How is it that no matter where I stand at a concert I always end up directly behind some oblivious 6’4 guy?

I will never forgive NBC for being on commercial break for Mongolia.

The Italian National Anthem is absolutely gorgeous.

I’ve tried to like “Manchild” so many times and every time I just want to switch over to “NFR” by Lana Del Rey instead.

I was going to listen to all of the Album of the Year nominees ahead of tonight’s Grammys but…look, it’s been 15 years and I’ve never liked a single one of his songs, can I just pass pre-judgment on Justin Bieber? Please?

Okay they are playing JIMMY EAT WORLD on the local oldies station. It is too early for that level of psychic damage.

My hot take for the day: people who didn’t like the 2024 film “Civil War” missed its point.

So thrilled for “Sinners,” so not thrilled for a month of “‘Sinners’ is overrated” discourse.

The season one finale of Shoresy is the second best season finale of any TV show (behind “Two Cathedrals” from The West Wing) and that’s just that.

It looks like Sinners is going to get shut out and I think that sucks

I’m starting to suspect that @iankarmel.bsky.social and the other AFE guys made the Golden Globes playlist for tonight.

The TV awards are pretty dull, they’re just mirroring the Emmys.

yay Teyana, yay Stellan, yay Jean Smart, yay Noah, absolute boo to these “play-by-play” announcers and their betting market updates. They suck.

Excited for the Golden Globes and rooting for Sinners to win as much as possible. I’ll throw some opinions on here once it starts.

There has to be a term for the chronic typing handicap where you perpetually capitalize both the T and the H in words that start with TH. Whatever it’s called, I’ve got it.

Current mood: the sign language interpreter at Jacob Frey’s press conference

A sad and insane day for Pittsburgh media, truly. triblive.com/business/pit...

Oh no, I hit Peak Coffee way, way too early in the day. By 10 a.m. I’ll have a caffeine hangover and by 2:30 p.m. I’ll be trying not to fall asleep. I chose poorly.

Watching One Battle After Another. I’m about ten minutes in and so far my biggest complaint is that DiCaprio says the titular line like 30 seconds after the title card. C’mon, if you’re going to put it that close, the line has to come first.

I loved every needle drop in the “Stranger Things” finale.

Going back through my various year-end top songs playlists on Spotify. I think my music taste peaked in 2019.

I could never hate Stranger Things because “Running Up That Hill” has been one of my very favorite songs for half my lifetime and I’m so happy it was introduced to a whole new generation.

“Levon” by Elton John is my favorite Christmas song.

The one song from 2025 that I’m taking into 2026 with me is “Solid Ground” by Pittsburgh-based Buffalo Rose. Not only is a perfect sentiment for the new year, it’s just a total jam.

Get you a friend who will irrationally defend you the way Swifties will defend the most famous woman in the world like she had a slur thrown at her when a music publication gives her a lukewarm position on a year-end list.

It is so funny to watch all the youths on TikTok discover Emmet Otter’s Jug-Band Christmas for the first time. This is what getting old feels like.

Snow is so funny. Three days ago we were all in a panic because there was too much of it. Today the temperature jumped to over 40 degrees and I can see green grass on my lawn already. Not so scary now!

I’ve been working on my year-end Best of Theater list and damn Pittsburgh theater community, you’ve made this hard. There are just too many talented people and great productions. And I didn’t even get to see everything that I wanted to see!

I may not be perfect but I make some killer chili.

I saw “Wake Up Dead Man” in the theater a couple weeks ago and now that it’s out on Netflix, absolutely go watch it. You won’t regret it.

Random thought: if you order a two-piece meal from a fried chicken place, it should be illegal for one of the pieces to be a wing.

I’m not at all surprised to report that the pre-game DJ at Penguins Pride Night is just better than usual

He looks like he’s trying to stop his dog from leaving him

“If you want to end war and stuff, you gotta sing loud” Happy Alice’s Restaurant Day to all who celebrate (and you all should celebrate)

🎵 everyone’s thankin’ 🎵

Okay Macy’s Parade why are you gonna make me cry like a baby on Thanksgiving morning with this Ragtime performance?

Will be doing a fun experiment tonight where I watch the new season of “Stranger Things” without having watched the previous season since it came out three and a half years ago. I guess we’ll see how many times I say “huh?”

Do you want to see a scarlet macaw flying at my face? Of course you do.

Do people become more obsessed with Christmas as they get older because birthdays get so much worse?

This is just literally “maybe the real shutdown was the friends we made along the way.”

HBO Max’s top 10 movies today are an almost perfect split between people clinging to Halloween season and people desperate to rush through to Christmas. And then those who just want to watch The Town.

Just totally normally jamming to Bell Bottom Blues at 1 a.m. Not weird at all. Everyone scream-sings Eric Clapton songs in the middle of the night, right?

Just saw a movie trailer for a Colleen Hoover adaptation that was scored by “Ordinary” by Alex Warren. It may have been my least favorite thing I’ve voluntarily watched this year.

Now for my Nov. 1 tradition of watching the first 20 minutes of The Nightmare Before Christmas, getting bored, and calling it good.

People should use their SNAP benefits for whatever they think they need. Both because any effort you make to micromanage purchases is inefficient and cumbersome and because people who need help aren’t obligated to perform for or satisfy others in order to eat.

Doing the Bradley Whitford Great Horror Double Feature: Cabin in the Woods and Get Out (I’m not saying he’s the best part of both of these movies, to be clear)

This was maybe my concert of the year so far. Just absolutely mind blowing.

I don’t know what it is, but this time of year I always just want to binge watch Good Eats.

It’s cold enough in my house that I just picked up a Coke that has spent zero time in the fridge, took a swig, and it was shockingly refreshing. I might need to turn the heat on.

I’m so glad to report that Spice World is still a masterpiece