Joey Tabarlet
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Joey Tabarlet
@jtabarlet.bsky.social
Professor, film and music nerd/obsessive, fan of the LSU Tigers and by extension, the Cincinnati Bengals, Washington Commanders, Pittsburgh Pirates and Chicago Sky.

“It’s such a fine line between stupid and clever.”
Is Fred Clark OK? Tomorrow will be three weeks since his last post.
February 18, 2026 at 5:53 PM
There have been, sadly, a lot of celebrity deaths recently. I guess as my peers get older, like me, they are going to start to go.

But hearing about Catherine O'Hara just gutted me. The fact that she remained relevant and funny till the end. The fact that she was only five (!) years older than me.
January 30, 2026 at 7:15 PM
Dozens (maybe hundreds) of people drove by No Kings Belton and honked or gave a thumbs up. I counted three who gave a negative sign.

Small contingent of Trumpers met with shouts of “Shame on you!”
June 14, 2025 at 5:44 PM
No Kings protest in Belton, Texas.
June 14, 2025 at 5:40 PM
A hiking trail at Capulin Volcano National Monument in New Mexico.
August 18, 2024 at 2:47 PM
It's Gary Larson's birthday. In honor of that event, here are my two favorite Far Side cartoons:
August 14, 2024 at 9:03 PM
Everybody else is posting cat photos. so I thought I'd make my very first post on BlueSky a National Cat Day post:
So, say hi to Kali (left) and Magic:
August 8, 2024 at 4:09 PM