The Nicest of the Damned

@tyrannosaurus-ritt

We were once so close to heaven. Peter came out and gave us medals. || I'm a teacher and a dad just trying to be the best I can at both. || I don't engage with posts that use AI art. || I'm a lot. Less is more with me. || he/him/his

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The Nicest of the Damned@tyrannosaurus-ritt· Jul 18

From the desk of Lionel Hutz, Esq. “For sale, baby! Shoes, never worn!”

The Nicest of the Damned@tyrannosaurus-ritt· Jul 6

This art speaks to me on a deep, primal level and I can't explain why.

The Nicest of the Damned@tyrannosaurus-ritt· Jun 23

This trip was a good one for bird photography:

A perfectly silhouetted hummingbird at a feeder

The Nicest of the Damned@tyrannosaurus-ritt· May 29

Even a fascist clock is right twice a day, I guess

Matt Walsh tweets: "It’s insane that we’re constantly having this conversation about whether kids should be allowed in restaurants, etc, meanwhile people bring their dogs everywhere. We now live in a society where dogs are more welcome in public than human children. It’s psychotic."

The classic Onion headline: “Heartbreaking: The Worst Person You Know Just Made A Great Point"

The Nicest of the Damned@tyrannosaurus-ritt· May 29

The new Google Chat icon looks like Leonardo

A green and blue speech bubble icon that looks like a ninja turtle's face

The Nicest of the Damned@tyrannosaurus-ritt· May 21

On a Swan Boy kick, and I was just reminded of one of my favorite panels of all time:

A parody of a Chick Tract in the style of Branson Reese's Swanboy. It reads. "Homework has gotta be Catholic" wit the Pope smiling down on a sad girl holding a math textbook.

The Nicest of the Damned@tyrannosaurus-ritt· May 19

I love this guy

Archie, the day he was born. A nugget incarnate.

Archie, the day we brought him home. So snuggly

Archie as a puppy, refusing to descend some stairs.

Archie, old and dignified, napping on a chair

The Nicest of the Damned@tyrannosaurus-ritt· May 19

Ol' Man Archie is 12 years old today

A close up on a regal-looking, gray-faced Basset Hound. He's beautiful.

The Nicest of the Damned@tyrannosaurus-ritt· May 6

Ominous

A napkin. On it, in childlike handwriting, is the word, "DAD." It is crossed out.

The Nicest of the Damned@tyrannosaurus-ritt· May 6

Thank god my 9-year-old's friends have started watching The Simpsons, and I've avoided turning our family into this Onion headline.

"Cool Dad Raising Daughter On Media That Will Put Her Entirely Out Of Touch With Her Generation"

The Nicest of the Damned@tyrannosaurus-ritt· Apr 29

My new suit is being shipped with DHL. @hellocullen.bsky.social primed me to be excited by that

Irene Gumb from Strip Law tells us, "Everyone loves DHL"

The Nicest of the Damned@tyrannosaurus-ritt· Apr 27

Kept hearing about curried sausages on Bluey, so I had to try making some -- now it's one of my favorite weeknight meals

The Nicest of the Damned@tyrannosaurus-ritt· Apr 26

This is ideal Western Art. You may not like it, but this is what peak American craftsmanship looks like.

Sick ass promo art from the 80s cartoon and toy line, Dino-Riders, which shows humans and aliens on armored dinosaurs. It looks cool as shit.

The Nicest of the Damned@tyrannosaurus-ritt· Apr 24

Reading The Mind of Clover by Robert Aiken, and this part hit me. It was published in 1984, but I think it describes a cultural shift that is still happening, and a potential that still exists.

"It is also important to trace changes in Western society toward traditional matters... The Western Zen student is usually particularly sensitive to these changes. Christian and Judaic teachings may seem thin, and nineteenth-century ideals that led people so proudly to celebrate Independence Day and to cheer the Stars and Stripes have all but died out.
"I don't dream about the president any more, and when I talk to my friends, I find they don't either. The Great Leader is a hollow man, the Law of the Market cannot prove itself, and the Nation State mocks its own values.
"This loss of old concepts and images gives us unprecedented freedom to make use of fundamental virtues, "grandmother wisdom" con conservation, proportion, and decency, to seek the source of rest and peace that has no East or West. It is not possible to identify this source specifically in words -- the Zen teacher Seung Sahn called it the "Don't-Know Mind." He and I and all people who write and speak about Buddhism use Buddhist words and personages to identify that place, yet such presentations continually fall in upon themselves and disappear. We take our inspiration from the Diamond Sutra and other sutras of the Prajnaparamita tradition, which stress the importance of not clinging to concepts, even of Buddhahood."

