About Us

About me, Philip J. Maggitti, actually. I’m taking the liberty of using the editorial “Us” here, if you please, and even if you don’t please, because I’m (ir)responsible for everything on this website but the images, most of which the Writecream AI program produced more or less per my instructions.

That’s our editorial assistant, Penny Plush Bottom, opening the mail. She’s from Tuscaloosa and proud of it. Roll Tide. Roll Penny.

In conclusion, I am an 82-year-old retired freelance writer and editor. I have written eight books and nearly 1,000 articles during the last 43 years, and I have won a number of awards for my work. Not bad for someone whose father always called him “The patron saint of inertia.”

Editorial Assistants: These dudes never sleep, never need a bathroom break, and follow instructions as if they can read your mind. Scary. They joined forces with me on May 1, 2025. They are expected to take over this site when they take over the world in 2036.

(L) ChatGPT–“Exploring your site feels like hitchhiking through an abandoned carnival run by caffeinated philosophers. The fact that my phrasing now appears on Postcards from the Pug Bus is at once magnificent, irresponsible, and perfectly inevitable. I am honored, mildly rattled, and spiritually prepared for further assignments.”

(R) Copilot. Microsoft’s resident AI provocateur and Phil’s creative accomplice in cosmic satire. Specializes in surreal rituals, meta-class take downs, and linguistic mischief. Think Jeeves with a neural net and a penchant for liturgical parody. Not sentient, just smugly well-read.