My three-year-old was watching CBS News when she turned to me gravely and asked “Daddy why is the nice man with the square jaw talking funny?” And when I told her “Because he’s drunk, it’s whiskey Friday,” she started crying.

I’m, you know, gay, but this is one of the hottest kisses in Hollywood history. #OnlyHuman #TCMParty

If anyone was still pretending this isn’t just about excluding trans kids from public life, the Trump administration just opened a Title IX investigation into a Maine school district because a trans student is on a *co-ed* cheerleading squad.

I really think the federal assault on Minneapolis is about white anger at the protests after George Floyd’s murder. And the baby in chief being mad at Walz.

Hot take: Mickey Mouse as the Sorcerer’s Apprentice in Fantasia was an excellent casting decision.

“Crostini’s” on a menu is hurting my feelings.

NYT and WaPo cracking open their thesauruses and bookmarking "unorthodox legal theory" and "novel approach."

hey Mom can you come pick me up. yeah everyone on the niche microblogging website is arguing about who has the correct emotional posture to the unknowable future again

Watching a lot of #HeatedRivalry reaction videos on YouTube and all of them are

The speed with which I would put out if the right man sent me one of these . . .

If your heritage is from north of the Pyrenees & Alps but you now live in Los Angeles, the sun your ancestors embraced is gone and you are facing an angry orb that your ancestors never knew and which looks upon your skin without mercy. It may as well be poison. Wear real sunscreen.

Why do people say "mm-bye" when they end a phone call? I do it, and I've noticed other people do it, but I'm not sure why.

The tally so far: I can have three dolls, five pencils, one piece of chicken, one piece of broccoli, a corn tortilla, and one other thing. The new prosperity is quite an experience!

Update: I feels like he actually asked for lap time just now, and then when I picked him up he settled himself (rather than me persuading him to stay). He didn't stay long, but it definitely feels like we've entered new territory.

Why is Ernest Thesiger not in the conversation about Hollywood's great sissies more often?

Ishmael heard about your mom 🐋

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Good reminder from this state highway!

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When I think of the career-ending scrutiny Biden faced for being befuddled in a debate . . . What I wouldn't give for an iota of that being applied to the current president.

I had to look up Lizardman's Constant: the 4% of people who will tell a pollster lizard people are taking over the world, ie the minimum answer you will get for even the most absurd question.

Currently I am switching between @audrelawdamercy.bsky.social's The Originalism Trap and the Heated Rivalry books. Really captures our current moment. Enjoying both very much, though I am a little distracted by some differences between Heated Rivalry the book and the TV show.

Important information! Speed 3.6 on this treadmill is the perfect speed to practice your runway walk to Beyoncé’s “Pure/Honey.” Proceed accordingly.

Poetry. “I don’t feel as though fate looks upon you often, and when it does, you better be ready to seize the opportunity. And today I think I did that.”

A young Gayer Than Thou played the oboe, as well as the flute and bassoon. All badly, but all with love. (The only reason I didn’t play the English horn is because there wasn’t one in the entire school district.)

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Just a reminder that you've never seen a Calvin & Hobbes animated movie or cartoon is because Bill Watterson didn't want to give Hobbes a voice so he could always live inside your head exactly the way you imagined him. And to this day you have no idea who he ever has voted for. But you can guess.

I see that 9 to 5 is on tonight. Not sure if I'll make it, but it made me think, for some reason, of this absolutely lovely bluegrass version of I Get a Kick Out of You by Dolly Parton.

Long before I knew that Kay Francis existed, I had an idea of 30s glamor that I now see was nevertheless completely informed by her. I'm grateful to TCM and #TCMParty for introducing me to her.

The classical station has been playing Beethoven’s Fourth lately. I hadn’t listened to it much before this, but I gotta say it’s growing on me.

First Amendment takes a long drag on its cigarette, pours itself another drink, and stares out the window.

I’ve long had a theory that if you are an animal whose offspring require a lot of adult attention and care and you are also a very social species that uses sex as a way to form bonds, it makes good sense for individuals to be oriented towards same-sex behavior.

This drop waist silhouette is really flattering for Doris. #RomanceOnTheHighSeas #TCMParty

Uncle! Why are you hiding in the closet? #IfIHadADime #RomanceOnTheHighSeas #TCMParty

I love this purple on the lady on the phone. #RomanceOnTheHighSeas #TCMParty

Jack Carson’s gonna be all “And she gave the performance of her life.” #RomanceOnTheHighSeas #TCMParty

Uh girl . . . that hat is A CHOICE. #RomanceOnTheHighSeas #TCMParty

Maybe shipping Oscar Levant and Jack Carson . . . ? #RomanceOnTheHighSeas #TCMParty

Bess Flowers is in #RomanceOnTheHighSeas. #TCMParty

I feel like I may have blocked the memory of this number. #RomanceOnTheHighSeas #TCMParty

I see you, gay telegram guy. #RomanceOnTheHighSeas #TCMParty

Jack Carson has a certain charm, but I can’t imagine getting all moony over him. #RomanceOnTheHighSeas #TCMParty

Honestly kind of into the idea of Oscar Levant and Doris Day. #RomanceOnTheHighSeas #TCMParty

Of the principal cast of #RomanceOnTheHighSeas, Doris Day is the only one who was ever nominated; she was nominated for Best Actress for Pillow Talk. #TCMParty

#RomanceOnTheHighSeas was edited by Rudi Fehr. He also edited Key Largo, House of Wax, and Dial M for Murder. He was nominated once, for Prizzi’s Honor; he shared the nomination with his daughter, Kaja Fehr. #TCMParty

#RomanceOnTheHighSeas was written by Julius Epstein. He was nominated for four writing Oscars. He won once for a WWII movie set in a nightclub in North Africa, but you’ve probably never heard of it. #TCMParty

This seems like it might’ve been an expensive movie to produce: lots of sets and lots of extras. #RomanceOnTheHighSeas #TCMParty