An important lesson for the glassblowers' union to heed:

I like to joke about how Jeopardy contestants remind me of particular show biz people, but this guy looked and sounded *really specifically* familiar, and I'm tickled to find out why!

I don't want to overstate the potential of copyediting as a site for anti-racist work, but this week I did successfully prevent another (white) editor from misidentifying a prominent Latino scholar as "Jose" when his name is actually Jason.

This is my problem with Nate Bargatze-- what has always prevented me from being a fan: For someone who has made a very successful living at public speaking, he's not a good public speaker.

Also shoebills! Tell me this isn’t a Muppet.

Also shoebills! Tell me this isn’t a Muppet.

also, what americans call "acetaminophen" is known in the uk as "paracetamol" hence the cute joke: q. why is it so hard to find headache pills in the jungle? a. because the parrots eat 'em all

idk if this will be useful to anyone at this moment, but just fyi: "lonely tylenol" is a palindrome

I didn't plan this, but here I am closing out the 21st night of September by listening to the Demi Adejuyigbe episode of Sleeping With Celebrities. [gentle whisper] ba-dee-ya...

Technologically advance a band: Queens of the Bronze Age

Hey if you're like "wow everything sucks for trans people I sure wish I can help out a trans-owned business that highlights trans artists and is working to provide a queer third space" now is your chance!

Congratulations to Joe Pera on his Jeopardy victory tonight 😉

An audiobook from the library, maybe by Stephen King, Ursula Le Guin, or T.C. Boyle I do not complain!

International Talk Like a Pirate Day ahoy! I usually don't observe, but I came up with this joke while half-awake one morning back in February and have been waiting for this occasion to post it: Q. What did the clinically depressed pirates name their ship? A. The S.S. Arrrr Aye 🏴‍☠️

“…you feel crazy ‘cause you’re searching for logic and coherence when like the incoherence IS the point. Fascism is a temper tantrum disguised as an ideology. It’s for whiny little emotional babies who feel sad and scared and instead of growing the fuck up, they make it everybody else’s problem.” 👈🏻

Yes YES The tiger is out ... No WAIT He's getting back in again Sort of ...

In this house, we use sex toys that obey the laws of geometry!

why would liberal arts college students do this?

A short story that I copyedited years ago has been adapted into a major motion picture that opens tomorrow. I'm one step closer to realizing this dream!

I'm seeing posts about how weak & fragile the regime must be if they feel offended & threatened by Kimmel. Maybe they do feel that way. But it seems just as likely to me that they don't care what Kimmel said per se; they're just using the Kirk hysteria as a pretext to make an example of Kimmel.

She later played Ross and Monica's mom on Friends!

Having actually played The Limerick Game on NPR's Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me!, I occasionally hear a news story that strikes me as perfect for it. We have shattering news to unload: That wine bottle is not up to code. For your safety, today, You must throw it away. Your prosecco is bound to ______.

Our bird feeder ran empty while we were away for the weekend and I came back to it’s camera roll full of disappointed looking birds

Having actually played The Limerick Game on NPR's Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me!, I occasionally hear a news story that strikes me as perfect for it. We have shattering news to unload: That wine bottle is not up to code. For your safety, today, You must throw it away. Your prosecco is bound to ______.

I recommend reading this aloud, doing your best impression of how a Rottweiler would make a pitch in front of a boardroom or something.

An Emmy nomination for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series is nice too, I guess 😉

I love it when multiple films I see within a span of a few months turn out to resonate with each other in ways I don't expect. Such is the case with Together (2025) and Twinless (2025). Both wrestle-- albeit in VERY different ways --with what it means for people to be attached to one another.

William Carlos Williams reading this poem:

William Carlos Williams reading this poem:

Seconded! I saw this show last month at (fittingly) a modern art museum in Massachusetts. My favorite parts: a story about transferring the soul of his old phone into a new phone ("I haven't been myself since the procedure," says the phone) and a minor but masterfully told anecdote about a smoothie.

Sometimes Asana will automatically generate an assignment for me that is just the word "copyedit" with no indication of what I'm supposed to copyedit. "What is this task about?" GOOD QUESTION, ASANA.

So far, my favorite thing about the new season of GBBO is how Nataliia pronounces "whippèd cream"

So far, my favorite thing about the new season of GBBO is how Nataliia pronounces "whippèd cream"

Doctors I trust more than RFK Jr.

Addendum: I just came home after a morning at the office and got a good, long look at the chipmunk (probably not this same one, but perhaps a relative) who has apparently been LIVING RENT-FREE INSIDE MY CONDO for God-knows-how-many weeks now.

More graffiti mischief, at the same restaurant Coincidence?

Update on this from the Boston Globe. This is great news!

Together (2025)

(TBH, though, this issue is the only thing that makes me feel sympathy for him: I genuinely wish, for the sake of the entire world, that his parents had loved him properly when he was a child.)

Frightened to death by a glimpse into a mirror in which he sees in his own face the disapproving glares of his never-satisfied mother and father

I assume it's a memorial event for our dear friend:

Oh, they actually do go on, in a later episode, to explain this nickname, and it turns out there's a bit more to it than this. But my point still stands. And having now seen the full first season, I daresay I love LONG STORY SHORT even more than BOJACK HORSEMAN. Which is saying a lot.

This post just helped me think of a much nicer ending to a short story I've been working on! All along I've planned for a scene where the teenage main characters dance to "Call Me Maybe" at a school dance, followed by a final scene where the boy kind of accidentally breaks the girl's heart...

This post just helped me think of a much nicer ending to a short story I've been working on! All along I've planned for a scene where the teenage main characters dance to "Call Me Maybe" at a school dance, followed by a final scene where the boy kind of accidentally breaks the girl's heart...

When I was little, my mom always got more excited about this than I did, because I didn't know who James Taylor was. But I've grown to appreciate it.

Nothing makes me feel more empowered than deciding to break a tiny little arbitrary rule that I set for myself in the first place. I told myself I shouldn't make berry crisp until September, but I'm gonna do it today, August 30. Take THAT, me!

You know how when you buy a lottery ticket it’s not just the (unlikely) chance that you’ll win but the time you get to spend imagining the first few things you’d do if you DID win? It’s like that.

When I was little, my mom always got more excited about this than I did, because I didn't know who James Taylor was. But I've grown to appreciate it.