I am 61 years old. Raised in the foothills of the Rockies. Son of Michigan. I have a full head of hair. Avatar image is a common nighthawk. Background image is spaceships from the movie "Silent Running."
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People are melting down at a Tribune article about CHSD 230 considering adding Arabic to its language learning electives. I wasted time in the comments, which I normally avoid doing since it's useless and awful, but it led to possibly the funniest thing anybody's ever said to me about France.
CNN platforming Seb Gorka Martha Raddatz at ABC Interviewing Gov Wes Moore & being unhinged. Wes Moore needs to ask why she’s defending a rapist. Ask if her questions were written by Stephen Miller. Wes needs to pushback on a bought off press. I don’t get the constant defense mode. Offense only.
Fuck the fucking @nytimes.com.
Not willingly…
The war movies they’ll make based on this. Wow.
A friend was in DC this past week and said, “Man, those National Guard folks are bored out of their minds.” That’s the farce of all this: there simply isn’t enough crime for them to do anything. So, fuck it, arrest people for chalking the pavement. At least it makes the day go by faster.
I'd trade the last Star Wars trilogy as well for this sequel
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Brought to mind for some reason. “The Kid from Deliverance makes a good point.” m.youtube.com/watch?v=89Fs...
Well of course he’s dead.
“You get that eat things like you, right?”
this is why I pay for photoshop
I’m afraid that for as well-intentioned as this is, it’s simply flat-out wrong. RFK Jr fits P R E C I S E L Y into the fascist/authoritarian (very specifically, the *Nazi*) approach to violently importing racialism/nationalism and “alternative healing” into medicine and the life sciences.
Sitting Still, Rockville, Fall on Me
And they think so because they’re afraid of totalitarian government, ironically.
The font looks like it’s out-of-the-box.
Just saw someone refer to Cheryl Hines as The Marvelous Mrs. Measles and 💀💀💀💀💀💀
Do spiders and lizards get along?
You thought AI was a cool technological development, but ... have you heard about heating up sand?
I hate NPR News a lot, but yesterday’s report about Trump’s Nobel campaign being absurd and full of shit was appreciated.
Such good fun.
Trump absolutely feels the fact that millions, if not billions, of people want him dead. It's inescapable.
we can just keep saying he's dead and refusing to credit or acknowledge anyone who refers to him being alive, this will work, trust me and just follow my lead
Still not close to an accurate depiction of the book publishing industry. Cute film though.
2025 Democratic politics is that scene in every 70s movie where somebody gets their car stolen and runs down the street shaking their fist in the air yelling, "Hey, that's my car!!!"
Baby. Postcard from my collection, ca. 1900.
#OnThisDay Aug 30, 1929: A weekend of celebrations begin on completion of the Foshay Tower, art deco icon and then tallest building between Chicago and the West Coast. Within weeks it would be embroiled in scandal as the Crash of '29 bankrupted the owner, exposing his nefarious business schemes.
we were all happy for an evening and that’s not nothing
I watched The Cabinet of Dr Caligari and Weekend at Bernie’s II and marveled at how diverse my taste was until I realized both movies basically have the same plot. sarahkendzior.substack.com/p/mafia-stat...
It’s still a question means he’s dead, I figure.
I don't think he's dead but I do think that the audible planet-wide groan of disappointment when he shows his face next might finish him off.
Bonus Book Cover of the Day: #Caturday
Well, shit, now I’m going to dream about giant spiders.
Leave it to Drumpf to make his own passing an excruciating ordeal for everyone except him.
So we’re supposed to believe that the Truth Social posts over the last couple days that aren’t filled with terrible spelling and grammar, random capitalization and quotation marks where they don’t belong, with no threats or personal insults, are actually being written by Trump?
Live your life in such a way that an entire social media platform doesn’t spend hours on a Friday night anxiously awaiting news of your possible demise.
A gorgeous Spotted Orbweaver (Neoscona crucifera) 🤩 🕸️ #NeosconaCrucifera #BugSky
Is it possible that the New York Times genuinely believes he’s invincible and inevitable and didn’t have anything in the obituary can? Yes.
I just want him gone.
His cabinet right now
I just took my sleeping pill (Quetiapine) after a tough week, so sayonara and no one except me appreciates “The Starlost.” (AI thinks I meant Starkist haha) ‘night
It’s a whole bunch of words. “Take this job and shove it” might’ve worked.
