.
$1,400 sponsors one student
$700 sponsors half
$50–$250 helps us get there
Every dollar goes directly toward making this experience possible.
Donation link is in the comments. And sharing this helps more than you know.
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Doug Messel @dougmessel.com · 18/03/2026
Really tempted to reply to this with "I remember none of this because Walmart practically killed all the small businesses in town and none of the Gen Xers who inherited the ones that survived wanted to keep them going."
Remember, back in the day when you could pull into a local Gas Station/Garage and the attendant actually knew your Name? Actually, pumped your Gas/ Cleaned your windshield and Checked your Oil with a Smile? Remember buying Cigarettes, Gum and Candy Bars' from a Vending Machine? Also, soda pop in Cans/ before pull tabs were invented? When Bicknell had Parking Meters on Main Street? Wonder whatever became of them? I was told Bicknell had more than one, Taxi Cab Company at one time. Anyone remember the Owners' and Operators' names'? Or where they were located? All Comments' Are Always Welcome.
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Doug Messel @dougmessel.com · 18/03/2026
Final Fantasy XII and baseball
Final Fantasy XII on the ROG Ally Z1. Plus I’m wearing jammy pants. They’re plaid from J. Crew.
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Doug Messel @dougmessel.com · 15/03/2026
Agree with this dude but for widely different reasons
The predator handshake meme but it’s this guys letter to the editor about lewd dances during Savannah banana games and me agreeing that they’re ruining baseball
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Doug Messel @dougmessel.com · 11/03/2026
Ope.
Wags got closer to Erin. Shes crowding her face.
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Doug Messel @dougmessel.com · 11/03/2026
Things are going great with the lightning and thunder tonight.
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Doug Messel @dougmessel.com · 11/03/2026
Wags laying on the floor sleeping. White dog.
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Doug Messel @dougmessel.com · 09/03/2026
MY TIME IS NOW
Google SERP showing that no one has written about Ace of Base's "The Sign" for the 33 1/3 series.
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Doug Messel @dougmessel.com · 07/03/2026
Ope
Email confirmation that I canceled shudder
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Doug Messel @dougmessel.com · 07/03/2026
Bicknell, Indiana mayor Thomas Estabrook is terrorizing me tonight with proof that I’ve always been Like This™️
A newspaper page from the Knox County Daily News. It’s a story about me and how I wrote a book about dolphins in first grade.
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Doug Messel @dougmessel.com · 01/03/2026
Count Lee from Vampire Hunter D mad that the blood moon won’t let him eat Doris
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Doug Messel @dougmessel.com · 28/02/2026
A twin peaks title card that reads Caroline in the city
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Doug Messel @dougmessel.com · 26/02/2026
Imagining Chris Fowler banging out reps to “Heresy“ has me all fucked up today
Chris Fowler posting on his insta stories about a bird being stupid but the kicker is that he used Head Like a Hole as audio for the post
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Doug Messel @dougmessel.com · 25/02/2026
What’s a line delivery you’ll never forget?
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Doug Messel @dougmessel.com · 24/02/2026
Every year I maintain that the act of trying to sign up for JCPRD’s indoor summer camp is more stressful than buying Taylor Swift tickets and the evidence bears this out
My HR in Apple Health. Maxed out at 151, which seems less than ideal for someone who just had a pacemaker put in two weeks ago.
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