Current barbecue situation
Latest novel: THE GREAT AMERICAN BETRAYAL "Best Comedy Books of 2022" —Vulture English professor, novelist, satirist, father, husband, dog owner, gardener, liker of good beer https://scottsteinonline.com
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If anyone missed my informative* piece "The only conditions that make you eligible for a Covid vaccine" you can read it here whenfallsthecoliseum.com/2025/08/30/t... *Taking medical advice from my silly posts is not one of the conditions that make you eligible for a Covid vaccine
Backyard butterfly
Listening to my mechanic's advice to replace my car's bald tires is how we lost democracy.
There are no hack writers now that reality is hack.
Up shit's creek without a paddle except it's the entire ocean
Good. Hoping this becomes parody: The only conditions that make you eligible for a Covid vaccine whenfallsthecoliseum.com/2025/08/30/t...
Doing my fantasy football draft research at USA Today
If you’re having trouble finding the Covid vaccine, I explain why with this very serious and accurate investigation I wrote called “The only conditions that make you eligible for the Covid vaccine” whenfallsthecoliseum.com/2025/08/30/t...
If you’re having trouble finding the Covid vaccine, I explain why with this very serious and accurate investigation I wrote called “The only conditions that make you eligible for the Covid vaccine” whenfallsthecoliseum.com/2025/08/30/t...
I've been posting more often at my multi-writer blog When Falls the Coliseum. You can always find my latest pieces there on my archive page whenfallsthecoliseum.com/author/sstein/
His father was either secretary of state or lieutenant governor of New York when Andrew Cuomo started college.
Free medical information from me. I have posted "The only conditions that make you eligible for a Covid vaccine" at When Falls the Coliseum. whenfallsthecoliseum.com/2025/08/30/t...
Put this technology in charge of our healthcare immediately
Send in the National Guard
I posted "The only conditions that make you eligible for a Covid vaccine" whenfallsthecoliseum.com/2025/08/30/t...
I posted "The only conditions that make you eligible for a Covid vaccine" whenfallsthecoliseum.com/2025/08/30/t...
I posted "The only conditions that make you eligible for a Covid vaccine" whenfallsthecoliseum.com/2025/08/30/t...
I didn't bother you with this one @crmonks.bsky.social
Free medical information from me. I have posted "The only conditions that make you eligible for a Covid vaccine" at When Falls the Coliseum. whenfallsthecoliseum.com/2025/08/30/t...
I'm probably even less of a lawyer than you are. My guess is we're agreeing not to sue the specific company paying us, but we will see.
That would have to be a lot of cash.
I'm in a (family) fantasy football league for the first time since I ran one back in the 1990s and when I googled to do a little research I found out there are writers whose gig is "Senior Fantasy Writer" but I have yet to see any of them post about a dragon or a sword stuck in a stone.
I can't deal with either of them without strong medication
I'm just jealous about not having to pay attention to the pollen count.
I’m reading some of your posts and fear that we are not that lucky.
I’m reading some of your posts and fear that we are not that lucky.
Would be a cold case forever
How many times per day online and in real life do you have to refrain from responding "Shut the fuck up"?
Went to a Wiggles concert when our son was little. Not sure how to process this.
They better not make one out of me [unending silence, can't even hear crickets]
"I was only joking, my dear Looking for a way to hide my fear What kind of fool was I?"
I understand the Fiona Apple stanning (did I phrase that correctly? I am old as fuck)
I'm in a (family) fantasy football league for the first time since I ran one back in the 1990s and when I googled to do a little research I found out there are writers whose gig is "Senior Fantasy Writer" but I have yet to see any of them post about a dragon or a sword stuck in a stone.
This is like being the smelliest turd in a bucket of shit.
This is going to make a lot of people mad because I don't know but it is
"go back"
Just odd to me that anyone is pushing the anarchist talking points while [gestures wildly at everything]
It's so weird to see people I've corresponded or worked with acting like a significant threat to freedom is some government bureaucratic* organization that wants to prevent disease transmission when the president has said he can do whatever he wants. *spelled this right for the first time ever
At least there's a strap you might be able to undo.
Reading outlawed, unfortunate timing
Cheers, Bluesky.
Nietzsche said What You Did Last Summer is what you are going to do every summer for eternity.
Today’s Wordle is potentially commenting on current events.
Happy birthday, but with that beer it certainly is.
Want.
MAGA pet owners demand redesign of the rainbow bridge.
I write comedic novels but I wanted to share this humor piece I recently posted on my multi-writer blog, which is now redesigned and open to new writers in case anyone is looking for a place to post commentary, reviews, humor, etc. whenfallsthecoliseum.com/2025/08/15/w...
