Can confirm

Look what greeted me on my Roku Home Screen last night. And those ads are expensive

They should’ve given him a bar, not an end table

It’s odd to assert he is guilty before trial as well. He hasn’t been convicted of anything.

Did you know they were born on the same day? What a coincidence!

And every newspaper should print the names of their editorial boards, not keep it opaque

This is hilarious

I could have Britbox and PBS Passport both for the price of my Hulu subscription

A great piece by @sravits.bsky.social of @gambitweekly.bsky.social and easily replicatable at any alt-weekly. Just find the gadfly at your local council meetings.

Well, at least they get a date out of it

Damn. These are scary times for corporate pre-compliance.

Yes. And if a cop shot someone, say so. It’s not an “officer involved shooting”

Ofdonald is here

It was 97 degrees today so I made an American Greek salad: romaine, cucumber, and Juliet tomatoes from a farmstand, with red onion, Kalamata olives, feta, and a lemon-oregano dressing. Served with grilled marinated chicken.

He is an amazing man. Golden Gloves champ who won a full ride at the Art Institute in Rome, where he lived la dolce vita. There are photos of him doing the Twist with Barbara Steele on an Italian beach and punching a paparazzo who was bothering her. Today he watches the news and weeps.

I didn’t watch the Emmys, but I saw that Ted Danson and Mary Steenburgen received the Bob Hope Humanitarian Award last night. It was sculpted by my uncle, Richard Ellis, in 2002 for the Television Academy. He is 87 and still a working artist.

It’s The Boot. Probably for the best that the Gray Lady didn’t alert the masses to Snake & Jake’s.

Hey, this was just one of my dumb song jokes! Not an actual accomplishment.

He takes a lemon drink He takes a seltzer drink He takes a coffee drink He takes a cola drink He picks up his three-year chip

My new game after making a nice dinner is estimating my cost and then comparing it to a comparable restaurant dish.

Nope. This child is failing America, not vice versa.

The two people I wish were alive to dissect our times: James Baldwin and Rod Serling.

Oh, fuck off to the moon and back

When the Super Bowl was coming to New Orleans the mayor had a press conference in which he talked about people not speaking ill of this dude. I grabbed the first question: “HAVE YOU HEARD ABOUT PARKWAY BAR PUTTING A PICTURE OF HIM ON THEIR DARTBOARD?” He grimaced.

The one show that absolutely got my high school experience.

For journalism nerds: I wasn’t convinced that “assassination” was the right word, but I checked the AP Stylebook and indeed it does fit. And I defer to the AP Stylebook 99.9% of the time.

“Because I say so” is a good enough reason.

Sounds like Pete is the one doing the scolding to me.

Q. My condolences on the loss of your husband, Mrs. Kennedy. How are you holding up? JACKIE: I think very good. And by the way, right there, you see all the wood for my new walk-in closet. It will be worthy of all my beautiful Balmains and Givenchys.

This is excellent and more papers should do something like this. Proud of the staff at @gambitweekly.bsky.social for hitting it out of the park every week when so many alt-weeklies have been hollowed out.

Great news. I have Kaiser and am going abroad soon.

Wow. Scott from Cøurtý@rd Brëwery is Person of the Day on Twitter and not in a good way.

Me, squinting: the package specifically says 100 Luftballons

An all-time Onion

One’s marital or reproductive status determines worth, apparently

Boy, a lot of you get off on scolding and lecturing complete internet strangers as to how they should and shouldn’t behave.

Where was this when I was 14, a human hormone in teen form, and would basically nail a knothole in a fence

“Hello. I’m Stevie Nicks. I’m getting older — aren’t we all. But I still am active, and I love to laugh. And occasionally I’ve even been known to rock out. “That’s why, when I’m on tour, I’m never far away from my new You Say You Want Your Freedom Panty Liners … “

I can’t imagine local restaurateurs being thrilled about this slop ad abutting stories about their eateries

“It should’ve been Andrew”

Good Lord. Look at the gutbucket on the right. If you could sprint a Chicago block you could get away.

There are a good number of editorial jobs open for grabs. Like the old days.

It’s also an important book because it teaches children that life can be grossly unfair, even cruel, and that adults don’t always know everything. And yet we have to go on.

Kermit the Frog: why are there so many songs about rainbows Stevie Nicks, smiling enigmatically: when the rainbow shaves you clean, you’ll know. You’ll know

The coveted Big Freedia endorsement?

Upperdate: Some Smiths fan wrested control and is jamming out. Not a big Smiths fan but I can work with it.

Update: I forced Rebirth to the front of the queue and killed it. When I told the waitress she said “I don’t mind one Barbra Streisand song, but WHAT THE HECKAROO WAS THAT”

Oh, sweet Creole Jesus, now it’s Yentl. This is domestic terrorism.

Some monster commandeered the juke and has played Streisand’s Send in the Clowns, Bette Midler’s Wind Beneath My Wings and other atrocities. Black guy in a Phillies jersey asked if it was me and I said “God, no, make it stop.” He cracked up and slugged me in the arm.

Me: Can’t be shocked by anything any more Oh, wait