We watched all 8 episodes last night & while I am very sleepy today, no regrets.

UPCOMING EVENTS AT LAS VEGAS SPHERE - TOOL RESIDENCY - SPHERE CLOSED FOR FUMIGATION

Bloomsbury books are 30-40% off this week, including both my books and the entire 33⅓ series! www.bloomsbury.com/us/body-coun...

Oh, man. Tom Noonan died? His performance as Francis Dolarhyde in Manhunter is one of the most terrifying, mesmerizing I've ever seen in a film.

My wife is unfamiliar with Charles Dickens AND Shakespeare. Worst English major ever.

When I do trivia sans team (aka holding down a bar stool & wiping the floor), my team name is "Tropic of Answer." Thanks Shoresy & the Jims.

There's something handy about being able to text the owner of your local record store to get a valuation of your record collection for insurance purposes for the cost of a bottle of whiskey. Yes, I've hit that point.

Started watching THE 'BURBS series on Peacock & we're absolutely mainlining it because Keke Palmer is a gem in EVERYTHING. The cast is just aces top to bottom (Paula Pell & Julia Duffy as besties is pitch-perfect), the writing sharp, & the tiny nods here & there to the original movie are super.

When it came out, I was on Twitter & I was unhinged about it & I regret nothing.

I don't believe I've ever seen Ted Levine speak so candidly about his regrets of portraying Buffalo Bill in THE SILENCE OF THE LAMBS. He and some of the crew on the film were asked about the film's cultural transphobia by The Hollywood Reporter. www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie...

The weather change has had me miserable all fucking day. My sinuses aren't great, to the point where my molars ache. Oh, and ICE is in my town, so it's just a big bunch of "fuck all this." I guess I did all right with my interviews, though.

Do you enjoy @tilwillis.bsky.social, Wall of Voodoo, doom metal, & the places they interact? Consider listening to Columbia, MO's Western Grip & then go see them at Farewell on 3/5. western-grip.bandcamp.com/album/follow...

ICE spotted in Lawrence at the Iowa st. Burger King around 9:10 this morning. Reports I've heard so far (from my dad, who does immigration resettlement work locally) is 3-5 cars, 3 arrests made this morning. Please share if you're able and be careful out there.

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Had a meeting with our insurance agent this morning. Managed to save $200 a year, even with adding a few things. The best part, though, is the Indian market in the same shopping plaza, so we are now LOADED UP with Kurkure.

The world's richest man is broadcasting eliminationist rhetoric about a tiny, vulnerable minority, and virtually no one is going to treat it as a scandal. It's just normal now.

Shows at Liberty Hall, the Bottlenck, Replay, & Lucia Wednesday night & goddamn how do I choose? The free one with cheap beer, obvs.

Hearing that dog. LPs through a club sound system makes me want to see them live again jo matter the cost.

"Gimme a kiss But don't gimme no lip"

a bit rude that @philnobilejr.bsky.social would do *this* to us and that people would mistake my smoldering ash for mist

An unexpected amount of physical labor at the store today. Glad I brought beans & rice rather than relying on a sandwich. I'm fucking starving.

Will it take me longer to sort through these pictures or just upload them all?

My staff is turning things in (which is good) while I am chilling before going in to work at the liquor store (which is bad). Tomorrow morning is gonna be busy as fuck.

Watching the movie for the next @reportcarnage.bsky.social & I should probably be much more sober & rested, but you do what you can when you have the time.

I think our first "date" was getting Chinese buffet for lunch, then her calling out for the afternoon, hitting up a record store & just ... hanging out at her apartment after.

I am begging you to remember that the cringe youth slang you are using ironically to make fun of today WILL BECOME A PART OF YOUR EVERYDAY LANGUAGE TOMORROW. That's how it works! All usage etches it into the cement of our culture!

Tomorrow: grocery shopping, 2 photos galleries/reviews to edit, a movie to watch, trailers to get organized for @reportcarnage.bsky.social, & other stuff? Why did I go out after work? Because I support friends & causes & whatnot. When you know dope people who do dope shit, you show the fuck up.

Cartoon: If anyone in Chicago knows this school or an anti ICE organization affiliated with them I would be happy to donate this art. I only wish I could have fully Sal Buscema-ed that punch :)

Kings Return’s Vaughn Faison on the a cappella quartet’s wide-reaching fame ahead of Lied Center show www.thepitchkc.com/kings-return...

Thanks to the grocery store next to work, I had 3 crab rangoons & an egg roll for $2. There's also fried chicken & an entire rotisserie chicken currenting smelling up my car & hopefully not affecting the manager's special blueberry pie too terribly much. All that for $12.

After work, I have the option of hitting up a record sale & 2 matinee shows, but I am sorely tempted to go home & enjoy an empty (excepting kittens) house.

Going to work under protest.

Watch movie. Listen to our episode from the early days. cinepunx.com/the-carnage-...

Just me & @luckynun.bsky.social watching a 120 Minutes episode & her asking me to shut up so she can hear a Catherine Wheel song.

Read the books so they make more movies.

Do I go see this show for research purposes or go home & blast this used copy of Charli XCX's BRAT I picked up earlier at neighbor annoyance levels?

Oh! @brockwilbur.bsky.social let me have dibs on trying to interview @alexwinter.com for @thepitch.bsky.social ahead of Planet Comicon. Anyone know how to get hold of him or do I just relentlessly tag him on here until something happens?

Supposed to go catch a show downtown this evening for an upcoming article & frankly, I do not wish to leave the house.

There are many things I hate about a smart phone, but the calendar app telling me, "You have that thing happening in 30 minutes" has saved my ass so many fucking times. Today, for example: while doom-scrolling Instagram while I wait for these beans to finish, I was reminded of a *rescheduled* Q&A.

Been a minute since I decided to buy an album off of one song, but hearing the Tragically Hip's Gord Downie do a Fucked Up cover with the Sadies certainly makes this a no-brainer. Sad that Gord & the Sadies' Dallas Good are no longer with us, though. youtu.be/UvDHKOyxnY0?...

Got a pot of beans going on the stove while I waited for coffee to brew; or, the most Midwestern middle-aged thing I've ever written. This is is also applicable to most folks who grew up in rural areas or small towns, regardless of geographical location.

I don't talk to anyone this much www.economist.com/interactive/...

Watching BEYOND THE DARKNESS because I guess I want a horrendous cascade of awful depravity in my entertainment, as well as real life.

Aided by genAI models like ChatGPT, “writers” hoping to get paid for fake stories have become an even bigger problem for publications big and small. One such writer almost pulled one over on COYOTE — until @soleilho.com, who is a nerd, spotted a key idiosyncrasy.

Some days, you write 3000 words & then go deal with drunks. Others, you clean the house, cook a bunch of food, listen to 3 podcasts, then get high & read an entire book.

Cabin in the Woods Fargo Mandy The Black Cauldron

Attempting to do the most base level academic history using primary sources on well documented subjects in a time period as recent as the 1980s will quickly dissuade you of the idea that everything is online.

Oh, what's this? No big deal, just the cover reveal for my next book, QUAINT FOLK -- a story about an obnoxious American family who visits an incredibly quaint British island where people follow the old ways. 😎🖤

Big @synapsefilms.bsky.social sale at Oldies dot com right now. I snagged a grip of $2 DVDs for trivia prizes, so get hyped to potentially walk away with a copy of SECRETS OF SEX next month. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Secrets...