Eric
@newhouse.bsky.social
not that kind of lawyer | somewhere in middle America | retired Jeopardy champion | gen X | serial curler | almost certainly not here in a professional capacity | he/him | yes, I'm having a good time
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I haven’t had any #CurlingAfterDark in what, three weeks? I’ve missed you.*
*as well as a few more of my shots than I would have liked, but it all worked out In the end.**
**the seventh, to be exact. 🥌
*as well as a few more of my shots than I would have liked, but it all worked out In the end.**
**the seventh, to be exact. 🥌
November 19, 2025 at 4:21 AM
I haven’t had any #CurlingAfterDark in what, three weeks? I’ve missed you.*
*as well as a few more of my shots than I would have liked, but it all worked out In the end.**
**the seventh, to be exact. 🥌
*as well as a few more of my shots than I would have liked, but it all worked out In the end.**
**the seventh, to be exact. 🥌
LRS: Listen, I love Rocky Horror and was even in a stage production of it once, but Phantom of the Paradise deserves the same amount of cult movie fame and it makes me sad that so few people comparatively have seen it.
Anyway, Phantom of the Paradise absolutely fucks, please watch it
Anyway, Phantom of the Paradise absolutely fucks, please watch it
November 18, 2025 at 10:00 PM
ok, in which state capitals is Weird Al playing next year
November 18, 2025 at 2:01 AM
ok, in which state capitals is Weird Al playing next year
Gretzky aside (for reasons I won't get into here), I would absolutely hit a 13% Cab/Merlot blend from Ontario.
If I could find one, that is.
If I could find one, that is.
November 17, 2025 at 9:32 PM
Gretzky aside (for reasons I won't get into here), I would absolutely hit a 13% Cab/Merlot blend from Ontario.
If I could find one, that is.
If I could find one, that is.
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The real Silicon Valley commentary was having a funder be like "you have all the time and money in the world, go nuts," only to suddenly pull the rug and say "actually, now you have to solve immortality for me personally in two weeks or you're cut off."
This is how modern monsters are created.
This is how modern monsters are created.
In the age of AI, Guillermo del Toro's Frankenstein gets the monster right:
-Preening college dropout founder desperate to troll and provoke
-Secures financing from war profiteer
-Unethically harvests key materials for startup from people living and dead without consent
-Takes 0 responsibility
-Preening college dropout founder desperate to troll and provoke
-Secures financing from war profiteer
-Unethically harvests key materials for startup from people living and dead without consent
-Takes 0 responsibility
Guillermo del Toro's 'Frankenstein' gets the monster right for the age of AI
Too bad he lets the founders off easy.
www.bloodinthemachine.com
November 17, 2025 at 7:06 PM
The real Silicon Valley commentary was having a funder be like "you have all the time and money in the world, go nuts," only to suddenly pull the rug and say "actually, now you have to solve immortality for me personally in two weeks or you're cut off."
This is how modern monsters are created.
This is how modern monsters are created.
do tell
Wear a goddamn mask!
November 17, 2025 at 7:28 PM
do tell
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I come with glad tidings: Max Headroom (the main series) is now on Tubi!
You need to watch this!
You need to watch this!
a bunch of monitors showing a man in a suit
Alt: a bunch of monitors showing Max Headroom
media.tenor.com
November 17, 2025 at 3:05 PM
I come with glad tidings: Max Headroom (the main series) is now on Tubi!
You need to watch this!
You need to watch this!
