. @identitytheory.bsky.social published my very first short story a few years ago, and gave me the confidence to keep writing. So grateful that they found a place for my latest one, “A Good Cause.”

Exciting to be part of this tomorrow at @busboysandpoets.bsky.social!

Thank you @matchbooklitmag.bsky.social! Incredibly thrilled to be on this list. And here's the story: www.matchbooklitmag.com/mb/fatemi/th...

I'm taking a short detox from social media, so this’ll be the last lyric for a bit. Back soon! But until then, take it easy. Song Lyric of the Day #1,510: “We may lose and we may win / Though we will never be here again” www.youtube.com/watch?v=5igD...

Song Lyric of the Day #1,509: “Oh, when darkness comes / And pain is all around / Like a bridge over troubled water / I will lay me down” www.youtube.com/watch?v=4G-Y...

Look, I work in DC so I’m not one to talk. But still. Get it together. Song Lyric of the Day #1,508: “New York, I love you but you’re bringing me down” www.youtube.com/watch?v=c5kM...

Every month is Black History Month here at SLOTD HQ, but especially in February. Let’s go way back with Song Lyric of the Day #1,507: “Born under a bad sign / Been down since I began to crawl / If it wasn't for bad luck / You know I wouldn't have no luck at all” www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Py3...

85 candles today for the one and only Smokey Robinson. Song Lyric of the Day #1,506: “Now if there’s a smile on my face / It’s only there trying to fool the public / But when it comes down to fooling you / Now honey that’s quite a different subject” www.youtube.com/watch?v=tcd9...

All hope is not lost. Spring training has begun and my Washington Nationals are still undefeated. Song Lyric of the Day #1,505: “Put me in, coach / I’m ready to play today / Look at me, I can be centerfield” www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xq3h...

Happy Presidents of the United States of America Day to all who celebrate! Song Lyric of the Day #1,504: “If I had my little way, I’d eat peaches every day” www.youtube.com/watch?v=3GCr...

In more ways than one, sadly. Song Lyric of the Day #1,503: “The sandy beaches drift in time / And the changing tide I know / Won’t bring me back to yesterday / And the Gulf of Mexico” www.youtube.com/watch?v=u9tt...

HBD to Conor Oberst, your favorite songwriter’s favorite songwriter. Song Lyric of the Day #1,502: “Yours is the first face that I saw / I think I was blind before I met you / And I don't know where I am, I don't know where I've been / But I know where I want to go” www.youtube.com/watch?v=xUBY...

Happy Valentine’s Day! Song Lyric of the Day #1,501: “Cupid, draw back your bow / And let your arrow go / Straight to my lover’s heart for me, for me” www.youtube.com/watch?v=S28t...

1500!!! @rogan222.bsky.social has the perfect lyric to mark this historic occasion. Song Lyric of the Day #1,500: “1500 turned to a 15,000 / 1500 turned to a 30,000 / 1500 turned to a 50,000 / 1500 turned to a million dollas” genius.com/Rich-homie-q...

Let’s hear it for the big dogs! Congrats to Monty, the Giant Schnauzer who won Best in Show last night at the Westminster Dog Show. Song Lyric of the Day #1,499: “Move over little dog, ’cause the big dog’s moving in” www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Lza...

Hamilton Leithauser’s “Knockin’ Heart” is my favorite new song of the year so far. Song Lyric of the Day #1,498: “From the courtship to the chapel / From the branches to the apple / To the elegy in the bone yard / You’ll be knockin’ in my heart” www.youtube.com/watch?v=5OqM...

No more new pennies??? That wouldn’t be a problem for CCR. Song Lyric of the Day #1,497: “You don’t need a penny just to hang around / But if you’ve got a nickel, won’t you lay your money down?” www.youtube.com/watch?v=clJb...

Eagles vs. Chiefs? I’m rooting for the halftime show. Song Lyric of the Day #1,496: “Sit down / Be humble” www.youtube.com/watch?v=tvTR...

