At the behest of my university-educated and business-savvy son, I took the plunge into the world of Substack, a venture that, mere days ago, felt as alien to me as a distant star or a life-ending asteroid. I had heard murmurs of its name in passing, as I walked by the youngsters at church, yet I had dismissed it as just another one of those social media realms teeming with the eccentric and the unhinged, the kind of characters who seem to have a direct plugged in line from their phones to some endless well of chaos in their minds; perhaps I shall be proven right, though time will tell. “They,” you know, the ones that seem to know everything, say this space is meant for writers and thinkers, for those of reason and reflection, free from the vitriol of bomb throwers and purveyors of discord. So, I remain cautious, waiting to see what unfolds. My heart is heavy with weariness of Twitter and X, a landscape that has become the breeding ground for hatred and the raving lunatics of our age, where the young teeter on the brink of madness, consumed by their own shadows cast by the glow of their phones and laptops in the dark of night as they sit drinking a Redbull Margarita while consuming a bag of gluten free Cheetos as they watch re-runs of Friends, the Best of CNN or the latest Ken Burns series. Further posts will confirm my suspicions or surprises.
We’re a suspicious, scurrilous, and at times uncouth crowd not fit for fine dining at a Waffle House, but right at home at a 24-hour Whataburger or consuming gas-station sushi after a night of drinking Jack Daniels, sitting in a bass boat telling lies and catching crappie. Stay tuned.
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I eagerly await your posts. University education and business savy aside, he’s your kid. I am not business savy, I do have a university education (taking PE for Elementary School Teachers) to obtain my Bachelors. My kids follow their dreams are better off for it.
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I’ll be interested in hearing your feedback about Substack. Good luck! 🙂
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Aside from knowing the name, I don’t know anything else about Substack, Phil. I’ll be anxious to read your progress reports about it.
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Amen, brother.
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I know Dave Barry has a Substack but otherwise I am not real familiar.
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Eager to hear about your experience.
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I’m a free subscriber to the Huckabee Post. Of late, some articles, which I just read in the email, are continued in a substack, so I’ve been clicking on the link to read those articles in full.
I met and shook hands with Mike Huckabee (twice) at a rally in Las Vegas back when he was a presidential candicate. My photo appeared on the same page with Huckabee’s in the July 24, 2015 edition of the Las Vegas Review-Journal. (I have a framed copy of that page!)
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I’m looking forward to your review Phil. I’ve heard some music being on there as well but I know nothing about it.
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Max, I’m still not sold on substack. What little research I’ve done has led me to believe it my be a ruse to steal your information and bombarded your life with emails and scams. I do sort of miss talking to the nice fellow in Deli about my extended car warranty and the monkey’s disassembling his moped. I’ll keep you posted.
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Oh you gave me a laugh! Ok…thanks Phil I appreciate it…I’ll stay away from it.
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Max, I emailed you a bit of Texas musical history, hope you enjoy.
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I got it and enjoyed it!
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