Thinking about them

My queer romance book club managed to spend an hour talking about the book we read and not gay hockey boys. Very proud of us.

The third location of the popular, locally owned taco concept features an all-season patio.

My dad is so ready to pitch the Elks Lodge to GenZ. He's leading the reopening of their lodge HQ on Main Street and has so much energy for it. Cozy space to relax out of the crowds. Partnering with other businesses. Planning holiday pop-ups (next year). Pitching the charitable aspects.

Parenting pro-tip from a very annoyed child-free neighbor - bring QUIET games to the friend's Christmas party. Do not encourage your children to run up and down the apartment for AN HOUR. Surely they have an age-appropriate board game. I don't like rowdy kids. I hate rowdy parents even more.

Seriously, like so many things here, the STL cinema scene really punches above its weight. Especially given how many have closed in the last 10 years.

the W@ymo propaganda on r/stlouis is WEIRD.

It was the complete lack of spatial awareness. All the grown adults laughing about "Thomas Crapper" (demonstrating they had no curiosity to learn this before now) Kids bumping into me, I can handle. This is for them, not me. I said excuse me, they said sorry and moved. The adults were the assholes.

I survived Garden Glow

The struggle between highly detail oriented people (regulatory) and the get-it-done fast offices...

If anyone remembers the egg bagel Kayak's had before they became a Kaldi's and can tell me what the hell the sauce was on it, I would be forever grateful.

"It is to Miss Piggy’s credit that she agreed to a relatively small role in which she only gets to wear one costume and that costume is distressingly free of feathers, sequins or diamonds."

Cherokee Print Bazaar day, walked almost the entire length of the street. Worn out but a very good day.

A very important thread. When I was probably no more than 10, I saw this picture of the woman known as Harlow in the Philly Inquirer. A little babygay, I was shocked that such a glamour queen could live in my hometown and even more shocked to see her described as "a former man."

Getting to know this legend has been one of the greatest joys of my life and I'm so pleased to introduce you to her with this gorgeous feature from the Inquirer, where she speaks for the first time in over 30 years on her incredible journey share.inquirer.com/XdfXr9

In partnership with Netflix UK, Rian Johnson, Noah Baumbach, Guillermo del Toro and Edward Berger discuss the directors and films that have inspired them 🎬

Hang on. Why is there not a Kaldi's in south(west) city? Thirteen cafes and not one Kaldi??

I'm sorry that the OP was deleted so it's missing some context but this is a great thread anyway. Had things gone a little differently in my life/career, I might too be a historian of eugenics. Fascinating and terrifying thing to study.

I just really like data visualization

Day THREE: tomandlorenzo.com/2025/12/chri...

New snow is powdery but roads are slippy. Be mindful of your following distance #stlwx

I'm in bed two hours earlier than I have been all month because they're watching to some movie with terrible jazz and I couldn't take the noooooiiiiissseeeee

I am absolutely convinced that men must have worse hearing than women. Why else would the apartment downstairs be so quiet except when the boyfriend is around? And not just this boyfriend. Every single neighbor with every one of their boyfriends.

I propose we use "LGBT" (Let's go Blues team) instead of LGB so I don't have to wonder if people mean hockey or are bigots

I love your big nerd brain @rianjohnson.bsky.social. what a movie

Pumpkin pie didn't crack, and no parchment is stuck to the pecan pie bars. Success!

He's feeling the looming threat of the primaries. I have never had a single call, text, or email from this man. The loathing I feel right now

I'll never forget my good friend @kathygotpugs.bsky.social, when asked her Star Wars rankings, just listed the films in chronological order.

Pretty sure someone is blowing a fog horn in the neighborhood this morning.

I have officially fucked up my sleep schedule, even with doing errands and chores today.

There’s a new Rian Johnson movie about to come out, so a lot of stories are trotting out the line that THE LAST JEDI “divided” fans. Is it too much to hope that by the film’s 10th anniversary we can jettison this ahistorical axiom and just be honest that the movie was broadly well received (1/2)

except for by a small contingent of internet weirdos disproportionately amplified by algorithms that stoke controversy and Russian troll operations that seized on this as an early battlefield in the now perpetual culture war? (2/2)

Update: made it.

Help me motivate myself to get to the grocery store. It's a Sunday before Thanksgiving. I know it's a mistake before I even get there.

This is the version of the post that everyone needs to see. And all you readers/authors despairing of non-comprehension, etc, we are gaining new fans of fantasy and SF. It might not be the fantasy or SF you personally read, but they're reading and buying where they weren't before.

Letterboxd Video Store. Coming early December 2025. 👀 More info: boxd.it/2OU

When friends hear your complaints and do something to fix 💖💖💖

This is all I have thought about for the last week. Literally the sexiest, best gift you can give me is not making me do the work.

On my 4th free trial with Audible (they have the exclusive audiobook for book club this week). Same account, same email. I feel like I'm stealing from them at this point 😎

Let me assure you that if someone is sending you an email from an office-specific email, they do not want you to reply to their personal email.

A fun run of movies

Yeah, taking the suggested/FY feeds away. Bad for me. I don't need to know everything.

I have been checking my locals, no joke, every day. I will NOT miss this.

For the love of victims and whoever else (me), USE ALT TEXT ON IMAGES SO I CAN MUTE THIS SHIT.

I know how to make my favorite drinks at home. Not having my weekend easy breakfast (or Monday office-commute-breakfast) will be an inconvenience but that's minor to their demands for fair treatment, reasonable hours and staffing, and better wages. I only need to plan ahead while they fight.

I have almost nothing on my christmas list for my over-gifter mother to go on, or anyone else. Everything I want/need is major home purchases. More than a little tempted to put those on and see what happens.

my point exactly