CURRENT READING Marjane Satrapi, PERSEPOLIS

Flyer on a signal pole in Redmond that fooled me at first glance. I'm not even mad

Here’s another one. “Bless your heart.” It’s low education for, “Go fuck yourself.”

Between Doja Cat calling Elon "u frog build looking bitch" whose "face look like it was drawn from memory" and Hunter Biden calling Jake Tapper "Brick Tamland" it's been a good week for internet burns

I feel weirdly guilty that barring a miracle I'm not going to finish LONESOME DOVE in the week left before Libby disappears it. In the 10 days since I posted about reading 150 pages in one day, I've only read another 100 pages (of 862). I feel like I've let it down. Stop judging me, book

I had an idea for a character who would be Mr. Snuffleupagus' no-good cousin, Mr. Fuckshitupabunch.

This is heartbreaking and inspiring and a great reason to repost one of my favorite songs ever, here's Kim Shattuck fronting The Muffs with "Sad Tomorrow"

Happy Ronald Reagan death day to all who celebrate 🥰

Oh, man. I just rewatched the "Surprise"/"Innocence" two-parter from Buffy s2 for the podcast. He was so wonderful.

Shout out to Charlie Kirk. His first pride month without saying anything homophobic. Proud of him.

Seth Rogen is remaking THE LITTLEST HOBO. @extrahotgreat.com is going to flip out over this

First of all, 79TH book?! Oh my stars and garters. But second, I used to be really into Garfield (I was 8 when it was first syndicated, of course I was), and I think I grew out of it when they started drawing his eyes all stretched-out like that, instead of as perfect circles. It's creepy-lookin'

I'm glad Seth Rogen ruined your fucking Kool-Aid movie

Nancy 6/4/26

Surprisingly I have never read PERSEPOLIS. That may be my project today. RIP

The 8th and last issue of FML is out so I'm rereading from the beginning and god dang I love Lydia. FML #3, w. @kellysue.bsky.social a. @davidlopez.me

Cool, Libby, cool cool cool. So, like... by Friday?

New favorite moment from WIDOW'S BAY

I've only ever answered one music thing on Bluesky with The Beatles (reposted below, including a burn on The Doors I didn't remember making and which made me laugh). My stance on The Beatles: of course I love The Beatles, they're the fucking Beatles. That's why I try to think of other answers

Post an album you have listened to 100 times Bonus difficulty level for me: no Who, no Petty

CYCLE OF HATE and then the pic is this

Watching this I kept thinking "Bob Mould should write a book." Turns out he did! Of course he did, I really should've known that. TO THE TOP OF THE READING LIST WITH YOU

This is delightful. One of the all-time greats, Bob Mould, telling stories about his musical influences and experiences in a New York street interview for nine and a half minutes. At the end he pulls in a random passerby to talk about Bowie. Bonus for Tom: mention of The Who

Oh my god I'm not going to have time to watch WIDOW'S BAY for several hours and I am SO CRANKY about it, especially since I understand it's a Patricia episode. Give me patience, Patricia

Recently discovered @overduepod.bsky.social ("a podcast about the books you've been meaning to read"), and started combing through the archives. Of course, Wodehouse leapt out at me. Andrew sums up the Bertie & Jeeves series succinctly and accurately: "Bertie has stupid friends."

I'm glad Seth Rogen ruined your fucking Kool-Aid movie

I'm only reposting this because it lists The Who twice, that's my kind of concert!

I read THE PRETTIEST STAR for the first time yesterday, which led me to BAD DREAM: A DREAMER STORY, then HAWKGIRL: ONCE UPON A GALAXY and today I'll get to AS THE WORLD FALLS DOWN. Galaxy is great, go read those books! #happypride

Reading a comic from a few years ago and an ad reminded me: did you remember there was a movie about Blue Beetle? Like seriously, A WHOLE MOVIE. That really happened. They made an entire feature-length film about Blue Beetle, and then nobody ever talked about it ever again. Susan Sarandon was in it!

Welp, guess it's time for another reread of SAM & MAX by @stevepurcell.bsky.social (as if I needed much of a reason)

76 degrees, slight cool breeze, tumbly full of burgers & ice cream, Tom Petty playing... My ideal day. You belong among the wildflowers

First BBQ of the season, a beauty of a day at Angle Lake

Wall of seven-letter-word license plates on the wall of the parking structure at the Bellevue Library

RECENT READING Joshua Barkman @falseknees.bsky.social FALSE KNEES. I didn't give up on LONESOME DOVE. In fact I read 150 pages yesterday. It's very good. But I took a quick detour into this tremendously funny and beautifully illustrated collection of comics. I loved it. Great entertainment!

Maybe tomorrow (Joshua Barkman @falseknees.bsky.social FALSE KNEES: AN ILLUSTRATED GUIDE TO ANIMAL BEHAVIOR)

Share a panel that always makes you laugh Here, have four! Call me basic, but I love the classics. 1) SPIDER-MAN AND THE X-MEN, w. @elliottkalan.bsky.social a. @marcofaillacomics.bsky.social 2) BONE, @jeffsmithsbone.bsky.social 3) MILK AND CHEESE, @evandorkin.bsky.social 4) THE TICK, Ben Edlund

CURRENT READING (or maybe not) Larry McMurtry, LONESOME DOVE. A foreword by Taylor Sheridan is bad enough, no thank you to that. But there's a 2010 preface by McMurtry that literally spoils [MAJOR THING], which is a real fucking shitty thing to do to a first time reader. I'm already soured on this

Art installation at the Seattle U(niversity) District light rail station. Video screens in window frames and fire escapes that make it feel like you're spying into people's apartments. It's so cool

Found where your mom works

Is this what we're doing this morning? We're doing stupid fucking takes? And then gloating that disagreement = confirmation?

The movie ROBOCOP has become self-aware, and it knows I'm always watching

Always Watching

Actually you shouldn't run at all, and you should have honey in your pockets. I am not a bear.

@kcls.org sent me a survey about AI. I had some opinions

Well hell since @mcsweeneys.net reposted this I might as well link to the one and only time they published something I wrote