Has anyone else had issues of talking about #slystone and having people ask "do you mean Stallone?" No, I do not mean the writer-actor-director famous for characters who are big and tough with a big heart and a propensity to express their emotions through violence. I mean the […]

T.J. never wore the Wingéd Wheel, but I always enjoyed watching him play #hockey even when he was making things difficult for my beloved #redwings. I hope he continues to have a presence in the #nhl because he seems like a decent guy who is good for the game […]

Some of my best pictures from the Grand Canyon. A lot better than the last time I was there when I was too hungover to look over the edge and ended up taking pictures of people taking pictures of the canyon. (And that was the beginning of a lifelong love for what I know call #photothephotog, but […]

An algorithm just introduced me to #turnstile, and they're right that I like them, but that might be because they're so thoroughly derivative of #janesaddiction that I wondered if #perryfarrell was actually singing on a track or two

Elon Musk saying we need a third party to represent the 80% of Americans in the center of American politics is like saying 6 and 6:30 are both bad times for lunch so let's eat at 6:15 instead

Nothing quite like reffing a game on crap ice to make you appreciate Mr. Zamboni's genius. #hockey #ice #beerleague #ref

I'm listening to /Theatro/, Willie Nelson's album produced by Daniel Lanois. a funny thing happened listening to "The Maker:" first there's a lyric about Jean Baptiste, then two versus later one about Brother John. And here I'm thinking "was John Batiste playing professionally when they made […]

Paranoid Android Oh, wait, never mind. #makeasongartificial #hashtaggames

Not sure how Douglass Adams spelled her name, so I tried both. As is so often the case, the #nytspellingbee editors have let me down.

It's a good spring for wildflowers near Solvang, CA this year.

Apparently Apple hasn't fixed the Mac OS Photos issue I've had with this M4 chip, because everything is up-to-date and it's still not working. It seems to me other people are having the same, or similar, problems, but the Apple Support team has closed all their threads after "solving" them in a […]

One of the great things about being a parent: kids often ask questions adults don't, simply because the adult thinks they know. My kid just asked why "consistency" is used for something like the texture of cookie dough. It turns out that meaning of the word is older than the one we hear more […]

Ok, I might stop after this one: The new Pope has a degree in mathematics from Villanova University. This guy doesn’t just understand sin. He understands cos.

Bill of Confusion #financeasongorpoem #hashtaggames

Kind of a little thing, I know, but I just love the #mapleleafs fans. They actually know the game and respond appropriately. I went to so many games in SoCal* where the fans would go absolutely bananas at anything resembling a scoring chance and then were *so* disappointed when their 4th line […]

I'm doing some coding for the first time in... well.... it's been a minute. Feels good, but damn I'm spending a lot of time doing stupid little things like setting up my github credentials and remembering how to code and stuff

I can't be the only one who was busy watching the Golden Retriever trying to get away to run with the smaller black dog, thus missing a big part of #tadejpogacar's big move. #cycling #liegebastogneliege https://youtube.com/clip/UgkxJ0OcC-W4yicoP2-GR5kGDWGoE7KN4Na7?si=oK9AT9UeRSpJ97hU

I'll take "products that were better analog" for $600, please, Alex.

[uspol] So, wait. Let me get this straight. We have 145% tariffs on all imports from China because of "various elements" of fentanyl? Or is it because the Oval Office has various elements of fentanyl in the desk drawers?

Never mind that our media's obsession with the Papacy is a little weird, but I just saw someone claiming to have "live coverage of the passing of Pope Francis" and pictured a camera team in the morgue.

A guy I work with, an unashamed Trump supporter, thought Trump's pushmepullme tariff move was "kinda brilliant." More like kinda selfish trying to save himself from totally stupid. https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/18/us/politics/trump-bonds-tariffs.html?smid=nytcore-android-share

The network is unstable? How do you think I feel?

This golf course typically recovers from winter conditions primarily with snow melt. No snow still in the mountains, and still not recovered. Yikes.

All's fair in love, the #thursday #NYTimesCrossword and the #proCycling #springClassics. @soaproot#thursday#nytimescrossword#procycling#springclassicsws the Thursday crossword. As for cycling: in stage races, it's considered uncool to attack one of the race leaders when they've been involved in a crash or had a mechanical. In the spring […]

My deep admiration for all things Mark Mothersbaugh is at a new high based on The Residence. He plays with genre and weaves them together so brilliantly in that score. As he does.