top 5 film genres:
- samurai, yakuza, kaiju, ghosts: pick two
- floatin' down the river of time
- spaghetti western (may or may not be an *actual* western)
- grimy urban Technicolor, either in Italian or with spies
- Nazi punching
- samurai, yakuza, kaiju, ghosts: pick two
- floatin' down the river of time
- spaghetti western (may or may not be an *actual* western)
- grimy urban Technicolor, either in Italian or with spies
- Nazi punching
Top five film genres:
- pre-WW2 Hollywood comedy where plot’s tertiary at best, all vibes
- French or Italians lookin’ fabulous, talkin’ sophisticated
- your dad loves this movie & now that you’re 50 so do you
- porn is art when it’s softcore & everyone dresses nice
- L.A. Rebellion
- pre-WW2 Hollywood comedy where plot’s tertiary at best, all vibes
- French or Italians lookin’ fabulous, talkin’ sophisticated
- your dad loves this movie & now that you’re 50 so do you
- porn is art when it’s softcore & everyone dresses nice
- L.A. Rebellion
Top 5 movie genres:
The 60s coulda been cool but kinda sucked, but what came after was worse - American
The 60s coulda been cool but kinda sucked, but what came after was worse - French
Weird stuff happens to baffled but sardonic guy/girl
The horror of existence
Sex has made us insane
The 60s coulda been cool but kinda sucked, but what came after was worse - American
The 60s coulda been cool but kinda sucked, but what came after was worse - French
Weird stuff happens to baffled but sardonic guy/girl
The horror of existence
Sex has made us insane
November 17, 2025 at 3:24 AM
top 5 film genres:
- samurai, yakuza, kaiju, ghosts: pick two
- floatin' down the river of time
- spaghetti western (may or may not be an *actual* western)
- grimy urban Technicolor, either in Italian or with spies
- Nazi punching
- samurai, yakuza, kaiju, ghosts: pick two
- floatin' down the river of time
- spaghetti western (may or may not be an *actual* western)
- grimy urban Technicolor, either in Italian or with spies
- Nazi punching
non-curling things I have learned from Canadians: you can't spell Saskatchewan without sass
November 17, 2025 at 2:51 AM
non-curling things I have learned from Canadians: you can't spell Saskatchewan without sass
All kinds of respect for Oldenburg for playing front end with glasses.
November 17, 2025 at 2:34 AM
All kinds of respect for Oldenburg for playing front end with glasses.
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YOU GUYS WANNA SEE SOMETHING CURSED???? HOW ABOUT NEON GENESIS LEHIGH VALLEY PHANTOMS HOCKEY?????
November 16, 2025 at 11:25 PM
YOU GUYS WANNA SEE SOMETHING CURSED???? HOW ABOUT NEON GENESIS LEHIGH VALLEY PHANTOMS HOCKEY?????
Gavin Newsom complains about the wine being too dry.
Gavin Newsom buys Great Value party platters and calls them crudités to your face.
Gavin Newsom uses Hunt's ketchup.
November 16, 2025 at 11:54 PM
Gavin Newsom complains about the wine being too dry.
also, whoever thought it was a good idea to put a full length mirrored closet door opposite the toilet, what is wrong with you
November 16, 2025 at 10:44 PM
also, whoever thought it was a good idea to put a full length mirrored closet door opposite the toilet, what is wrong with you
Vincent? We happy?
Part 85 of 200 in historically interesting things to inspire your ttrpg
A neon saleman’s sample case, circa 1935
A neon saleman’s sample case, circa 1935
November 16, 2025 at 5:12 AM
Vincent? We happy?
oh god Casper’s only 24
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oh god Shuster’s only 43
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oh god Shuster’s only 43
November 16, 2025 at 12:21 AM
oh god Casper’s only 24
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oh god Shuster’s only 43
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oh god Shuster’s only 43
share a Christmas movie 🎄
November 15, 2025 at 5:37 PM
share a Christmas movie 🎄
All that and a Ruohonen appearance too. 🥌
November 15, 2025 at 4:00 AM
All that and a Ruohonen appearance too. 🥌
this week in going birds
November 15, 2025 at 12:19 AM
this week in going birds
I ended up in front of Taylor Anderson’s dad at the final of last Olympic curling trials (when she and Sarah were playing with Cory Christensen) and got a terrific running play by play as a result (he’s a coach too iirc).
November 14, 2025 at 10:07 PM
I ended up in front of Taylor Anderson’s dad at the final of last Olympic curling trials (when she and Sarah were playing with Cory Christensen) and got a terrific running play by play as a result (he’s a coach too iirc).
Good on NBC/Peacock for tracking the stones per end this time, but when did Milano Cortina become Milan Cortina?
(he said, at once probably knowing and not wanting to know the story there)
(he said, at once probably knowing and not wanting to know the story there)
November 14, 2025 at 8:26 PM
Good on NBC/Peacock for tracking the stones per end this time, but when did Milano Cortina become Milan Cortina?
(he said, at once probably knowing and not wanting to know the story there)
(he said, at once probably knowing and not wanting to know the story there)
