GREG DAVIES: seems like a kind of a shit task. Everyone just seems like they're going home normally. ALEX HORNE: well before you say that let's have a look at how Odysseus did. cut to panel of AJAX, MENELAUS, AGAMEMNON, and DIOMEDES who are all staring at ODYSSEUS with his head in his hands

Forgot to post this when it happened, but we christened the Book Nook the other day

bill continues to be grouchy:

there's a flute—philosophers have written on this—a most delicate instrument, crafted of silver and bone, and to blow any note upon it would bring the gods themselves to wakefulness and end their dream which is creation, and this flute waits in your future (graduating class starts booing me) what???

merciful *ZEUS*

Always read Brian Phillips:

Julia had never seen Highlander, so we watched Highlander last night. The contrast between Christopher Lambert's peculiar and off-putting vibes while he tries to be a Heroic Lead and Clancy Brown's all-time great performance as the Embodiment of Evil Itself is incredible.

this article is full of views so alien to my own it might as well be from medieval times

brb, hanging a big sign next to my bouncy castle that says "This house is owned by Marxist-Leninists" so that passersby know my frivolity is not bourgeois

Your friend Bill is grouchy about something trivial: billcoberly.substack.com/p/a-eulogy-f...

These are the two optimal types of Baseball Name.

One of the most consequential short films in history that explains why some people are like that. A load bearing part of early aughts random humor. Still a good watch too.

A handbag?

[You are encumbered and cannot run] [You drop: Greatsword of Frost] [You are encumbered] [Warning! Dropping Prince Tim will abandon his questline!] [You drop: Prince Tim] [Quest failed! "Tiny Kingdom in Need"] [You are encumbered] [You drop: (1) of (14) Cheese Wheels] [You are no longer encumbered]

this the shit I been up to

I was released early from work, so behold: my late afternoon plans!

fessing up, everybody: it's my fault

In his 2nd Inaugural, Abraham Lincoln delivered what might be the most devastating rebuttal to the Both Sides lie in history. "Both parties deprecated war but one of them would make war rather than let the nation survive, and the other would accept war rather than let it perish. And the war came."

Progress! It is being made!

Surely they've suffered enough?

39% of Republican men admit they're wussies

If you, you know, find yourself in one of those brunch situations today, tip your server extravagantly. The Hallmark holidays are especially hard on the service industry.

fafhrd and the gray mouser; a quick attempt

We have to at least consider the possibility that Dawkins knows where his bread is buttered and realizes that a celebrity rationalist who tells the AI industry its products are conscious will be able to buy a bigger house before ChatGPT learns how to set a timer

He would be talking about Catholicism on the Today Show. His chapter on Aquinas would be the worst drivel you've ever read

If a hot nun had called this man handsome his book LIGHT BEYOND LIGHT: A RATIONALIST'S JOURNEY TO FAITH would currently be in its 63rd week on the bestseller lists

"Most experts say he's being misled" let me assure you that most experts, in their group chats, say he is showing his whole ass

My project is being investigated.

While the world’s eyes are on fashion’s biggest night, we’re turning ours to the garment, retail, and warehouse workers who keep the industry running. From true love found on the picket line to a free tailoring school out of a Brooklyn basement — meet the New Yorkers who make it all possible.

To celebrate Star Wars day I write up what lessons you can learn from Han Solo when wanting to play a character who really doesn't want to go on this adventure, thank you very much.

Samuel Delaney's review of the original Star Wars:

a chance for us all to appreciate my personal favorite star wars character, Open Bar

every mushroom foraging guidebook: This is Woodland Pot Roast, a tasty little mushroom that adds a delightful flavour to soups and stews. Note that it is often mistaken for Satan’s Fistula, a mushroom that erases the last 9 generations of your family from God’s ledgers.

i’m deleting my repost of a fake account impersonating an nba reporter. i didn’t look close enough and i was fooled, and that’s on me. the basketball court does NOT fold up like a backgammon board after the game and the players do NOT sleep in it until the next game

They can live with Aquaman

ah man, paste games. what a sad thing

Dad died ten years ago today. I wish he could have met Julia, and I wish he could have met my sister’s husband, and I miss him.

I wrote about The Onion and Infowars

The rent at this new apartment is so cheap! I only have to pay a single grain of rice everyday! The landlord doubles the rent every day, which sucks, but I'm sure I'll be fine

we all know I have no life, so:

it is possible to discover my answer to this question using only the materials in front of you!

I would read 365 books, watch 365 movies, watch 365 episodes of television, go to 104 concerts, play 50 videogames, and still feel behind on all the good art out there.

I sniff the earth, gather a handful of dust into my palm, and scatter it to the wind, a thousand deaths and torments chiseled into my furrowed brow. “Something terrible happened here,” I intone.

28 Years Later: The Bone Temple (2026, dir. Nia DaCosta)

Hey man, we cool? I just noticed that when I look at you the reticle turns red.