As long as it’s not LoT
I can’t afford Disney or Paramount anymore but I’m also an old superfan of both franchises and: We’ve had enough Star Trek and Star Wars. Let’s try something new. Please.
Objectively more sleepy than Joe
Probably the best thing for all concerned.
Mia wants Finn to be released so she can check for leftovers but be careful what you wish for
The Tunnel of Fortritude
They’re not going out of their way to deny it…
I hate parties but if the news is true, party at my place like it’s 1999.
No, records should be kept. A special presidential library showcasing how stupid we were.
My gen-X younger brother (b. 1968) informs me that I’m part of “Generation Jones.”
I’m inclined to agree with the colorful oyster farmer.
“Large millennial man seeks Star Trek economy” is roughly 80% of people on Bluesky either literally or philosophically
Sneaky Pete’s and Dreamgirls, last vestiges of days of yore.
Mood. m.youtube.com/watch?v=pi_Y...
Remarkable how many would celebrate his passing and yet they could only come up with two chumps to pretend to try to assassinate him.
I hate parties and festivals and I will be there.
He won’t go gentle, that’s for sure.
Yub-nub!
I love this right now. It’s almost like the Ewoks partying at the village at the end of Return of the Jedi.
What happened to Kalliska Santana and Brian Stimian?
Rosebud Baker and Celeste Yim are leaving SNL and now you've seen their names for the first time.
So fun
Watching Rocketeer (1991) I haven't seen this since the theaters, it's so charming
Dress rehearsal
People who work in Customs at the Port of Long Beach.
If they’d thought it through, Ivanka would be right on deck.
More Kanopy tickets coming soon. Very soon.
Akiva Goldsman seems like a kindly mensch but he’s actually an authoritarian asshole who wants to inflict his sentimental nostalgia kink on everyone.
Two crappy Strange New Worlds episodes in a row. Just dreadful. This season has been weak af in terms of exploring political themes and ideas, but some episodes have still been entertaining. But these last two have just been awful. I may not get through Four and a Half Vulcans. It's just so bad.
The Girl with the Pillsbury Doughboy Tattoo
Maybe it’s just to get Scott Simon to freak out.
Once, when I ran into him at a Maryland event, Gov. Wes Moore shook my hand and told me I was the greatest TV writer or all time, while adding that had I been inclined to politics, I would have been the best U.S. president ever. He also said I was the smartest and prettiest person at the event.
I have yet to see a movie that comes close to accuracy about book publishing.
Ever have that feeling when there isn’t a cat nestling between your shins but it feels like there is one? That’s happening to me now.
Not sure which music I’ll blast but it might be X.
With health agencies collapsing, it's never been more important for all of us to play active roles in protecting each other's health. A couple of easy things you can do: 1️⃣ Wear a well-fitting mask and distribute them to others 2️⃣ Spread word about updated vaccines and help others make appointments
He looks like crap lately. He’s been signaling fear about mortality. I mean, come on.
What will the generation be named?
so many babies are going to be born exactly 9 months from today
Oh, and I wrote for the Mac Weekly a couple of times.
I’m not a pro journalist. But I edited my high school paper (The Cougar Claw) and I studied under Professor Ron Ross and I worked briefly for the Northeaster (MPLS) newspapers. MPR News is a complete bag of corporate bullshit. There. I feel better now.
Whomever is hosting The New York Times The Daily: “Huh.”
At some point in the not too distant future the conventional wisdom will be that this was a period where the US focused on dumb shit while China took the lead in multiple domains
He always is, is the thing.
I just hope he's suffering.
The asshat who fired me for not being properly worshipful was convinced that he was ruining my life by firing me. He expected that I would beg forgiveness. I got another job in a few days. He’s like 75 years old and out to pasture now. Totally a nobody. I love that for him.
All I know is that the black blobs that collected the bad souls in Ghost were the most terrifying thing I ever saw in a movie when I was a kid, and also I hope they’re real.
First thing I’d do is see if Dr. Bandy Lee has any guidance to offer.
If you’re looking for an icebreaker with your elders, ask them what car they learned to drive with. Works every time.
Dad regaled us with the story of how he picked up his date in his dad’s Pontiac Chieftan and drove her out to the tip of Galveston Island and then the tide came in and they were stranded for hours and in big trouble when they got home the next morning.
Mom texted me: “I’m having brunch and watching MST3K in your honor.” She was born in Pontiac, Mich. in 1941. I am blessed.
Happy birthday! Seriously.
Today I turn 69. Heh heh, 69.
Me at 60: The Kronos Quartet are the best band in the world!