🤣🤣🤣🤣

I don’t know why Berke Brethard decided to post the Bloom County strip on what was my 10th birthday but if I’m being honest it does seem rather fitting. 

Agreed du Jour

Things I Like

Every day, I’ll add one thing to this list:

A Tree Grows in Brooklyn, toast with butter, Apollo 8, Garfield, the "slightly pull the car up while someone's trying to get in" gag, dogs with their heads sticking out car windows, wood paneling, pork egg foo young, rain, Roadrunner (Modern Lovers), the green type in Hulu’s search bar, Marah, Without Feathers, hour 3 of a wedding reception, French women, Rob Brydon, Indiana high school basketball, whenever anyone else cancels an appointment, The Star-Spangled Girl (the play not the movie), Cheaper by the Dozen (the book not the movie grrrrr), 1995, Camille Claudel, the perfect pen, hotels, witnessing the slow-moving car crash of when some guy replies to "I'm ______ and I'll be your waitress" with "I'm ______ and I'll be your customer!", The Red Green Show, dinner parties at 100 Metro, Robert Kennedy, the first warm sock out of the dryer, the #7, honest waiters, Russell Edson, Rankin/Bass animation, Soup (the books not the “food”), Queen Elizabeth II (sorry, I),"Bobby Jean", my orange bear hat, Ball Four, The Steven Banks Show, French Vanilla anything, Porridge (the sitcom not the disgusting "food"), a paperback with the perfect floppiness to it, oranges, Downton Abbey, shag carpet, the first 3 Ed Burns movies, peas, knowing it's about to rain, Paul McCartney, Peter Tinniswood, Cheerios, the Starbucks mobile ordering app, any toaster with more than two slots, bears, watching car tail lights crossing a bridge at night, refrigerator ice machines that work, nodding & saying "fellas" whenever I walk by two dogs together, rye bread, That Thing You Do!, Martin Short, Square Books in Oxford Mississippi, Hayday, my feet in the grass, Jeff Lamp, the thrill of an upcoming rest stop with several great fast food options, women, 7/06/1957, vintage 1970s Pizza Hut, Ramsay's Kitchen Nightmares (obviously the UK one and not the awful US version), kids who actually try to be funny, The Replacements, great straws, "What's Happening!!", Rocco DiSpirito's "The Restaurant", Christmas lights, Carol Burnett, The Turkey's Nest, thunder, "Only Fools and Horses", the fries at the bottom of the bag, the first "Mad Men" office, the Williamsburg Softball League 2003-2012, Coach Bobby Finstock, "Animal Farm" by The Kinks, London Fog, cloth couches, DT & the Shakes, Norman Lear, taking the train, a sportcoat you don’t want to take off, frozen waffles, Bill Russell, Stove Top stuffing, the mingling of generations at weddings, carpeting, BritBox, front porches, Stephen Merchant, sheepdog drone work videos, Ralph Malph, canceled meetings, the word “shenanigans”, the first time I ever pulled off saying “bodega” after moving to Brooklyn, my friend Riley, Joy Garden, David Spade doing his impression of Dennis Miller calling him "Spudly", Bob Uecker, when a sitcom pairs off two unlikely characters, "Uncle", the first Autumn issue of "The New Yorker", Johnny Hart, Doritos & peanut butter, Joe Strummer, people who don’t always pretend they have better things to do, Teen Wolf, Dancing On My Own (the song not the activity), mushy peas, St. Paul (the sandwich not the city)(sorry city I've just never been), Car Wheels on a Gravel Road, R.E.M., old men only too happy to give their thoughts on the bowl of ice cream they’re eating, Bulleit bottles, Wally the Cat,

This Guy Has Great Taste in Rock

A few years ago I was totally blown away by longtime Xmastime buddies Marah making it into a Funky Winkerbean strip 🤗🤗🤗🤗

And now today we see that Tom Batiuk apparently also loves…THE KINKS!! 🤗🤗🤗🤗🕺🕺🕺🕺 

And it’s a superslice to boot. Rock on, young Batiuk. 

Ken Levine and Christmas!

Ken Levine has written on MASH, Cheers, Wings, Frasier (wait does he only do one-word shows?) and a million other shows and is the only person I know with a blog as long-running as mine (ALMOST! He started 11/26/2005, I started 11/09/2005). He posts every day so I usually check in, and today I see this:

I'm waiting for the Hallmark Channel to show their Christmas movies all year long.  

Levine meant it as an insult but I'm all like sooooooooooo....me too? 

Yesterday some people were laughing at the absurdity of Christmas lights up at any time of the year not called "Christmas" and I wasn't too crazy about that either!

The Many Moods of Amtrak

One minute before I get on the train: two-hour trip oh, this is perfect, I'm gonna use this time to disconnect from everything and just catch up on my reading, this will be delightful

One minute after I get on the train: the train wi-fi fucking sucks I hate everything and hope this train goes off a fucking bridge

Current Events Questions. I Have Them.

