Looks like we’ll need a new governor. Maybe we can take turns. I’ll put a clipboard with a sign up sheet in the break room.

Been enjoying the podcast One Song a lot. In this one, I learned: -“cover” song mean covering other areas of the market (Pat Boone covering Little Richard) -Hendrix didn’t just flip a right-handed guitar over to play it left-handed, he re-strung it too … (cont.) youtu.be/8_7NJw0Gnug?...

They speak through history with one voice.

Came in 5th in one fantasy league, 4th in the other, and now kind of waking up to my Seahawks being a number one seed in the reality league playoffs. Go them.

The Professor had a second interview today on campus (a family’s house) and though he had great qualifications, the department chair, Bruce (other dog) did not like him. The Professor tried to connect (playful stance) but Bruce was unconvinced (barked his fucking head off). We’ll keep trying.

If you’re being a jerk to someone in my mentions, you get blocked. But, John, I wasn’t being a jerk to *you*. Doesn’t matter. I live on jerk patrol.

I think this is a really important distinction. With JJGO, you're getting years of experience and deep knowledge of craft. They know what works for an audience and it's not just chatting, it's a show. I think a lot of podcast hosts think just talking is enough. (cont.)

I'm horrified by events in Venezuela and what they mean for the future of all kinds of things. The lane I choose is to cede that discussion to others, especially experts. I'll RT sometimes but for now, I'll talk about dogs, mental health, and dad jokes, band jokes, dad band jokes.

I guess my favorite actor/band supergroup was Suniel Day Lewis Estate.

Wide variety of responses here. No consensus but interesting takes.

I have a podcast question. So many shows - often very popular ones - open with hosts, co-hosts, producers just visiting, blabbing, stuff that has nothing to do with the guest or topic. I hate to say dicking around but yeah, dicking around. Sometimes for 20 minutes or more. Do you like that?

People are going to try and lure you into debates about whether Maduro was a good guy or not and the thing is, it doesn’t matter for the purposes of discussing whether violent kidnappings and extrajudicial murders by the US government are ok. No, they aren’t! End of convo.

I’m going to advocate lyrics off that Ryan Davis & the Roadhouse Band album for a while. It’s full of long, densely-worded songs, made especially for me and other people too.

How different would Bob Dylan’s music be if instead of deeply admiring Woody Guthrie and being heavily influenced by Woody Guthrie and visiting a dying Woody Guthrie, he had done all that with Woody Woodpecker instead?

These two videos sum up Minnesota pretty well. I saw people help a stuck snowplow truck one time. But people like snowplow trucks and want them around.

Guess they were undone by an INFORMER. #ilickheboomboomdown

WOW!!!!!!!

I think if you know a youngster who loves basketball, a good gift would be some framed pictures of basketballs.

The Bond Between, here in the Twin Cities, has a much higher number of dogs, especially puppies, that need foster homes, like, tomorrow. Like Mitchell. So if you were thinking of being a foster care provider, now is the time. It’s free, it’s fun, it’s good. www.thebondbetween.org/foster-dogs

Mickey 17. I liked it! Didn’t at first, then I did! Robert Pattinson was really good and Mark Ruffalo, well, made some choices. Overall, glad I watched!

People bring this up a lot and honestly it’s never been much of an issue for us. We think of them as house guests. We love having them over and then they move on. We also have two resident dogs so it’s simply not an option. Other people may have other experiences, of course.

I’m just saying if anyone wants to do a cheap remake of The Holdovers with worse acting, call me.

happy New Year John I just saw your post and am looking for some help in getting this girl to her forever home in 2026 she has been in the NY shelter for 2+ years and counting, if there is anything you can do to help (push to your other socials 🙏🏽) Melia would be immensely grateful

You guys! I just spotted Emmanuel Macron at Costco!

I signed up to care for foster dogs the morning after the 2024 election. Since then I’ve lived with nine fosters and our two resident dogs. I used to think some dogs were great, some were dull, some were mean, real roll of the dice. 🧵

Craig offering a much more succinct version of what I just said.

People. Humans. Please do listen. Grok or any AI system cannot be sorry. It has no remorse. It does not grasp what an apology is because there is nothing in its functioning to either feel bad or not feel bad. It’s simply predicting what a sentient being *would* say when prompted to apologize.

And when someone requested a defiant non-apology, it responded with that, too bsky.app/profile/numb...

The Grok "apology" was just a response to someone requesting an apology bsky.app/profile/numb...

I think if you know a youngster who loves basketball, a good gift would be some framed pictures of basketballs.

There are very VERY few people who I’ve known personally and actively dislike, always for a specific reason. I’m also bad with faces. The other day, person walks by me on the street, bundled up for winter. “Hi John, they say. I smile and say hi, no idea who it is. Then I realized. They got me.

Yes, hello, there are three of us. I’m BB Gun (yes, really!), and these are my friends Electric Fence and Wave Pool.

Darker- I'm going to take you down with me, Ms. Strawberry. It'll be easier for you if you just let me.

Alternate readings: “Let me take you down, cause I’m going to, Strawberry Fields.” (Allow me to wrestle you to the ground because that is my intention and I am confident it will happen. Your name is Strawberry Fields. Your parents were hippies.)

Gift link article to read here. This is someone in defiance of the medical efforts to help him. For someone that age, that’s a very bad idea. For someone in that job, it’s incredibly irresponsible as is the enabling behavior of those around him.

I haven’t watched Stranger Things in years but now that it’s over, I just want to know that Winona’s okay. Not her character, just Winona herself. That’s 80% of what I care about on a daily basis.

Look, I’ve seen a lot of lists of these things in Chinese restaurants with the rat and the monkey and the dragon but not once have I ever—

I find it hard to read the news. Let’s slow it down a bit. I’m going to start with one new, see how that goes.

WELCOME TO DICK CAVETT’S NEW YEAR’S TALKIN’ EVE!

My wife and daughter are in Vegas for New Year’s Eve. I told them if things get too noisy and out of control there, just yell, “Hey! Quiet down out there!” That’ll take care of it. You’ll even get an apology.

He’s not so much playing 4-D chess as he is yelling incomprehensibly at the board and then eating the knights because he thinks they’re real horses and then passing out.

If you’ve never heard the history of this flag, enjoy:

My kids have Somali friends at school. They have Ecuadorian and Mexican friends. I work at a Hmong restaurant. The guy who owns the building is Irish. Our top bar regular is Serbian. We went to the State Fair and saw Polish dancers last summer. Diversity is our strength. Fuck off if you disagree.

I went to a children’s science museum with my son (6) yesterday. Spent almost 4 hours walking around different exhibits and doing activities. While we were there, we heard about 5 or 6 different languages, as other parents were talking to their kids. And that is my favorite thing about America.

Cosign. This can be a HARD place to live, because for what can be half the year* you have to repeatedly move frozen liquid out of your way. The people and the culture we've built together - a WELCOMING one - play a HUGE role in making this a great place to live!

I live in Minnesota. I’m not from here but chose it, in part because of the diversity, the supportive environment for kids and families, and the overall sense of community that makes those sides work well. Now it’s all under attack by the federal government and the President of the United States.