Welcome, New Followers!
Well! I got a sudden surge of followers. OK, so, welcome to my Blog. A few things about me.
First, hi, I am Talvin, I live in Philly, it’s not my real name but there are people here who really call me that. No, I am not Gritty, I have never met Gritty in real life, I am still a little weirded out by Gritty.
I am a Father, a Husband, a Homemaker, I have done Tech Writing work in the past, and if you haven’t looked at the name of my Tumblr blog then you deserve what you get. ;) I’m in my late 40s recently turned 50.
If you choose to unfollow me, I am not going to hunt you down and demand to know why. You have a right to curate your own experiences in Social Media.
If you choose to block me, I am not going to hunt you down and demand to know why. You have a right to curate your own experiences in Social Media. Also, that is a violation of the Community Guidelines and may constitute a violation of the law, depending. I don’t do that. You don’t do that. Don’t let me catch you doing that. Bad.
I have a cat. My cat is a lovable little idiot. Sometimes I post pictures of her and her sister.
I am Straight. I post a lot of LGBT-related stuff, always have, do so even more now that a family member has come out of the closet. I spent a lot of time in my youth—we’re talking 80s and 90s, here—with a lot of people convinced I was Gay. I am not.
But nobody should ever be treated like that, I didn’t like it, I know they don’t like it, so if you are a homophobe, biphobe, TERF, Nazi, apologist for any of the above, etc. etc….
Shove off. I am not going to be gentle with you if you start crap.
If you are a homophone I am probably going to use you in a Pun.
I provide an important public service: there is a picture of my face on here—two, now, in fact—that is free to use to send to someone who is harassing you because of your age/gender/identity and say, “My Dad/Uncle/Big Brother [Please do not ascribe anything but a familial or platonic relationship] saw your message and is mad.”
It’s here. Trigger Warning: My Face.
https://talvin-muircastle.tumblr.com/post/634693469468819456/so-i-have-noticed-a-thing
It’s explained more fully in that post.
I am a survivor of abuse. I talk about that in here sometimes. I feel it is important that others understand that Men and Boys experience this, and that talking about it is OK.
I can be described as either GEEK or NERD depending on context, time of day, and the alignment of the stars.
I like Millenials and Gen Zs just fine. You are the future, you are doing well—not perfect, but Gen X doesn’t get to fling any mud on that score—but well. I love you and I am proud of you and I proudly say “OK BOOMER!”
So, either you have run screaming, you are just ignoring this, or you are here to stay.
Goddess knows why.
KIDS, GET OFF MY LAWN! Seriously, it’s all muddy and this is no weather for it. Come in, dry off, I’ll start some hot water for tea, coffee, and hot chocolate: we keep plenty of all three on hand.