Is it wrong the first thing I thought about hearing Gorbachev dying is Pizza Hut? 😬😞🍕

Count Barkula

MOVIE IDEA: vampires, but they’re dogs. 

Looking for investors, people! 🤗💰🐶🧛‍♂️

Things I Like

Every day, I’ll add one thing to this list:

A Tree Grows in Brooklyn, toast with butter, Apollo 8, Garfield, the "slightly pull the car up while someone's trying to get in" gag, dogs with their heads sticking out car windows, wood paneling, pork egg foo young, rain, Roadrunner (Modern Lovers), the green type in Hulu’s search bar, Marah, Without Feathers, hour 3 of a wedding reception, French women, Rob Brydon, Indiana high school basketball, whenever anyone else cancels an appointment, The Star-Spangled Girl (the play not the movie), Cheaper by the Dozen (the book not the movie grrrrr), 1995, Camille Claudel, the perfect pen, hotels, witnessing the slow-moving car crash of when some guy replies to "I'm ______ and I'll be your waitress" with "I'm ______ and I'll be your customer!", The Red Green Show, dinner parties at 100 Metro, Robert Kennedy, the first warm sock out of the dryer, the #7, honest waiters, Russell Edson, Rankin/Bass animation, Soup (the books not the “food”), Queen Elizabeth II (sorry, I),"Bobby Jean", my orange bear hat, Ball Four, The Steven Banks Show, French Vanilla anything, Porridge (the sitcom not the disgusting "food"), a paperback with the perfect floppiness to it, oranges, Downton Abbey, shag carpet, the first 3 Ed Burns movies, peas, knowing it's about to rain, Paul McCartney, Peter Tinniswood, Cheerios, the Starbucks mobile ordering app, any toaster with more than two slots, bears, watching car tail lights crossing a bridge at night, refrigerator ice machines that work, nodding & saying "fellas" whenever I walk by two dogs together, rye bread, That Thing You Do!, Martin Short, Square Books in Oxford Mississippi, Hayday, my feet in the grass, Jeff Lamp, the thrill of an upcoming rest stop with several great fast food options, women, 7/06/1957, vintage 1970s Pizza Hut, Ramsay's Kitchen Nightmares (obviously the UK one and not the awful US version), kids who actually try to be funny, The Replacements, great straws, "What's Happening!!", Rocco DiSpirito's "The Restaurant", Christmas lights, Carol Burnett, The Turkey's Nest, thunder, "Only Fools and Horses", the fries at the bottom of the bag, the first "Mad Men" office, the Williamsburg Softball League 2003-2012, Coach Bobby Finstock, "Animal Farm" by The Kinks, London Fog, cloth couches, DT & the Shakes, Norman Lear, taking the train, a sportcoat you don’t want to take off, frozen waffles, Bill Russell, Stove Top stuffing, the mingling of generations at weddings, carpeting, BritBox, front porches, Stephen Merchant, sheepdog drone work videos, Ralph Malph, canceled meetings, the word “shenanigans”, the first time I ever pulled off saying “bodega” after moving to Brooklyn, my friend Riley, Joy Garden, David Spade doing his impression of Dennis Miller calling him "Spudly", Bob Uecker, when a sitcom pairs off two unlikely characters, "Uncle", the first Autumn issue of "The New Yorker", Johnny Hart, Doritos & peanut butter, Joe Strummer, people who don’t always pretend they have better things to do, Teen Wolf, Dancing On My Own (the song not the activity), mushy peas, St. Paul (the sandwich not the city)(sorry city I've just never been), Car Wheels on a Gravel Road, R.E.M., old men only too happy to give their thoughts on the bowl of ice cream they’re eating, Bulleit bottles,

History du Jour

Really amazing when you can look back on history as it was happening in real time. Crazy. 

Great Lines! And I Don’t Just Mean on the Court!

Wait Am I the Last Person to Ever Realize FALL is an American Thing? 😬🤔😳🤷‍♂️

Man…

….I guess you don’t realize just how bad quarantine was on you until it’s right in front of you. 😞

🤣🤣🤣🤣 du Jour

Speaking of The Beatles' "GET BACK"...

...has anyone done a parody GET BACK trailer as a suspense thriller in which we really DON'T know if they finish the album in ti🤷‍♂️me or not? 🤔

Thoughts. I Have Them.

I feel like I'm doing my part to perpetuate the human species because whenever I'm taking a dog through a door I never let him - or her - see how doorknobs work.

You're welcome, Earth!

Hmm.

One year later, still makes you think. 🤔

OH FUCKING GREAT

Now they’re gonna blame Yoko Ono for losing the Civil War too. 😡😡😡😡

Memory Lane with The Short Bus!

13 years ago today...I got dumped. 😞 But an old friend was there for me! 😜🕺 #williamsburgrats #theshortbus

😜🤣🤣🤣

Pretty sure this old band flier was made because of all my bragging about owning a sportcoat from the Johnny Bench collection. 😞😜🕺🎸🥁 

Great! When are NY & DC Bussing Their Assholes to Texas?