Minnewaska State Park! I hike here every summer. Still haven’t spotted my innie. #severance

Until further notice, this is the lyric to beat for Slotty of the Year. Song Lyric of the Day #1,495: “I love you all the way to hell and back / I love you tied up on the train tracks / I love you clear as day and in the dark / I love you sleeping on my dead left arm” www.youtube.com/watch?v=aq3b...

Unlike at your grocery store, the price of song lyrics about eggs will never go up. And that’s my promise to you. Song Lyric of the Day #1,494: “I am the eggman” www.youtube.com/watch?v=AuCe...

I’m not crying, you’re crying. From Gillian Welch & David Rawlings’ Grammy-winning folk album, SLOTD #1,493: “I used to dream of something unseen / It was something that I thought I wanted so bad / Now I only want / What we had, what we had, what we had” www.youtube.com/watch?v=YPx1...

I’d like to thank my family, my producer and all my incredible fans for awarding the Grammy for best rock song to St. Vincent’s “Broken Man,” one of my faves of 2024. Song Lyric of the Day #1,492: “And what are you looking at? / Like you’ve never seen a broken man” www.youtube.com/watch?v=RYJx...

Let’s spotlight some of the other Grammy winners—not named Chappell, Kendrick or Beyoncé—starting with Sierra, who won FOUR. Song Lyric of the Day #1,491: “I’m American dreamin’ / But I never seem to get no rest” www.youtube.com/watch?v=V8e9...

The honors keep coming for Beyoncé. Last night, she finally gets her Grammy for album of the year. Today, Song Lyric of the Day #1,490: “Said I wouldn’t saddle up, but / If that ain’t country, tell me what is?” www.youtube.com/watch?v=m62T...

We'll close out Restaurant Week vegan style, with Song Lyric of the Day #1,489: “So what do you do? / Oh yeah, I wait tables, too / No, I haven’t heard your band / 'Cause you guys are pretty new” www.youtube.com/watch?v=CU3m...

As we continue our lyrical feast during Restaurant Week, @rogan222.bsky.social wins a Michelin star for requesting Song Lyric of the Day #1,488: “You do dinners at French Laundry in Napa Valley / Scallops and glasses of Dolce, that shit’s right up your alley” www.youtube.com/watch?v=FPUU...

Halfway through Restaurant Week and we’re not even close to full. @annietward.bsky.social wins, well, anything she wants for requesting Song Lyric of the Day #1,487: “You can get anything you want at Alice’s Restaurant / Excepting Alice” www.youtube.com/watch?v=m57g...

Even werewolves gotta eat during Restaurant Week. @seakurtn.bsky.social knows just the place. Song Lyric of the Day #1,486: “He was looking for the place called Lee Ho Fook’s / Gonna get a big dish of beef chow mein” www.youtube.com/watch?v=c6M8...

This was a first for me—reading a short story in public where an audience had no choice but to listen! Thanks to Little Patuxent Review for including “Path of Totality” in its Winter 2025 issue, and then hosting a launch party to showcase some of the stories & poems. www.youtube.com/watch?v=o9tA...

It’s Restaurant Week, so place your order! @a-to-the-k.bsky.social wins a free slider for requesting Song Lyric of the Day #1,485: “We got determination, bass and highs / White Castle fries only come in one size” www.youtube.com/watch?v=mFES...

Exciting new theme! It’s Restaurant Week in DC, NYC and here at SLOTD HQ. Song Lyric of the Day #1,484: “A bottle of red, a bottle of white / It all depends upon your appetite / I’ll meet you anytime you want / In our Italian restaurant” www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hxx8...

“Blood on the Tracks” turned 50 last week. Where to even start? Let’s go with Song Lyric of the Day #1,483: “She was born in spring / But I was born too late / Blame it on a simple twist of fate” www.youtube.com/watch?v=sGnh...

Not all the news is bad. For example, the pandas are back in DC! So there’s that. Song Lyric of the Day #1,482: “Someone told me it’s all happening at the zoo / I do believe it / I do believe it’s true” www.youtube.com/watch?v=cDu7...

