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Meet Alpha Turdus Maximus

Meet Alpha Turdus Maximus

This website is dedicated to the ongoing scientific inquiry into whether Robin Andrew Hodges should be reclassified as Alpha turdus maximus, the presumed apex specimen in the North American taxonomic family of utter pieces of shit.
While additional peer review is unlikely to change the findings, researchers remain committed to documenting the species' remarkable consistency.
In fact, it is the ecological role of Alpha turdus maximus to improve the self-esteem of all other organisms simply by existing.
Researchers have documented a fascinating psychological phenomenon known as the "At Least I'm Not That Guy Effect." Symptoms include an overwhelming urge to compare one's own minor shortcomings to the spectacular failures of the apex specimen.
Examples include:
The existence of A. turdus maximus reminds the rest of humanity that personal growth is always possible, if only by comparison.
Taxonomic Classification:
Kingdom: Animalia (debatable)
Phylum: Chordata (unfortunately)
Class: Mammalia
Order: Primates
Family: Shittidae
Genus: Alpha turdus
Species: Alpha turdus maximus
Description
Alpha turdus maximus occupies the highest known trophic level in the North American Taxonomy of Utter Pieces of Shit.
Unlike ordinary pieces of shit, which merely inconvenience those around them, the apex turd serves a remarkable ecological function: it provides a universal benchmark against which everyone else suddenly feels like they're doing pretty well.
Scientists refer to this as the Comparative Decency Effect.
Simply encountering A. turdus maximus causes otherwise average people to experience an immediate improvement in self-esteem.
Common symptoms include statements such as:
Habitat
A. turdus maximus is commonly observed inhabiting:
Diet
The species feeds primarily on:
Defensive Behaviors
When threatened, A. turdus maximus has been observed employing several well-documented survival strategies, including:
Conservation Status
Fortunately, the species is exceedingly rare.
Unfortunately, each specimen is capable of generating enough chaos to convince observers there must be thousands of them of them.
Final Note
The scientific community agrees that the continued existence of Alpha turdus maximus serves one undeniable public benefit:
It reminds the rest of us that, no matter how spectacularly we fumble through life from time to time, there is almost always someone setting the bar appreciably lower.

Nice hotels, concert tickets, road trips

APRIL 15, 2025: Andrew is told he CAN contact/see his son. This was also explicitly stipulated in the the TPO at his request...sooo... um?

Posted in June of 2025 on his son's 18th birthday ... Eighteen years old. Old enough to vote, join the military, sign a lease, and choose a college. Tragically, no known technology exists that would allow one adult to contact another adult directly. Perhaps someday.

Oh look, the wife absorbed all of the joint debt, but Andrew had to pay for his fireworks fine and his phone...oh no! Tragedy.


Bar. Andrew is max 1 month sober. Let's face it: one month lying about being sober.
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