I Mean, I'm Just Saying

The paradox of Get Back is that as much as I love Let it Be, it's by far the simplest Beatles album musically, of course by design. So as much of a thrill as it is watching them create these songs throughout the documentary, how much would you love watching them discover and work through all the crazy shit they did on Revolver, or Sgt. Pepper? How much would you love to witness them recording Tomorrow Never Knows, or George Martin convincing Paul McCartney to add strings to Yesterday. I mean, I'm just saying.

Things I Like

Every day, I’ll add one thing to this list:

A Tree Grows in Brooklyn, toast with butter, Apollo 8, Garfield, the "slightly pull the car up while someone's trying to get in" gag, dogs with their heads sticking out car windows, wood paneling, pork egg foo young, rain, Roadrunner (Modern Lovers), the green type in Hulu’s search bar, Marah, Without Feathers, hour 3 of a wedding reception, French women, Rob Brydon, Indiana high school basketball, whenever anyone else cancels an appointment, The Star-Spangled Girl (the play not the movie), Cheaper by the Dozen (the book not the movie grrrrr), 1995, Camille Claudel, the perfect pen, hotels, witnessing the slow-moving car crash of when some guy replies to "I'm ______ and I'll be your waitress" with "I'm ______ and I'll be your customer!", The Red Green Show, dinner parties at 100 Metro, Robert Kennedy, the first warm sock out of the dryer, the #7, honest waiters, Russell Edson, Rankin/Bass animation, Soup (the books not the “food”), Queen Elizabeth II (sorry, I),"Bobby Jean", my orange bear hat, Ball Four, The Steven Banks Show, French Vanilla anything, Porridge (the sitcom not the disgusting "food"), a paperback with the perfect floppiness to it, oranges, Downton Abbey, shag carpet, the first 3 Ed Burns movies, peas, knowing it's about to rain, Paul McCartney, Peter Tinniswood, Cheerios, the Starbucks mobile ordering app, any toaster with more than two slots, bears, watching car tail lights crossing a bridge at night, refrigerator ice machines that work, nodding & saying "fellas" whenever I walk by two dogs together, rye bread, That Thing You Do!, Martin Short, Square Books in Oxford Mississippi, Hayday, my feet in the grass, Jeff Lamp, the thrill of an upcoming rest stop with several great fast food options, women, 7/06/1957, vintage 1970s Pizza Hut, Ramsay's Kitchen Nightmares (obviously the UK one and not the awful US version), kids who actually try to be funny, The Replacements, great straws, "What's Happening!!", Rocco DiSpirito's "The Restaurant", Christmas lights, Carol Burnett, The Turkey's Nest, thunder, "Only Fools and Horses", the fries at the bottom of the bag, the first "Mad Men" office, the Williamsburg Softball League 2003-2012, Coach Bobby Finstock, "Animal Farm" by The Kinks, London Fog, cloth couches, DT & the Shakes, Norman Lear, taking the train, a sportcoat you don’t want to take off, frozen waffles, Bill Russell, Stove Top stuffing, the mingling of generations at weddings, carpeting, BritBox, front porches, Stephen Merchant, sheepdog drone work videos, Ralph Malph, canceled meetings, the word “shenanigans”, the first time I ever pulled off saying “bodega” after moving to Brooklyn, my friend Riley, Joy Garden, David Spade doing his impression of Dennis Miller calling him "Spudly", Bob Uecker, when a sitcom pairs off two unlikely characters, "Uncle", the first Autumn issue of "The New Yorker", Johnny Hart, Doritos & peanut butter, Joe Strummer, people who don’t always pretend they have better things to do, Teen Wolf, Dancing On My Own (the song not the activity), mushy peas, St. Paul (the sandwich not the city)(sorry city I've just never been), Car Wheels on a Gravel Road, R.E.M., old men only too happy to give their thoughts on the bowl of ice cream they’re eating,

One of Those Days

 

I mean ffs how can the Sun be in your eyes all @#$%&! day? 😡😡😡😡

Movie Ideas. I Have Them.

Movie idea: a guy converts to Jehovah’s Witness to get out of getting his kids Christmas gifts. 

Looking for investors, everybody!

The Simplest Tweets are the Best Tweets

She loves you, yeah, yeah, yeah. And with a love like that You know you should be glad. #SheLovesYou #Beatles

— Daily Beatles Lyrics (@BeatlesEveryDay) August 28, 2022

Things I Like

Every day, I’ll add one thing to this list:

