Today is release day for @urbancik.bsky.social's URBANCIK: A MEMOIR, which, unlike most memoirs, contains chapters written by myself, @marysangiovanni.bsky.social, @nytebird45.bsky.social, @mikeoliveri.bsky.social and more. Never been a book quite like this. Paperback and eBook. amzn.to/4nzPLRf

Most of my friends right now.

Neither snow nor rain nor heat nor gloom of night stays these couriers from the swift completion of their appointed rounds, but if a contractor parks his truck too close to your mailbox you ain't getting your mail until tomorrow.

The website that perfectly encapsulates red, right-wing America: guns-glory.com

It's not like science fiction hasn't warned us about this for decades. And don't worry, the videos aren't creepy at all. 😬

I know someone who works at the Peoria Ag Lab. They're scrambling to reorganize and absorb the workload from vacated positions, but it's next to impossible, especially if there's another round of layoffs. This is the lab where penicillin was first mass produced. They do critical work for us all.

I put this in as my preferred name on my Verizon account years ago, and it has never stopped being funny.

I'm getting tired of performative patriotism like this. Dude's so eager to show off his 'Murica boner that he doesn't realize, given all of the road filth on that flag, he may as well just drag it through the mud.

I named our living room stereo Audio Murphy for streaming purposes, and not near enough people acknowledge how brilliant that is.

I was really hoping this was shopped and satirical. Nope. We really are living out Idiocracy.

Watching a jury orientation video produced by the state, and I love that one of the YouTube-recommended videos is "How to Get Out of Jury Duty (Legally)."

Delete your shopify account.

Man, those "exploding" paper straws. I put one in a hot chocolate and the shrapnel almost killed my mom. What the fuck. This is the dumbest timeline.

Trump...has ZERO RESPECT FOR OUR MILITARY MEMBERS. www.nbcnews.com/politics/don...

In other words: "What he said was reprehensible, but we're still going to give him a platform to grow his audience so we both profit from it." Dana White continues to show what a huge piece of shit he is. www.rte.ie/sport/mma/20...

I was a subscriber to Heavy Metal for a time, and have a handful of back issues that go waaaayyy back. I'm looking forward to seeing if this relaunch captures the spirit of the original mag. www.kickstarter.com/projects/hea...

Seems like there's a sudden flurry of activity on this app. Bring it! With X long dead and Threads being loaded with nonsense, I've been feeling out of touch for a while.

Damn, son, why you gotta drop it on us like that? commonreader.wustl.edu/pulp-fiction...

It was pretty cool to hear a great interview with @gabino.bsky.social on my feeds this morning. It's not like they talk to horror authors often. www.npr.org/2024/09/01/1...

It'd be pretty awesome if folks could help Brian and Mary build out a great place for author events.

Happy Father's Day! youtu.be/E_qIq2P11RY?...

Happy National Bourbon Day, y'all. Cheers!

I practice and teach a martial art called jodo, which not a lot of people are familiar with. This video is a pretty solid introduction. If you like samurai, anime, or martial arts, it might be worth a few minutes of your time. www.youtube.com/watch?v=nM_e...

"Let's have kids," she said. "It'll be nice," she said.

Summer planning in full effect. I have a lot of catching up to do.

On this date in 1844, the first telegram was sent: "What hath God wrought?" Flash forward 180 years and I start every morning asking Google Assistant "What fresh Hell is this?" (and it then streams the news). Time is a flat circle.

Props to the folks at Lochby for excellent customer service. I didn't want to buy a four-pack of identical notebooks, so they built me a custom four-pack via email and I still got their Memorial Day free shipping. www.lochby.com

It's my last kid's last day of high school. I'm old.

This bagpiper is a good friend and former coworker of mine, and I guarantee you they could not possibly have found a guy more capable of driving a school administrator insane than Scott. nypost.com/2024/05/12/u...

The restaurant/bar in this hotel is called The Tower. And it's in the basement.

Imagine being a font or typography nerd and literally discovering lost type in a river. news.artnet.com/art-world/do...

When your robo Muskmobile is designed to eat you: gizmodo.com/cybertruck-v...

At a clinic. Middle-aged dude checks in after me, is asked if he's been around anyone sick. "I haven't been around anyone healthy in thirty years!" And he laughs and laughs. Shut the fuck up, chuckles. You're exhausting and you're making the rest of us middle-aged dudes look like assholes.

Well this sucks. This show was a lot of fun. www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/t...

It's nice to see someone in the industry post realistic numbers instead of what influencers and juiceheads tell people they should be pushing.

One of the best parts of the school gig is when an irate parent comes in to scream at office personnel for some nonsense claim their kid made, and insists "my child wouldn't lie to me!" The look on their faces when we demonstrate that yes, their child definitely lied to them, is priceless.

Yogis and health influencers: "Get 5-10 minutes of direct sunlight in your eyes immediately upon waking for optimal health." It's 15°F and I'm up 90 minutes before the Sun because I'm a wage slave. Guess I'm fucked.

If I'm rolling up on an AI drive-thru, I want Matt Berry cussing me for being too lazy to cook decent food at home. thetakeout.com/ai-voice-clo...

For the journal/notebook folks out there, or those searching for a new kit, Lochby is having a pretty generous sale right now: www.lochby.com/collections/...

My photo of a door in St. Louis has 4.6 million views. I would kill to have a fraction of that in book sales.

The good part of ADD is the surprises. I asked my wife if we'll be fed at a wedding reception. "You picked the taco bar, remember?" Nope! Sounds awesome! I bought a big cookie with breakfast, and I left the cookie in the car. Four hours later, I'm starving. Got in the car: "Woohoo! A cookie!"

Braaaaaaaaaaains

If you honestly believe this, you are straight-up fucking stupid.

Had a great time with my students at our dojo picnic, then a less great time fighting the crowds grocery shopping. Now it's me time.

"He got hit in the hole." Does Joe Buck actually listen to what he's saying?

When you have high editorial standards.

Best news I've heard all week. https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2023/08/03/1190728554/dog-pet-mental-health-benefits

Me, seeing something in a classroom that was supposed to have been taken down and recycled years ago: https://youtu.be/BzUWKSYjpgQ

This is pretty awesome. https://news.mit.edu/2023/mit-engineers-create-supercapacitor-ancient-materials-0731

From @catrambo.bsky.social:Grammarly just announced that they've been using customer work to train their AI. If you still use their service, stop now if you care about your copyright.