Rando 1AM thought: I’m human, and I’m increasingly old. I may not always find myself on the right side of history, but I know that’s the side I WANT to be on. I’ll likely never have kids, but I’d rather live in such a way that my friends’ grandkids would say “Y’know, he wasn’t that bad, all told”.

Only the best people…

Thomas Bodley, Dr. Seuss, Desi Arnaz, Tom Wolfe, Mikhail Gorbachev, John Irving, Lou Reed, Jon Bon Jovi, Daniel Craig, Clifford Smith Jr. (a.k.a. Method Man), Chris Martin, Bryce Dallas Howard...and me, I guess... We all had to be born sometime, just so happens it was this time.

Him: Hey, have you heard of these guys? *shows me AI VO site* Me: Yes. Him: Something to consider. Me: No. Him: At least they pay! Me: They pay and then I don’t work anymore… Him: Oh, well , I dunno…

Well. Wasn’t exactly surprised when the lady I was talking with ended the conversation. I am not currently, as they say, a catch. (Semi unemployed and trying to make a full-time go at VO as my job) But a tip for all of you out there on the apps: 1/2

I’ve always viewed Quentin Tarantino’s opinions in much the same way as I viewed Roger Ebert’s: I don’t give a shit who / what he thinks is bad. I only care when he calls out something as good.

I just saw a TikTok like “the motivations of assassins don’t make sense anymore” but boy have they never. Hinkley shot Reagan to impress Jodi Foster. Oswald was such a complete mess people just assume the CIA did it. Guiteau killed Garfield because no one would make him an ambassador.

Auditioned for 47 different characters in a video game this morning. Any bets on whether I land a single one of them?

I originally thought to read it exactly in the real Mays’s tone, but his delivery, if you can believe it, reads a little tame for a project like Monsters of Murka. 😅

An acquaintance of an old work friend asked me to narrate a thing. Just about the driest piece of technical writing I’ve ever encountered, read in the most irritating, “God I want to punch this guy” way I could muster. Enjoy, if you so choose.

So. I don't have health insurance, because I have no job, and the insurance "marketplace" has been a lovely merrygoround of "you don't qualify for X Affordable Plan for Reasons" I am on medication that requires me to periodically go to the hospital and get a simple blood test (INR).

Did you think people wouldn’t notice, Chris? Did you think we wouldn’t raise an almighty stink about your sh***y business practices?

Josh Marshall: 'What Are Democrats Supposed to Do?' talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/what-...

The perfect headline doesnt exi— www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

I will always do my small bit to repost his stuff, because the deep dives he chooses to explore are always fascinating, and often more timely than they seem or I’d like them to be:

Some of my LA friends have told me that the problem is climate change, and it is. It’s January for fucks sake. But that doesn’t mean we have to solve climate change to better control fire. If we wait for that, cities will keep burning. There are ways to mitigate risk. www.latimes.com/california/s...

Well, didn't have "collapse of South Korea into authoritarian rule" on my bingo card for today... wapo.st/4iwFvHV