oh i totally forgot i watched and loved the lowdown. i’d slot it ahead of the rehearsal

i think the best show of 2025 was abbott elementary

“a tale 100 years before game of thrones” ok what year what that be?

you’re focused on the college football playoff i’m focused on this final four run the saint louis men’s basketball team is gearing up for

friday album

i think i have maybe protected myself from too much enthusiasm in the mamdani era (don’t get me wrong, it’s hell yeah) just as someone who lives in texas, won’t see any material change and doesn’t want to just be sad for the millionth time…but man, he absolutely freaked it in that speech

“We will replace the frigidity of rugged individualism with the warmth of collectivism” is my kind of applause line

mavs win this game if naji marshall gets the correct amount of second half minutes

pete campbell saying “it’s a chip and dale”

The country list from Don't Rock The Inbox + Stereogum is a very nice one! This is how I found out about Sunny War, and she is *absolutely* one that all people need to know

2026 and ladies are still on their bullshit

hmm gotta say having a two month old child has turned me very anti fireworks

i made a bet with my friend that the sabres would beat the stars and the loser has to buy the winner a book that they think the winner would like and my wife said “that’s a very nerdy bet.” that’s the kinda cocky attitude you can have when you’re married to a winner, i guess

my favorite movies that i saw in 2025: 1. blue moon 2. one battle after another 3. sinners

don’t want to alarm anyone but the saint louis billikens scored 102 points in their first conference game, their sixth 100-point game of the seasons 😈

In the "what we're reading" section, i really dug this one by @jonnyauping.bsky.social. check it out! --> Between The World And Me mytimeback.beehiiv.com/p/between-th...

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This well-written piece by @jonnyauping.bsky.social will make you think, which is just what I want on NYE! mytimeback.beehiiv.com/p/zone-one

it being the last day of the year i will share the best albums released in 2025. there were other good albums that came out but these were the best if you want to reply to this i will only engage with you if you also read the essay about seeing a man die

closed out the year with a real one

this is pretty good lmao

read @jonnyauping.bsky.social's beautiful, heartbreaking piece about the time we saw a man we didn't know die earlier this year mytimeback.beehiiv.com/p/zone-one

for this week’s My Time Back i wrote about @colsonwhitehead.com ‘s Zone One, but mostly i wrote about seeing a man die at a Cecile Mclorin Salvant concert mytimeback.beehiiv.com/p/zone-one?u...

This 2nd paragraph hit hard. When I found out my FIL died, my best friend & I had just finished a literal marathon. When I told my wife, who had spent the morning ignoring calls from her mom, she broke down. My friend said a variation of "he died doing what he loved" that was, uh, not well received.

Seriously! It’ll knock you out! mytimeback.beehiiv.com/p/zone-one

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for this week’s My Time Back i wrote about @colsonwhitehead.com ‘s Zone One, but mostly i wrote about seeing a man die at a Cecile Mclorin Salvant concert mytimeback.beehiiv.com/p/zone-one?u...

at some point this year the dog (who is normally very scared of the cat) and the cat (who is normally protective of her things and/or attacks the dog for fun) started drinking out of the cat’s fountain. sometimes they wait for each other to finish

do they call portland rain city? is that a thing?

if you’re gonna tell me the buffalo bills aren’t good you’re gonna have to tell me who is good and before you say the jacksonville jaguars i’m talking nfl teams

look at luke kornet from the right angle and you’re liable to think “george harrison shoulda hooped”

wrote an essay every tuesday about a book for My Time Back while having a full time job and parenting a newborn (with no parental leave) i’m more proud of the baby. but the essays are what i can share here. final one of 2025 out tomorrow mytimeback.beehiiv.com

one thing MTG is not is “naive.” literally don’t put that in the newspaper

the cat literally walking all four paws on the baby’s back while he sleeps on me and somehow not waking him up and she just looks back at me like “oh you have trouble with accidentally waking him up? sounds like a skill issue”

josh schertz monologuing about the baylor transfer who was drafted in the NBA and played professionally internationally is interesting. it’s clear the NCAA has actual idea what they’re doing in terms of a sustainable model stuonslu.substack.com/p/josh-scher...

bills were down 13 and playing a football game in a running dishwasher and almost pulled out another miracle. i’ll take the tough loss. next game that matters is gonna be stressful/fun

i cannot imagine playing football in this

no better way to celebrate a seahawks w !!! go see josh seattle friends

this is the game you play earn to get to see the dolphins embarrass the patriots next week. beat the eagles. survive saquan today and achane will take care of the rest

i will never post my child on social media but i’ll be damned if it’s not difficult when he is interacting with the dog

“this a trap game” -me, about every game the panthers are playing

*at least* one

bills/eagles: two teams that have already earned a playoff spot and one of their fanbases will be absolutely furious with them seven hours from now

don’t lead with a bunch of quotes with empty notions about how she lived a life of conviction and then bury this 10 paragraphs down

baduizm was the only legitimately perfect album released in the 90s

rex ryan shouldn’t be allowed to talk about the buffalo bills have some shame

so much of this story was revealing and depressing and grim to me but i do think the writer wrote it with self awareness and stuck the landing www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...

bills gameday song

this feels like a boon for divorce lawyers

susan sontag would have written 45,000 words on it