There's nothing like the dread that accompanies a senior relative asking you for tech support.

"I can see the birds in different songs"

*checks notes* oh shit I haven’t been taking notes, where are my notes

I ate a cookie. It was good.

6th grade, last day of the grading period. Teachers gathered three classes together and told us we were going to watch a Laserdisc about molds and funguses, and we all groaned. They pressed play... It was the Disney adventure movie White Fang! Gasps and cheers! A brilliant prank.

I hate cold-calling anyone, but I just called the offices of both of my senators and my representative to tell them they have to do something to stop our out-of-control president. Will it work? I don't know. But it feels more active than complaining on social media. I encourage you to do the same.

Last night I flipped through some borrowed DVDs I've been meaning to return and decided to watch Intolerable Cruelty. The DP was Roger Deakins. Tonight I scrolled through my streaming watchlist and arbitrarily decided to watch In Time. The DP was Roger Deakins! What are the chances?!

Last night I had breakfast for dinner. JEALOUS?

When will we get a scripted six-episode streaming series dramatization of the Max Headroom pirate broadcast incident? It feels inevitable.

I stumbled upon this thread last night after a long day and it gave me some very appreciated chuckles.

This does not inspire a great deal of confidence in the quality of the comedy.

The Armadillo in a Tutu is EVERYWHERE! Disney even increased their presence in Muppets Most Wanted! Listen to the new version of the song here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=WndI...

Breaking News: Muppets Studio is taking Seth Rogen's joke about the armadillo in a tutu being "not canon" seriously and editing them into old Muppet Show episodes. www.toughpigs.com/armadillo-tms/

The new Superman/Spider-Man comic is good! I like that they don't take time trying to explain how and why the characters are interacting; they just exist in the same world...

I'm the host of this!

Leonardo da Vinci on TikTok posting "POV: The Last Supper"

I think we need to celebrate the death of Sora a bit more. This is a technology that, just MONTHS AGO, we were being told was going to literally destroy Hollywood and Disney was going to give them a BILLION DOLLARS and NONE OF THAT EVEN REMOTELY HAPPENED

Oh, you sweet summer sausage

I have an update: It was commercials that convinced our friends to see Project Hail Mary in the theater, with the Super Bowl commercial being the thing that put them over the top. It gave the impression that it was the kind of blockbuster they used to love seeing in theaters. So there you have it.

just this week: -- OpenAI killed Sora -- Disney subsequently cancelled its investment in OpenAI -- Wikipedia is now banning LLM-generated content ...tell me again how this is all "inevitable" and you have to "get on board or get left behind"?

Gavin Newsom sucks.

Today in "How do normal people think about movies?" Staci and I know a couple who went to see Project Hail Mary. (I haven't seen it. No spoilers!) They hadn't seen a movie in a theater since... Well, probably since we took them to see Mission: Impossible - Fallout in 2018. (They live in a

GOOD! But ugh, what a world we live in that this was "popular" despite allowing "racist and violent content."

Fraggle Rock was created with the intention to bring an end to war. Unfortunately, it seems that the world still has a lot to learn from Fraggle Rock. www.toughpigs.com/war-peace-fr...

My son, Cookie Monster, is so based he would just ask for cookies when we went to a library on Sesame Street. This would always stun the librarian, as he had never heard anyone actually ask for cookies!

Reminder: You DON'T have to share posts or screenshots of posts or videos in which awful people are expressing disgusting opinions. Even if your intention is to say "Hey, look at how horrible this person is!" you're still spreading their horrible message.

The President of the United States said I insulted Jesus. You want to know what insults Jesus? Kicking the sick off their healthcare. Bombing schoolchildren in Iran. Deporting moms and babies. Covering up the Epstein files.

I completely agree with this article by my friend Jarrod. "Elmo vs. Rocco" was funny when it was a weird joke employed sporadically, but now it's played out.

If you’re a Quest user PLEASE log out of Meta Horizon Worlds before June 15 or you’ll be trapped in there forever

I ordered lemonade at Raising Cane's. It was green. They said it was for St. Patrick's Day, but that would be a pretty convenient excuse to cover for a science experiment gone wrong in the kitchen.

While we're talking casting, the past tense is "cast," not "casted." Pass this along, and save lives.

Will Conan O'Brien "pierce the veil" at tonight's Oscars and summon Bob Hope, Johnny Carson, David Niven, '90s Billy Crystal, and a host from the future to join him onstage? (If they do this gag, remember I predicted it!)

Doing that pre-Oscars catch-up! #Letterboxd

Did any futurists from decades ago predict that someday all TV commercials would be for either insurance or prescription drugs?

I finally lost my shit about so-called AIs, LLMs, enshittification & everything fucking evil that @officialgrammarly.bsky.social is doing. I'm fucking furious, and not just about what 1 company has done. An open letter to Grammarly & the rest of the LLM hype machine www.moryan.com/an-open-lett...

When I was taking notes for this podcast recording, I didn't think of myself as a Dr. Phil Van Neuter fan. By the end of the recording, I had made up my mind: Dr. Phil Van Neuter is a good Muppet character.

Truly a perfect news alert

James Talarico: No one's ever asked me about the cost of housing. The only thing the media wants to ask me about are trans athletes. The only minority destroying this country is the billionaires. Trans people are 1% of the population. We are focused on the wrong 1%.

I can think of a few people who still care about ballet and opera...

Costco hot dogs are good hot dogs.

The end of this sentence doesn't exi

I watched every episode of Firefly that aired and saw Serenity in its theatrical release. My feelings about it are more complicated now because of Joss Whedon. If the rumors of a revival are true, I can't say I'd be very excited about it. Especially because how many of these revivals have been good?

Innuendo and violence are nothing new for the Muppets. My friend Meagan assembled this great list of examples to prove it!

Dutch Bros gave me a Sour Punch straw with my drink. It wilted.

I voted early! Ram Man and I encourage all of you to vote whenever you can!

Reminder: You don't have to share posts or screenshots of posts or videos in which awful people are expressing disgusting opinions. Even if your intention is to say "Hey, look at how horrible this person is!" you're still spreading their horrible message.

Often, when I hear a song from the '70s or earlier, I'll say "Oh yeah, they did this on The Muppet Show!" I'm happy to report that the same thing just happened but the song was "Blinding Lights" by The Weeknd.

Want to feel old? Babies who were born the day Alanis Morissette released her cover of "My Humps" will be turning 19 this year.

I wrote this.