I’m actually on the SIF Discord, too (under my semi-anonymous Discord identity, as opposed to my real-name Bluesky identity).

They had those in the Tampa airport when I was a kid (I'm old now, so they're loooong gone).

This is, incredibly, the second time TODAY that I've heard about the Michael Jordan gambling conspiracy theory (the other one was on an episode of @alexschmidty.bsky.social's podcast about the phrase "23 skidoo," where there was also discussion of famous 23-wearer Michael Jordan).

Had his top hat already been raised into the rafters?

Black-and-white photo of the Iowa City Public Library building that opened in 1981, a brick building on a brick-paved pedestrian mall of the type that a lot of cities built in the 1970s.

Had to look up the details to remind myself... the "new" one (pictured).

My grandparents lived in North Liberty, and the Iowa City Public Library is the first place I ever used a computer card catalog (as a kid in the early '80s).

Casey might have written "there is a fuck-up on the master," but probably not "but there is nothing I could do. Sorry!"

Brian Posehn getting annoyed that someone spotted him at Comic-Con seems like Barry Bonds getting annoyed that someone spotted him at a San Francisco Giants game. (Although in fairness to him, you were probably one of many people who'd already spotted him.)

Email from Indeed listing the job title as "Technical Writter."

I think you need a proofreader more than you need a technical writer!

This is what $6 a gallon should get you!

Charlie Brown holds up a leash and says to Snoopy, "This is called a leash... When the master and his dog go for a walk, the leash is attached to the dog's collar... Okay, let's review what we have just learned... What is this called and how is it used?" Snoopy responds, "I don't have the slightest idea."

True, but only because he is extremely frustrating to Charlie Brown.

Johnny Williams, I think you're going to have to go with the more mature "John" if you want them to take you seriously in Hollywood.

The version of the Seinfeld logo that debuted in the fall of 1991, which, like the McHoagie logo, is red text overlapping (not entirely contained by) a yellow oval

Hmm, who was ripping off whom?

SpotHero map showing parking prices that range from $102 at transit stations near the stadium, to $59 in the San Fernando Valley. (To be fair, these each include up to 4 round-trip express bus fares.)

In L.A., the transit authority is charging up to $102 for parking at certain transit stations + up to 4 express bus round-trip fares for World Cup matches. Transit station parking is normally $3, and regular transit fare is $1.75 each way.

I watched it over a few months last year, and I regret to inform you...

(I followed it up with Lodge 49, and that doesn't seem to have helped, either.)

I went to one Memphis Redbirds game last September while on a road trip, buying a ticket at the gate, and one of their ticket reps was VERY persistent with emails beginning this February. (Although they seem to have stopped now that the season is in progress.)

I don't have a favorite EPISODE, I have a favorite ACT: Act I of "Fear of Flying." "The old sugar-me-do," Mount Lushmore, Guy Incognito, "that dog has a puffy tail," the Cheers bit, "this lesbian bar doesn't have a fire exit," "you flyboys crack me up," etc.

Graphic on the Tampa Bay Rays TV broadcast, advertising the team's 50/50 raffle, says "ENTER TO WIN CURRENT THE JACKPOT"

ENTER TO WIN CURRENT THE JACKPOT (this graphic has been like this all season) #RaysUp

Colman Domingo should be hosting “Sunday Night Live.” Where’s Colman Sabado?

Digital signs having to go to hexadecimal once prices get high enough. A.099 per gallon.

There's a Library of America edition of his collected works, so you can get them all in one handy volume if you want.

Need to get them on a train somehow!

My email inbox, showing 10 identical emails sent between 7:08 A.M. and 8:09 A.M.: "Next Steps: Proofreader/Hello Jim, Our affiliate firm is currently hiring a Proofreader. This position was posted on LinkedIn, and we are managing applicatio..."

Legitimate job opportunities always send 10 emails in an hour!

Here's Mark Evanier writing about his appearance: www.newsfromme.com/2024/09/09/j...

Or “Honey, I Shrunk You (As I Guess You’ve Noticed Already)”

Older Apple Jacks box on which the mascot was a red apple wearing a little felt hat, with a cut-out smile and eyes made out of two individual Apple Jacks pieces

...but the original mascot was horrifying.

1970s/1980s Apple Jacks box with what are supposed to look like children's drawings of a boy and girl - he's doing a handstand to try to impress her, but she only has eyes for the cereal.

Apple Jacks really hasn't been good since the box art looked like this...

"Wisco" makes me think of "Sysco" and restaurants that have their off-brand "House Recipe" ketchup on the tables instead of Heinz.

"Ken, is Whidby, Ontario, Canada, a good place to try to test the First Amendment?"

Carol in Pluribus was originally Slappy Squirrel.