Caught my one foot on a towel as I was walking towards the bathroom, threw my other leg out to catch myself, and kicked the doorframe too hard, spraining my other foot.

I know it can take a while to do it but I highly recommend spending the time to unsubscribe to all the shit in your inbox. I did this a few years ago and it changed my life.

Unrivaled and LOVB are back this week????? Ok, January, finally something.

I walked into Sam’s today and one of the first things I heard was a worker offering samples. “Do you want some sparkling protein?” I heard her say it twice. I ran away so I cannot explain what she meant. But it’s very clear protein has jumped the shark.

It’s really fun to watch this texas basketball team this year. Harmon, Booker, Lee, a whole team of shooters and defenders. My hopes (and horns) are up!!

Literally a publication for eight-year olds 40 years ago

“this is not just the flu” is incorrect, this is what the flu has always been and it is why i am annoying about getting the flu shot. get your kids the flu shot. anyone able to get the flu shot! this is devastating!

Dying for Sex (on Hulu) is so beautiful, so funny, just incredible

Laila Edwards' family is fundraising to be able to join her in Milan for the Olympics. If you're able to help or share this, please do.

The "no worries if not!" opposition party.

Where in Austin can I donate a lot (I mean, A LOT) of books?

Wonderfully realistic analysis of Mamdani — what he can and can’t do as mayor, but more importantly what OTHERS can do because he is mayor.

One thing I wrote about here is how technology has made buses *way* more convenient while techno-futurists were obsessed with flying taxis and self-driving cars.

feels insane to listen to the commentators cheer the violence of the hit while the player is down on the field

“We will replace the frigidity of rugged individualism with the warmth of collectivism.” www.nytimes.com/2026/01/01/n...

Happy 2026, y'all! I'm starting the year with some books on sale in North America. the ebooks of all three of these titles are just $1.99 this month on the 'zon. and also, FYI, the audiobooks are INCREDIBLE and can be added for just $1.99.

This movie is so good 😭

Dog is huddled up in a corner shaking

the point is that together we can find a way. the point is that. together.

im in this & abruptly emo, at the end!

I love Katie’s writing and am extremely flattered to have gotten to contribute to her Feeling of the Year feature along with so many brilliant writers!!!

Honored to be asked to participate. I definitely had some basketball feelings this year.

Next test for America: pick up & distribute Crave’s upcoming lesbian softball mockumentary sitcom co-exec produced by Elliot Page & Stevie from Schitt’s Creek with Nadine Bhabha - Kip’s friend Elena from Heated Rivalry - both as a guest star & one of the writers. www.bellmedia.ca/the-lede/pre...

25 years ago, the WNBA was an infant league that had crowned only one champion. Pat Summitt ruled over college basketball. And the USA Olympic dynasty was just beginning. Here’s a look at what has happened since. www.nytimes.com/athletic/692...

This will not scratch the exact same itch but it's not far off -- if you are looking for something to watch on HBO now that you've (re-)watched Heated Rivalry, I big recommend Starstruck. It's a rom-com in the very best ways.

Thanks to everyone who read and shared the piece I wrote that was published in the G & M. I had no gift links but if you want to read it and cannot access it, now you can. web.archive.org/web/20251228...

Happy 14th anniversary to this youtube video

I spent a day in an airport with David Byrne after our flight from Austin to Newark was diverted to Raleigh due to a snowstorm. We sat next to each other with one seat between us and chatted on and off until we each got on a different flight to the NYC area. He was very nice.

the people at the barbed wire absolutely killed it this year. journalism texans deeply deserve.

not too late for a flu shot btw, flu historically often peaks in february and by all accounts it is pretty bad this year

now accepting suggestions for cool places to go, cool food to eat, cool things to see in the los angeles area (particularly the valley)

“I don’t ever want that problem to ever go away.” I can’t stop thinking about it!!!

As we enter the New Year remember fear of making bad art is holding you back. Fear of people not liking your work is holding you back. Rejection is holding you back You'll make bad art, you'll have people not like your work, and you'll be rejected. Moving past it is half the job of being a creative

Buzz the Yellow Jacket is now wearing a Pop-tart costume

The Georgia Tech mascot was sad after they turned the ball over and needed to be comforted by the Pop-tarts

Pop Tarts going full in on their sponsorship of this bowl game is maybe the best thing about this sport and possibly capitalism

Hello, if you would like a lesbian winter sport sexy romance to read now that you've (re-)watched and/or (re-)read Heated Rivalry, might I suggest Rachel Spangler's Edge of Glory? www.amazon.com/Edge-Glory-R...

Was invited to contribute to the Quarter Mark on significant moments of the first 25 years of this century. With thanks to DB and Rinaldo Walcott for reading and thinking with me. www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/arti...

I’m going to do this because in 2025, I finally finished and defended my dissertation and graduated with my doctorate (at the age of 44!) and I still sometimes forget that I did it, I’m done!!

Haven't done one of these in a while! I've got a post-holiday haterade rant about the NHL's support for Heated Rivalry, which I hate. www.thefrankiedlc.news/p/sorry-but-...

I'm so appreciative that Jacob Tierney took the time to chat with me a few days before the #HeatedRivalry finale about finding the right cottage, those new end credits, his broad ideas for Season 2, and more:

Good morning! For @defector.com, I wrote about what @rachelreidwrites.bsky.social's "Game Changers" books, and the resulting TV show, have meant to me as a lifelong hockey fan with an increasingly... complicated... relationship to the men's pro game.

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feels like at some point if there are still books being written, the one about how all of these supposedly very savvy business leaders simply said “you’ve got a bag of magic beans? take my cow, please” when it was offered to them will be a particularly humiliating one

Ok, I’m ready. 3 Stranger Things episodes followed immediately by the cottage. Let’s go.

Merry Cottage Eve!

[my house, 20 years from now, listening to "baby, it's cold outside"] my son: man, this song is real weird me: it used to get cold outside

In 2023 I became obsessed with videos of dads in cargo shortswaiting in parking lots during Taylor Swift's Eras Tour. So when she came to town, I grabbed a camera and headed down to talk to them. I thought it'd be funny. It turned out to be something else entirely.

I have watched this in full and the segment is well-reported and devastating. We know why it got killed, and we know why we must see it.