Re Girl Talk it's funny how with the whole wide internet out there, everyone being pseudonymous, etc, I still wound up talking to a bunch of people my exact age with pretty much the same general cast of mind.

I got way up close with a Fra Angelico at the Gardner last week (first time seeing one in person) and I think if I'd had another six hours with it knots in my back would've permanently untied

You should be able to take the day off to eat the first peach of summer.

I think my last three #cdfriday picks have been hometown classics

people of a certain age remember when casinos were only a specific place with a specific sound palette, and not something you could access from anywhere at any time

Wow deathisnot.bandcamp.com/album/slot-m...

in my culture we love to make food that hurts and impoverishes you

I am now the department representative on our AI implementation task force because no one wanted to do it

Last night I made overnight oats, set up the coffee with the timer, got in bed at a decent hour, and was up and reading by 6:15. Probably no lessons here.

hump day www.youtube.com/watch?v=WNPc...

If William Green was so hot for Barbara Allen he probably should’ve drunk her health when he had the chance. That one’s on him.

Never phoned it in, never sought lead billing, never went solo. Turned down acting gigs so as not to overshadow his fellow Tops. Married to the same woman for 50 years. Never moved away from Detroit. A model.

Homies talking about Levi Stubbs

also did not know Pat did one of my favorite Judee Sill tunes www.youtube.com/watch?v=SUwX...

can't believe some of you never told me about this

Mix the good tuna with kewpie, furikake, scallions. Crisp up leftover rice (you know you have some) in sesame oil. Throw it all together for an elite lunch. Whole thing takes 20 minutes to make and eat. This one courtesy of my wife so I guess an Elevated Spinster meal.

Accidentally willed some grumbling about discourse to be a universal maxim. Sorry, won’t let it happen again.

Imagine one day having this map

"Fear will keep them in line" - The Scary Conga DJ

Offshore; Le Grand Meaulnes; Little, Big

(Brando) ELMOOOOOOOOO

Improvising a charming harmony to “itsy bitsy spider”

I’m on a plane with an entire college lacrosse team and you would not believe the physiognomies on these boys

Oh my god

Guardian list pretty solid. Attempts to update the canon make sense even if I don’t personally agree, old warhorses they kept also make sense, keeping even one 18th c novel seems like a miracle. Cannot believe people still rate 1984 so high.

LRT just an essential piece

No one I know of has written about Axl and his distinctive, unforgettable voice as well as John Jeremiah Sullivan in his 2006 GQ piece: www.gq.com/story/final-...

Glengarry Glenn Gould

Some good faces at the Gardner

They’re playing the Softies in this coffeeshop [bewildered guy turning calendar to 1996]

My name is Ian Feast

Playground graffiti not what it used to be

When you’re wearing a raincoat and it’s not raining…man, how embarrassing. What a chump.

The permission people give themselves to marinate in television is really weird shit.

Tesla with “Patriots subscribe to the New York Times” bumper sticker. Sounds about right!

Opening my new brasserie Chopped & Washed

Will be in Boston through Saturday for graduation festivities—most of my time is spoken for but any recs of things to see/do welcome, especially if they can be done with a toddler.

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Dirtbag Birthday #spoonerishms

Moody overcast spring afternoon shit

This bit is 100 years old and kills. People are still doing almost this exact thing. www.youtube.com/watch?v=EijZ...

Don't Stop Streaming, Don't Stop Ordering Boxes To Your House - Satan

PHOTO OF THE DAY. Louis Armstrong performing for his wife at the Great Sphinx of Giza (1961). 📷 Bettmann/Corbis

“mandalorian and grogu” is how I have always referred to fiction and poetry, and I’m sad that they are now making it mean something else

Have learned just today that, in an incredible plot twist, the author of this website is Doug Wilson's son

🎶 I know, I know, it’s really serious 🎶

On a gigantic call: “name the most amazing thing you’ve seen in healthcare” one response was “dog in the ER”

You are going to have to—will be made to—sacrifice anyway; better for someone who will do the same for you than someone who thinks it's what you deserve. Getting people to believe it...

gm m.youtube.com/watch?v=wz0V...

I think it’s Odyssey by Home youtube.com/shorts/F8VzZ...