Welp, that was a really long week. Song Lyric of the Day #1,481: “I am gonna make it through this year if it kills me” www.youtube.com/watch?v=H7fB...

Warren Zevon never got the recognition he deserved. On his birthday, here’s SLOTD #1,480: “Don’t the sun look angry through the trees? / Don’t the trees look like crucified thieves? / Don’t you feel like desperados under the eaves? / Heaven help the one who leaves” www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZTHu...

My favorite band that hardly anyone else knows would be Porridge Radio. Looking forward to seeing them sing this one live tonight in DC. Song Lyric of the Day #1,479: “Been trying to forgive myself / For wishing I was somebody else” www.youtube.com/watch?v=aWsp...

Jason Isbell’s latest is an instant classic. Song Lyric of the Day #1,478: “And there were bars of steel, boys / And there werе bars to sing / And there werе bars with swinging doors / For all the times between” www.youtube.com/watch?v=dMUT...

Grigori (“Rah-rah”) Rasputin, Russia’s greatest love machine, was born on this day in 1869. His legend will never die, thanks to Song Lyric of the Day #1,477: “Most people look at him with terror and with fear / But to Moscow chicks he was such a lovely dear” www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nl_E...

“We shall always march ahead.” Or as Beyoncé would put it, Song Lyric of the Day #1,476: “I’m-a keep running ’cause a winner don’t quit on themselves” www.youtube.com/watch?v=yh91...

Happy 79th birthday to one of our national treasures, Dolly Parton. Song Lyric of the Day #1,475: “He talks about you in his sleep / And there’s nothin’ I can do to keep / From cryin’ when he calls your name, Jolene” www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ixrj...

Even if TikTok goes dark tomorrow, we’ll still have Song Lyric of the Day #1,474: “Tick tock tick /Doo doo doo-doo” www.youtube.com/watch?v=WuXw...

From “Twin Peaks” to “Blue Velvet,” few directors used music as masterfully as David Lynch. Song Lyric of the Day #1,473: “She wore blue velvet / Bluer than velvet was the night / Softer than satin was the light / From the stars” www.youtube.com/watch?v=Twuz...

And if it stays this cold, they might stay up until February. Song Lyric of the Day #1,472: “We could leave the Christmas lights up ’til January / This is our place, we make the rules” www.youtube.com/watch?v=-BjZ...

On this day in music history, the Who released their first single. It was 60 years ago … which I can’t explain. Song Lyric of the Day #1,471: “I’m getting’ funny dreams again and again / I know what it means, but / Can’t explain” www.youtube.com/watch?v=h3h-...

Anna B Savage makes her SLOTD debut with one of my early faves of the year. Song Lyric of the Day #1,470: “And I know he’ll guide me home / And I see the lights are on / He’s my lighthouse, he is home / He’s my lighthouse for one” www.youtube.com/watch?v=fOBR...

Last night Washington’s football team won its first playoff game since January 2006. How long ago was that? Maybe this will help. Song Lyric of the Day #1,469: “Whatcha gonna do with all that junk / All that junk inside your trunk?” www.youtube.com/watch?v=iEe_...

Hold up your lighters for one of the original soul men, Sam Moore. Song Lyric of the Day #1,468: “Comin’ to you on a dusty road / Good lovin’, I got a truck load” www.youtube.com/watch?v=S_OX...

If Canada becomes our 51st state, can we retroactively claim the Guess Who as one of our own? Song Lyric of the Day #1,467: “American woman / Stay away from me / American woman / Mama, let me be” www.youtube.com/watch?v=3r_q...

Unlike at Facebook, here at SLOTD we always check our facts, even when they’re lazy. Song Lyric of the Day #1,466: “Facts are simple and facts are straight / Facts are lazy and facts are late / Facts all come with points of view / Facts don’t do what I want them to” www.youtube.com/watch?v=z92a...