I am spending my morning trying to get a story about my dog constantly licking her ass to make sense in 100 words. Ask me anything.

@barbarals.bsky.social, an esteemed member of my writing group, had her first-ever submission published today. (I’m not the one who’s jealous. You are.) Check it out.

Marry the woman who blasts the Posies while she’s taking a shower. Those are my only words of wisdom for today.

· Repost with an iconic fictional band.

Thirty-four years and twelve days into our relationship, @bethydirty.bsky.social springs the news on me this morning that she had a cat when she was a kid. What other secrets has she been hiding from me?

Really happy to have this story find a place in The Bluebird Word after three-and-a-half years of (much-deserved) rejections and (much-needed, sometimes drastic) rewrites. thebluebirdword.com/the-original...

From me earlier today. I’m like ten likes or reposts from a free cheesesteak or whatever it says in my contract.

I've got an essay up on the incomparable I Have That On Vinyl, about an album that's been there for @bethydirty.bsky.social and me since the very beginning.

And then they came for the Nazi tattoos, and I said nothing, because I didn't have a goddamn Nazi tattoo.

IHTOV has published almost 400 essays, Q&As, and interviews in less than a year. i did that. me. i'm really fucking proud of myself for not just starting this project but actually sticking with it, and making it good

The 5- and 6-year-olds I coach told me at this morning’s softball practice that I need to watch K-Pop Demon Hunters before Halloween. I might be getting too old for this coaching thing.

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Joe Davis subtly but firmly schooling John Smoltz on the importance of home runs gives me reason for hope in a world gone to hell.

I guess Aaron Judge is pretty good after all.

I wish I had the confidence to stride into situations in which I am fully capable and should be at ease that Bari Weiss displays in taking a job she is not remotely qualified for and in so far over her head they should lay a wreath to mark where she plunged into the water, never to be seen again.

people repost the strangest stuff

Peer pressure works. She’s fixing it.

This is what democracy looks like! A people united will never be defeated. We want federal forces out of DC NOW! #WeAreAllDC #FreeDC

Stiff Little Fingers in DC!!

@bethydirty.bsky.social had two pregame beers and is angry and spoiling for a fight

Just saw armed National Guard outside the Nationals game. 🤬

It’s gonna be such a bummer when it turns out that he got an eye job and hid out for a few days like Selina Meyer in Veep.

Facebook reminds me that five years ago today, my daughter and I created this meme while making a lasagna-making video for my mother in the heart of the pandemic.

DCP peeps: Do I call 311 or the National Guard if the city doesn’t pick up my trash and recycling tomorrow?

ICE abducted the nice man who sells fresh fruit in front of a neighborhood restaurant yesterday. He never bothered anybody and always said hello to everyone who walked past his stand.They are evil for the sake of being evil.

Overflow crowd for the Free DC meeting in our neighborhood.

2.2, 5,000, 4 schools passed, no ICE.

This one goes out to @ihavethatonvinyl.com music.apple.com/us/album/bir...

All I want is five minutes in a room with the sadistic bastard who came up with the idea that you have to write a second draft.

Headless women against ICE represent!

I was feeling proud of the screed I wrote to WMATA for its pathetic statement endorsing the use of armed thugs to intimidate passengers in the name of "fare enforcement." Then I saw that in my rush of adrenaline I hit send and missed a there/their typo. Now I feel like I let the bad guys win.

I am ordering a used book online and have the option of free shipping for delivery in 4 to 11 days, or I could pay $6 to speed that up to 4 to 10 days. Decisions, decisions.

I am the unofficial dog wrangler at our neighborhood protest on 16th St. Three well-behaved former service dogs who want ICE out of DC.

Just sent a love letter to our beloved Mayor of DC to let her know what a swell job she’s doing in not doing anything to stop MPD from aiding and abetting the terrorization of DC by ICE and other Fed thugs. I’m sure that will go nowhere. But it felt good.

@bethydirty.bsky.social in front of a rack of oysters on our 33rd anniversary.

Trying to write at the coffee shop, and the guy next to me is making a pitch to someone about the wonders of ChatGPT for business efficiency. I've never been happier to have both noise-cancelling headphones and a natural inclination toward pacifism. Things could have gotten ugly.

My friend Michele has this great story up this morning, in addition to the great essay she has up on ihavethatonvinyl.com so basically, Michele’s doing all the writing today.

Just got pizza as an appetizer on the way to get pizza. But they are two different genres of pizza, so it’s legit.

It's been an up-and-down day. Landed on my kiester this morning in my first post-knee replacement dogwalking mishap, and just got an acceptance for a story that I thought was doomed to submission purgatory no matter how many times I reworked it.

This week we are excited to put a spotlight on Jim Parisi and the story that won this year's Honeybee Prize in Flash Fiction! The story, judge's endorsement, plus audio of @jpariseye.bsky.social reading his work are available in Issue #20. thegoodlifereview.com/issue-twenty... Photo by Mark Duffel

So I had “I Will Survive” on my mind while I was walking my dog this morning, and I just start singing it out loud on the deserted (luckily) street. You know, like a normal person would do.

She wouldn’t consent to a walk until I rubbed her belly for a solid minute.

I need the new Naked Gun movie to open today, not in two weeks.

Really excited to have my story win the Honeybee Prize for Flash Fiction in @goodlifelitmag.bsky.social. The whole issue is a beaut, so be sure to check out all the great stories (and poems and artwork). t.ly/hpxLM

"He hands me a drawing as we walk out to the car. It’s of a boy surrounded by lightning." There's so much going on in this great story by @thommyziemer.bsky.social‬

One person my wife works with got laid off today with a generic email that didn’t have her name or any details about her, just the template.

Congrats to all of The Good Life Review's HoneyBee Prize winners, including @jpariseye.bsky.social! I'm happy to get an editor's choice pick that will run in the summer issue thegoodlifereview.com/2025/07/08/2...

Please, everyone, keep filling my feed with the names of movies you have no opinion about. That's the stuff.

The first nine listings under my usual job site search of “writer or editor” are for AI trainers, and I just want to crawl up in a ball.

Just walked the yanky, pully dog for the first time since Oct. 29. The new knees held up.