A Tree Grows in Brooklyn, toast with butter, Apollo 8, Garfield, the "slightly pull the car up while someone's trying to get in" gag, dogs with their heads sticking out car windows, wood paneling, pork egg foo young, rain, Roadrunner (Modern Lovers), the green type in Hulu’s search bar, Marah, Without Feathers, hour 3 of a wedding reception, French women, Rob Brydon, Indiana high school basketball, whenever anyone else cancels an appointment, The Star-Spangled Girl (the play not the movie), Cheaper by the Dozen (the book not the movie grrrrr), 1995, Camille Claudel, the perfect pen, hotels, witnessing the slow-moving car crash of when some guy replies to "I'm ______ and I'll be your waitress" with "I'm ______ and I'll be your customer!", The Red Green Show, dinner parties at 100 Metro, Robert Kennedy, the first warm sock out of the dryer, the #7, honest waiters, Russell Edson, Rankin/Bass animation, Soup (the books not the “food”), Queen Elizabeth II (sorry, I),"Bobby Jean", my orange bear hat, Ball Four, The Steven Banks Show, French Vanilla anything, Porridge (the sitcom not the disgusting "food"), a paperback with the perfect floppiness to it, oranges, Downton Abbey, shag carpet, the first 3 Ed Burns movies, peas, knowing it's about to rain, Paul McCartney, Peter Tinniswood, Cheerios, the Starbucks mobile ordering app, any toaster with more than two slots, bears, watching car tail lights crossing a bridge at night, refrigerator ice machines that work, nodding & saying "fellas" whenever I walk by two dogs together, rye bread, That Thing You Do!, Martin Short, Square Books in Oxford Mississippi, Hayday, my feet in the grass, Jeff Lamp, the thrill of an upcoming rest stop with several great fast food options, women, 7/06/1957, vintage 1970s Pizza Hut, Ramsay's Kitchen Nightmares (obviously the UK one and not the awful US version), kids who actually try to be funny, The Replacements, great straws, "What's Happening!!", Rocco DiSpirito's "The Restaurant", Christmas lights, Carol Burnett, The Turkey's Nest, thunder, "Only Fools and Horses", the fries at the bottom of the bag, the first "Mad Men" office, the Williamsburg Softball League 2003-2012, Coach Bobby Finstock, "Animal Farm" by The Kinks, London Fog, cloth couches, DT & the Shakes, Norman Lear, taking the train, a sportcoat you don’t want to take off, frozen waffles, Bill Russell, Stove Top stuffing, the mingling of generations at weddings, carpeting, BritBox, front porches, Stephen Merchant, sheepdog drone work videos, Ralph Malph, canceled meetings, the word “shenanigans”, the first time I ever pulled off saying “bodega” after moving to Brooklyn, my friend Riley, Joy Garden, David Spade doing his impression of Dennis Miller calling him "Spudly", Bob Uecker, when a sitcom pairs off two unlikely characters, "Uncle", the first Autumn issue of "The New Yorker", Johnny Hart, Doritos & peanut butter, Joe Strummer, people who don’t always pretend they have better things to do, Teen Wolf, Dancing On My Own (the song not the activity), mushy peas, St. Paul (the sandwich not the city)(sorry city I've just never been), Car Wheels on a Gravel Road, R.E.M.,

😡😡😡😡

All you people have done today is weaken a nation.  #eggfoowhat?!

Things I Like

Every day, I’ll add one thing to this list:

A Tree Grows in Brooklyn, toast with butter, Apollo 8, Garfield, the "slightly pull the car up while someone's trying to get in" gag, dogs with their heads sticking out car windows, wood paneling, pork egg foo young, rain, Roadrunner (Modern Lovers), the green type in Hulu’s search bar, Marah, Without Feathers, hour 3 of a wedding reception, French women, Rob Brydon, Indiana high school basketball, whenever anyone else cancels an appointment, The Star-Spangled Girl (the play not the movie), Cheaper by the Dozen (the book not the movie grrrrr), 1995, Camille Claudel, the perfect pen, hotels, witnessing the slow-moving car crash of when some guy replies to "I'm ______ and I'll be your waitress" with "I'm ______ and I'll be your customer!", The Red Green Show, dinner parties at 100 Metro, Robert Kennedy, the first warm sock out of the dryer, the #7, honest waiters, Russell Edson, Rankin/Bass animation, Soup (the books not the “food”), Queen Elizabeth II (sorry, I),"Bobby Jean", my orange bear hat, Ball Four, The Steven Banks Show, French Vanilla anything, Porridge (the sitcom not the disgusting "food"), a paperback with the perfect floppiness to it, oranges, Downton Abbey, shag carpet, the first 3 Ed Burns movies, peas, knowing it's about to rain, Paul McCartney, Peter Tinniswood, Cheerios, the Starbucks mobile ordering app, any toaster with more than two slots, bears, watching car tail lights crossing a bridge at night, refrigerator ice machines that work, nodding & saying "fellas" whenever I walk by two dogs together, rye bread, That Thing You Do!, Martin Short, Square Books in Oxford Mississippi, Hayday, my feet in the grass, Jeff Lamp, the thrill of an upcoming rest stop with several great fast food options, women, 7/06/1957, vintage 1970s Pizza Hut, Ramsay's Kitchen Nightmares (obviously the UK one and not the awful US version), kids who actually try to be funny, The Replacements, great straws, "What's Happening!!", Rocco DiSpirito's "The Restaurant", Christmas lights, Carol Burnett, The Turkey's Nest, thunder, "Only Fools and Horses", the fries at the bottom of the bag, the first "Mad Men" office, the Williamsburg Softball League 2003-2012, Coach Bobby Finstock, "Animal Farm" by The Kinks, London Fog, cloth couches, DT & the Shakes, Norman Lear, taking the train, a sportcoat you don’t want to take off, frozen waffles, Bill Russell, Stove Top stuffing, the mingling of generations at weddings, carpeting, BritBox, front porches, Stephen Merchant, sheepdog drone work videos, Ralph Malph, canceled meetings, the word “shenanigans”, the first time I ever pulled off saying “bodega” after moving to Brooklyn, my friend Riley, Joy Garden, David Spade doing his impression of Dennis Miller calling him "Spudly", Bob Uecker, when a sitcom pairs off two unlikely characters, "Uncle", the first Autumn issue of "The New Yorker", Johnny Hart, Doritos & peanut butter, Joe Strummer, people who don’t always pretend they have better things to do, Teen Wolf, Dancing On My Own (the song not the activity), mushy peas, St. Paul (the sandwich not the city)(sorry city I've just never been), Car Wheels on a Gravel Road,

