Jon Freeman (@jon-freeman.bsky.social) reply parent
Could it ebb more quickly? Like, more of a bolt, dart, dash?
Jon Freeman (@jon-freeman.bsky.social) reply parent
Could it ebb more quickly? Like, more of a bolt, dart, dash?
Jon Freeman (@jon-freeman.bsky.social) reply parent
Throw a hot dog and it might just settle the “is a hot dog a sandwich” debate once and for all
Jon Freeman (@jon-freeman.bsky.social) reply parent
Yup, if they were serious about making an actual educational impact and not just getting clicks they’d maybe consider making teacher salaries higher than anywhere else nearby. But they’re too greedy and self-absorbed to contemplate that
Jon Freeman (@jon-freeman.bsky.social) reply parent
Detain as many Dem lawmakers as needed to ensure that the House couldn’t approve legit slates of electors from swing states that voted for Biden.
Jon Freeman (@jon-freeman.bsky.social) reply parent
Keep America White is pretty on point for this administration
Jon Freeman (@jon-freeman.bsky.social) reply parent
Biden of sounder mind than his critics would have you believe
Jon Freeman (@jon-freeman.bsky.social) reply parent
I’d put quotes around “news outlet” too
Jon Freeman (@jon-freeman.bsky.social) reply parent
Ok well I guess that if she had a demon lover, the outcome of “The Lottery” makes more Puritanical sense. Need to reread as I must have missed that detail…
Jon Freeman (@jon-freeman.bsky.social) reply parent
But I also want a llama! Or an emu
Jon Freeman (@jon-freeman.bsky.social) reply parent
Top Secret but also wrong is a hell of a straddle
Jon Freeman (@jon-freeman.bsky.social) reply parent
Nothing these clowns do is advanced
Jon Freeman (@jon-freeman.bsky.social) reply parent
Free Beer Tomorrow
Jon Freeman (@jon-freeman.bsky.social)
RIP Sly Stone, who told us “my own beliefs are in my song” and boy was that ever true. What a magician and what a messenger.
Jon Freeman (@jon-freeman.bsky.social) reply parent
As he told us, his own beliefs were in his song. (And so on, and so on, and scooby-dooby-doo). What a fusion of messaging and irresistible beats…
Jon Freeman (@jon-freeman.bsky.social) reply parent
TRUMP: Like I said, not a great day.
Jon Freeman (@jon-freeman.bsky.social) reply parent
I try to get my AP Lit students to make “Lo” happen as a mild interjection. Some years they actually try. “Lo, dude, it’s chicken nugget day.” Don’t tell me it won’t work.
Jon Freeman (@jon-freeman.bsky.social) reply parent
Wow. Guessing that guess #1 third letter ended up in the #2 spot?
Jon Freeman (@jon-freeman.bsky.social) reply parent
The Fantastic 4%
Jon Freeman (@jon-freeman.bsky.social) reply parent
At the very least they should be evacuated.
Jon Freeman (@jon-freeman.bsky.social) reply parent
Supreme Court rules 7-2 that Arkansas cannot remove the letters L, G, B, T, and Q from the alphabet. Aio, Homas dissent
Jon Freeman (@jon-freeman.bsky.social) reply parent
Go Yankees
Jon Freeman (@jon-freeman.bsky.social)
Not too much to ask for a Superfans Pope sketch this weekend, is it, SNL??
Jon Freeman (@jon-freeman.bsky.social) reply parent
They defeated Nazis
Jon Freeman (@jon-freeman.bsky.social) reply parent
(I speak, of course, of a duet between the Pope and Bill Murray)
Jon Freeman (@jon-freeman.bsky.social) reply parent
Plus a chance, eventually, for the greatest “Take Me Out to the Ballgame” guest appearance ever
Jon Freeman (@jon-freeman.bsky.social) reply parent
But he’s infallible, so that’d be impossible
Jon Freeman (@jon-freeman.bsky.social) reply parent
2026 Senate. I know she’s 77. Beat Collins is the only priority and she can.
Jon Freeman (@jon-freeman.bsky.social) reply parent
They’ll just send them to their local branch of the Ayn Rand School for Tots
Jon Freeman (@jon-freeman.bsky.social) reply parent
betas me, no idea, sorry
Jon Freeman (@jon-freeman.bsky.social) reply parent
And of course we manufacture the gold right here in the USA in our gold factories
Jon Freeman (@jon-freeman.bsky.social)
My former students do such cool things, like become professors at U of C and reenact papal conclaves...
Jon Freeman (@jon-freeman.bsky.social) reply parent
Parfaits.
Jon Freeman (@jon-freeman.bsky.social) reply parent
“You can no more keep a [Negroni] in the refrigerator than you can keep a kiss there.”
