Interesting Times with CaptainHoneydew

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  • Assholes Representing Themselves In Court

    I made a post some time ago about assholes wanting to be right, even when it’s to their detriment. Among the examples, I mentioned people who represent themselves in criminal court. People do this for a variety of reasons: mistrust in the legal system, lack of funds, or wanting to preemptively get an insanity defense… Read more

  • Bloo Is A Terrible Person

    Foster’s Home for Imaginary Friends aired on Cartoon Network in the mid 00s. The show was about a mansion, run by the eccentric Madame Foster, where no-longer-needed imaginary friends could stay until they were adopted by other kids. The main characters were Mac, an 8-year old boy, and his imaginary friend, Bloo, a blue blob.… Read more

  • Lolcows: A Guilty Pleasure

    Earl Dube. Andrew Ditch. Tophia Slydell. Christine Weston Chandler. These are the names of a few infamous personalities on the Internet, known as “lolcows.” Their stories all seem to start and progress the same way. They put a few videos onto the internet, usually talking about random things or showcasing their passions, like dance or… Read more

  • Appeasing the Gods of Metrics

    I work in IT. A big part of my job is using a ticketing system to document and track what I do on a daily basis. If you work in an office, you might have had to ask the IT person for help. They might have given you a response along the lines of, “Did… Read more

  • Why Didn’t You Date MEEEEEEEE?!

    Have you ever spoken to a friend about one of your loved ones passing away, just to have the friend go on and on about how THEIR loved one passed away, but in a way that was much more sudden and tragic? Yeah. Nobody likes that person. The main characters. The spotlight hoggers. The Self-centered… Read more

  • It’s been a while.

    So much for weekly posts. I’ll try and be better about it this year. Especially considering how ABSOLUTELY BANANAS the year has been so far. This is definitely a “scream into the void” time in my life. So, stay tuned for more. Remember, I have YouTube and Twitch channels, and I now have a Bluesky… Read more