My toxic trait is doing my vocal warm ups in the car on the way to the gig and then drinking my protein shake once I get to the gig, therefore undoing all my prep work.

“But I really thought young men despised novels amazingly.” “It may well suggest amazement if they do — for they read nearly as many as women.” — Jane Austen, Northanger Abbey I guess we’re still having the same conversation about gender and readership that we were having in 1818.

‘Rhythm’ has two h’s and no vowels. Just remember: Rhythm Helps Your Two Hips Move Rhythm is also a dancer and a soul’s companion.

Hey, y'all! I made these today! I release them into the world to support the cause! They're sized for 8.5x11 printer paper. Take 'em. Print 'em. Post 'em EVERYWHERE. 3/6

in retrospect maybe it was a mistake to tell young people that reading, the arts, the humanities weren’t important and that “learning to code” was sufficient for a good life.

Other Seattleites clearly value their toes more than I do because mine are frozen now.

Social Housing Is a Homelessness Solution "A city segregated by income and class is a fractured community," SHARE and WHEEL write in a guest post urging voters to support the social housing initiative, Prop. 1A. publicola.com/2025/02/03/s...

We may live in a total hellscape, but at least the weather is right for snudes.

Excellent essay about digital ephemera:

Trying something new on my Substack this year with some essays on art, not just the business of making it. Here’s a fresh essay on Gia Coppola’s The Last Showgirl: open.substack.com/pub/showgirl...