Bathing with a Vengeance-A Brief (Largely Apolitical) Word to Our Sponsors

[@Degelthaw]

You’re good people Scott. Pleasure to see a video like this one. Cheers!

[@Scottmbradfield]

Take care and stay safe, Degel... s

[@MarcBenjamin-p3o]

Lovely video, Scott. I've found the last eight years very difficult from both a personal and social/political/cultural viewpoint. Your videos have helped me enormously as I have slowly turned away from the identity politics that has turned so much of our modern culture into little more than propaganda - and, what's worse, bad art. I don't watch the news anymore and I know this might sound crazy but . . . I feel strangely hopeful after Tuesday. Don't get me wrong, I was petrified after Trump was elected in 2016 and now see my own media-induced fears reflected in the reactions of many of those around me this week. But I think we're going to be okay. I think the American people got it right and that the Deep State lost and that makes me happy. God bless America. Anyway, back to Vineland. Again.

[@Scottmbradfield]

OK Marc, have fun with Vineland, about a time very similar to this one, Pynchon would probably say. Stay safe and let's hope you're right! s

[@Yellowblam]

Stay safe, brother.

[@Scottmbradfield]

Same back at you, Brother Yellowblam! s

[@willsteven700]

I am still engaged, but for escapism I have been reading Edgar Allan Poe’s stories in a penguin collection. Didn’t realize how funny he could be in addition to suspenseful.

[@Scottmbradfield]

@@willsteven700 cool, Will. Carry on bathing!

[@AllenRosdahl]

Who has time to be an iconoclast when there are so many good books to be read?!? I have been using this as my alibi for the last eight or so years.. Heh.

[@Scottmbradfield]

@@AllenRosdahl I can be an iconoclast WITH my books can’t I? Welcome to the bathtub, Allen!

[@AllenRosdahl]

@ True enough.. I’ll tell them I’m bad at multitasking. Thank you!

[@Scottmbradfield]

@@AllenRosdahl By Jove I think he's got it! Bathe in splendor!

[@ChrisC-ei2kc]

Bernie the superman.

[@donaldkelly3983]

On Monday I began reading an account of Napoleon's invasion of Russia and the disastrous retreat. And Napoleon started with such confidence, thinking everything would work out to his benefit because he simply declared it would. This reminds me of somebody, I can't think who?

[@larrycarr4562]

Reading Waiting Until Spring, Bandini… John Fante provides good perspective, that we’re all going to suffer and live through winter, but we’ll keep waiting for…

[@Scottmbradfield]

Sounds like a good one, Larry... s

[@larrycarr4562]

@@Scottmbradfieldsearching for relevance, while waiting for spring…

[@dennisbento7440]

I voted for Chase Oliver of the Libertarian Party. I'm shocked he wasn't elected. I now turn my attention to Warlock by Jim Harrison and the Rattle bag-a poetry anthology that looks uplifting.

[@Scottmbradfield]

There's also a novel called WARLOCK by Oakley Hall which is supposed to be great... s

[@jobuckley2999]

@@Altranite redundant BS

[@joebeamish]

Hi. I’m perfectly happy, thanks.

[@stantonsullivan-readdelillo]

Would have been nice if some of the “leaders” in the Democratic Party had listened to Bernie a little more eh, Scott? Thanks for the video after that nightmare.

[@-diogenesthecynic-]

If you had made the decision to film your 5K special from within the bathtub promoting the Democrats I’m sure you would have nudged Kamala to the forefront, always remember that your subscriber base consists mostly of people in senior positions of government as well as special interest donors. Considering that, it’s a beautiful thing that you decided not to intervene, I think it was very gracious of you.

[@Scottmbradfield]

@@-diogenesthecynic- I believe the little people of the world should make their own mistakes. Thanks for noticing…s

[@Altranite]

Well it’s all decided now, and decidedly so, and now we have a beautiful future ahead of us. I’ll be moving back to the states asap. A comment has also inspired me to finally get to Oakley Hall’s Warlock, in some LOA edition I have. Ill let “y’all” know how it goes

[@jobuckley2999]

Stay where you are .

[@tadhgcronin175]

I was expecting the salty tears that I have been delighted with for 2 days on KZbin but the Master Bather being very stoic. I suppose Steinbeck and Pynchon would have voted for the brown woman but I suspect McCarthy and Flannery O'Connor would have been sensible. It has been a wonderful few days, it's going to be a phenomenal 12 years but I return tonight to the wonderful prose of Light Years by James Salter. Cheer up Scott, it's not the end of the world.

[@danieldelvalle5004]

No, it's not the end of the world, yet, but have patience. The changing climate will take care of that.

[@deshaunrockson8945]

Woo you picked the slightly more corporatist candidate congrats!

[@stantonsullivan-readdelillo]

Could this possibly be an earnest comment? Surely you’re shitting us, right?

[@PeteS151]

Would have?

[@jobuckley2999]

Very funny. We all know cultists can't read.