“He never hit the brakes and he was shifting gears” - Garth Brooks, singing about Lance Stroll

Qualifying at CotA! Go Weeyums!

I just discovered the soundtrack for Dead Outlaw has been added to Spotify, so I know what I'm listening to for the next hour! open.spotify.com/album/1axWNc...

I’m not on the market, but: 1. Hardcore History 2. Serious Trouble 3. Greg Boyd: Apologies and Explanations 4. Wait Wait Don’t Tell Me 5. Lawyers Behaving Badly Honorable mentions: The Dice Tower, Board Game Blitz, Missed Apex, Vacation Bible School Podcast, Lonely Island & Seth Meyers Podcast

If I posted on Facebook for people to see what Trump said about Kirk’s murder, the Enlightened Centrists I know would scold me for politicizing the tragedy, and reserve nary a word for what the President of the United States is doing.

if we made immigration work how people think it works that would be the biggest liberalization of immigration in American history

A few hours from showtime in Austin...looking forward to seeing you guys!

Slightly diminish a boardgame A Jaunt Through The Galaxy

Where's Waldo: The Murder has gone digital! I love the in-print version, have immediately bought the app (free to try with a single in-app purchase to unlock the rest), and this is really slick.

New artwork for the twins room that reflects who they are on their best days. (Of which they have many, truly.)

Kew Gardens is one of my favorite places on Earth, and I’m blessed to get to spend a few hours here.

being chronically late or constantly flaking on plans doesn't make you a bad friend. it's a real condition and should be given infinite grace by everyone in your life. being completely unreliable is nothing to be ashamed of. in fact, it may even make you more virtuous than people who are considerate

I promise this is my last time seeing Hadestown until February

Alright, I’m flying to London tomorrow. I could use something interesting to watch on the plane. I’ve seen very few movies that have come out in the past few years, so there’s some fertile ground there (but I’m open to anything I can download ahead of time). Suggestions?

Shout out to Animaniacs for the assist in today’s Mini

Of the shows we saw on Broadway while in New York, obviously Hadestown and Wicked were fantastic. And The Play That Goes Wrong was excellent. But I cannot stop thinking about Dead Outlaw, and it’s a right shame that it didn’t get a longer run.

My fourth time seeing Hadestown, and certainly not my last. This time I got to see it on Broadway. (Myra Molloy as Eurydice was especially phenomenal!) It’s probably my favorite piece of any kind of media. I love the many layers, and the hopeful re-telling in the face of sure tragedy.

As we are carefully balancing the weights between our three matching suitcases before our flight to New York, I’m thinking fondly of the time in my youth when I flew back to college and checked a trash bag of laundry

I have loved all the No Kings protest pictures on the feed today, huge thanks to all those who showed up. ❤️

A lovely and heart wrenching article about cruelty, mercy, morality, faith, and forgiveness. Bruenig continues to be a fantastic writer.

Alright, Jon Klassen has become my favorite children’s author. One book was kind of meh (“We Found a Hat”), but the other three (“I Want My Hat Back”, “This Is Not My Hat”, and especially “The Rock From the Sky”) are all _phenomenal_.

kind of just endlessly sad and grieving that there are so few voices in the public sphere making the basic principled argument that immigration is an affirmative good in every way and the best way for this country to serve humanity is to welcome people who want or need to leave their homes

I submit to you that no one has had more fun on Taskmaster than Jason has.

I think the cast for Series 19 of Taskmaster may be my favorite yet, which is no slight to any previous. They’re _fantastic_. (It also helps that I adore Jason on the show!)

Five favorite black and white movies: Casablanca 12 Angry Men Dr. Strangelove Schindler’s List (does that count?) Young Frankenstein

Cynicism and misanthropy can be really funny. At the same time, we must remember they are ultimately toxic, and wallowing in them too long is corrosive to one’s soul. For our own good we must see the good in others.

It's been a brutal, exhausting day. But I got a lot of things done, the twins had a fantastic day, Williams qualified P6 & P7 in Formula 1, and the Dallas Stars just won Game 6 to move on to the NHL Western Conference Finals. So I'm calling it a good day regardless of how I feel.

My father passed away this Saturday. There’s much that could be said, but my most unexpected learning is what a kindness it is to prepare your loved ones for what comes after your own passing. To give them ease amidst their urgent sorrow is such a blessing.

The shorter ending of the Gospel of Mark is one of the earliest forms of Cunningham’s Law. 1/?

My family were beta testers for this and loved it, it was an easy day 1 purchase, and Kristen and I already knocked out a couple of scenarios over lunch yesterday. Sunderfolk is something special.

My favorite Easter comic by far - yes it’s silly and makes me giggle every time I look at it, and also it’s profound the power God has given us for good or for evil, even to inflict that evil upon God.

Have you ever bought something explicitly expecting it to be terrible? Pic related

If Albon pulls out a frickin’ P4 out of this, my wife is going to be so angry she couldn’t stay awake for it #F1

When I was young, I actually went by the name "Scotty", rather than Robin. I was named after my Dad, and calling me by a nickname of my middle name made sense to distinguish us. It's a perfectly fine name, nothing wrong with it. 1/?

I know this is extremely vulgar idealism, but I do think we should try to aggressively reassert the norm that lying is bad. Not in a "Four Pinnochios" fact-checking kind of way, but in a way that frames this kind of lying as moral degeneracy that is fundamentally corrosive to the human spirit.

Veggietales as Best Picture nominees. A thread:

Bully is looking hecka festive for Fat Tuesday.

Tonight I got to see Hadestown for the third time, and it continues to be magical every time.

This is what happens when Christianity is co-opted by empire. A government that boasts about chains is a government that has lost its soul. And a church that remains silent has lost its witness.

I’m ready to reach the point in my life when holidays are fun again instead of just an opportunity to catch up on housework

Well this hit unexpectedly hard.

This is another in a string of anti-family policies by Republicans. Work-from-home arrangements are pro-family.

I feel like anyone who’s had depression understands exactly why Orpheus looked back.

There are fewer greater joys as a parent than watching your kid having fun with their friends.

Ready for Hadestown!

The masculine urge to put absolutely everything in the house where it belongs, constantly moving, never ceasing

I always feel smug and self-satisfied when I manage to get the Turing Machine daily puzzle in some ridiculously low number of questions. Took me just three today!

They don’t warn you how much of your life as a father involves peering through packaging to find the right Paw Patrol character on the bandaid