someone should put together an anthology of horror stories set in Wisconsin Dells (“The Water Park Capital of the World”)

My younger kids, both off school today, just told me their favorite way to make warm drinks cool was to put ice in them, with an air like I might tell school to excuse them and their brilliance the rest of 4th and 7th grades, or at least the week.

This is the greatest thing I’ve ever seen

Behold the brilliance that is this scene. This is one of my favorite scenes.

Terriers

A baseball game this spectacular will do strange things to you. defector.com/affecting-a-...

it's tha 1st of tha month, which means that subs are open for... short stories flash micros creative nonfiction until we reach our monthly cap. thank u ! xraylitmag.com/submissions/

You don’t even have to write anything It’s a 30 sec multiple choice survey

The fact that we must differentiate the First from the Second Defenestration of Prague remains an all time flex of that lovely city

Great interview by @housleydave.bsky.social about a book I absolutely loved and now just want to go read again. Check them both out!

Happy 50th anniversary to BORN TO RUN, all-time classic album and close personal confidante for most of my life. I wrote this once about the bridge to "Backstreets," one of my favorite pieces of music ever.

Watching my son's baseball practice to the right car stereo tunes wasn't the worst way to end the day

This is just so mean.

It was very exciting to have a new story published in JAKE on Monday. Turns out it's still exciting later in the week...check out "Night Rescue" if you get a chance jakethemag.com/night-rescue/

An evening story for the evening crowd in @publishedbyjake.bsky.social today...the latest in my Bluff Country series. jakethemag.com/night-rescue/

Just spent two weeks in Evanston Hospital and would stop and look at the back of the Ba'hai Temple a few times a day. Didn't realize till I was close to getting out it wasn’t purely out of a need for spiritual fulfillment.

True Failure reviewed in The Nation: www.thenation.com/article/cult...

Watching RAISING ARIZONA with our son the same age we were when it came out (12) and thrilled to see him laughing at all the right spots -- "Yodas and shit", FART/"Hit the deck boy", the post-stick-up car chase, the trailer fight scene with Goodman. Still amazing.

I'm just assuming the dog is a 5-star, Air-Bud-esque, wideout recruit they need to rescue. Godspeed.

fish mouth, freshwater fishing hall of fame, hayward, wisconsin, hayward, wisconsin, 1988

“4th of July, Asbury Park (Sandy)”, Bruce Springsteen. Never gets old. #4thofJuly youtu.be/EiGfB0QBTV4?si… via @YouTube

These are the weak points. You know what to do. First thing tomorrow, use 5calls.org and raise hell.

Finishing a re-read of Winter's Bone while the sun sets and the birds won't shut up and loving when a perfect book gets more perfect

I have a pair of slightly-wide-pocketed jeans I had custom-made to carry around "So Long, See You Tomorrow". Sometimes I throw "Bob the Gambler" back there.

I somehow forgot Michael Clayton and The Nice Guys but otherwise this works for me

This was a hell of a way to learn my old roommate was the head of the Chicago Dept. of Transportation for the last few years

I think the Catholic Church should do this every day in every city

Hey folks. I know there's a lot going on right now, but I'd really appreciate it if you read this piece I wrote on the perils of raising an autistic child during the era of RFK Jr. and his campaign of insane conspiracies and cruel scare tactics geared toward people on the spectrum.

Chicago's No Kings march is so large the front is headed down Michigan Ave but folks are marching towards Wacker on every north/south street until at least Dearborn

Engraved on City Hall: “THE SALVATION OF THE COMMUNITY IS WATCHFULNESS OF THE CITIZEN”

Rode a hotel elevator in Alexandria, VA with Kevin Bacon. We nodded politely to each other. I'm not sure what he recognized me from.

RIP Brian Wilson

Night Court made getting arrested at night seem fun as hell

Even though I'm working with bigger quantities, it's impossible to do this and not feel like Parker Posey grilling her lonely, single wing in "Guffman"

Check it out -- Alex's workshops are always great for your writing!

Bruce Springsteen’s “Darkness on the Edge of Town” was released on this date in 1978.

Thread: Athlete appearances on Sesame Street Julius Erving

You have three days, starting today, to leave a public comment with the FDA about, say, why COVID-19 boosters should remain available to everyone and also free. "Individual consumer" is the category you most likely want (unless you are one of the other categories; if so, choose that).

You should definitely get Paul's book if you haven't already. Yes, I was talking to you specifically.

Also happy May 11th to those who know

Too many people are talking about whether the Pope is a Sox or Cubs fan and not enough are asking what his go-to burrito joint was.

you know who else came from chicago and was on "a mission from god"

Pope Ricobene I

Breaking: Falcons DC Jeff Ulbrich has been fined $150,000, 500 Hail Marys, and 250 Our Fathers after his son Jax pranked Cardinal Matteo Zuppi to tell him he had been selected as Pope

Great review of a book I really loved. Check it out!

beach rules, ocean city, maryland, 1985

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