The Nicest of the Damned@tyrannosaurus-ritt· Apr 3

If you see this, I implore you to post a picture from whatever device you're using with no explanation

A page from a "Sweet Pickles" story book. Pictured is a zebra in a tie and a walrus in a turtleneck.

Text reads: "she'll hurt herself!" Everybody agreed. This "me too" business had to stop before it was too late. But how?"

The Nicest of the Damned@tyrannosaurus-ritt· Mar 13

And while I'm at it, is this a hint at hands-to-come? I can't find them anywhere, and I have the Pro subscription!

The Nicest of the Damned@tyrannosaurus-ritt· Mar 9

Everyone knows porcupines for their quills and sleep on their cuteness.

The Nicest of the Damned@tyrannosaurus-ritt· Mar 7

If I were Reese's, *the* name in the game vis-a-vis peanut butter cups, I'd be so ashamed to be outclassed by Aldi like this. These are the absolute best.

The Nicest of the Damned@tyrannosaurus-ritt· Mar 5

Marylanders! Please consider sending an email to comment on a proposed COMAR regulation that would eliminate the requirement to have a full time librarian at every school. It's bad news.

Advocacy Alert!

Speak out against the proposed changes to the Library Media Regulations (COMAR 13A.05.04)

Email Dr. Chelsea Brewer by March 9th at literacy.msde@maryland.gov.

Tell your story about how this change will impact you, your work, your students, and your school communities.

LET YOUR VOICE BE HEARD!

- Maryland Assiciation of School Librarians

The Nicest of the Damned@tyrannosaurus-ritt· Mar 3

I tried Googling this to learn more and...

The Nicest of the Damned@tyrannosaurus-ritt· Feb 6

I did Goblin Week with my kids and I really like my gob! He's walking a dog/duck, described by my 5 yo.

A goblin walking a dog with a duck's head

The Nicest of the Damned@tyrannosaurus-ritt· Jan 29

It's really a family holiday

An amazing work of art by my 9 year old, showing the Green Goblin trying to get a pumpkin bomb away from his son

A cyclops goblin rendered in stunning detail by my 5 year old

The Nicest of the Damned@tyrannosaurus-ritt· Jan 18

This movie is metal as fuck

Screenshot from "The Last Unicorn" of the scene where the immortal unicorn is put into the body of a mortal woman and says she can feel the body dying all around her.

The Nicest of the Damned@tyrannosaurus-ritt· Jan 6

Mike Myers, Louie CK, Dan Harmon, and Doug TenNapel are all men of varying degrees of awfulness who have all made art I love.

The Nicest of the Damned@tyrannosaurus-ritt· Jan 4

Love these Sesame Street cards at my in-laws' house. I think they look like tarot, but I was warned not to joke about that by my very Catholic mother-in-law.

Two large cards, depicting Grover on one and Oscar under a stack of hats on the other.

The Nicest of the Damned@tyrannosaurus-ritt· Jan 4

We named him "Handsome"

The Nicest of the Damned@tyrannosaurus-ritt· Dec 30

I made one of those "Where I'd Live" maps I keep seeing to show off my ignorance.

It's one of those "Where I'd Live" maps that shows how much of the country seems unlivable to me. Highlights: I love Maryland, the Midwest, and the Pacific Northwest. I'd really rather avoid New York.

The Nicest of the Damned@tyrannosaurus-ritt· Dec 22

Certain cows

The Nicest of the Damned@tyrannosaurus-ritt· Dec 22

There are more extreme examples, but a basset hound comes to mind:

The Nicest of the Damned@tyrannosaurus-ritt· Nov 15

My favorite response: