If only the founding fathers had had the foresight to include Never-Ending Pasta in the Bill of Rights

The other day I searched for a very specific item on Amazon, and instead of Amazon simply telling me that they don’t carry that very specific item, it showed me pages of similar items that were not precisely what I wanted. When I murmured a complaint, my kids said I was turning into “an old guy.”

It’s July 1. I guess that makes me a PGY-27.

Why is it called the “Lincoln Memorial reflecting pool”? It seems to me it was build long and skinny to reflect the Washington Monument.

Fascinating thread. Coincidentally, it demonstrates once again the administration’s failure to enlist/hire people with the necessary expertise to plan and execute a project. Expertise and understanding save money and lives, while incompetence and corruption beget catastrophe.

RIP Walter Parazaider. Chicago (well, the early stuff, anyway) is one of my favorite bands.

Mikal Bridges flopping like a soccer player

I once told a patient “Your Cologuard looked good,” and he said “My poop looked GOOD? Doc, you need help!” We had a good laugh.

“Residual Algae” was my nickname in high school

I would enjoy the NBA a lot more if I could stop fixating on the fact that nearly every player carries the ball on nearly every dribble.

What’s the most annoying ringtone? I vote for the cheesy reggae one.

Would anyone care to guess what a “professional strength” sleep aid is? Is there someone who sleeps professionally? (If so, I may have missed my calling.)

a beautiful thread both for those of us mourning Sonny Rollins and people not familiar with his music

Breaking News: Sonny Rollins, a jazz great with a forceful and imaginative approach to the tenor saxophone, has died at 95.

Farewell to the great Sonny Rollins, one of the true giants of the 20th Century.

It was his time, but this is a profound loss to jazz and to America: Sonny Rollins, colossus of the saxophone, has died at 95 www.npr.org/2026/05/25/5...

RIP maestro. www.npr.org/2026/05/25/5...

❤️💔

"With his ferocious energy, his penchant for playing the unexpected note at the unexpected moment, and his unusual sound — sometimes harsh and mocking, sometimes lush and romantic — he was ultimately unclassifiable." Sonny Rollins, Giant of the Jazz Saxophone, Is Dead at 95 (gift link):

RIP Sonny Rollins (1930-2026) ...one of the greatest jazz saxophonists of all time, has died aged 95

Saw this was posted by KenDryden based on notice from Terri Hinte, Sonny’s publicist. One of the greatest jazz musicians of all time has passed.

RIP to the Saxophone Colossus himself

Thelonious Monk hitting tricky dance moves before sitting down to unleash a piano solo during a performance of "Evidence"

I hate to say it, but it was Bob Dylan in about 1999. His voice was just shot, and I vowed not to put myself through that again. Hate to say it because I’m a big fan of Dylan’s ‘60s records.

Is there a canonical reason why Skeletor has skin and muscles on his body, but bare bone on his head? I hope the new movie makes his speech accurately unintelligible, since he has no lips (and possibly no tongue).

I never expected to agree with JD Vance, but here we are

Another one is when the leader reviews the step-by-step details of The Plan so the audience can follow the heist/rescue/whatever when we see it, or so we can recognize when Unforeseen Events threaten to derail it. Very helpful.

I think using the phrase “your and I’s” should probably be disqualifying from any governmental position in which communicating with the public is an important part of the job.

I dozed off at 7 PM and slept 10 hours. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Highly recommended.

Hear me out: if the President wants ALL of America to tune in to a pay-per-view fight on the White House lawn, have I got an idea!

All the Star Wars lore that’s not in a film (and I guess TV at this point) is just fan fiction. Books, comics, video games, etc. All of it.

I’m always up for a game of “When Was The Simpsons’ Last Good Season?”

It cracks me up to no end that I keep seeing responses to this populated with: A. songs I’ve never HEARD of and B. ARTISTS I’ve never heard of It blows my mind.

To quote Basil Fawlty: “Don’t mention the war!”

I imagine the LLM is basically just rewriting existing stories (Goldilocks, Hamlet, Beverly Hills Cop) but all the characters are helicopters. Like some kind of Disney-Pixar fever dream.

I’ve been thinking lately: what are the biggest films of the 1980s that never became any kind of “franchise”? No sequels/prequels/reboots. No TV spinoff or Saturday morning cartoon.(Merchandising is allowed… it was inevitable.) I came up with E.T. and The Princess Bride.

AGAIN with the Antichrist analogies?

Old: The Emperor’s New Clothes New: The Emperor’s New Math

Remember, Trump had only been president for about 48 hours when Kellyanne Conway was out there talking about “alternative facts.” The entire administration is perennially allergic to truth.

Hell, why have modern medicine in the military at all? Let's get back to vicious battlefield amputations. Anesthesia is woke.

Absolutely stark raving bonkers. He'll be banning fruit on ships next and bringing back scurvy cos it didn't do pirates any harm.

Curse that General Washington and his woke vaccine mandates!

traveling whaleburys

Can confirm. Back on Twitter a few years ago, I asked a group of librarians to ID a book that I remember reading in THIRD GRADE based on a couple of half-remembered plot points, that came up with the title and author in no time. It was impressive.