Melania first.

"Publications? They still print those?" First, publications include emails, social media, and PDFs. Second, older customers insist upon printed copies of whatever we send out.

Ever had a crucial ending scene unwrap itself four years into writing the script? When you had drawn over 150 pages of those characters? My head cracked open, and it was there. I feel 50 pounds lighter. And I can add it without changing any work I've already done!

First Christmas carol I heard in a store this year is the awful Paul McCartney one, so the season can only get better.

Pretty sure that raccoon on the new Apple phone ad is the same performer from "we're just normal men."

I just saw a commercial saying NBC is airing Rudolph the Red Nose Reindeer this year. No. NO. That is a CBS staple. As much as A New Hope and Wizard of Oz and Gone With the Wind over two nights. Rudolph airs on CBS. PERIOD. HARUMPH.

He looks like he turns to follow the sun.

It's only offensive when it's convenient.

No, spellcheck, the Disney character I am sketching is not called Darkening Dick.

Timed missions.

Roses are red. Let's sing along to Aretha.

Do what your heart tells you, but I can say from experience that the current product is not what it was. The coffee is bland, my beloved caramel drinks are hollow. Maybe Covid wrecked their supply chain, maybe they cut corners for profit. But it's not worth the higher cost now.

ESPN's app leads with WWE today, which could lead to snarky comments unless you're old enough to remember they ran AWA wrestling for years.

Craig of the Creek and Gumball ALONE ...

This chest cold has turned me into Ralph Ineson.

Post your favorite "Lord of the Rings" character. Wrong answers only.

A sincere question: Was there a name for the aesthetic Boy George employed with Culture Club? Was it a known style? A personal collage of styles?

No static at all. No static at all.

It's very possible he can recite De Niro's scene from Untouchables.

Amazing.

Wait let's add one more.

My wife and I when our son recites a Monty Python joke.

When did Black Canary discover her '80s costume was INSTANTLY FLAMMABLE?

He really has an issue standing nowadays. Almost every image I see of him is sitting, either with a visiting dignitary or in Cabinet meetings or in the Oval Office. When was the last time we saw footage of him golfing?

My eating schedule today.

Dalton Castle! Peacocks > turkeys! #AEWCollision

Big thanks to everyone who cooked and baked today. We don't have many national feast days, and you make it possible. The Countess made a helluva meal this year with some strict recipes and some improvisation.

I have no idea what this is, but that photo is tremendous.

I watch Pac in AEW, and I think "this is Chris Benoit with corkscrew dives," and 1) I of course mean the in-ring character, not the performer; and 2) It's an utter compliment. The intensity. The build. The suplexes. It's all there.

Introduce yourself with five concerts you've seen: Springsteen Elton John Squirrel Nut Zippers Nine Inch Nails Tori Amos

When I visited my wife's family in Boston for the first time, we called to say we had arrived at the airport. They said we'll buy the groceries for the dinner you're making, so what are we getting? I made a stir fry for three generations of women. They all liked it. I had the recipe memorized.

Roses are red, Brevity is the soul of wit,

Eminem has ALWAYS sounded better with a live band.

CBS kindly reran a 35-year-old episode of Young and the Restless today because so many people will be unable to watch. It took me a second to realize it, and I marveled at how Jack Abbott stayed so youthful. Also he's on Pluribus, so I just saw him at his current age. I am a dumby.

Your PBS World Champion lights the beacons of Gondor for this.

I love the necessity of the Cowboys playing on Thanksgiving because they are "America's Team" as evidenced by their last Super Bowl predating the PlayStation 2 by four years.

I was there when Steamboat oversaw the Starks/Punk match in AEW.

I watched the Great Performances broadcast of Twelth Night, and we're eventually going to get a Shakespeare production where all characters are constantly leering and air humping except when they deliver innuendo.

Maleficent AND naming Spidey artist John Romita in succession. Nice job, Macy's Parade.

I don't know who needs to hear this but it's time to start cooking the Faramir.

Haunted, ever haunted, by the commercial where a woman asks her glasses if she needs to wear a jacket after being told the temperature. She seems like an adult. She appears to have never stepped outside in that weather before. It makes me think those glasses are for dim bulbs.

I love reminding people that the pilgrim girl was also the first movie's Girl Scout selling cookies, and she went on to play Harmony on Buffy and Angel.

The FAA releases its first round of acceptable dress styles. More to come.

I will admit to being stupidly happy they got Paul Giamatti to play John Adams for a second time.

Read her backstory in the Secret History book by Mark Frost. She is a rock. Legitimately my favorite character.

NBA Street Vol. 2. The soundtrack! The commentary!

Every time one of my queer friends tells another, "it's OK, he's a good dude."

I am a 53-year-old man who must confess his sinful shame of thinking that the new Ken Burns American Revolution series goes into too much granular detail about military strategies. I have failed my aged brethren.

When I mishear Cheap Trick's "Dream Police."