It's a long list. We can have cameras in our house that let us watch our dogs all day.
On my backyard deck I have this little device that heats oil and keeps mosquitos away.
It’s #FridayReads time! Let’s boost all signals. Repost this and let us know what to repost for you. Do you like horror? Noir? Magic? The ocean? Righteous violence? Ghosts? Hanging with your friends? I have one for you! www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/0316... bookshop.org/p/books/hous...
I guess I should apologize to #academicsky, every English professor I ever had, and most of my colleagues.
I also recently wrote this dumb thing, featuring The Trial, The Awakening, Hamlet, Moby Dick, Waiting for Godot whenfallsthecoliseum.com/2025/08/25/i...
And yay for me, who registered my self-published novel Lost 25 years ago.
Yay for my publisher Tiny Fox Press who, despite being tiny and being a fox, registered both books in my series at the time of publication!
People misusing "writ large" while trying to sound smart is American society writ large.
Bluesky dangling keys in front of all the writers.
Inspection day for the 2011 Kia. Need 4 tires, alignment, battery, oil change, and a big movie deal.
I appall this error.
I want to share this humor piece I posted on my multi-writer blog and let you all know that the site is redesigned and open to new writers. Also, maybe buy my novels. Thanks. whenfallsthecoliseum.com/2025/08/15/w...
I now have a word for half of the sentences in my novels.
I can't go a couple of days without having an idea for a McSweeney's-type humor piece/list. Probably because I'm supposed to be working on the novel.
Only Rite Aid has the covid shots.
I want a job that has opportunities for unprofessional development.
I was a pool lifeguard when Baywatch first aired and I objected to the lifeguard accuracy. It’s possible I missed the point of that show.
I will continue to post about my dog, beer, gardening, and whatever silly thing pops into my head even if the Vogons decide to clear us away for an interstellar highway.
I will continue to post about my dog, beer, gardening, and whatever silly thing pops into my head even if the Vogons decide to clear us away for an interstellar highway.
Crape Myrtle shrub in front of the house.
It’s still gardening season.
Just submitted my Faculty Annual Review form. Is it too early in the day to start drinking?
Happy birthday! I learned that you should keep your hands away from the bitey end but you should also watch out for the tail.
I have redesigned the multi-writer blog/magazine When Falls the Coliseum and am actively seeking bloggers again. Writers looking for a place to post commentary, reviews, essays, humor, etc., can take a look at whenfallsthecoliseum.com and check out the submissions page if interested.
Papercut?
Thankfully for society, my shopping addiction focuses on beer.
In 2015 when I started writing this trilogy and named the first novel The Great American Deception and then in 2020 when I named book two The Great American Betrayal, I hadn’t considered how often google alert searches for the titles were going to send me email about news of real-life traitors.
Is it a workshop?
40!
Time to “marinate the chicken.” (I hope this demonstrates why you shouldn’t use quote marks for emphasis.)
Cheers to my new followers. And the old ones, too. And anyone else who isn’t an asshole.
I recently redesigned this site and it’s open to new and old writers, in case anyone is interested. bsky.app/profile/thec...
AI needs to come up with more original cliches.
Reading this and nodding my head.
26 years and I still haven't learned
Based on the replies, it's what we were all going to say
Making the trains run on time is a little on the nose
A kitchen table issue is when it wobbles and you have to put something under one of the legs.
Be sure to say “calm down” to ease the tension
Hope it's okay that I'm sharing this whenever the sandwich throwing is mentioned: whenfallsthecoliseum.com/2025/08/15/w...
Hope it's okay that I'm sharing this whenever the sandwich throwing is mentioned: whenfallsthecoliseum.com/2025/08/15/w...
Hope it's okay... I am sharing this whenever the sandwich throwing is mentioned: whenfallsthecoliseum.com/2025/08/15/w...
I will share this whenever the sandwich throwing is mentioned: whenfallsthecoliseum.com/2025/08/15/w...
I will share this whenever the sandwich throwing is mentioned: whenfallsthecoliseum.com/2025/08/15/w...
I will share this whenever the sandwich throwing is mentioned: whenfallsthecoliseum.com/2025/08/15/w...
I will share this whenever the sandwich throwing is mentioned: whenfallsthecoliseum.com/2025/08/15/w...
The sixth sense is sensibility, which is how Jane Austen got the title for her novel Pride and Prejudice
It's what people are talking about around the kitchen table!
I will share this whenever the sandwich throwing is mentioned: whenfallsthecoliseum.com/2025/08/15/w...
A kitchen table issue is when it wobbles and you have to put something under one of the legs.
I will share this whenever the sandwich throwing is mentioned: whenfallsthecoliseum.com/2025/08/15/w...