My writing process: 1. I think this is a good idea 2. Yeah this IS a good idea 3. Wow this is going better than expected 4. Writing is easy 5. I’m very good 6. Is it wrong to be your own biggest fan? 7. I’m the best

I sneezed this morning and the kid said "I'm going to start calling you The Sneezer"

I'm teaching a 3 session Script Anatomy class that starts on Sunday, May 3rd where I'll be sharing my extensive knowledge on how to take your TV pilot from an outline to a full draft. (First tip: add dialogue!) Sign up info here: scriptanatomy.com/product/2026...

Sketch Idea: it's the part in Jerry Maguire where he arrives to see if his coworkers read his memo about how they need to care more. But its revealed Jerry used AI to write the memo and it's full of stuff like fake names, plagiarism, and a long part where it tries to talk you into eating razorblades

I just ate a banana and it had too many strings on it and now I'm fucking pissed

My goal for the week: look at more internet

The Empire Strikes Back (1980): No, I am your father. Matte painting by the legendary Harrison Ellenshaw.

the two types of vehicle are cars and trucks, with every vehicle being a subclass of one of those two. a jeep is a truck. a motorcycle is obviously a car. a boat is a truck. an airplane is a car and a helicopter is a truck. trucks are cars, interestingly enough, and cars are a specific type of chair

Confession time: i shushed my toddler during the Cliff Booth trailer

It's near-white out conditions in Chicago as the snow comes down, and tonight's anti-ICE/CBP rally is wrapping up in front of city hall. But not before the crowd bounces and chants, "I believe that we will win!"

I can't believe there's a not-zero chance this year that I'll get tear gassed while holding a "Free Don Lemon" sign

you can’t fucking dox a public official!

Yo! Reading this guy has an Eisner?! Spirit of Comics Retailer Award. Hell yeah!

Note how there's no violence or chaos when the cops aren't rioting.

LA folks around Burbank: ICE is out and about in NoHo today, particularly at Home Depot on Sherman Way and near Burbank Blvd and Vineland. Be careful.

wrote about the occupation in minnesota with a closing note on how the white house has exactly one tactic — repression with goons — but no particular strategy for dealing with entrenched resistance. gift link.

My husband was on the 2 train and a guy started braying about how Renee Good deserved to die and her "lesbian lover" did too. My husband got pissed and said, "You're absolutely disgusting." "Fuck you!" the guy said. "Fuck YOU!" my husband said. The guy left. See? We just need to talk to each other.

You and your wife drop your 6-year-old off at school. You just moved here. You see ICE terrorizing your new neighbors. You film them, as is your legal right. Your wife complies with orders. She is then shot in the head. You still have to pick up your child later today. This could be you.

The Beatles Anthology on Disney Plus now includes a brand new 9th episode that is entirely dedicated to why there was never a blonde Beatle

They never mention it on the show, but Daniel Tiger's watch is a $51,000 yellow gold Patek Philippe Calatrava

the funniest thing about all of this is that jd vance grovels like a worm to get even a quarter of this kind of public support from trump and he barely manages that

New York millionaires: threatening to flee the city since 2009

In honor of the dearly departed, a preview from Chapter Two ("The 9/11 Lobotomy") my forthcoming (hopefully in a year) book THE INFERNAL TRIANGLE: HOW AMERICA GOT THIS WAY.

Want my toddler to grow up to become a Reverse Lebron (NBA superstar who forces his team to draft his father, me)

the Criterion Channel should make a deal to stream an NBA game on Thursday nights

i am in tears

stellan skarsgård seems like a good dude

this weekend something happened that I never in my wildest dreams thought was a possibility: a Barnes and Noble employee talked me into buying a copy of The Iliad

This is the post I'm going to send UNC when they write to ask for an alumni donation.

They took these US citizens naked and put them in zip ties and threw them in a van.

Really excited that Netflix will have 5 seasons of Solar Opposites (plus the holiday specials) starting this Sunday 9/28!!!

When I heard Daniel Day Lewis was coming back in a movie directed by his kid, I kinda rolled my eyes. But I thought about it and now I think it's beautiful and would love to star in film directed by my son

Every summer you turn pretty is followed by a winter where you go butterface

As if the world wasn't crazy enough, I just found out my wife has never heard of J Jonah Jameson

Hey LA!! I was able to schedule a Covid booster at CVS! You have to click the thing that says yes you have a condition requiring a booster but there is no further questioning or taking of info. Go get boosted xoxo

memory of going to the computer store to buy bootleg games with my dad

This is a real work of art in the Youtube Video Essay genre. Funny, witty, hates the people I hate and genuinely insightful. Highly recommend. youtu.be/ewvRS3NwIlQ?...

Yesterday my child asked a question no father is prepared to answer: is Spiderman one of the ghostbusters?

Rudy Giuliani absolutely did not try to shortchange a sex worker and then was pursued by her colleagues, don’t you dare suggest such a thing

What are we even doing?

Jerry Adler died last Saturday. The intent was only to have him for one episode of THE GOOD WIFE, but he was so funny in a diner scene, yelling “I said ice cream, you stupid bitch” we had him back for six years of Good Wife and three years of Good Fight. One of our favorite collaborators.

Wife said someone was coming over so I switched from my shorts with an elastic waistband to my shorts with a zipper

We will need to construct a massive mega structure around the entire solar system so that the Southwest Airlines customer service AI can say it doesn't understand my question and then hang up on me

The people dominating our political landscape, culture, and economy are just so stupid and full of shit it's almost impossible to describe

hi this is my favorite writing advice, it's from former simpsons writer john swartzwelder (i think about the crappy little elf all the time) www.newyorker.com/culture/the-...

A terrorist targeted federal workers last week. There wasn’t much reporting on it. But I’m not finished thinking about it! 🧵 An anti-vaxxer fired more than 500 gunshots into CDC Atlanta, shattering 150 “blast-proof” windows on 6 buildings. Employees were pinned down in terror.

Tubi (The People's Streamer™) currently has 786 Looney Tunes Shorts

uh…hunter biden for president?