I am quite fond of the Labubu.

I am still the drummer in The Ableist by the way. We haven’t played live since our guitarist passed away in 2023, but we have been working on new music that’ll come out at some point next year. In the meantime, it’s been a while since I listened to our last release, and I forgot how kick ass it is.

Did I get a little tipsy last night and order myself a labubu? Yes. Do I regret it? No.

My windshield wiper flew off on the way to work. Guess I’m stopping at the auto parts store on the way home.

Survived field trip duty at the Adler Planetarium. Exhausted though.

Got my bedroom repainted and it looks great, but man… I’m realizing I really need some new wall art.

Other big purchase that came in today: ÉS accel skate shoes. The 90s called, and they’re really comfy.

My vinyl copy of Invasive Species by Erosion. Killer crust/d-beat from Canada. The drummer from Sumac plays guitar in this band. Highly recommend.

Who’d have thought announcing “I’m working on a project in the studio with Ian Mackaye” like they were starting a new band together could be misinterpreted as them starting a new band together?

I believe that Captain Sandwich, after his total acquittal, should receive free sandwiches for life. Not since the Earl of Sandwich has a person furthered the simple plight of the submarine sandwich. He is the hero of heroes!!!

The Pentagon says they'll treat drug smugglers "exactly like we treated Al Qaeda", presumably by losing at least one extended war against them, murdering millions of civilians in the process, giving up and letting them have a couple of countries, and then agreeing to fund their militaries.

Bands in Chicago, hit me up if you need a drummer. 25 years of playing experience, multiple tours and records under my belt, and I can play pretty much anything under the punk/hardcore umbrella. It’s not often a free agent on this level is available, so get at me.

One of the right wing's top cultural initiatives was trying to destroy the idea that assholery deserves shame and we'll have to reverse that. "I'm just expressing an opinion I'm entitled to." Ok but you're an asshole. "I'm simply doing a business practice that technically isn't illegal." Ok. Asshole

If the stuff happening in Chicago were happening in New York City it would be on every television on earth right now

i really resent the continued assertion that there’s so much anger on both sides, as if the causes of the anger are equally legitimate. we’re angry because masked maniacs are violently snatching our family and neighbors off the street, and they’re angry because we’re calling them out for it.

Holy shit this celebration segment has EVERYTHING MUPPETS Surprise appearances Lots of yelling Ultimo Moné Cowboy Carter Cake! PUPPETS GETTING FACEPLANTED INTO CAKE the CEO getting faceplanted into cake! That was AMAZING #AEWDynamite

Likely my last PB+J and Bacon Burger since Burger Antics is closing in December. It was delicious as always.

At work today, I had to army crawl through a bouncy house during our field trip to grab a few student who were refusing to leave. Pretty sure that was the first time I’ve been in one of those since I was like 8.

Going through a rough patch, so I turned to my old pal, Lego, to cheer me up a bit.

Highly recommend writing an “FU Shoutout” list for yourself like the late, great, Sabu did in his autobiography if you’re feeling frustrated. Very cathartic.

Thinking about how much of their violence has been normalized already, how scenes that caused shockwaves 6 weeks ago are now part of the rhythm of daily life. Watched a TikTok from a daughter who has to do her parents' laundry & get their groceries because they're in hiding. This is just it now

You know what? Maybe it’s for the best that my life seems to be scaling down to “dad band” level of music involvement. I love playing the drums in bands with my friends, but I’m so tired of all the other stuff that comes with being in the music scene.

Getting old sucks.

The grade school I work at had a jersey/shirt day a couple of days ago for their spirit week, and now there may or may not be a rumor going around among the kids that I’m a pirate when I’m not at work thanks to the skull and crossbone @fcstpauli.com shirt I wore.

Taylor Swift's song "Father Figure" is actually about Christian Cage

Never play pool with someone named after a city.

NLG Chicago condemns arrests by state and federal authorities at demonstrations outside Broadview ICE detention facility and in Chicago

If you’re gonna let your spawn loose in a skate park, make sure they know: 1. Don’t cut people off. Great way to get run over or cause an accident. 2. Don’t sit on the obstacles that people are trying to skate. 3. Don’t throw McDonald’s wrappers and other garbage all over the brand new park.

a reminder for Chicago folks that picking up or throwing back a tear gas canister will badly burn you unless you're wearing welding gloves which can be purchased for very reasonable prices at Menards

Back on my Heroin Skateboards/Snot Wheels kick.

fuck ice airing commercials during dynamite, let em know: help.hbomax.com/us/Feedback/ tbsnetwork.zendesk.com/hc/en-us/req...

Anyway, here’s to hoping EA gets the Target treatment.

Regrouping after the old Lego sets and Star Wars action figures at the antique fair started calling out to me like Green Goblin’s mask.

Part of ICE’s efforts will be setting up random traffic stops and checkpoints throughout the city and making educated guesses about who to detain and who not to detain. These 'Guess Stops' will be staffed by special agents known as Guess Stop Officers, or 'Guess-Stop-O for short.

“Need I remind you evangelical pukes that last time your god tried to rapture the world, HE WENT OUT 1 2 3 FROM MY DIVING ELBOW DROP! YEAH!” -Macho Man Randy Savage Probaby

“Why tylenol?” Because it’s the pain medication that pregnant people can take. That’s it. That’s why.

when they say that the whole city is a skate park they mean that everyone sits on the ledges and the pavement sucks and nobody picks up their trash and you’re supposed to smoke weed in it

I know there’s a lot going on, but don’t forget to get your COVID and flu shots for the season.

they don't have the capacity to compel obedience by the process of law. they don't have the capacity to compel obedience by violence. the only lever by which they can obtain obedience is fear. do not offer it to them.

Becoming increasingly clear we’re gonna have to build a parallel infrastructure for all the media we really love. The reason all of this is happening under the color of law is hyperconsolidation, dissent being traded straight up for merger approval, or fear of harassment.

The Free Speech President has now pulled two of the three major late night hosts off the air through threats and intimidation because of their jokes. Obviously I’m behind Jimmy Kimmel 100% in the face of this fascist garbage. Speech against this admin isn’t just being chilled, they’re freezing it.

Got some new NikeSB Zoom Blazers. I like em a lot.

Social media obsessed Border Patrol Chief Greg Bovino shares a video to X this morning announcing his arrival in Chicago* *Daily reminder that we've seen little activity in the heart of the city, much of it out in far flung vulnerable disinvested burbs. CBP vehicles were in Elgin this AM.

Legacy media and cable news reduced Trump's aggression against Chicago to a question of whether troops would be sent immediately. When he said he was taking his fascist military spectacle elsewhere, those media players declared the situation over—while waves of federal agents attack our neighbors.