Last night, I was shocked awake by a song at wtf levels on my phone. Yes, my phone was close enough to touch, but I had my back to it.

Yes, those are and on my grocery list. Why do you ask?

Spring #cycling #classics in Flanders. Because who wouldn't want to race a road bike on cobblestones? Uphill? In the rain? Bueller? Bueller? Bueller?

#sicario 2 and 3? No thanks. The only reason I got through the first one was the whole #denisvilleneuve look and style. I'm still not sure I respect it, but at least his version was nuanced. What someone else would do after being hired by a studio trying to make bank off the first one? Not sure […]

There is some fantastic #curling going on in Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan, Canada right now.

I guess I'm entering the phase of life when heartthrobs of my puberty are dying. Rest in Peace, #valkilmer. You'll always be Iceman to me.

Let's get in good trouble. Thanks for the reminder,#corybooker

She got the bronze mine I got the shaft #medievalbreakupsongsorpoems #hasttaggames

I thought #google had "fixed" that #gulfofmexico bologna, only parenthetically listing the *wrong* name. Now if you start typing "Gulf of Mexico" the search window auto-populates to "Gulf of Mexico (Gulf of America)," but the map only has the spurious name. I know one Trump Tactic has been to […]

Is that a real gun being used to start a bike race? In Europe? https://youtube.com/clip/Ugkxbik3odlnGmRbEL8STXHDp7LSx76UBLft?si=UiWXb5gqhQouN7zK

#til a college athlete who is taking a year off playing while still practicing and taking classes is called a "redshirt" because in the 1930s a Nebraska Cornhusker practiced with the team to develop the skills to actually make the team and wore a practice jersey, which was red for everyone, with […]

Third Hand Angst (n) • The stress you feel when someone close to you unloads their anxiety about the state of the world after they've been doom scrolling. • Also a good band name.

I just learned about #airporttheory … pff. Back before 9-11 we were "dropping off" our rental car at the red curb 15 minutes before the flight, bags to check, and a lit joint in our mouth and we just called it "going to the airport." Although I would recommend, even in the good old days, *not* […]

Sometimes when watching ads, it's hard to know which is worse: the product or the advertising strategy.

[uspol] How petty and small. And completely unsurprising. The kicker, for me, is that Trump extended his family's secret service protection when he left office, just as Biden did. https://www.npr.org/2025/03/18/g-s1-54407/trump-secret-service-protection-biden-adult-children

Confirmed: most shows are worth watching at least through the 3rd episode, because that's when any show hits it's stride. First one is often a pilot, done a year or longer before the second one, which is when the writing room, production team, cast and crew are getting to know each other. TBH […]

I need a new #wordpuzzle game. Been doing one of those swipy-swipy ones with 6 or 7 letters that you can only use once each and there are many reasons I want a different kind of word game. I already do a the #nytimescrossword and the other puzzles from them every day. Any suggestions?

This is arguably the funniest thing that has happened to me personally playing #beerleague #hockey. #headsdownhockey https://youtu.be/hpSovx4voHk

I think #themenu was quite brilliant, really. The ultimate #chaosmenu. It's on #netflix in the US until the end of March, not sure where sure after then, but worth finding if you're into the idea of a chaos menu in cinematic form.

Cleaning the hood of a professional kitchenprovides the "perfect" combination of acrpphobia and claustrophobia.

1950s Blue Ribband winning transatlantic liner the United States, having been stripped and lain unwanted, is being towed from Philadelphia to the Gulf of Mexico where it will be unceremoniously scuttled. If you were looking for a metaphor then this may be it.

I am, at present, still refusing to use the acronym the White House wants me to use for Elon Musk's chainsaw organization operating out of the White House because: (1) it's not a Department (b) the #altreich co-opted that "doge" meme years ago (iii) it's just fun to say GEU (Government […]

I probably shouldn't tag too much into this, especially since it's only Tuesday, but I kinda agree with the #nytimes games apps assessment that I am "slower than average" this week

#zeroday on the #netflix with the innimmitable #robertdeniro. Yes. One thousand times yes. They didn't need the flash-forward hook in the cold open (which is almost as tired and lazy as it-was-all-a-dream endings), but they hooked me in Act I of episode 1.