Attila the Hunk
Hides in a catering truck,
Fearing the Mullahs
Max Q
Impotent he sits,
Raging against the machine:
Another stop light.
Max Q
A drizzle of rain
After a hot dry summer,
Plants revel in it
Bill
The rights of the whites
Racing on like nothing’s wrong
No brakes, no filter
Rikosan
Evolving turnips
Startle kids to compliance
Root mustard madness
Maeve
Yesterday on Out and About, I talked about TDS - the Trump Derangement Syndrome that his cult members have and also the TDS that we have - Truth Defense Syndrome. In between monologues, I played some music that hopefully put a little pep in your TDS step.
If you missed yesterday’s Out and About, why don’t you have a listen here.
As always, thank you to my underwriter - Eastern Washington University.
Tune into Out and About every Tuesday at 4 pm on KYRS at 88.1 and 92.3 fm. Also streaming at KYRS.org. Thanks for listening! Maeve
Like many of you, when I have pointed out the illegalities, the immorality, the lunacy, the failures and corruptness of Donald Trump to his cult members, I have been accused of having TDS - “Trump Derangement Syndrome.” All the documented lawlessness of this crime organization pretending to be a government are things that I would object to, no matter if it was a Republican or a Democratic administration committing these crimes. MAGA cult members would be joining me in my objections, if these crimes were not being committed by their cult leader. Because, in their derangement, they give Trump and his henchmen/women, a special carve out. To sell one’s credibility, one’s future and one’s morality to a conman of the lowest IQ is a pretty sad thing to witness.
Their accusations did get me thinking - what if I do have TDS? I think I might be infected, but it is a different kind of TDS. This TDS may be very contagious for those of us who still have any morality, any rationality, and humanity left in us. So, maybe you have contracted it, as well.
Today on Out and About, I have allowed myself the luxury of scheduling no guest so I can have you, the listener, to myself to discuss this concept. Fear not. I will be bolstering my anti-fascist monologue with some music for the revolution.
This revolution may not be televised, but, thanks to the people’s radio station - KYRS - it may be “radiovised.”
Tune into Out and About every Tuesday at 4 pm on KYRS at 88.1 and 92.3 fm. Also streaming at KYRS.org.
Haiku Friday August 7, 2026
Old and decrepit
We grow, inexorably
Spiraling downward.
Max Q
A red flag warning,
Heat-related incidents:
The summertime blues.
Max Q
This is climate change
A lifetime gone in an hour
We feel her heart ache
Bill
With the devil’s clowns
And petrified senators
Our fate in their hands
Rikosan
Insane dope starts fire
Destroys people’s lives en masse
In both Washingtons
Maeve
Yesterday on Out and About, I had artist Jennifer Seo on to talk about the gallery opening of the newest showing of her work - "Bab Geuleus: 1. Rice Bowl 2. Means of Living.” It opens this Friday (First Friday) at the Terrain Gallery (628 N Monroe) at 5 pm and continues for the rest of the month.
With so much destruction in our region and with so many people facing loss, talking with her was a welcome interlude. I find her work moving and interesting. I was very keen to hear her process and how she came to formulate and execute these beautiful paper creations that are both complex and fragile. Yet, to me, they radiate a simple inner strength. You can follow her work at her website JenniferSeo.com or with her instagram handle seo.jenn.
If you missed yesterday’s Out and About, why don’t you have a listen here.
As always, thank you to my underwriter - Eastern Washington University.
Tune into Out and About every Tuesday at 4 pm on KYRS at 88.1 and 92.3 fm. Also streaming at KYRS.org. Thanks for listening! Maeve
It seems strange to carry on with any kind of regular routine while our region experiences so much heartache and loss. My hope is that today’s show might help take our minds off what has unfolded here, if only for an hour. Today on Out and About, I will be talking with Jennifer Seo whose show "Bab Geuleus: 1. Rice Bowl 2. Means of Living" is opening at Terrain Gallery this Friday.
Art is a creative act, and we have been subject to so much damage to our nation over the past couple years, perhaps none more tangible than the destruction this weekend in Spokane.
I hope to have some resources for you to help those who have lost so much in these fires, as well.
Also, a reminder to turn your ballots in today. Voting is still something we can do (for now) to stem the tide of hate and destruction in our nation. Please exercise this right before it is too late.
Tune into Out and About every Tuesday at 4 pm on KYRS at 88.1 and 92.3 fm. Also streaming at KYRS.org.
Thank you to my underwriter - Eastern Washington University. Thanks for listening! Maeve
Awake! The nightmare,
A late July fever dream,
Is over - thank God.
Max Q
Out, out, damned Smoke,
Yells the whiny orange turd
Build another wall
Emily
Creek put underground
But climate change brought it up
Nature finds a way.
Alexander
Hot angry wind
Whipping lives with smoke and flames
Until the rain comes
Rikosan
Shits his pants in church
Tictacs can’t mask his evil
Foresmells Gahenna
Maeve