Jon Freeman (@jon-freeman.bsky.social) reply parent
That human made him wait FAR too long
Jon Freeman (@jon-freeman.bsky.social) reply parent
Willing impotence, I would add
Jon Freeman (@jon-freeman.bsky.social) reply parent
I keep waiting for this version of The Fisherman and His Wife to reach its natural conclusion
Jon Freeman (@jon-freeman.bsky.social) reply parent
A hostile and political act by the man who was given a front row seat at the inauguration?
Jon Freeman (@jon-freeman.bsky.social) reply parent
“Donald, STOP!”
Jon Freeman (@jon-freeman.bsky.social) reply parent
What we learn from this is that a high grade from Mel has been quite the guarantee in the last 20 years
Jon Freeman (@jon-freeman.bsky.social) reply parent
Not sure “impressive” is the word to use here
Jon Freeman (@jon-freeman.bsky.social) reply parent
it turns out you can't grease a kidnapped pig either! And also, "don't trust a bandaged otter" is apparently common parlance among bears in the LGBTQ+ community
Jon Freeman (@jon-freeman.bsky.social) reply parent
Dead Popes Society (too soon?)
Jon Freeman (@jon-freeman.bsky.social) reply parent
Dead Popes Society
Jon Freeman (@jon-freeman.bsky.social) reply parent
Would they then be opoposites?
Jon Freeman (@jon-freeman.bsky.social) reply parent
Ah yes I forgot how often competence is their kryptonite
Jon Freeman (@jon-freeman.bsky.social) reply parent
Heilarious
Jon Freeman (@jon-freeman.bsky.social) reply parent
It’s the Heil-light of my day
Jon Freeman (@jon-freeman.bsky.social) reply parent
Who wouldn’t want to work for an employer that offers you a contract at 60% of your former salary AND includes public floggings and the right to adjust the salary downward or terminate you with or without cause at any time?
Jon Freeman (@jon-freeman.bsky.social) reply parent
Astronaut is a job; her current job is Bezos ego burnisher
Jon Freeman (@jon-freeman.bsky.social) reply parent
In her defense better to have your life savings in cash these days than in the market
Jon Freeman (@jon-freeman.bsky.social) reply parent
“Putting him on a mountain for birds to feed on” - that’s like at least two, maybe as many as six jobs that autistic people could absolutely do!
Jon Freeman (@jon-freeman.bsky.social) reply parent
Getting Elon fully focused on something besides DOGE seems like a win-win for the administration
Jon Freeman (@jon-freeman.bsky.social) reply parent
The comma before “in Rome” is something. “Hey, just in case you didn’t know…”
Jon Freeman (@jon-freeman.bsky.social) reply parent
“, which, as many people don’t know, is in Italy”
Jon Freeman (@jon-freeman.bsky.social)
Convinced that the only reason CHUNNEL and DEATH BLOW haven’t been actual feature films is that Seinfeld used the titles first and rendered futile any attempt to treat them seriously
Jon Freeman (@jon-freeman.bsky.social) reply parent
Only an idiot adds the comma before “in Rome” - “hey, in case you didn’t know where it’s gonna be”
Jon Freeman (@jon-freeman.bsky.social) reply parent
That comma before “in Rome” gives “in case you didn’t know” vibes
Jon Freeman (@jon-freeman.bsky.social) reply parent
Put “other” in front of every use of “people” and you’ve captured their mindset perfectly
Jon Freeman (@jon-freeman.bsky.social) reply parent
Supreme Court rules that Arkansas cannot strike letters L, G, T, B, and Q from the English language; Homas, Aio dissent
Jon Freeman (@jon-freeman.bsky.social) reply parent
Supreme Court rules that Arkansas cannot strike letters L, G, T, B, and Q from the English language; Homas, Aio dissent
Jon Freeman (@jon-freeman.bsky.social) reply parent
Now how about reversing the capitulation on all DEI initiatives, etc
Jon Freeman (@jon-freeman.bsky.social)
The United States Supreme Court rules that this is a complete sentence. Thomas, Alito: No.
Jon Freeman (@jon-freeman.bsky.social)
Supreme Court rules that Arkansas cannot strike letters L, G, T, B, and Q from the English language; Homas, Aio dissent
Jon Freeman (@jon-freeman.bsky.social)
Supreme Court rules that puppies are cute; Thomas, Alito dissent
Jon Freeman (@jon-freeman.bsky.social)
Supreme Court rules that there are nine justices on the Supreme Court; Thomas, Alito dissent
Jon Freeman (@jon-freeman.bsky.social) reply parent
Jon Freeman (@jon-freeman.bsky.social)
The New Yorker phrases it as “fuck ton.” Huh. Not sure I agree.
