Today’s the day! For the first time in 38 years, hear “The Wenatchee Rap” the way it was always meant to be heard. Restored audio and thoroughly annotated lyrics. It’s funny, it’s sincere, it's cryptic, it’s cringe. dogb.us/eighteen
As leaders of an LDS mission zone in 1988, my companion and I decided we wanted to do something different with our group than just play another long day of basketball. What we made instead would soon be heard on contraband cassette players all over the mission. dogb.us/thatswhy
If i put up my averages, it wouldn’t look *quite* so lopsided…
When I couldn’t quite make sense of the top left corner, I went straight to the bottom right to work on the revealer.
I didn’t even realize it, but a week ago I set a personal record for a Thursday crossword. @nytimes.com @nytgames.bsky.social
New at Substack: What happens when an irresistible absolutism meets an immovable belief? One or the other is going to bend. dogb.us/father
Die Hard or Raiders might be my highest. Attack the Block and Shaun of the Dead and In the Loop are probably somewhere close behind, but I’ve only recently started tracking consistently on Letterboxd.
A good rewatch! Another interesting statistic would be the number of non-unique movies watched. For instance, I think I’ve seen Unforgiven … three times?
How many movies have you seen in your lifetime? How many would you like to? My friend @scarequotes.com has some answers.
What fantastic memories! It's amazing how Bowie meant so many different things to so many people.
Glad to see I'm not the only freak who thought this was a good idea!
New on Substack: In another unexpurgated chapter from the earliest complete draft of my memoir, I revisit my last Sunday before entering boot camp for Mormon missionaries. dogb.us/alien
Apparently this was a super hard one today?
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New on Substack: Some thoughts about a decade-old novel that really amount to thoughts about a week-old war. dogb.us/clocks
My father, who passed away in 2008, would have turned ninety today. I inherited his Hummel figurine of St. George fighting the dragon, and I wrote this poem about it. dogb.us/dragon
The article quotes several people from both sides of the issue commenting on the pick, including "a current BYU professor who asked not to be named for fear of reprisal from the school." I think it makes a sufficient case that the pick is already controversial.
In observance of Friday the 13th, I posted an old short story of mine on Substack. shunn.substack.com/p/a-strong-p...
His past actions can certainly make him a controversial figure. Being picked for apostle doesn't give him a reset on that.
When I lived in Denver, I met a group of federal employees who embodied what it means to labor for a better nation. The Trump administration has tried to erase them and their work. dogb.us/mint
jaderemedy • 4h ago And now comes the most nauseating part of this whole goddamn mess: the hypocrisy. The same loud-mouthed idiots who spent years screaming about tyranny are suddenly dead fucking silent, or worse, cheering, now that it's their side doing it. "ThEy'Re cOminG fOr OuR gUnS!" "GoVerNMenT oVerReAch!" "ShAll nOt bE inFrinGeD!" All that chest-thumping bullshit evaporated the second armed federal agents started terrorizing people they don't like. Let me get this straight: a civilian gets shot dead by federal agents, and the only thing you brainless cunts can muster is "well, DHS says he had a gun"? THAT'S your red line? Guns are sacred when they're strapped to your waist, but magically become a death sentence when they're used as a post-hoc excuse by the government? Either the Second Amendment applies to everyone, or you never believed in it at all. Fucking pick one and own it. This is exactly what tyranny looks like, by the way. Not jackboots marching in formation, but armed agents roaming neighborhoods, stopping people, killing civilians, and then daring the public to question it. Tyranny is execution followed by a press release. Tyranny is labeling the dead a "threat" so the state doesn't have to explain why someone's life just ended in the street. Tyranny is demanding obedience while shredding due process and calling it order. And all you so-called "freedom lovers" are fucking fine with it, as long as it's brown people, immigrants, protesters, or anyone you've already dehumanized. Turns out "don't tread on me" actually meant "tread on them." You weren't afraid of tyranny. You were afraid of losing dominance. There's a difference, and this moment exposes it completely. "Just comply" isn't a principle. It's cowardice dressed up as common sense. It's the language of people who have already accepted that the state gets to decide who deserves rights and who doesn't. And once you make that deal, don't act shocked when the line moves, because it always fuckin…
Absolute banger of a comment on r/military:
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Watching that video of ICE breaking the windows of those observers (Mother Jones thing I reposted) and I just . . . there are so many things fucked up about all of this, but it's still jarring that they just bust people's windows and drag them from their vehicles. WTF. Happens all the time! WTF!
”Circulated by voluntary teachers and promising special blessings.”
Less true in NYC than a lot of other places, but fair. OTOH, pepper spray…
When Metamucilini finally kicks it, the riderless horse should have a pair of bonespurs braces backwards in the stirrups.
Quite the character who might also be carrying a gun. It’s kind of fascinating to observe him, but you should never forget that last part when encountering him.
I hadn’t seen this, but now I’m curious to read both books. Don’t know if I mentioned that I ran into Bernie on the street a few months ago. He only seemed to want to talk about squirrels and opossums, and about the exotic veterinary clinic we both use. Eccentric is a very mild word for him.
Not my best Saturday (that would be 7:10), but up there.
NYTimes crossword app screenshot: Congratulations! You finished a Saturday puzzle in 8:03. 432 day streak. 13:05 faster than your average.
In this clip from a longer interview, she says while she was in detention, agents called Renee Good a “lesbian b*tch.”
This video belongs to @statuscoupnews.bsky.social and I’ll take it down if they want me to.
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