I don't drink to forget. I drink to forgive.

Jeez, why does Fox have to make EVERYTHING about 9/11

SUPERGIRL is a disaster girl with eldest sister syndrome I will not be taking questions at this time

Took the family to go see SUPERGIRL. Don't believe the haters, it's a fun movie.

This beefy little story in @diabolicalplots.com by @kurtpankau.com is a pure protein shot for your mood www.diabolicalplots.com/dp-fiction-8...

Yesterday I shared a 4th-of-July-Counter-Programming playlist that I'd made a few years ago. A friend had some ideas for other songs to include and that spurred me to make a new one for this year that's more focused on war. open.spotify.com/playlist/1IE...

To my fellow Americans who find the prospect of "a boot in your ass" a super cringy way to be patriotic... open.spotify.com/playlist/63N...

The weekend cannot get here fast enough. Which is saying something, because for me it will be here in about 18 hours.

Okay, I was being a little dramatic here

Anybody else here up too late and awake and drunk and just desperate for some indication that they're not alone in this scary world? Just me?

I can only assume that the owner of this vehicle has enormous genitals

Me: "Who was your favorite Greek Titan?" Etta James: "Atlaaaaaaaaaas"

LinkedIn, I'm not going to try to solve your dang puzzles, so stop emailing me. You're just trying to feed my habit at this point.

We decided to rewatch JUNO this evening, and it holds up pretty well. I forgot how much I liked the music in it.

The US, less so

Madam, it is June

Here's an un-paywalled version, because I think this is an article every American, and possibly every English-speaker, needs to read. archive.ph/WvW1F

If I were an action hero, this is what I’d say to the bad guy before the kill shot.

Flight 69 ready to board

This bathroom has opinions, y'all

"Guess what?" "What" "Angel butt"

My "intro to programming" professor basically convinced me that I would never be a programmer. Probably set my career behind by five years

Happy Pride Month to those who celebrate 🩷💛🩵

What do they say in Belgium when you sneeze?

This is probably some kind of metaphor

In case of attack by a tentacle monster, don't use the elevator, but DO push buttons, spool thread, and use canopic jars

True story: for about three days I was in a Christian ska band called The Flying Buttresses. "Ska" was, sadly, purely aspirational.

Last Post ceremony at Mesenpoort

We did a WWI tour in and around Ypres today. It was sobering.

Annual Horse Show of Les Gardes Republicains. Not pictured: the multiple street sweepers trailing and cleaning up horse poo.

Per the googles, this is a Citrëon C3

I don't know what kind of car this is, but it's very cute

I am tourist

If you were worried that the tourist shops on the Seine wouldn't have novelty condoms, have I got some good news for you!

The subconscious is fun. I was doing the crossword and one of the answers was PINA COLADA. I figured it out because I suddenly had "Escape (The Piña Colada Song)" stuck in my head, implying that part of my brain had solved the clue without me being fully aware of it. So that happened.

The future feminists want #sarcasm #feminism #makingFunOfPeopleWhoSayThisKindOfThing

Give me liberty or give me a photo of a painting of a personification of liberty!

Hotel room, assemble!

My children. Palace of Versailles for scale.

On a wall in Paris

I played a bunch of board games over the weekend. Here's what I thought! www.kurtpankau.com/2026/05/geek...

If you want to know how my mental health is today, I just spent a non-trivial amount of time trying to remember what application you use to open a PowerPoint deck.

New on the blog, my reaction to PREDATOR: BADLANDS tl;dr: It's not bad, but I didn't like it

Sharing again, my hack for dealing with DST with kids Sat: bedtime is 20 min early Sun: bedtime is 20 min late You're welcome

Today is a good day. You know why? Because it's New Strings Day. New Strings Day is always a good day!

Me: "I'm not anti-meeting. It's the number of them that gets to me. I get tired of sitting. If you spend five or six hours a day on video calls—even if they're really productive—it's just exhausting!" My therapist: "Oh, I know"

Oh, ffs

🎵 It's a quarter after one, I'm a little drunk and that's all, send skeet 🎵

Hey folks, quick blog post about my current obsession: The Lord of the Rings Trick-Taking Game! www.kurtpankau.com/2025/11/stra...

Big mood right now