Learning new things, creating design, blasting ZZ Top. The freelance life!

At this Starbucks, the door code is 1234#, and the older baristas are saying “pound,” and the younger ones are saying, “hashtag.” No one, I’m devastated to report, is calling it an octothorpe. No one but me.

Hey, did the video posting button go away?

These are the same people who try to convince me I can eat wheat in Italy because “it’s different there.”

And just like that: he’s airborne!

I still think low-stakes online idiocy is so funny. When I was on FB, there was a Mai-Kai page (famous Ft. Lauderdale tiki temple). As it was being rebuilt, people would go on there every day saying, "I drove by it and nothing's happening. It's never going to reopen." It's been open for months now.

So fun fact: I asked about RRB at my cheesemonger's this weekend, and she said they got a wheel but it was too heavily damaged to serve. DAMAGED. She's hoping they'll get another very soon.

In the creaky hours before dawn, the kid wakes up and tries to decide between design and writing. The book is so fragile right now that the choice feels obvious. Let’s write!

When I returned home, Shawn presented me with what he’d been doing in my absence. Sometimes I come home to my amazing husband and cherry pie! How lucky am I?!

My KevTalk today was about the NYWF, so of course I talked a lot about how Robert Moses was kind of a dick. At the end, a guy comes up to me and tells me how much his father liked working with Moses. UGH.

Happy 78th birthday to one of the people who changed my whole damn life for the better. Stephen King, thank you once again for your writing, your insights, and your influence!

Hey there Sunday. Sorry about those weird dreams last night. Fueling up for my first KevTalk in a new venue. Thrilled and nervous, but I love talking about the New York World’s Fair. Let’s do this!

It’s been weeks since the portal to the Mystery Cove irised open and let us onto its moon-dappled shores. The surf laps gently at the sand, coconut and frangipane are on the air, and Robert Drasnin plays in the distance. Our libations are full jd our cheese plate is plentiful. This is enchantment.

Tiki night in repose.

A trip to ye olde cheesemongery before meeting with my financial advisor? Yes whey!

I think I have a little time to squeeze some design work in while the laundry dries. Trying some jazzy new techniques. Let’s see what happens!

Up and out early, standing with the rest of my stinky-linen brethren, waiting for the Astro Wash to open. Chores Day starts with a bleary bang.

@kevidently.bsky.social did you see this? After all the @thirty20eight.bsky.social podcast episodes that I have listened to mentioning him, I certainly wasn’t expecting this …. 🫨

I loved Chris Nashawaty’s book on Caddyshack, and had no idea he had a new book on a niche movie subject out. This book is fantastic - a science-fiction version of Pictures at a Revolution.

Just this week, I got the Shag Palm Springs book. AND NOW HE RELEASES THIS: shagstore.com/collections/... W A A A A A A NT

What a goddamned week. Surviving, trying to thrive in a world of hurt feels like a gauntlet. I’m just trying to find ways to be happy. I’m trying to spread some of it, too. It’s Bowling Shirt Day! It’s Cedar Point Mug Day!! IT’S FRIDAY!!! #gottagetdown

I get what he’s saying about helmets, but fuck off with this “Ebikes are basically motorcycles” BS. My bike is my transportation and my utility vehicle. I don’t drive a car. I use it to get groceries and do laundry and go to work. It’s not a “game.”

No one is less confused than a woman in a disagreement who says “I guess I’m just a little confused” btw. RUN

LIKE HOLY FUCK

I need to build up these shoulder boulders so I can put all the screaming in them.

IT'S OFFICIAL: Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Jersey, New York State, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island and New York City have formed the Northeast Public Health Collaborative. The collaborative will issue their own vaccine recommendations and coordinate public health efforts.

Looks like I just beat the rain! Cycling is life!

I’ve seen this pop up from time to time. I don’t and would not EVER use AI for graphic design, in part because that’s gross and in part because I love making it so much. I do all my work digitally, and sometimes people are like, well that’s just AI. No it’s not. Not even close.

Up early to get creative. Brainstorming the new novel in my sleep seems to be my thing right now. Looking forward to it not being the new novel and just being the novel, but that will come.

A free and democratic society cannot silence comedians because the President doesn’t like what they say. This is an attack on free speech and cannot be allowed to stand. All elected officials need to speak up and push back on this undemocratic act.

Meanwhile, Brian Kilmeade, who advocated killing all homeless people, still has a cushy Fox job.

Reminder: Non-voters could have gotten off their asses, picked Kamala & avoided all this.

OMG!!!!!!! My buddy @rwparis2.bsky.social was recently in Palm Springs - midcentury modern capitol of the universe - and picked me up the SHAG Palm Springs book. I’m so joyous and happy! Wowie zowie!

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I’ve been trying to be less political on here, but it’s the gravest sort of dark irony that because Tr ump is sending border patrol agents to round up legal workers at Home Depot, the border is shortstaffed and actual drugrunners are just getting through.

It’s chest day but I felt like monkeying around a little, too. I need to get better on those rings. I love the rings!

A really terrific essay by Joe Hill, son of Stephen King, on the enduring fascination of 'Salem's Lot. Also, this picture of the two of them from the 1970s. www.nytimes.com/2025/09/12/b...

One of my favorite moments at Beachbum Berry’s presentation on Sunday is when he goes, “and then Mariano went to the Mai-Kai” and I gasped in joy, and my friend Bob turned to me and said, “You KNOW this. You know ALL of this.” I get excited.

Day 2 of the new book. Excited to see what happens. I have no idea even of the tone of this thing yet.

Creating this one has me all riled up for Googie and halftones and ink bleed. I'm working on another logo in this series now, and I can only hope it turns out half as good.

I remember when they wouldn't play this on country radio, and how huge a statement this was from the biggest star on the planet. And I also remember gay groups having a real problem with "stand straight." I occasionally think that we sometimes see only the trees and not the forest.

Was reading a review of a new speakeasy tiki place. One of the first comments was this hearty, resigned sigh. “I guess there’s no chance of an elevator in there.” It’s all on the ground floor.

Hello I am a middle aged white male. What's the difference between a posse cut and a cypher? Help!

Hi friends! My buddy @forbiddendisco.bsky.social is going through a real tough time right now - his husband is in the midst of a very intense medical situation and they could use some help. If you can, please do!

Just a reminder while many are trying to turn CK into a martyr.

I saw Lindsay Crouse in a Starbucks. Recently, she had played Buffy's psychology teacher, but I'd first known her for narrating the audiobook of Misery. I got nervous and stage-whispered "BUFFY" and she glanced my way and then left.

Larry Tesler, inventor of the cut, copy, and paste commands, dies at 74

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Today is a great day to watch All the President’s Men. #RIPRobertRedford