Jon Freeman (@jon-freeman.bsky.social) reply parent
Agreed that the “to from whence” is the jewel from G&D, but I’m also fond of the “doesn’t that kind of apply to you and I” / “you and me” / “whatever” exchange in the Nathan Lane production
Jon Freeman (@jon-freeman.bsky.social) reply parent
But after you hit yourself in the face be sure to cast blame where it belongs (wokeness and/or DEI)
Jon Freeman (@jon-freeman.bsky.social) reply parent
White Star Line reports April 1912 brought "incredible lifeboat usage, by far the most we've ever seen"
Jon Freeman (@jon-freeman.bsky.social) reply parent
White Star Line reports April 1912 brought "incredible lifeboat usage, by far the most we've ever seen"
Jon Freeman (@jon-freeman.bsky.social) reply parent
Jon Freeman (@jon-freeman.bsky.social) reply parent
Oh if it only would
Jon Freeman (@jon-freeman.bsky.social) reply parent
Department of Getting Even
Jon Freeman (@jon-freeman.bsky.social) reply parent
Jon Freeman (@jon-freeman.bsky.social) reply parent
33 years of teaching English will do that
Jon Freeman (@jon-freeman.bsky.social) reply parent
We’d have to have a brain to begin with. For him the procedure is the removal of an anal wart.
Jon Freeman (@jon-freeman.bsky.social) reply parent
fantastic, right down to the typo
Jon Freeman (@jon-freeman.bsky.social) reply parent
The irony is that Ben Stein, MAGA nut job, would now disagree with himself about the effectiveness of tariffs
Jon Freeman (@jon-freeman.bsky.social) reply parent
Enjoy the Senator. What a fantastic venue.
Jon Freeman (@jon-freeman.bsky.social) reply parent
Nice to see her interpret the results as a mandate for her to tack even further to the right…
Jon Freeman (@jon-freeman.bsky.social) reply parent
As Gandhi said (perhaps apocryphally) when asked what he thought of Western civilization, “I think it would be a good idea.”
Jon Freeman (@jon-freeman.bsky.social) reply parent
Thank you! That makes perfect sense.
Jon Freeman (@jon-freeman.bsky.social) reply parent
Maria Ouspenskaya! I’ve always wondered what Prior (I think it’s Prior?) intends by that reference. Does it connote melodrama? Sentimentality? Obviousness?
Jon Freeman (@jon-freeman.bsky.social) reply parent
If you really want to hear about it, the first thing you'll probably want to know is where Mrs. Dalloway was born, and what her lousy childhood was like, and how her parents were occupied and all before they had her, and all that David Copperfield kind of crap, but I don't feel like going into it...
Jon Freeman (@jon-freeman.bsky.social) reply parent
Let us go then, Mrs. Dy, When the evening is spread out against the sky Like a patient etherized upon a table...
Jon Freeman (@jon-freeman.bsky.social) reply parent
You may have deserved it. Were you late to school? Did you sell contraband candy bars to the younger kids? Don’t mess with Mrs D
Jon Freeman (@jon-freeman.bsky.social) reply parent
I have him on record saying that empathy is overrated and the cause of all ills in civilization, so...sucks to be him I guess
Jon Freeman (@jon-freeman.bsky.social) reply parent
Well, it *would* be flatter…
Jon Freeman (@jon-freeman.bsky.social) reply parent
That would make their previous game the election of Doug Jones
Jon Freeman (@jon-freeman.bsky.social) reply parent
Utter dork, but with an umlaut over the u and the slash through the o
Jon Freeman (@jon-freeman.bsky.social) reply parent
I thought it might have been COLLOP but I also tried DEUCED
Jon Freeman (@jon-freeman.bsky.social) reply parent
No more shenanigans? No more tomfoolery? No more ballyhoo?
Jon Freeman (@jon-freeman.bsky.social) reply parent
Yup of all the mid majors the Ivy may be the only one that can offer something (the status of the degree) that might deter talent from jumping up a level
Jon Freeman (@jon-freeman.bsky.social) reply parent
When your state is 47th or whatever in education it makes sense that you also think being 50th is better, because it’s more
Jon Freeman (@jon-freeman.bsky.social) reply parent
Still are
Jon Freeman (@jon-freeman.bsky.social) reply parent
In the meantime we’re forced to deal with their self-absorbed fucking around, though…
Jon Freeman (@jon-freeman.bsky.social) reply parent
Suffering and success are both signs of virtue to the MAGAts
Jon Freeman (@jon-freeman.bsky.social) reply parent
Did you forget Poulakidas or just hate him???