The Nationals just did a kiss cam but at least two of the "couples" they had on the screen were parent-kid relationships. HAVE to do better next time.

It'll never not be funny that Jacob Young's walkup song is "Forever Young."

I can see that, but to my ears it's just...lugubrious, and "All This Time" makes me mad for reasons not worth getting into. (And fwiw, a top-shelf difficult-dad album is the Mountain Goats' "The Sunset Tree.")

So *you're* the one!

The cover of Sting's new album looks like he's in AI Court and forced to defend, I dunno, "The Soul Cages."

What's nice now is that if/when it's not one of your books, you can tell them to just buy it right now! Sit next to them until they do it.

Next up: An email from myself inviting me to participate in my book club, introducing thousands of engaged readers to my book.

Achievement unlocked: First hallucinated citation of an article by me. In an article about AI, of course.

Ads on MLB broadcasts that can stop *any time now*:

*Album of Disney songs done country-style
*Personal tasers

I generally think Butera is a good button-pusher, and anything that limits Mikolas' innings is an excellent strategy. But the Nats don't have the bullpen arms and the Braves are too good to be beat with those tactics.

Nats are down 3 to the Braves and it feels like they're down 20.

a cavs tweet that says BE EARLY. BE LOUD. BE THE **C**** DIFF and the slogan in a graphic

The slogan “Be the C Diff” definitely didn’t land the way the Cavs thought it would lol

This Saturday, I’m teaching my “Write Your Arizona Story!” generative workshop for the Virginia G. Piper Center for Creative Writing at ASU.

I hope you’ll consider attending or at least spread the word! All genres welcome!

Register here: piper.asu.edu/classes

U.S. senator to introduce bill aimed at ending sports blackouts, making games easier to watch for fans The bill aims to prevent fans from having to own subscriptions to multiple streaming services to watch their favorite team.

Wisconsin Democrat Tammy Baldwin is expected to introduce the “For the Fans” act, which will make local games easier to watch and prevent fans from having multiple subscriptions to watch their favorite teams.

A wooden sculpture features multiple heads all facing in diferent directions and appearing to scream.

How your email found me.

Elvis impersonator in a 70s-style powder-blue jumpsuit.

Update:

Feels nice to be the youngest person at a concert.

Greetings from Surprise, Arizona, where Elvis impersonator Bret Kaiser will take the stage shortly.

MBV, "Soon"

That's a really fun book. Had the privilege of doing a bookstore Q&A with him when he came to Phoenix.

A Newly Discovered Recording Lets You Hear Delta Blues Legend Robert Johnson in Stunning Clarity Great swathes of rock music since the nineteen-sixties would never have existed, we're sometimes told, were it not for the recordings of Robert Johnson. Certainly the likes of Keith Richards, Eric Cla...

Holy SHIT someone found the test pressing of Robert Johnson's Cross Road Blues and it is clear as a PIN www.openculture.com/2026/04/reco...

Look, my hair's on fire! www.youtube.com/watch?v=QvOV...

Nothing wrong with this team that five starters and a bunch of relievers can't fix.

The Nationals seem to have real problems whenever they have to play at this stadium (checks notes), Nationals Park.

Dude with a rose in his teeth holding up a yes/no checkbox, perhaps for a kidney donation but more likely a prom date.

Say yes, Norah. Dude's been working on this in the heat for the past 20 minutes.

ER Doc reacts to The Pitt (S2 Ep13) YouTube video by Jeff Yoo, MD | Emergency Physician

If nothing else it's introduced me to a wide range of fun (and lowkey hypercompetitive) MD YouTube reactor accounts. The best by far is this cool drink of Canadian water: youtu.be/Aia3PJ4ss-Y?...

Happy "Pitt" backlash day to all who celebrate, but I attend a different church.

My tatty 1976 hardcover of Renata Adler’s Speedboat.

2026 paperback reissue of Adler’s Speedboat.

It’s 50 years since Renata Adler’s incomparable novel ‘Speedboat’ was published: illuminative and dangerous as a lightning strike, bitingly funny, caustically insightful and marvellously stylish. Pub in US @nyrb-imprints.bsky.social, just reissued @wnbooks.bsky.social with intro by Hilton Als.

I dunno, maybe he once knew but perhaps mushbrain has taken over. Somebody needs to ask him directly: "Mr. President, what is a corner store?" "Well, it's where you get the corners for buildings. Most of them have corners. Not all. My office is the Oval Office. Oval. No corners. Otherwise, corners."

Got an exciting weekend ahead of involuntarily listening to the new Olivia Rodrigo single.