Lot Going on Over at Egg Foo What?!

Do the Right Thing, People

EGG FOO WHAT?!

Bad tech! Abrupt ending! Me and Joe Strummer ARE FINALLY BFF!!! YOUR FRIDAY NIGHT HAS ARRIVED, PEOPLE!!!! 🤗🕺🎸🧛‍♂️🤗 #eggfoowhat?!

The Internet is Insane.

For 21 years I've told anyone who would listen about the time I threw my shirt - as in, the only one I was wearing - at Joe Strummer during a show at Irving Plaza. 

And now, because the internet is bananas and we find these things, I believe this is that exact moment: at the 1:05 mark in the video, there it is.

The internet is crazy and scary and now there's video from 20 years ago of Joe Strummer reacting to me taking my shirt off (see the 0:39 mark)

I MAY HAVE MADE JOE STRUMMER LAUGH!!!!!!!!!!!!!

THIS. IS. CRAZY. 🤗🎸🤗🎸

Ideas. I Have Them.

Thinking about creating a show about an easy-breezy low stakes kitchen called The Boar.

Looking for investors, people!

Mind Blown du Jour

 It's possible that someone in this moving live-action film was born in the 1700s.

England 1901 pic.twitter.com/QClTkUyD8g

— A SLICE OF HISTORY (@asIiceofhistory) August 23, 2022

Things I LIke

Every day, I’ll add one thing to this list:

A Tree Grows in Brooklyn, toast with butter, Apollo 8, Garfield, the "slightly pull the car up while someone's trying to get in" gag, dogs with their heads sticking out car windows, wood paneling, pork egg foo young, rain, Roadrunner (Modern Lovers), the green type in Hulu’s search bar, Marah, Without Feathers, hour 3 of a wedding reception, French women, Rob Brydon, Indiana high school basketball, whenever anyone else cancels an appointment, The Star-Spangled Girl (the play not the movie), Cheaper by the Dozen (the book not the movie grrrrr), 1995, Camille Claudel, the perfect pen, hotels, witnessing the slow-moving car crash of when some guy replies to "I'm ______ and I'll be your waitress" with "I'm ______ and I'll be your customer!", The Red Green Show, dinner parties at 100 Metro, Robert Kennedy, the first warm sock out of the dryer, the #7, honest waiters, Russell Edson, Rankin/Bass animation, Soup (the books not the “food”), Queen Elizabeth II (sorry, I),"Bobby Jean", my orange bear hat, Ball Four, The Steven Banks Show, French Vanilla anything, Porridge (the sitcom not the disgusting "food"), a paperback with the perfect floppiness to it, oranges, Downton Abbey, shag carpet, the first 3 Ed Burns movies, peas, knowing it's about to rain, Paul McCartney, Peter Tinniswood, Cheerios, the Starbucks mobile ordering app, any toaster with more than two slots, bears, watching car tail lights crossing a bridge at night, refrigerator ice machines that work, nodding & saying "fellas" whenever I walk by two dogs together, rye bread, That Thing You Do!, Martin Short, Square Books in Oxford Mississippi, Hayday, my feet in the grass, Jeff Lamp, the thrill of an upcoming rest stop with several great fast food options, women, 7/06/1957, vintage 1970s Pizza Hut, Ramsay's Kitchen Nightmares (obviously the UK one and not the awful US version), kids who actually try to be funny, The Replacements, great straws, "What's Happening!!", Rocco DiSpirito's "The Restaurant", Christmas lights, Carol Burnett, The Turkey's Nest, thunder, "Only Fools and Horses", the fries at the bottom of the bag, the first "Mad Men" office, the Williamsburg Softball League 2003-2012, Coach Bobby Finstock, "Animal Farm" by The Kinks, London Fog, cloth couches, DT & the Shakes, Norman Lear, taking the train, a sportcoat you don’t want to take off, frozen waffles, Bill Russell, Stove Top stuffing, the mingling of generations at weddings, carpeting, BritBox, front porches, Stephen Merchant, sheepdog drone work videos, Ralph Malph, canceled meetings, the word “shenanigans”, the first time I ever pulled off saying “bodega” after moving to Brooklyn, my friend Riley, Joy Garden, David Spade doing his impression of Dennis Miller calling him "Spudly", Bob Uecker, when a sitcom pairs off two unlikely characters, "Uncle", the first Autumn issue of "The New Yorker", Johnny Hart, Doritos & peanut butter, Joe Strummer, people who don’t always pretend they have better things to do, Teen Wolf, Dancing On My Own (the song not the activity), mushy peas, St. Paul (the sandwich not the city)(sorry city I've just never been), 

