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, itâs not my real name but there are people here who really call me that. Â 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 havenât looked at the name of my Tumblr blog then you deserve what you get. ;)  Iâm in my late 40s recently turned 50.Â
If you choose to unfollow me, I am not going to hunt you down and demand to know why. Â 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. Â You have a right to curate your own experiences in Social Media. Â Also, that is a violation of the Community Guidelines and may constitute a violation of the law, depending. Â I donât do that. You donât do that. Donât let me catch you doing that. Bad.
I have a cat. Â My cat is a lovable little idiot. Â Sometimes I post pictures of her and her sister.
I am Straight. Â 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. Â I spent a lot of time in my youthâweâre talking 80s and 90s, hereâwith a lot of people convinced I was Gay. Â I am not.
But nobody should ever be treated like that, I didnât like it, I know they donât like it, so if you are a homophobe, biphobe, TERF, Nazi, apologist for any of the above, etc. etcâŠ.
Shove off. Â 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.Â
I provide an important public service: there is a picture of my face on hereâtwo, now, in factâthat is free to use to send to someone who is harassing you because of your age/gender/identity and say, âMy Dad/Uncle/Big Brother [Please do not ascribe anything but a familial or platonic relationship] saw your message and is mad.â
Itâs here. Â Trigger Warning: My Face.Â
https://talvin-muircastle.tumblr.com/post/634693469468819456/so-i-have-noticed-a-thing
Itâs explained more fully in that post. Â
I am a survivor of abuse. Â I talk about that in here sometimes. Â I feel it is important that others understand that Men and Boys experience this, and that talking about it is OK. Â
I can be described as either GEEK or NERD depending on context, time of day, and the alignment of the stars. Â
I like Millenials and Gen Zs just fine. Â You are the future, you are doing wellânot perfect, but Gen X doesnât get to fling any mud on that scoreâbut well. Â I love you and I am proud of you and I proudly say âOK BOOMER!â
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! Â Seriously, itâs all muddy and this is no weather for it. Come in, dry off, Iâll start some hot water for tea, coffee, and hot chocolate: we keep plenty of all three on hand.































