Somehow the Edmund Fitzgerald stuff distracted me from the fact that Neil Young's Zuma was released 11/10/1975. Cortez the Killer also involved ships.

I have no bandwidth for Cubs free agency pondering right now. "Player X could be a fit for Cubs..." "Cubs indicate they'll consider high level pitching..." "Charlie Brown will totally kick the football THIS offseason..." To quote Traffic, light up (the free agent board) or leave me alone.

Starting to get annoyed at the greedy billion dollar companies depriving me of basketball. A $20 credit is fine, but I'd rather have Kentucky and Louisville.

this is the worst night of my life

"I'm not going to chime in with a James Bond take" he says, as he puts down his phone which will self destruct in five seconds.

In incredibly mundane news, I bought a new mouse for my work computer. Old one was six years old and shorting out somehow. A consistent mousing experience from this fancy new peripheral will be the thing that fixes me.

I'm working with someone that's new & overeager & I'm losing patience. So let me vent. If someone sends an email that requires research, don't reply all to say that you'll work on it, and then reply back again with half the info. It's assumed you're working on it; send one reply with the full answer

the legend lived [Beastie Boys] ON from the chippewa on [Beastie Boys] DOWN

you guys aren't thinking this through. if the GOP renege on any part of this deal they'll look like shameful hypocrites!

Just one more call to your Senator bro I swear bro just one more call will fix it

The gales of November came early?

The Killers fucking played the hell out of "Lawyers, Guns And Money." Warren Zevon is in the Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame you bastards and you'll never be able to kick him out! www.youtube.com/watch?v=tWrd...

every generation loves Rumours. it’s fucking Rumours

Been 18 years since we watched Vertigo. Time to see it again.

Well that's just offal.

lol at Jon Heyman torching ricketts.

Got goosebumps watching the Whole Bloody Affair trailer. Just been waiting a casual twenty years for that to drop.

Unsure why Pelosi feels the need to stick around until the end of 2027. It probably had to do with the rules or something silly like that. Her immediate retirement would have been much better news.

- Oh, cool link, I'm going to check that out. - *clicks link* - Enter your email to subscribe to my Substack? - No, fuck you, and it turns out I don't want to read your opinion after all

@tarantical.bsky.social I'm a little late, but happy last 90 minutes. Hope you're loving your new job and that you've got plenty of concerts on your calendar.

There’s an old Irish blessing passed on to me that I’ve always loved but I finally understand tonight: And may God bless you with enough foolishness to believe that you can make a difference in this world, so that you can do what others claim cannot be done.

Tonight's movie is His Girl Friday (1940) directed by Howard Hawks. Haven't seen this since February 2008.

Hell yeah, New York. The Letterman intro famously called you The Greatest City in the World. I don't know if that's true, but you can have the undisputed title just for tonight.

I'VE SEEN ENOUGH: Andrew Cuomo is to be weighed down with concrete blocks and dumped into the Hudson River

My sister needs help. She and her family have 30 days to move because the landlord wants the house back. It's not likely they can find a place that will allow 4 small dogs and 4 cats. She needs help rehoming them so they won't go to the shelter. Anyone in the Denton, TX area that can help?

Reminder to baseball fans: it's not your money. You gain nothing by your team cutting salary every year and attempting to get the sixth wild card by the slimmest margin possible. You don't have to defend these people, who are pocketing $$$ in real estate deals while using the other hand to cry poor.

I've never hated Baseball while loving baseball more than I do right now.

The Cubs have done nothing to make you believe they're dumping Shota, by all accounts an incredible pitcher and teammate; someone that loved the city of Chicago, for any other reason than they're cheap scumbags. If your first thought this morning is to try and carry water for Ricketts then fuck off.

If there's a hell, Dick Cheney is now in the process of getting shot while quail hunting every three minutes for all of eternity. Could be a rotating cast of shooters, but I hope one of them is a human-sized quail.

@nightowlcardz.bsky.social you might find this interesting. I don't think I'd ever seen all the variations side by side before. volumeaccumulation.com/blogs/va-blo...

Tonight's film is The Great Ecstasy of Woodcarver Steiner (1974) directed by Werner Herzog. boxd.it/MOW

The Sting is so damn good that it doesn't seem fair to other movies.

Japan's "Mundane Halloween" costume contest is back! Each year website DailyPortalZ holds a contest where people dress up as something super duper ordinary. Here's a thread of some of my favorites from the 2025 contest! #MundaneHalloween

First two random songs after the World Series? Doc Gooden by @themountaingoats.bsky.social and Rainbow Connection by Kermit. Seems fitting, somehow.

Did not expect one of the best paragraphs I’d read about baseball would come from an Irish newspaper www.irishexaminer.com/sport-column...

People on here will post anything. 'Baseball games have 9 innings.' No they don’t. That isn’t true.

It's intermission and apparently the world's greatest baseball game is taking place.

Up in Port Townsend, WA to see @erikfallsdown.bsky.social in Misery. Kind of sad we missed out on the Whale Guarantee, though.

On May 15, 1953, when Rocky Marciano defeated Jersey Joe Walcott to defend his title, Bird threw the night's biggest punch by calling Dizzy his "worthy constituent." Tonite's Jazz Tome entry is Jazz at Massey Hall, history's greatest jazz concert. thejazztome.info/the-quintet-... #jazzsky #musicsky

Peak seasonal TV programming

it’s time

I'm behind on the Billy Strings show because baseball, but Arabia as a whole and particularly Royal's bass solo were done really well.

Megan just informed me that the Blue Jays manager said Halloween is a made up holiday. My brother in Christ, they're all made up. Time itself is nothing but a flat circle. None of this matters; the World Series trophy itself is just a paper weight until you assign value to it. What are we doing here

Just a couple of more days until Noirvember.

JD Vance claims that diversity weakens unions, as people end up distrusting each other and not organizing. Let me tell you two menswear stories related to this claim. 🧵

Snell looks like he’s having an allergic reaction to shellfish in real time.

A Coltrane-played alto with impeccable provenance! This is outstanding.