Teleportation being the only way to get to Rome, Georgia, I'm inclined to believe him.

A turn-only lane is not a zipper merge.

#GApol Excellent point. It's high time GA Dems got a clue about offering good state government. (Esteves at his best does exactly this.) Just lazily repeating "Expand Medicaid" - while doing the same old favors for billionaire special interests - doesn't hack it.

Teleportation being the only way to get to Rome, Georgia, I'm inclined to believe him.

Pillsbury, in its advertising guidelines for how to portray the Doughboy, had a provision that he was never to be shown straight-on, as doing so tended to accentuate his unnatural, not exactly alive appearance. Anyway, Jack Black is extremely squared up to the camera here....

Pillsbury, in its advertising guidelines for how to portray the Doughboy, had a provision that he was never to be shown straight-on, as doing so tended to accentuate his unnatural, not exactly alive appearance. Anyway, Jack Black is extremely squared up to the camera here....

This morning I was passed by a group of Trees Atlanta pickup trucks and thought, "Oh no, someone must have reported an invasive species."

Fast Car

There are many kinds of way to feel, can you be more specific?

There are many kinds of way to feel, can you be more specific?

59-year-old man humps a three-day commuter laptop pack 4 miles through Manhattan at 3 AM, sleeps well on train.

Worst season for chipmunk removal. Run out the door I've opened for you, not behind the sofa again! You're letting all the pollen in!

I gave "obviate" a test run once. Never again.

She was a sly one! I love that she escaped the worm shower.

Places without people - north into Times Square at 4AM

OK, I just caught a matinee of Palestine '36 at the Angelika and I feel better now.

NYC diary, Day 3 -- was asked by a deli owner if I was a construction worker. Not being often confused for a construction worker back home, of course I said yes.

Earlier this week I was researching the diaries and correspondence of Alice Roosevelt Longworth at the Library of Congress -- research rendered almost useless due to her truly awful cursive handwriting (and you can trust me, I read old land deeds for a living).

Heartbreak is seeing that the new Radu Jude starts tomorrow afternoon in NYC but my train leaves in the morning. 😭Everyone go see it, make it expand!

Oooh, my childhood copy had this illustration! Extraordinarily arresting image, particularly for the time.

Had an amazing time last night at the celebration of Clem Burke’s life. It’s clear to me that his kindness and supportive enthusiasm of other musicians was as important as his indefatigable and soulful drumming.

Had a great time at the tribute to Clem Burke at the Bowery Palace last night! Organized by Kathy Valentine of the Go-Go's - singing here with the hastily assembled Clembake, along with Gina Volpe (Lunachicks), Gail Greenwood (Belly, L7, Gang of Four) and Linda Pitmon (literally every other band).

Stop worrying about what YA books to let your kids read and let them sort it out with V C Andrews and cocaine era Stephen King as God intended

My version of the booze-at-the-beach vacation shot (substitute "coffee" and "East Village bookstore").

Before terms like "deep vein thrombosis" and "sigmoid colectomy" entered my vocabulary, I had a decent low post game and respectable crossover dribble.

A computer can never pack a bowl therefore a computer must never make a playlist

I had a sixth grade teacher whose idea of literature was Cold War spy thrillers with problematic (at best) sex scenes, and she decided I was ready for this. In a way, she was right - I went on to consume all extant Ludlums by the time I was thirteen. But I tried this one again recently and, yikes...

Not dad but grandad...walked past the living room, asked what we were listening to. "Van Halen", we said. "Van Heflin?!" he replied and kept walking.

For some reason, I had never seen this clip until last week.

The Blank Check podcast is covering Peter Weir's filmography -- this week's movie is The Last Wave. Great interview here with David Gulpilil in 2015 about the Aboriginal concept of "Dreamtime", the depiction of which is what makes The Last Wave such a singular experience.

The two avatars of first-gen internet I occasionally think of are Chuck Norris Facts and Hampster Dance. Hope those old hampsters are doing okay

What if all this is because one person didn't send a cursed chain email in the summer of 1998

Dave Parker would never have acted like this.

Rory McIlroy's Master's Club Dinner menu this year vs Bubba Watson's in 2013. Bubba, you could have had anything!

I worked at Amazon at the dawn of the DVD era, and customers were often confused why VHS tapes were so much more expensive. "Priced for the rental market" was the approved answer, I never thought to say "think of them as investments".

Could've sworn this thing would have legs.

LOVED Time Passages

i just want team USA to know that they did let us down, just not in the way they believe

a great outcome for Venezuela and the sport. I just hate to think of Mark Derosa’s reaction when someone explains that he lost

On Sunday the US biathlon team earned its first-ever relay medals in a World Cup competition. The tension in this sport is enormous, especially when a rare opportunity is in sight, and it was incredible to witness their tenacity. That it was a mixed relay made it all the sweeter. Congrats!

Happy St. Patrick's Day from John Swartzwelder.

I got pinched by a Publix grocery bagger just now. Rules are rules.

On Sunday the US biathlon team earned its first-ever relay medals in a World Cup competition. The tension in this sport is enormous, especially when a rare opportunity is in sight, and it was incredible to witness their tenacity. That it was a mixed relay made it all the sweeter. Congrats!

I'm not a stakeholder in the City Schools of Decatur, so feel free to dismiss anything I say. But it looks to me that Hans Utz needs to make a persuasive direct appeal for the ECLC, or it is likely dead. Where is the coalition in support? All I see is opposition.

I'm not a stakeholder in the City Schools of Decatur, so feel free to dismiss anything I say. But it looks to me that Hans Utz needs to make a persuasive direct appeal for the ECLC, or it is likely dead. Where is the coalition in support? All I see is opposition.

“[Lieutenant William Calley] died on April 28, 2024, at the age of 80. His death was not reported until July 29, when it was discovered in public records. On his death certificate, a question asking if he had ever served in the U.S. Armed Forces was marked down as: ‘No.’”

Diane Warren’s only option is to escalate. Gotta write a song for a documentary about the making of the documentary about her

It really is possible to love Sinners *and* One Battle After Another.

I agree with some of the other criticisms. Bob, though, wasn't depicted as the hero, except as a loving father. The movie doesn't indulge his point of view, it is a constant rebuke. If you want to see a DiCaprio vehicle that gets that balance wrong, though, do I have the movie for you!