Grrrr.

Biden just changed millions of people's lives for the better while maybe massively lifting the economic future of the country while Trump is maybe being investigated for giving nuclear secrets to the Saudis and CNN is twisting itself in knots trying to say "gee we dunno, who can even tell these two apart at this point...🤔🤷‍♂️..."

Garfield du Jour

Yowza!

EGG FOO WHAT?!-Mania is starting to get out of hand!!! 😬😬😬😬

Book Ideas. I Have One.

Two political candidates running against each other come to their senses about the $1B being spent on their race and secretly band together to actually change the world with said money...somehow.

So. That's where we're at right now.

Well, Well, Well....

...you live long enough you discover there actually IS a Tom Verlaine that’s fun to cover. Hey, who knew?

And even better, it's longtime Xmastime pals Bombpop, whose 1997 album The Day I Had to Explode is an Xmastime superslice:

DON’T BE AFRAID - Bombpop
Fellow Westerberg worshippers from Charlottesville, VA…mostly this song has always struck me with the “all you ever wanted, was to to get out of this town.” The small-town boy clarion call. Being from a small town myself, I know that feeling; I remember busting out of Tappahannock, VA when I hit 18 and diving right into…Farmville, VA. Which, it being a college town meant it actually had a bar in town, so it was technically a step up. Upon graduating I finally shed the shackles of small-town life by heading to…Oxford, Mississippi. Hmm. At this rate, but the time I’m 70 I’ll be living in a town the size of Angelina Jolie’s nursery. Big City, Mrs. Ruth Ann indeed.

 🤷‍♂️😜🕺🕺🎸🎸🥁🥁

Mooooooooore Good News for the US Poet Laureate 🤗

“Lies About Sea Creatures” by Ada Limón and performed by Olivia Wilde - out Tomorrow on Volume IV. Pre-Order the 20LP Box Set. Link in bio. 🕊 @adalimon @oliviawilde @audubonsociety pic.twitter.com/b3Emo35JEp

— The Birdsong Project (@BirdsongProject) August 25, 2022

The Beatles du Jour

I've mentioned Paul's famous sheepdog Martha ("Martha, my love don't forget me Martha, my dear") a few weeks ago HERE. And today I see this photo of John walking Martha along with Paul and, having gotten to know these gentlemen very well over the years, thank you very much, I can say with absolute confidence that I am more surprised to see Paul McCartney in sneakers here than I am seeing John Lennon in a wacky cape.

Proofreading. It Matters.

I Mean FFS I Am Not Made of Stone, People

The Onion du Jour

Thoughts. I Have Them.

Dunno why it took me until August to make this quarantine joke but okay. 

State du Moi

I mean if this doesn’t burnish my Bad Boy bona dudes on Tinder then I am officially out of ideas. 

10 Years Ago Today

Neil Armstrong died :( 

Let's cherish him with these brilliant words from our own hero:

Apparently, nobody can talk about Neil Armstrong without using the phrase "down to Earth."

😞

Things I Like

Every day, I’ll add one thing to this list:

