Jhumpa Lahiri Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie Claudia Gray Sarah Vowell Stephen King

Has Cheech Marin ever considered selling his own brand of fried pork rinds? He could call it Cheechmarrones.

Back when airlines had magazines in the seatback pocket, I had a tradition of trying to finish the crossword before takeoff. I miss it.

Graham Platner’s history of sexual assault proves he does not belong in the US Senate. He belongs on the Supreme Court. by Susan Collins

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Somehow, Balogun returned.

It’s a really funny runner how every issue in American history that apologists claim “no one” knew was wrong has a corresponding Quaker going “this is wrong”

Big "Freedom Fries" energy from the English...

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If you want to make the world a better place, you (yes, you!) are going to need to sacrifice a little sometimes. You’re going to need to pay taxes, you’re going to need to turn the A/C down you’re going to need to be a little less comfortable sometimes. Anyone telling you otherwise is lying to you.

The best part of Schismpalooza is that Pope Leo just wrecked JD’s book tour.

Today is July 2nd, which means it is time for one of my favorite pieces of pedantry:

Donated blood today! 😁

Finished reading The Dungeon Anarchist's Cookbook by Matt Dinniman.

Now watching Say Anything...

Voter casts ballot! It's super effective!

I'm at a graduation party that is doubling as a World Cup watch party. (The graduate's mother is from Brazil.) Two vuvuzelas have reared their very ugly heads...

It's the eve of a new Star Wars movie release, so that means I'm now engaging in my traditional rewatch of Fanboys.

Now watching Spın̈al Tap II: The End Continues

Started LL109 by getting a 9(6)!

Now rewatching This Is Spın̈al Tap

A new season of @learnedleague.com begins today!

Now watching Anaconda (2025)

Finished reading Carl's Doomsday Scenario by Matt Dinniman.

Found my third four-leaf clover in less than a month today. 😁

Finished reading The Devil Inside: The Dark Legacy of The Exorcist by Carlos Acevedo

Entirely by coincidence, both of the Mother's Day cards my father and I got my mother gave grey envelopes. #RecessionIndicator?

It’s super easy to get on social media and complain about how little gets done in politics But it’s also often surprisingly easy to get a group together and attend a meeting to demand some satisfaction

Finished reading The Exorcist: BFI Film Classics by @kermodemovie.bsky.social.

virginia voters should call their delegates and senators and demand that they ignore this illegitimate ruling

A bit of cheerleading for you: Even some gerrymandered seats are not 100% certain to go the way the GOP wants in a wave election. In the last five midterm elections, the incumbent's party lost 9, 13, 30, 40, and 63 seats. Do you know how many turnovers Democrats need to flip the House? Three.

Found another four-leaf clover today! 😁

How I'm celebrating #StarWarsDay this year. (From my cold, dead hands, George Lucas. Cold. Dead. Hands.)

Now watching The Exorcist Untold

Free Comic Book Day (or Comics Giveaway Day, if you're Penguin Random House)!

It's #LetterboxdFriday, so here are my #LastFourWatched. I believe I am coming to the end of my #Exorcistmaxxing period (or at least the film-watching part of it).

Now watching Friedkin Uncut

Now watching The Devil and Father Amorth

Now rewatching *heavy sigh* The Exorcist: Believer

Finished reading The Exorcist Legacy: 50 Years of Fear by Nat Segaloff.

Went to my first Orioles game of the season today and they beat the Houston Trashcans!

Twice in theaters, once on a cruise ship, and, like, 20 some more times as DVD borrowed from the library before finally getting it as a birthday gift...

"It's good news, sir. Immediately after the assassination attempt, we got a 15-point boost in the national polls... Of course, they dropped off considerably once word got out that you were still alive."

this is america. you could find yourself within 100yds of a shooting at any time, in any place. school, the grocery store, a movie theater, a block party, a public park… it happens to regular people every day. but this week we’ll get 50+ weepy op-eds because it happened to the guys who write op-eds

Now watching The Ninth Configuration

Today, I found my first four-leaf clover in a long while. 😁

Finished reading Legion by William Peter Blatty.

It's #LetterboxdFriday! Here are my #LastFourWatched. I am still #Exorcistmaxxing. (I am not looking forward to rewatching Believer...)

Now rewatching Dominion: Prequel to The Exorcist