New Newsletter! I bought a new TV and made me insane: an unhinged rant about motion smoothing and AI buzzwords. #Hisense

On this week's newsletter, I attempted to make kid friendly mac and cheese. It was harder than you think. #recipes #macandcheese thereisnttimeforthat.substack.com/p/this-isnt-...

Yeah, sex is great, but have you ever just thrown a bunch of stuff away?

For any one wondering, yes, middle schoolers are still doing this 30 years later…

New newsletter! "The Chair Company" is terrific—Tim Robinson is our nation's luminary in expressing the mundane insanity of boring cubicle life. #TimRobinson #TheChairCompany

Guys, I'm super happy and all, but there's really no reason I should know this much about NYC politics.

Oh, no. Who are the Democrats going to run in 2028?

They’re actually called nuclear hoagies

"It's on the kids to reject this sh!t!" Inspired by filmmaker Marcus Jones's quote on @bobbymillertime.com's newsletter, I wrote my own newsletter about AI social media slop.

My controls. #therehearsal

Remember: You are stronger than you know.

I wrote about the end of @marcmaron.bsky.social's WTF podcast, and as a result, the end of a podcasting era. Thanks for everything, Marc. Boomer lives! thereisnttimeforthat.substack.com/p/a-tribute-...

New newsletter! I smoke some meat, make dubious life decisions, and form a newfound appreciation for any craft done at a high level.

New newsletter: I wrote about #Silksong, being old, and how self-induced challenges can prove that we are stronger than we know.

The short film that I directed last year is now available to watch online. Much love to my cast and crew! #indiefilm youtube.com/watch?v=7wt_eUkythI&feature=youtu.be

Wrote about the entertainment industry trades trying to will this nonsense into existence

Nothing destroys the sanctity of a Friday afternoon quite like finding out my daughter's elementary school is having spirit week starting Monday.

"We've created a computer-based super intelligence!" "Can it somehow prevent me from getting 37 spam phone calls in a day?" .... "No."

Yom Kippur starts at sunset tonight. I wrote about Netflix's #LongStoryShort, which I think is the best representation of American Jewishness that I've seen in pop culture.

@vincemancini.bsky.social Important Brock Pierce sighting.

New newsletter: I rank various film and TV genres by how likely they will be to put my wife to sleep. Stay cozy, y'all! thereisnttimeforthat.substack.com/p/a-ranking-...

So, apparently I’m a masochist?

New newsletter: I rank various film and TV genres by how likely they will be to put my wife to sleep. Stay cozy, y'all! thereisnttimeforthat.substack.com/p/a-ranking-...

Obviously, it’s a minor thing when you consider how generally horrible this is, but I can’t get over how ugly the aesthetic of AI slop is. It’s like we took hundreds of years art theory and threw it all away in favor of clip art.

Imagine thinking that this would be more efficient than just looking up a recipe in a cookbook...something we've been able to do for hundreds of years.

Yes, it's important to capitulate to the bully. We all know that totally works, and once you give them what they want, they never bother you again.

Things are bleak, I know. Find something that brings you joy in the darkness. For me, that's cooking.

look not to go all Wheelchair Guy about it but if the powerful people who spend all day whining about how people are mean to them ever faced a single droplet of actual adversity I truly believe they would crumble into a pile of dust and blow away in the next soft breeze

Timeline cleanse... New newsletter: I wrote about the special bit of insanity required to make a short film.

Looking in the mirror

I wrote about my son's YouTube obsession and how it has changed the kind of stories we want to watch. I also shake my fist at a cloud. thereisnttimeforthat.substack.com/p/narrative-...

New newsletter: I wrote about generative AI and a reminder that certain things are supposed to be hard.

Only one episode in and I can already tell this will probably be my favorite show of all time. I'm kvelling!

New newsletter: Some thoughts, on life, parenting, and being unable to relax.

🚨🚨 FYI PLEASE SHARE!!! 🚨🚨 Let folks at the Nats game know! Traffic stop at M St. & Delaware (near waterfront metro)

I put it off for too long but I FINALLY watched Nickel Boys, and yeah, it's a cinematic masterpiece.

Me irl every single interaction I have with anyone ever

I turned 40 and made seafood stew.

We have so much to atone for on Tisha B’Av this year.

I wrote about “The Bear” a show that I both love and hate in equal measure. Come for the commentary…stay for the aggressive nodding supercuts. thereisnttimeforthat.substack.com/p/the-bear-i...

One reason I don't buy into the later Jurassic films' insistence that "mankind is losing its sense of wonder/interest in dinosaurs" is that Spielberg shoots this scene so sweepingly that for a second, you're like "Man, I wish helicopters and islands were real."

If groups like the ADL truly cared about effectively fighting antisemitism against the Diaspora, they would be spending most of their time now trying to pressure the Israeli government to stop starving Gaza.

New newsletter! I wrote about the terrific #ItTakesTwo and how it brought me closer to my son.

Yeah…yeah…I know ole’ Donnie Trump always wiggles his way out and what not, but this a great analysis from @jpbrammer.bsky.social about why this time feels different.

So, if you removed the nodding, I'm convinced every episode of the Bear would be 10 minutes long. #TheBear #thebearfx

Me, buys swim trunks. Them, "welcome to the tribe, fam! Together we can conquer any obstacle that we might face—in this world or the next—as we our now bound by blood for all of eternity. Use offer code "TOGETHERINBLOOD" to save 15% on your next order.

@jeffcannata.bsky.social Thanks for mentioning on the Filmcast how surprisingly not kid-friendly the new Superman film is. It's something that really bothered me as well. thereisnttimeforthat.substack.com/p/should-a-s...

I took my kid to Superman, and I kinda regret it? My thoughts on who these superhero movies are for and why I think that should change.

It's hot. I'm tired. Let's make (sort-of) Jerk Chicken! thereisnttimeforthat.substack.com/p/there-isnt...

@actioncookbook.com I dunno why, but this made me think of you.