*wakes up after sleeping go in on my day off* *checks the news* Looks like I’m rewatching The Godfather tonight. R.I.P. Robert Duvall.

D&D was another success. By that I mean my players apparently had fun with their time, and my time was spent half trying to kill them and the other half making @marysuesays.bsky.social regret certain life choices…

this is so fucking grim

Watching women’s curling, because reasons, and I just saw a commercial for Raisin Bran. Talking up the benefits of fiber in your diet. With their pitchman William Shatner. Who they called Will Shat. I… I got nothin’.

I think about how when they sang La Marseillaise they were still in the midst of a war they did not know they were going to win.

Mother of god… it’s beautiful.

The first time I watched Harold and Maude I was in my early 20’s. The last time I was about to turn 37. Watching it at 50 hits different. I wonder how it will feel to watch at 80?

Not entirely sure what this sort of double feature says about me, but after finishing Predator: Badlands, I’ve put on Harold and Maude.

Predator: Badlands came and went from the theater so fast I didn’t get a chance to see it until now. I’m about 1/3 of the way through, and so far so good.

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 :)

Legend…

I’m stuck at work until the delivery truck gets here, because they scheduled their dropoff for between 4 and 6 pm at a school the Friday before a 3 day weekend. I am not in a good mood…

An excelllent post on the impact of place, viewed through the lens of fantasy literature:

Bring the monstrance! KICK IN THE DOORS WITH THE MONSTRANCE! We are going OLD SCHOOL.

This is so culturally important, holy shit. And just COOL as fuck

In other words, the ramifications have already happened and it’s past time to clean up the mess…

One of my favorite things, and I’m going to miss it because of a prior comment. If you’re going to be there, touch some wood on my behalf…

*examines bucket list* Ah-ha! *ticks off "see a squirrel fart"*

Oh god damn it…

I swear, if Sony didn’t have the rights to Spider-Man locked up they’d be bankrupt.

Watching the mixed doubles gold medal replay, and remembering when I was unemployed during the Vancouver Olympics, and CNBC did Curling After Dark. Staying up until 2 am watching men’s and women’s round robin play is a mood I wouldn’t mind reliving.

The new voter suppression bill—called the "Save America Act"—would require 21 million American citizens to produce passports or birth certificates to register to vote. Most don't have these documents. This is a poll tax by another name. #StopTheSaveAct

I’m reminded of a time @marysuesays.bsky.social asked me why I was rolling d20s during a table conversation. 20 minutes later an NPC showed up dead.

Good morning, have you made your 5calls today? 5calls.org Protect our right to vote. Oppose the Save Act. They’re disregarding our constitutional rights, we need to protect our right to vote! 5calls.org #saveact #vote

I never noticed this either.

All the shame on Brett Favre ofc, but also, "I'm not familiar with X, I'm just going to watch what I know" is such an unbelievably sad way to live. The music, food, movies, literature, perspectives, ways to live, human connections across cultures; you're like "no I'm scared to feel." Uncurious tit.

Two weeks until the first match. Almost done, then.

Makes sense, ICE does routinely violate the penal code…

Put on The Fisher King tonight. Haven’t watched this since the 90’s, but the waltz in Grand Central is just as magical as I remembered.

"Tell me you know nothing about the Muppets without telling me you know nothing about the Muppets."

Just watched the latest Star Trek: Starfleet Academy episode, and as someone who still thinks DS9 is the best Trek, I’m sitting here all misty eyed. God damn that was a delight.

Just ordered. Because physical media is best, because being at the whims of streaming rights sucks, (do you know how much I would pay for the complete She-Ra on Blu-ray, Dreamworks? DO YOU?) and because I want this to do well so I can eventually buy a Crown of Candy/Ravening War boxed set.

"In the main, the alt-cast is meant to be Turning Point’s most defiant gesture yet, a massive middle finger to leftist values – and perhaps it would be if one of the Blackest shows on TV hadn’t pulled it off first and best." Cultural history is so damn important for countering their propaganda.

Ran across an interesting moment from an Archie cartoon.

One of the reasons I so greatly dislike the “can men and women be friends?” nonsense (yes, full stop, shut up) is that it casts suspicion on people with opposite-sex friends instead of where it more often belongs: on people with no opposite-sex friends.

When I die print this speech as a leaflet and mix my ashes in the ink…

How did I not know this? I didn't know AEW wrestler Brody King is doing a fundraiser for Mpls families affected by ICE. By selling variant comics covers. With comics artist Daniel Warren Johnson. Who is a fellow Chicagoan? And has raised $58K so far and is still going! headlockedcomic.bigcartel.com

*finishes the new Muppet Show episode* When’s the next one?

JUSTIFIED “FUCK ICE” CHANTS #AEWDynamite

Trying to figure out why the new Muppet Show felt slightly off, despite being as Muppets as it can possibly be. Turned out it was the aspect ratio. Put this in 4:1 and it would feel like an old episode.

Watching Grand Hotel for the first time. Greta Garbo just said the thing…

Imagine getting your ass handed to you by a group of kids that includes someone wearing a "choose kindness always" hoodie.

As an Eagle Scout, let me say this is an opportunity for Scouting America to stop having a partnership with the U.S. Military.

Great story, with possibly the greatest author's disclosure of all time: "Disclosure: Prior to his election, the author was Councilor Green’s DM in a Dungeons & Dragons campaign."

In 1946, cartoonist & illustrator Noel Sickles was sent by Life magazine to sketch the Nuremberg trials. Here is his sketch of the execution of Joachim Von Ribbentrop, who claimed at trial that his boss had made all of the important decisions, & that he was only following orders.

I was JUST there…

When will we get our Animaniacs Blu-Ray release, Spielberg?

You know what, folks? I’m happy…

every news day is like: "random billionaire actually pedophile hitler" then you go over to new york and it's like "zohran mamdani saves 20,000 puppies from puppy crusher machine and hands them out to all the people of new york"

This is one of those "so freakin' obvious why didn't it happen years ago" fantastic ideas.