A Tree Grows in Brooklyn, toast with butter, Apollo 8, Garfield, the "slightly pull the car up while someone's trying to get in" gag, dogs with their heads sticking out car windows, wood paneling, pork egg foo young, rain, Roadrunner (Modern Lovers), the green type in Hulu’s search bar, Marah, Without Feathers, hour 3 of a wedding reception, French women, Rob Brydon, Indiana high school basketball, whenever anyone else cancels an appointment, The Star-Spangled Girl (the play not the movie), Cheaper by the Dozen (the book not the movie grrrrr), 1995, Camille Claudel, the perfect pen, hotels, witnessing the slow-moving car crash of when some guy replies to "I'm ______ and I'll be your waitress" with "I'm ______ and I'll be your customer!", The Red Green Show, dinner parties at 100 Metro, Robert Kennedy, the first warm sock out of the dryer, the #7, honest waiters, Russell Edson, Rankin/Bass animation, Soup (the books not the “food”), Queen Elizabeth II (sorry, I),"Bobby Jean", my orange bear hat, Ball Four, The Steven Banks Show, French Vanilla anything, Porridge (the sitcom not the disgusting "food"), a paperback with the perfect floppiness to it, oranges, Downton Abbey, shag carpet, the first 3 Ed Burns movies, peas, knowing it's about to rain, Paul McCartney, Peter Tinniswood, Cheerios, the Starbucks mobile ordering app, any toaster with more than two slots, bears, watching car tail lights crossing a bridge at night, refrigerator ice machines that work, nodding & saying "fellas" whenever I walk by two dogs together, rye bread, That Thing You Do!, Martin Short, Square Books in Oxford Mississippi, Hayday, my feet in the grass, Jeff Lamp, the thrill of an upcoming rest stop with several great fast food options, women, 7/06/1957, vintage 1970s Pizza Hut, Ramsay's Kitchen Nightmares (obviously the UK one and not the awful US version), kids who actually try to be funny, The Replacements, great straws, "What's Happening!!", Rocco DiSpirito's "The Restaurant", Christmas lights, Carol Burnett, The Turkey's Nest, thunder, "Only Fools and Horses", the fries at the bottom of the bag, the first "Mad Men" office, the Williamsburg Softball League 2003-2012, Coach Bobby Finstock, "Animal Farm" by The Kinks, London Fog, cloth couches, DT & the Shakes, Norman Lear, taking the train, a sportcoat you don’t want to take off, frozen waffles, Bill Russell, Stove Top stuffing, the mingling of generations at weddings, carpeting, BritBox, front porches, Stephen Merchant, sheepdog drone work videos, Ralph Malph, canceled meetings, the word “shenanigans”, the first time I ever pulled off saying “bodega” after moving to Brooklyn, my friend Riley, Joy Garden, David Spade doing his impression of Dennis Miller calling him "Spudly", Bob Uecker, when a sitcom pairs off two unlikely characters, "Uncle", the first Autumn issue of "The New Yorker", Johnny Hart, Doritos & peanut butter, Joe Strummer, people who don’t always pretend they have better things to do, Teen Wolf, Dancing On My Own (the song not the activity), mushy peas, 

I'll Be Honest...

...I'd be much more interested in Chuck Grassley's thoughts on student loans if he hadn't graduated high school before Jimmy Chitwood.

Thoughts. I Have Them.

What’s most interesting about the debate over which rock concept album was the first rock concept album is that everybody’s pretty much in agreement that nobody really cares about rock concept albums.

Questions. I Have Them.

What’s the magic nexus moment in time during which both MTV music videos and porno films insisted on being linear pieces of storytelling? 🤔🤷‍♂️

Thoughts On the Student Debt Relief News

I guess Republicans are also against billionaires getting tax breaks since it would be so unfair to those poor billionaires in the past who paid their taxes? 🤔🤷‍♂️

State du Moi

It’s not exactly like I was playing beach volleyball every day anyway but the first way I have willfully acquiesced to aging is that now I take my own damn sweet time getting in and out of a car.

Hillbilly Boy

I hate it when other people than me write brilliant things about Ray Davies but The Paranoid Style nails it:

Muswell Hillbillies’ is the Kinks album where Ray Davies’ small-c conservatism fully cross-pollinates with his burlesque impulses, resulting in a comedic concept album about being too paranoid to leave the house. Haggard's poetic provincialism meets The Band’s musical big tent.

WHAT WE DO IN THE SHADOWS

A few thoughts:

1) I say it every week about it and I’m saying it now: I can’t believe it. I just can’t believe it

2) Waiting to see how it will top itself every week this season has become one of my favorite tv memories 

3)  I cant believe it but Jackie Daytona, The King is Dead. Go Flip Yourself is the new champ. Dying. 

4) The Sklar brothers should get whatever Emmy they're eligible for

5) And Nick Kroll too 

Things I Like

Every day, I’ll add one thing to this list:

