Succession and Dark both ended strongly.

Same same. I even liked Ghost Dad when I was a kid!

Happy birthday to Nicolas Cage, who played chess between murders in Kill Chain (2019).

Chevron CEO Sure In Good Mood This Week https://theonion.com/chevron-ceo-sure-in-good-mood-this-week/

It's Three Kings Day! There were some presents for me. (For some reason, the Kings wrote my wife's name on the presents)

One for all of the mojito fiends out there.

Literally a publication for eight-year olds 40 years ago

Did this myself a few months ago.

repost to give those 2 or 3 followers who always like your weird posts a little forehead kiss & a grilled cheese cut diagonally

Still seems right.

This past Christmas, my wife turned me into an old-timey who listens to records. Here's my latest addition.

OK. Kidnapping the President of Venezuela was not on the list. I do wonder, however, if this is was authorized by Stephen Miller just doing a Trump voice.

In the new year, I decided to switch to a longer time control. I guess I'm more comfortable at that speed!

Definitely one of my faves from this last year.

This is the experience of watching the Stranger Things finale:

This New Year, I feel like 2027 is going to be my year.

As 2025 comes to a close, we’re all reflecting upon how this past year has been the longest 10 years of our lives. Perhaps it would also be fun to look forward to the next year and predict what wonderful surprises the world has in store for all of us. Here are my predictions:

My kid: “I’ve read the Calvin and Hobbes books we have a million times. Can we go to the bookstore and get more!” Me: … My kid: “Why are you looking at me like that?”

31 Dec 2025

As 2025 comes to a close, we’re all reflecting upon how this past year has been the longest 10 years of our lives. Perhaps it would also be fun to look forward to the next year and predict what wonderful surprises the world has in store for all of us. Here are my predictions:

if you are feeling down today just remember: thistle wearing a hat

Thinking about having a New Year's party, but I'm a busy person, so maybe I'll just have A.I. summarize it instead.

Dredd pin up poster I did a couple of years back for cork comic con.

Nancy Wheeler: I hate The Clash Jonathan Byers: I hate reading your articles. Jesus. Jonathan went for blood.

Latest: RFK Jr now claims The Upside Down created by a lab leak.

I see Teslas on the road where they've removed the logo from the car. 🙄

"This move is part of a larger strategy of market disruption. We’re finding things that people love, from sporting events like golf, soccer, and Formula 1 to live entertainment like comedy festivals, and we’re making deals to take that away from you or to make you pay a new subscription fee.”

My dog is big mad that the property maintenance people are plowing and shoveling all the snow. I'm like, they're here to help you get around and he's like, the castle is under siege!

feeling festive 😊 🎄

I have a new piece on @litoldladyhaha.bsky.social! If you've been enjoying this holiday season's crop of mergers and acquisitions, such as Paramount, CBS, and Warner Bros Discovery, this might be a fun read! Please check it out.

Me, sits down. Dog, coming from the other room, running: Oh, is this where we're sitting? I'm in!

The Criterion Channel is a great gift in and of itself. Additionally, it's a great gift if you want the recipient and everyone else to know that you have the best taste, which, after all, is the true spirit of Christmas.

Happy birthday to Ralph Fiennes, seen here brooding convincingly over a chess position in M Magazine in 2014.

⁨⁩People like monopoly because it implies that despite us heading inexorably to a monopoly status, once in the while the police will beat a rich guy with a truncheon.⁩ False hope!

Latest from DOJ: FBI agent who worked on Epstein files asks name in credits be changed to Alan Smithee.

"The Criterion Closet, in direct contravention of this administration’s priorities, acts as an expertly curated sanctuary for foreign films that are criminally difficult to find."

They say, "Write drunk. Edit sober." They also say no matter what you should write every day Now, they say I have this drinking problem.

My dog is a fan of when the Harlem Globetrotters guest on Scooby Doo.

You have no idea how entertaining this news is to comic nerds.

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It's fucked up people need Go Fund Me to pay for this shit, but I've donated and im gonna do my part to keep spreading the word. Jucika comics bring me a lot of joy, so i gotta help people who spread the word about it.

Epstein was clearly putting together a team of the most divorced men.

Hello, I hope my Blue Sky post finds you well. If not, that's fine. None of us are well here.

Saw Hamnet tonight at the world's most sadistic movie theater. Who turns the lights on immediately as the credits start rolling on the dead child movie? Everyone frantically trying to wipe the tears off their faces and pretend they didn't just spend the last two hours sobbing.

Chess Grandmaster Tired Of People Comparing Every Life Situation To Chess Match https://theonion.com/chess-grandmaster-tired-of-people-comparing-every-life-1819579235/

"Ultimately, we will find some excuse to force our way inside the Criterion Closet. It’s our patriotic duty, despite the lack of a warrant signed by a judge—immigration, MPAA, or otherwise."

Every time a lose an online chess game to a much lower rated player, it's obviously because my opponent was one of those YouTube IMs doing a speed run. Not because I played poorly!

RIP my Firefox usage.

They had these neat die cast mini-figs at Five Below tonight.