I have an archaeology joke but I need to dig around for the punchline.

Every member of the French rugby squad looks like they could play Gaston in a live-action Beauty and the Beast

Deda was a political dissident. He was a communist in the face of the Nazis and Ustaše, and then he was an outspoken of corruption under the communists. There wasn't an authority figure he didn't piss off!

Last year, I found myself drinking with some Israeli kids fresh off their IDF service. I warned them to never trust the US. Evangelicals saw them as cannon fodder for the Apocolypse, and they were shocked by all of it. Didn't have to warn them that Bibi felt the same way, they already knew.

The problem with Verve's "Bitter Sweet Symphony", in as much as there can be a problem with a perfect song, is that it is so much better than all the other songs on Urban Hymns. It's a fine album, and there are some good and very good songs on it, but they can't compete with the opening track.

Remembering when I was six and would pit my Warfighters against my Go-Bots in a bloody no-survivors battle a top my He-Man castle.

Robert F Kennedy Jr.'s pitch for revitalizing the economy.

You may laugh, but the Macbeths are a much better role model for a marriage than Romeo and Juliet. They discuss their problems (killing the king of Scotland), share their hobbies (killing the king of Scotland), and resolve their conflicts (by killing the king of Scotland).

GM: Charisma check. Mamdani: [rolls natural 20] GM: that’s a d6 how did you Mamdani: [direct to camera] Did you know you can check out board games at your local public library? 😊

I have a theory for why Belichick is not a first ballot HoF - he's still a coach. Yes he 'retired' from the NFL, but he's still a coach a UNC. Furthermore no one doubts his desire to get another coaching gig to beat Shula's record. While he meets the criteria for Canton, there's a risk he unretires

Reading James Fenimore Cooper makes you appreciate classic American lit. Like, Nathaniel Hawthorne's prose could have been way more turgid and pointless.

How the fux does Caleb throw that? Anyone else that's a fuxing pick. But he does it in the 4th and it's absolute fuxing gold.

Serving as a mouthpiece for why the Bears should move to Gary, Indiana is the worst thing Fox News has ever done.

This is like watching John Cena tap out to retire from pro wrestling. Except it's hilarious because it's Aaron Rodgers.

I hate the word 'kinetic'. It is faux intelligent jargon for unserious people.

Hearing Alberto "torture memo" Gonzalez talk about the importance of following international law is going to give me a fuxing aneurysm.

George Clinton & the P-Funk All-Stars Panda Bear Boris Flogging Molly Bush

WEMBY!

@durbin.senate.gov I'd rather you resign than vote to reopen the government. Caving to rhe Trump administration will ruin your political legacy

Geno Smith is playing like someone who was drafted by the Jets.

#Nokings Chicaog was so large that it was running on parallel streets at points.

#NoKinksDay #Chicago

Jay Zeus how I love NBA/NHL Finals. Especially when both series is competitive.

To mark the end of the school year I made lemon thyme shortbread cookies for my students. One of those students decided to one up me with an earl grey tiramisu for everyone. And somehow that wasn't the sweetest thing to the day.

Seeing the lyrics to "My Humps" at karaoke is gazing into the abyss. I understand how we reached the darkest timeline.

The Clash's self titled debut (UK version, obvs) is all bangers

What a hideous end to a hideous game. God I hate being a Bears fan.

For Christmas my GF took me to Powell's Books. I said we'd only get a half dozen books or less, we ended up buying a baker's dozen. Most were shipped home, one is wrapped as a present to open with the family, and I read this one in the interim.

"Talk Talk" has the bones of a great Carly Rae Jepsen song, would love to hear her cover it.

Liam Gallagher & John Squire > Second Coming & Be Here Now

Watching MTV in Vienna while packing up. Me: You know what's great about European TV My GF: What? Me: No online gambling ads. GF: You're right! And then an online gambling ad pops up. At least they play music videos.

A tradition dating back to when Ole Ginny McCaskey went to see her first silent movie has been broken

ffs bears

Beach House's Depression Cherry is the perfect album to listen to on a fall day.

Sure I could watch the Chicago Bears play some very frustrating football, OR I can catch a matinee. One is about being the despair of being unjustly imprisoned and not having hope, the other is Beethoven's only opera.

At a friend's suggestion, my dad and I downloaded The Lost Painting by Jonathan Harr off Audible. My biggest takeaway was that art history is a massive parasocial relationship.

Mod playlist for the day: Queen's Pleasure - Words to Live By, Suits to Die In The Jam - Setting Sons Kaiser Chiefs - Yours Truly, Angry Mob The Kinks - The Village Green Preservation Society Blur - 13

Someone just got a new pinapple toy. Start your stopwatch on how long it takes from him to chew through the leaves

Scott Hanson's Witching Hour catch phrase is his single greatest/only good contribution to society.

I think I may have perfected my Texas street legal chilli.

The next adventure in my HU:CS campaign is going to be a riff on From Dusk to Dawn except replace the strip club with Guy Fieri's Flavortown and Sella Hayek with Sammy Hagar. I call it "One Night in Flavorville".

Kinzinger sounds like that pre-frosh drinking beer at his first frat party, a little punchy and really happy to be let in.

Therapist: what do we say to people to let them know we’re welcoming them I to our lives? Me: Do you like playing the board game Risk? Therapist: No.

Making a player apologize for fouling an opponent instead of giving him a yellow card is kinda awesome. #eurocup

I haven't been this excited about the Peruvian national team since the 2018 World Cup! #copaamerica

Arriba Perú! #copaamerica

While there is a lot to genuinely enjoy about The Marvels (really, great acting, good pace, not too long), I just can't get past the fact that the big plot is a straight faced rip off of Spaceballs.

I'm surprised that security allowed Jarrett Payton into the same stadium as Taylor Swift again.

I'm ok with Snoop Dogg covering the Olympics, he needs a better partner than Kevin Hart, like Martha Stewart. I'd watch the shit out of Martha and Snoop on the Olympics.

Best part of Christmas is alternating between Hallmark and Lifetime holiday movies with my girlfriend and her parents and judging the couples in the movie. Case in point, the lead guy in A Christmas Proposal does not deserve Tatyana Ali, and his sweater game straight up sucks.