A Tree Grows in Brooklyn, toast with butter, Apollo 8, Garfield, the "slightly pull the car up while someone's trying to get in" gag, dogs with their heads sticking out car windows, wood paneling, pork egg foo young, rain, Roadrunner (Modern Lovers), the green type in Hulu’s search bar, Marah, Without Feathers, hour 3 of a wedding reception, French women, Rob Brydon, Indiana high school basketball, whenever anyone else cancels an appointment, The Star-Spangled Girl (the play not the movie), Cheaper by the Dozen (the book not the movie grrrrr), 1995, Camille Claudel, the perfect pen, hotels, witnessing the slow-moving car crash of when some guy replies to "I'm ______ and I'll be your waitress" with "I'm ______ and I'll be your customer!", The Red Green Show, dinner parties at 100 Metro, Robert Kennedy, the first warm sock out of the dryer, the #7, honest waiters, Russell Edson, Rankin/Bass animation, Soup (the books not the “food”), Queen Elizabeth II (sorry, I),"Bobby Jean", my orange bear hat, Ball Four, The Steven Banks Show, French Vanilla anything, Porridge (the sitcom not the disgusting "food"), a paperback with the perfect floppiness to it, oranges, Downton Abbey, shag carpet, the first 3 Ed Burns movies, peas, knowing it's about to rain, Paul McCartney, Peter Tinniswood, Cheerios, the Starbucks mobile ordering app, any toaster with more than two slots, bears, watching car tail lights crossing a bridge at night, refrigerator ice machines that work, nodding & saying "fellas" whenever I walk by two dogs together, rye bread, That Thing You Do!, Martin Short, Square Books in Oxford Mississippi, Hayday, my feet in the grass, Jeff Lamp, the thrill of an upcoming rest stop with several great fast food options, women, 7/06/1957, vintage 1970s Pizza Hut, Ramsay's Kitchen Nightmares (obviously the UK one and not the awful US version), kids who actually try to be funny, The Replacements, great straws, "What's Happening!!", Rocco DiSpirito's "The Restaurant", Christmas lights, Carol Burnett, The Turkey's Nest, thunder, "Only Fools and Horses", the fries at the bottom of the bag, the first "Mad Men" office, the Williamsburg Softball League 2003-2012, Coach Bobby Finstock, "Animal Farm" by The Kinks, London Fog, cloth couches, DT & the Shakes, Norman Lear, taking the train, a sportcoat you don’t want to take off, frozen waffles, Bill Russell, Stove Top stuffing, the mingling of generations at weddings, carpeting, BritBox, front porches, Stephen Merchant, sheepdog drone work videos, Ralph Malph, canceled meetings, the word “shenanigans”, the first time I ever pulled off saying “bodega” after moving to Brooklyn, my friend Riley, Joy Garden, David Spade doing his impression of Dennis Miller calling him "Spudly", Bob Uecker, when a sitcom pairs off two unlikely characters,"Uncle", the first Autumn issue of "The New Yorker", Johnny Hart, Doritos & peanut butter, Joe Strummer, people who don’t always pretend they have better things to do, Teen Wolf, Dancing On My Own (the song not the activity),

Yes To All of This.

 

Hmm.

This is a great question. Why are there more re-enactments of The Battle of Stones River than the Moon landing? Which was more impressive?

Thoughts. I Have Them.

The first time someone was told that copy/paste meant you could just keep pasting without having to copy again must’ve totally blown their mind all to bits.

Goals. I Have Them.

GOAL: visit a friend at their office & upon seeing the opulence of the office bathroom remark “hey, now I see why you’re really puttin’ in the hours”.

Seems doable.

Solutions. I Have Them.

Would it bring all Jews & Christians together if we agreed to call the lead character "Jewsus"?

State du Moi

A fire truck just pulled up where I was standing & a buncha firemen jumped out so I had to walk around the block to find my Uber. Why do these things always happen to me? 😡

AS WE AWAIT PRESIDENT BIDEN'S ANNOUNCEMENT ON CANCELING STUDENT DEBT

There are plenty of legitimate reasons to be against canceling any or all student debt but if your reason is "because I had to pay mine!" then you're just an asshole.

Why…

… do I have a feeling someone’s about to explain the evils of socialism to me? 😬

More Ideas. I Have More of Them.

Can't we just have KD, Kyrie, Harden & Ben Simmons play together on the same team along with a randomly selected fan from the stands for each game as the 5th starter? That I'd actually watch.

Ideas. I Have Them.

Yesterday I mentioned Keyshawn Johnson doing an imitation of Christopher "Mad Dog" Russo and now I really believe that Keyshawn, Mad Dog & Me wold make a great young adult book title.

I Mean FFS du Jour

I must’ve flipped a menopause switch when I hit 50 because now I see shit like this and I’m just a blubbery mess. I mean it’s funny but then you see the “and you feel nice” and you see how happy & proud he is and it’s all waterworks after that 😭😭🤣🤗

HOT TAKE DU JOUR

Almost 25 years after its finale, I believe the one negative thing about Seinfeld we can all agree on is that none of the rain scenes are even remotely believable.

What Took So Long? Fuck You, Wordle Nerds!

 

Agree on All Three.

Thrilling. Joyful. Perfect. 💜 https://t.co/aoG1axXmBH

— Dr Christine Feldman-Barrett (@FeldmanBarrett) August 24, 2022

Sigh.

Another year, another first day back to school. Never gets easier.

15 Years Ago Today

I seemed to have a few thoughts on my most beloved of foods: toast! 🤗

Keyshawn, Mad Dog & Me

I loved Keyshawn Johnson as a player and now you can just guess how much more I love him for trying out an impression of my boy Mad Dog 🤗🤗🤗

Current Events

So wait Kevin Durant is NOT canceling student debt now? ok cool cool 😬

63 Years Later, The Final Cricket. 😥

Jerry Allison, the final surviving member of Buddy Holly & the Crickets, has died:

Not only did Allison’s drums anchor the pioneering rock and roll group’s sound, but he also played an important role in crafting the group’s songs. He’s credited as a co-writer on some of Holly and the Crickets’ most famous tunes, including their debut single, “That’ll Be the Day,” and classics like “Peggy Sue” and “More Than I Can Say.”

Band members dying six decades apart just seems sadly bananas, I guess.