I’ve heard better briefings from the old guy sitting at the end of the bar.

And what about the people who want soft mattresses? Will nobody think of them? Why only cater to the firm mattress audience?

Rollerball (1975) Movie Poster

I suspect we’ll learn that the pardoned turkey, was involved in January 6th, brought charges against Jim Comey, and gave Trump a Rolex watch.

Senator Neville Chamberlain, history will remember your wise leadership.

The ‘Farmer’s Almanac’ says goodbye after 208 years — Popular Science The ‘Farmer’s Almanac’ says goodbye after 208 years The 2026 edition will be its last. The last winter outlook map from the Farmer's Almanac. Farmer's Almanac After more than 200 years of weather wisd...

Seems like they should have seen it coming.

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Photos Appear To Show Trump’s East Wing Demolition Extended To White House Movie Theater The latest images show the East Colonnade also torn down.

National Treasure 4: Why Break a Desk When You Can Bulldoze a Wing?

Trump Resolute on Ballroom; Less So on Budget

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Quoted text, "As with many modern plagues, the theory that em dashes belong to the machines has a disputed origin. Some people say it began with a racist-seeming X post. Others say it started on the ChatGPT subreddit. Still others suggest the trend was noticed by people working on AI detection tools, or trying to eliminate bot-spawned slop from forums. Wherever it came from, the theory seems to have started going viral around this past February—objectively the dumbest month, a time when no one should try to have thoughts, much less broadcast them—and soon, em dash discourse was convulsing the internet." https://www.theringer.com/2025/08/20/pop-culture/em-dash-use-ai-artificial-intelligence-chatgpt-google-gemini

The em-dash is being maligned. Me, joining the em-dash discourse—despite knowing it's exactly the kind of February nonsense the author is mocking—because this parenthetical is chef's kiss perfection.

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In college Comp 151, I taught a C- student who typically wrote about his car. He turned in an essay about the global-economic impact of narco-syndical-terrorists. Then I found his essay published in Time under a different byline. He got an F. I wonder if that student is in this administration?

As a fan of Emily Dickinson — I adopted em dashes for a lot of my writing. So versatile and unassuming — I enjoyed not having to remember grammar rules or confess that I actually knew the appropriate use of commas, semicolons, and colons.

I don't have a 3d printer and I want to order some. Nice work.

This keeps me awake at night.

A warm, nostalgic illustration depicts a peaceful Arbor Day Eve scene in a cozy living room. A young boy with light skin and brown hair, dressed in striped pajamas, sleeps soundly on a wooden floor with his head resting on a pillow. Nearby, a potted evergreen tree stands tall, surrounded by small potted saplings. A red cardinal with a sash labeled “CARLY” perches proudly on a wooden stool next to a pair of red apples. In the background, a brick fireplace is dark and unlit, but hanging inside it is a framed portrait of Smokey Bear in his iconic ranger hat. The setting glows with soft golden light, evoking a sense of quiet reverence and connection to nature.

Happy Arbor Day Eve to all who celebrate!

Walz: If you say you love freedom but you don't believe freedom is for everybody, then the thing you love is not freedom, it is privilege.

Trump falsely claiming that Kilmar Armando Abrego Garcia is an MS-13 gang member.

Why does anyone believe this gas bag? He has lied about Hispanic men before.
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Absolutely none of what he claims here is true. There is a lunatic here but it is not the people advocating for due process.

Christi was taking the photos. I was preseverating on why the protest didn’t have music or food trucks. Also realized if I’m going to keep going to these, I need to make some signs. It’s just hard to pick a topic.

My wife took this photo of me without my knowledge. But it captures my mind. Side profile with protest and American flag in background.

“If you’re not angry, you’re not paying attention” protest sign.

Trump Sandwiches: White Bread Full of Baloney w/ Russian Dressing AND A SMALL PICKLE

“You wanted cheap eggs but got measles instead.” Protests sign

Scenes from April 19th protest in Lincoln, NE.

I’m a German Citizen in 1933, and Is It Just Me or Is It Really Hard to Get Any Work Done Right Now? Guten tag. I’m just wondering if anybody else can relate to this feeling I’ve been having that I just can’t shake. It’s only Tuesday, but what a we...

Too real

Goatse and lemon party were simpler times. Terrifying … but simpler.

Glory scrolling.
But I’ll admit it sounds inappropriate somehow.

JD Vance in short pants.

To be fair, he has a suit. It’s a little cold in certain situations.

Vader also looked better with his helmet off.

Apple Intelligence is me answering my wife’s question, “What did you guys talk about?” after I get off a 45 minute call with a friend.

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I wouldn’t expect anything less from you, Margaret. But I’m also not talking about recognizing it now. What shook me in the book I quoted was that even Hitler wasn’t taken seriously by some of most intelligent at the time. People didn’t realize they were enabling evil until it became unmistakable.

In stories, evil stalks in black capes & unmistakable form. Real malevolence arrives in daylight, dressed in mediocrity-armed with shallow & stupid promises. The truly dangerous appear as figures of mockery-too preposterous to take seriously. They win through quiet capitulations, not dramatic clash.

"Nazis, I hate these guys" - Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989) YouTube video by Dave TV

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I will always maintain that COOL HAND LUKE is a better movie than Shawshank. They’re both good. But Cool Hand Luke has more to teach us — more that is applicable to the moment we are in.

“White Wraps” seems a little too on the nose. Radical transparency in marketing, perhaps?