So, I didn't think I was going to really get into Hamnet, but wow, was I wrong.

"I don't like your generation" [said to a character born in 1955]. "I don't like your arrogance, your selfishness, your violence, the curious selectivity of your compassion. You pay for nothing with your own coin, not even for your ideals. You denigrate and destroy and never build." 1/2

I don’t have strong feelings about Hamnet but I have a friend who wants to see it on the big screen, so I’m going to see Hamnet later today.

It blows my mind I was exactly there 35 years ago chanting the exact same thing (but re: the first Iraq invasion), and here we still are…. It’s maddening.

The bus that goes from an orange line station to my suburb used to terminate in the evenings about 2.5 miles from my stop. The #mbta added service, extending how far the bus goes until 1am. This means I can take bus/train into the city instead of driving. (I am on the bus now.)

Now watching Atom Egoyan's EXOTICA (1994), which, unbelievably, I have not already seen. (I'm a huge Don McKellar fan, so it's doubly odd that I haven't already watched this. Great way to start 2026!

murderous funyons wipe off an axe in a room where a murder has been bloody death scene wait in the kitchen pouncing on folks who keep snacks in a jar by the door oh so much gore

The phrase “brand storyteller” evokes images of sitting around a campfire scaring children with tales of haunted Prell shampoo, or of murderous anthropomorphized Funyons.

Every time I see Mayor Mamdani's official headshot, that li'l whimisical wisp of hair cascading over his forehead just makes me all melty.

FIFTY YEARS AGO TODAY, like every new year's eve between 1973-1978, my entire family gathered in the living room to watch them change the year on the sign of the Match Game set (I LITERALLY REMEMBER WATCHING THIS IN REAL TIME) (video is queued up to the end when they do the number switch)

wanna be a giallo final girl wanna be a hammer horror stud let's meet and have a baby now la la la la la

in 2026, I will yeet incidentally stupid things that threaten to adversely occupy my time

Here are my 5 star movies this year

I resolved to read more this year, and I did! Authors included: Paul Tremblay, Tananarive Due, Neal Stephenson, Shirley Jackson, Jenny Odell, Peter Straub, and Richard Matheson Next year I hope to read more.

I have finally watched every single submission for Salem Horror Fest 9 (submissions opened 9/21 and closed 10 days ago), so now I can catch up on all the 2025 releases I've missed in the past three months. :) Thank you to all the screeners (many of whom are on here) for your time & feedback!

Prince’s 1999 hits differently now.

My cat is standing on his tail and I don’t get it. (He was also batting at the end of the tail with his other front paw.) I’ve never seen this before. It’s weird, even for a cat, right?

in 2026, I will yeet incidentally stupid things that threaten to adversely occupy my time

him: Has anyone ever told you you look like Vladimir Lenin me: Yes, all the time him: I find that incredibly sexy [needle scratch]

that was fun

Watching GRADUATION DAY (1981) because why not? * uptempo disco opening song* * those 80s gym outfits with striped tube socks * Linnea Quigley is in it! *Not quite THE MUTILATOR'S "Fall Break" but fun enough.

I hear this in the acEEEEEED acEEEEEEED riff from 90s chicago house music

Recently I bought caraway seeds and I've been adding it to various dishes, and I've been loving the flavor pop every time I don't know if it was bigger staple of 70s cuisine, or just something my mom used a lot, but I have found lot of garlic people, but I don't know that many caraway seed peeps

Once again I’ve read a sequel not realizing it was a sequel (Straub’s in the dark room) :/ His Shadowland I’ve read several times in the past 45 years; it’s one of my favorites Ghost Story is literally the scariest thing I ever read as a young teen, so much so that I’ve never re-read it

i described someone as "an angry Mr. Hooper" and fortunately the person I was talking to was over 40, so they got the image I was painting immediately

I just realized I have zero idea what Slash looks like

Ruin two bands by combining them: ABC/DC

Jfc do we have to really platform the dumbass shit the likeliest suspects will post to get that exact response. Stop giving ragebait oxygen ježíšmaria

Why are you gay? I didn’t fully comprehend it at the time, but probably

my friends were not impressed that I knew Sheree North was in the 1980 Danny Thomas/Diana Canova sitcom I'm A Big Girl Now i, too, want to know what is wrong with me

About to watch CHARLEY VARRICK (1973) (on 35 mm)

Maintaining an Instagram feed sounds fucking exhausting

Kids today don’t know how to skank

I’m in a bar and on the tv during a football game there’s a commercial with David fucking Miscavagie for a new Scientology cable network channel???

1-877-Kars-4-Chudz

Sometimes I find myself wondering what kind of scatological things @amutepiggy.bsky.social ‘s offspring have uttered today

I’m picking up a friend at Logan and the plane has been short of the gate for over an hour, longer than the plane was in the air. :/

This cafe in Eastie’s vibes are very specific: Chris Isaak’s “Wicked Games” into Sade’s “Smooth Operator” and I like it.

Well, I read a bunch. I’m going to bed at 9. I am a slug, adverse to the cold.

I've been home all day (except for a quick trip to the library) and I should go out, but it's cold and going to snow and, well, inertia....

meh

I've reached the age where the Zeitgeist passes me by. I've been Zeitghosted.

Now watching MAN BITES DOG (1972). Jfc this doesn’t waste any time …

today i have zero plans and zero obligations and I don't even know how to approach the day (retirement is several years off, but I literally have no idea I am going to manage that)

last christmas tiny tim did NOT die but the very next day he withered away

Yeah, ok I have a new Christmas tradition. @jamnpp.bsky.social - yeah, i know you told me to see this ages ago, but you should have put your foot down harder!

Now watching a live-action A CHARLIE BROWN CHRISTMAS with Rainer Werner Fassbinder

gashleycrumb tiny tim

last christmas tiny tim did NOT die but the very next day he withered away

Still screening submissions for Salem Horror Fest, and came upon a DELIGHTFUL short this morning, so that's a very nice present for me.