Tuesday, March 17, 2026
Color Me Suprised
Just after leaving Brooklyn in 2012 I posted:
And it's not just my friends I miss so much…it's even the other faces I've simply gotten so used to seeing after so many years...besides seeing the faces I love and the places and things I walked by thousands of times over the years, pretty much everything that's happened to me as an adult happened while I was in New York.And just now it's occurred to me that my Wegmans downstairs is the closest thing I've had to this feeling about any place since I left NYC, with all the familiar but unknown faces & the thousands of grocery items & displays I walk by over & over & day after day.
Me. I'm Really Happening, Aren't I
I can't prove it now, but I swear earlier today at work Microsoft Word autocorrected something I'd misspelled to the n-word; I stared at it for a second before quickly panic-deleting it, assuming I was about to fall thru a trap door into oblivion (or, I suppose, the 9th floor) the second IT (somehow and for some reason) spotted it.
THE NEW YORKER: The Winning Cover (of 2025)
Last July HERE I showed yall what my favorite The New Yorker covers of the year had been so far; today I rather thoughtfully give you people what I'd pared down to be my Final Four:
Aaaaaaaaaaaaaand here's the winner!
This is one of the few ones where I care about the message more than the overall aesthetic; as someone who loves the magic of Christmas and also can’t remember the last time I went to a store instead of ordering Amazon, this hits home a little bit in the whole "I am part of the problem" way.
See you next year!
Monday, March 16, 2026
A Few Random Thoughts ...
...on the Neil Diamond Tribute Band Movie SONG SUNG BLUE Which is an Interesting Watch but So Goddam Long That I Love Neil Diamond with All My Heart & I Don't Think I Can Make it Thru the Last 25 Minutes
(following notes unedited because fuck that how much more can I do for you people????)
I can’t tell if Hugh Jackman can really play guitar; he SEEMS to & yet it’s apparently excruciating for him to play and definitely is for me to watch? 🤔🤷♂️
If I win Powerball im buying Kate Hudson’s house since it’s seems to be just about 100% wood paneling 🤗
I'm only 20 minutes in and Im picking up an anti-Sweet Caroline vibe & Hugh baby, I am here for it. 🤗😜
Perfect mesh of Les Mis and Worlds Greatest Showman
The deep deep deep Neil cuts are impressive
I thought this guy worked?
Theyre on tv after about 5 minutes and 2 sweet Carolines? Wheres the struggle?
Ok the Pearl Jam thing got me
Was the point of the big dream sequence in the hospital just to break the record for longest dream sequence in a movie?
Ok now I have no idea if she got hit by a car
Yikes she did
The little boy actor is amazing
They should really be married.
Okay now the dark shit. I’ve never seen Hudson look pissed like that, impressive.
I had no idea the Thai restaurant karaoke decisions were like the five families meeting in a mob movie
Another car? Are cars just chasing her?
I love when it’s one nothing more horrible can happen to these people and then we get a I’m pregnant
Why can’t she just sit while playing piano?
Dear god this is a long movie
Take (Most of It) It Away
A Few Thoughts on the 1982 Paul McCartney Hit Take it Away
1) sure it's great Ringo's in the video of course but George Martin too??!?!?!?!? 😲😲😲😲 ❤️
2) The chorus is pure McCartney magic
3) Unfortunately, the rest of it is unlistenable
4) Which is unfortunate since for some reason he does everything he can to NOT play the chorus, instead deciding to ponce around some shitty arrangement that's stunning considering anyone listening would just rather the chorus be played over & over
5) Of course this being Macca means you know what fuck it, the chorus is totally worth all the trouble. 😜🤣🤣
I Am Impresed du Jour: Easter Edition
I mean look, Jesus may have done a lot of nice things but he never became a doctor. 🤷♂️
An Open Letter to the People Who Make the Decisions at Reese's
Dear People Who Make the Decisions at Reese's,
Oh FFS you absolutely RULE the chocolate/peanut butter game every other day of the year all year long, why are you selling yourself out at Easter with this pathetic display- you're Reese’s, dammit!!!! ACT like it, let the fucking Russell Stover losers dance for their shekels $for Easter. 😡😡😡😡
I remain,
Xmastime
How Petty Am I, You Ask?
I am exactly "hide my the only remaining Wegmans Great Lakes Ultra Sharp American so it's there when I'm done with my 20-minute stroll" petty, thank you for asking.
I'll Say This.
I'm not one for getting wrapped up in all this 1990s nostalgia but I will scream at my lawn that Wendy's spicy chicken sandwich back then was better & that’s just a stone-cold fact.
Current Events
This is what happens when the "concepts of a plan" guy is a fucking toddler who doesn’t understand that if you spend a coupla years telling other countries to go fuck themselves they may not pop hamstrings leaping up to help when you screech for it and then 80 million people demand you become the most powerful person in the world.
Sunday, March 15, 2026
Dumb Old Man Blues Shit
One thing about the music listening experience that we've lost with streaming music vs. the old days of physical albums is that sometimes on with a real album maybe you wouldn't love a certain song at first but you kinda had to sit through it & so after a coupla plays you started to like it, whereas with streaming all we ever do is skipskipskipskipskipskipskipskipskipskipskipskipskipskipskipskip.
Saturday, March 14, 2026
Me. I'm Really Happening, Aren't I?
I've been pretty serious about trying to get my 10K steps in every day & part of that routine has been walking to my Metro stop, rather ceremoniously touching the Metro sign & immediately turning around to walk back; all of which is fine unless my turning around happens to coincide with people getting off the train, at which point I've turned from a guy who was apparently on his way to getting on the Meto before seeing a handful of people & deciding to change his plans & stalk them like a nightmare lunatic instead.
If I Was a Rapper...
...I'd have a line "look at them girls getting all loose with the hot dog juice".
Xmastime Agrees du Jour
I don't know why "I'd like a calm, normal job so I can pay my bills and try to live a halfway decent life" is the equivalent of cutting a wet fart in American society.
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