Friday doodle.

Lunchtime doodle.

Lunchtime doodle.

My son’s portrait of me as a banana.

5th grader caption contest entry.

We celebrate the good, too. The Mountain is out. And the animated film. A transportive reminder of the boundless world we’re all lucky to be conscious of beyond the steady diet of bile these algorithms keep feeding us. #Gorillaz

I was numbed so it didn't hurt like that scene in M3GAN.

Afternoon doodle.

Remembering this great Robert Carradine moment from The Big Red One, where he played cigar chomping Sam Fuller when he was a private in WWII, who also directed him in this scene. "I wrote it, Babyface." RIP.

Saw the 2nd to last show. The demon barber’s blade made blood petals fly from necks. Leslie Margherita was such a great Mrs. Lovett. In utter awe of her. I have never seen a better “a Little Priest,” which felt especially timely. Eminently practical. And yet appropriate as always.

Yesterday in the rain I got a glimpse into the puddle dimension.

Let’s flood the timelines with our favorite Duvall moments. For a day all feeds everywhere should be nothing but Duvall. RIP

Saw Nirvanna the Band the Show the Movie knowing nothing about it. Loved it. Constantly surprising. Amazed at how it the filmmakers pulled it off. It’s a this-is-why-I-love-going-to-movies movie that I want to tell everyone about. Go see it.

Morning confession.

I just really love this way of commuting to work.

Decided to read this book again. If you’ve never read it and you live in America, you should read it too, especially after today.

Lumpy will save us all.

Lumpy. "He dates to the 8th Century in China where he was considered sacred."

Fun fact.

We lost Buster today.

At Burbank City Hall to protest the ICE killings of lawful protesters and the enormous lie that ICE is deporting criminals and somehow “making us safe” when it’s the exact opposite. I think my son’s sign says it best. #AbolishICE

Strange New Worlds got 4 Saturn noms! 🪐🪐🪐🪐

I will live a long, prosperous life.

Reason no. 3761 I do the xword: the occasional bits of mind blowing inspiration I come across while solving. #AwesomelySimple

In the park with my family trying to do the crossword and this is all I can think about.

Re: the comments of my recent X post

Arguably the most vile human on the planet is taking time away from facilitating the shooting, beating, blinding, and kidnapping of a populace to trash Star Trek. For reasons that are nakedly racist, misogynist, and intolerant. Which means you should watch and support Star Trek.

It’s always a good week when a new Star Trek premieres. I haven’t seen Starfleet Academy yet but can’t wait for it. Excited for my friends who’ve been working on this for years to have their creative and technical labor of love out in the galaxy finally.

JD Vance hates democracy.

Well it only took six years but looks like it’s nearly time for a Kipo Funko Pop fix!

Among his many far worse offenses, it’s worth noting the President is a fugitive of linguistics and belongs in pun jail.

2026 is already looking up.

The Stranger Things finale ranks up with some of the best series finales of all time. Great TV worthy of the theater I just saw it in, and infinitely rewarding for anyone who’s followed the show from the first campaign in Mike Wheeler’s basement.

I processed my 2025

And that’s a wrap of principal photography for Strange New Worlds! It’s been an honor to write for all five seasons of this show. Maybe weird to be writing this when we still have two more seasons coming out? They’re good I hope you’ll watch no I don’t know when they’ll air xo🖖🏻

The president hates democracy so much he mocks the murder of a cultural icon, and the many millions of Americans mourning him and hurting from this unspeakable tragedy, because that man dared to believe in democracy and use it to oppose him.

It’s too sad to comprehend. But let’s marvel at how soulful and moving his films were, whether comedy or drama. They connected generations together. And he directed one of the greatest swordfights in movie history. As thrilling as any lightsaber duel, and ten times as funny.

This is really bad!

The other night I got to be a part of this very cool event for the Life After Cars book tour. Thank you to the authors Doug Gordon and Sarah Goodyear for inviting me! Everyone should buy their book and have their minds opened to the tyranny of car culture and the toll it takes on all of us.

Tickets are still available for our only live show in Los Angeles: Monday, November 17 at Dynasty Typewriter with guests @awalkerinla.bsky.social and @billwearsties.bsky.social. Don't miss out! www.dynastytypewriter.com/calendar-squ...

1989's Balance could just as easily be the Chuck Schumer Cautionary Tale. Or "How To Lose Leverage, Voter Good Will, and Your Whole Caucus While Staying At The Top."

Cool to be included in this article on being car free in this business. I’ve been bike commuting with transit to writers rooms for twenty years now.

A lot of rich people spent a lot of money to stop a mayor who would prioritize working people for once. But the most populous city in America wanted him anyway and won!

Just finished reading this incredible book about the hold car culture has on us, and how we can break free from it. Honored to be on this panel with the inspiring and visionary authors! @thewaroncars.bsky.social

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Happy Halloween from Leatherface, Caterpillar, and Al!

Nikole Hannah-Jones put a spotlight on how much Trump and his puppeteers have been rolling back hard fought civil rights by conflating civil rights with DEI, and why this is really bad. Feels like we should all be paying close attention to this! From The Daily podcast.

Waking up to the president posting an AI video of him using a top gun jet to take a shit all over Americans exercising their constitutional rights is a great way to remind us all of what a piece of shit he is. Not that we needed it.

Michele Mulroney, WGA @wgawest.bsky.social president, speaking out against government censorship at the DTLA #NoKings Rally. PART 1 #WGAStrong

At the #NoKings rally for too many reasons to count. A big one is I believe in our democracy and the power of the people to stand up for it, even against the rich and powerful.