This is a safe place! Post a #Superman

I love these episodes but don’t join in because I spend my life like a goldfish—experiencing things and then immediately forgetting them. (Also breathing underwater.) But @michaelmay.bsky.social, @paxholley.com, & @noelct.bsky.social keep track of the movies they see and revisit them 10 years later!

I always maintain my poise in stressful situations. For example… this morning, when I was informed they were out of Sausage, Egg & Cheese McGriddles®, I merely shrieked and did NOT bite anyone.

#HappyValentinesDay ❤️🔥

Hell to the yes.

I was about to post something about how Friday the 13th is not actually cursed to be unlucky and is, in fact, just another day when the ceiling tile above me burst open and approximately six thousand silverfish landed on me and my open container of blueberry yogurt. Be careful out there.

Jetpack Tiger returns! @stormspeed.bsky.social and Dashiell watched the live-action How to Train Your Dragon and recorded themselves. So queue the movie, sync with this episode, and enjoy the Jetpack Tiger How to Train Your Dragon (2025) Commentary Track! www.afterlunchpodcast.net/2026/02/417-...

If you guys knew how long it takes me to craft the jokes I post on Bluesky, you'd probably say, "Huh. I wonder why they're not funny then?"

I hear you, hyperplastic polyp. I’m pretty irritated about it myself. (And, yes, I know it could have been a lot worse and it’s merely inconvenient that I’ll need to self-induce uncontrollable diarrhea in five years and not ten. But let me have this li’l joke. 💩)

Understood. But what about when I’m walking?

Sometimes gonna give you up Often gonna let you down Occasionally gonna run around and do errands Frequently gonna make you cry Periodically gonna say goodbye Seldom gonna identify verbs and gerunds

Some people assume I'm all surface and I don't have a rich, inner life. I think they'd be surprised to learn I'm wearing a reversible belt.

If you’re blinking quizzically at your podcast feed with a severe case of déjà vu because you remember that we covered The Hound of the Baskervilles last month, don’t fret. That was the 1959 version. This version is from 20 years earlier. If you neither remember nor care, then keep scrolling, chump.

Hi! I don’t exist! If you’re seeing this, you might be a non-entity, too! 👻

Oh, yeah? Well, if I've "hit rock bottom," as you suggest, how come there's a sign right there on the wall saying "Rock Bottom: Three Levels Up"???

Ever try typing an exclamation point and accidentally type a tilde instead? Man, life is crazy sometimes~

I feel seen. 🥹

❤️🔥

This is way scarier than dumb ol’ symbiote Venom.

MAGICIAN: As you can see, there's nothing up my sleeve. Which is too bad, because that's where I usually keep my tricks and stuff. OK. Bye.

A very special shooooow

"Who's lounging?" she said And smiled in her special way "Lounging," she said "You know I love you" "Who's lounging?" she said “I sure love a lounging day With @michaelmay.bsky.social, @paxholley.com, and @spidey004.bsky.social.”

This is who runs this account. (I keep telling them this account is going to explode in days, perhaps hours, but they don’t believe me.)

I saw an ad that said, “The Tesla of Hearing Aids is Here!” And I thought to myself, I thought, “What if I goof on that ad a little bit?” The result, as you can see, is pure, 24K comedy gold. 👂🔥

For some upcoming films, I say: “That looks good. Maybe I should see it.” But for others, I say: “I’m sure there’s an audience for this film, but I don’t think it’s for me.” BAM. Sorry if you can’t handle my blistering hot cinematic takes this early in the morning!!!!!! 🎥🔥

Many people don't realize the archetype of the tough, hard-boiled action hero was based on that one time I got stung by a bee and didn't even cry very much. 🐝🥺

Wow. After years of risking my liberty through lawless lounging, I am a licensed lounger at last. I must admit I’m conflicted. It’s a relief, of course. But I wonder if I’m going to miss my “Bad Boy Lounger” reputation…? podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/a...

I took a Presidential Leadership Seminar and it’s really helping me stay focused at work.

Also, in this episode, we talked about how great @hojukoolander.bsky.social and @williambwest.bsky.social are in their two podcasts together. Will has had a major health scare and there’s a GoFundMe set up to help him and his family. If you can donate, here’s the link: gofund.me/11c6bf493

Hi, friends! I find it’s nice—even necessary—to retreat to the Lounge and just hang out and catch up with @michaelmay.bsky.social and @paxholley.com. If you need an extended break from things, you’re more than welcome to join us. Here’s Part 1!

Quote post with a picture of you being a dork. (Sorry. I just don’t have any pictures like that.)

One of my favorite tweets from the old days was posted by a friend of mine who came out of a screening of “Cowboys and Aliens” disappointed that Harrison Ford never told the aliens to “Get off my plain!”

William Bruce West (@williambwest.bsky.social) is a terrifically nice, smart, and funny guy and I’m glad to be able to help in some small way with his recovery. If you can help, too, check out the GoFundMe that’s been set up for him. Best of luck, Will. You’ve got this and we’ve got you.

Quote an actor in the wrong film “GET OFF MY PLANE!”

In solidarity with today's ICE OUT OF MINNESOTA blackout, MinnMax is donating $1 to the Immigrant Law Center of Minnesota for every share of this Bluesky post for the next hour.

Sometimes you revisit a song and it’s like it has been patiently waiting for years, even decades, to provide you with new wisdom and insight perfectly calibrated to meet the moment you’re in. It happened to me this morning and I’m passing the lyrics along in case they could help you, too.

With everything going on, I felt inspired to draw the grim avenger of the night.

Yeah, because I always make him look like a spindly little twerp.

Ugh, I hate it when I'm watching the weather forecast and they immediately provide the information I need to plan my day. I like to ease in with AT LEAST ten minutes about slight fluctuations in the jet stream over American Samoa.

I had fun talking about foundational films with @jodycollins.bsky.social on @ramblinmanpod.bsky.social. There are lots of categories in the Films to Be Buried With questionnaire. (Favorite, Saddest, Most Meaningful) Did I answer Sylvester Stallone’s Cobra (1986) for each one? Listen and find out!

Sure, times are tough right now. But they don’t have to be. Just follow this handy tip! #RobTips

No new pictures. Where are you at mentally?

I’m not in this episode. And if that isn’t enough of an incentive for you… @michaelmay.bsky.social, @paxholley.com, @geek-kay.bsky.social, and @runonsandwich.bsky.social are! And they talk about their highlights from 2025 and what’s coming in 2026. I’m gonna listen and I think you should, too!

I’m not sure why, but I’m really jonesing for a salad today. 🥗🤤

@gailsimone.bsky.social I don’t get it; why is everyone winking, nudging, and waggling their eyebrows at me today?

@bizarrojimmyolsen.bsky.social I hope your birthday is great but I think with all the crap you’re dealing with, I’d settle for a

It has been three days since I last had an apple. The doctors have me surrounded and are closing in. I fear there is no escape.