About the site
and the cranky old fart running it

Welcome to one of the world's least-read websites. I'm Doug Holland, and who's that? Nobody — no credentials, no accomplishments. Just an old fat fart with a blog.

The design is very basic, because it's for reading, not special effects.

The blog is not 'monetized'. When you purchase anything mentioned on this site, I do not earn an affiliate commission. There's no registration, no membership, no sponsored links or posts, no souvenirs, t-shirts, or tote bags, and nothing's behind a paywall. You will not be asked to turn off your adblocker, because there will never be ads.

Both I and the website have 100% social media absence.

Subscribing is free, comes with no spam, and it's easy to unsubscribe when you've had enough of me.

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I write about whatever pops into my head, but there are some recurring themes:

• And Now the News is exactly that — yesterday's news, memes, and whatever I've found while wandering the web.

• Captain Hampockets was a friend of mine, and I haven't had many. He's dead, and his writings are occasionally reprinted here as a tribute.

• Neverending Film Festival is about movies, especially older, weirder, forgotten, subversive, or homemade movies.

• Pathetic Life was my diary/zine in the 1990s. When I'm too lazy to write something fresh in the 2020s, that old stuff gets rerun.

• Transit Takes — I hate cars, gave mine away, and don't drive. Everywhere I go, it's on public transit, and sometimes I review the routes.

There will be occasional blasphemy and political dissent, use of naughty language and illegal substances, and references to pee and poop and boobies and boners. If you're easily offended, click elsewhere.

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Some of the website's art, including the guy at the top of this page, was created by Jeffrey Meyer. His talent is obvious, awesome, and excellent, and if you have a million-dollar commission for hire, Mr Meyer has my highest recommendation.

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I've lived my entire life on stolen ground. Nothing can make amends for that, but I respectfully acknowledge and apologize to the 13,000,000 or so people who were killed to make way for me — the Atakapa, Caddo, Chitimacha, Chochenyo, Choctaw, Chumash, Ho-Chunk, Hopewell, Houma, Kansa, Karkin, Kickapoo, Meskwaki, Mississippi, Missouri, Muckleshoot, Muwekma, Natchez, Nisqually, Ohlone, Osage, Otos, Paiute, Potawatomi, Puyallup, Ramaytush, Sauk, Suquamish, Tataviam, Tubatulabal, Tulalip, Tunica, Winnebago, Wyandotte, Yokuts, and especially to the Duwamish people, on whose land I've spent most of my life, an uninvited guest.

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