Today is "discovery day" in Puerto Rico, and also the day that I learned that local lore here on the island is that Columbus "discovered" the island because Taino women he had abducted for the slave trade recognized where they were, jumped overboard, and swam to shore and freedom.

This study deserves an Ig Nobel prize. When given free weed of various potency (or placebo) and offered free booze, the people who got more stoned drank less booze. www.npr.org/sections/sho...

“When you work to avoid a thought, you’re really just saving it for later”

The US fucked around. The US is now finding out. If only all the No Kings energy had been here last November. youtu.be/Y-fPibdYPJM?...

The answer to this question remains the same. And no matter how many new cookie recipes I try, it will always remain the same. www.csmonitor.com/The-Culture/...

Saw a pic of someone who dressed up as “Weird Al Jorgensen” for Halloween a bit ago and it just struck me that such would be a fun tribute band, playing Weird Al tunes in the style of Ministry and RevCo.

''How do you know that nonsense isn't a good thing? If human nonsense had been nurtured and developed for centuries, just as intelligence has, then perhaps something extraordinarily precious could have come from it.'' -Yevgeny Zamyatin

For all those who celebrate …

True fact. Venting your anger teaches you that being angry is fun. Want to be less angry? Go zen.

A friend of mine is about to be evicted. Help if you can. www.gofundme.com/f/help-angi-...

Morning listen is Eatt's album Government Cheese. eatt.bandcamp.com/album/govern...

Nov 11 is St. Menas Day. Don't forget to mount a camel and help drive out the local Nazis.

The Edmund Fitzgwrald sinking on the same day Dr Manhattan's circulatory system appeared in the kitchen cannot possibly be a coincidence

Any bilingual folks out there with lyrical sensibilities who understand Puerto Rican politics want to work with me on translating The Dead Kennedy's California, Über Alles to Spanish and adapting it to the MAGA/JGO regimes? If so, in-box me.

This is a bizarre story. middleagedclub.com/archives/132...

"They don't pay you to do your job. They pay you not to riot." -Josh Johnson. www.youtube.com/watch?v=h0hr...

If you see this, post an album cover with a motor vehicle on it.

“A shark that had a moral lexicon would pronounce the eating of human swimmers moral, just as a warthog with an aesthetic vocabulary would snort derisively at the Venus de Milo.” - Richard A Posner

The ROI for investing in Perennial is measured in happiness. At least for those who like to rock the fuck out. Seriously, if they ever play in your neck of the woods, go see them and dance your ass off to the most bizarrely energetic new wave art punk act you're likely to see this side of the veil.

Morning listen: Age of Aquarius by the Fifth Dimension youtube.com/playlist?lis...

For the first time in I don’t know how long, I turned on the news expecting to hear good things. I was not disappointed.

have just been made aware of this book of ~400CE jokes www.mori.bz.it/Umorismo/Phi...

In honor of Adam. Flyaway Minion. Fair Travels. flyawayminion.bandcamp.com/album/fair-t...

I hate linking to FB but that's the only place I see this news. Adam Edwards, formerly of Shrug and Flyaway Minion, has died. This is a tribute by Tod of Shrug and I think quite fitting. As every tribute does, it underdefines who Adam was. I knew him as a friend. www.facebook.com/share/p/1DAz...

Finally watched the new Superman movie. It's my second favorite, after 1980's Superman II. And, no Clark, that isn't the real punk rock. But I can see why a high school sports champion with super powers raised in a well off and healthy nuclear family might think so. Also - best Lex since Hackman.

Morning listen: Everyone Scream, the new album by Florence and the Machine youtube.com/playlist?lis...

You also can’t just “snap out of” a mental disorder. Mental and personality disorders are no less physical conditions than being in a wheelchair. #madpride

I've long known about the FODMAP issue but it's interesting to see the not only the gut microbiome play a roll but also what the brain does with signals from the gut microbiome.

Nicholas Thompson on how running rewired his brain tldr; near the end of an endurance event, the pain that is building isn't entirely physiological in the way you think, large parts of it are your brain calculating what it will take to finish and giving you signals to accommodate that.

On this very day, 16 years ago, I discovered that marshmallow fluff does not liquify in a blender.

Or when you’re over 50 …

Don’t forget to celebrate Oxi Day. This post from four years ago on FB is unfortunately all too relevant

This is me winning the “most terrifying costume” at last year’s community Halloween party for the Lauraville neighborhood of Baltimore.

Nothing makes my day quite like new music from Ekko Fucking Astral.

An important life lesson I learned from James Bond is that just because Vesper was guilty it doesn’t mean that Mathis was innocent.

Don't foget what day it is - National Slap an Irritating Cow-Orker Day

Due to a misunderstanding of the baggage rules for Amtrak, Bruce the Bear is riding coach with me from DC to Ohio.

Current mood xkcd.com/386/

Yesterday's afternoon listen, an incredible set of classic covers ranging from pop to country to hard rock performed live with a backing set of incredibly talented musicians. youtu.be/91ck0vJBygo