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Disney, Wear OS development, Kubrick, bluegrass, the Oxford comma, and who knows what else. I contain multitudes.

At the Vatican pavilion at the 1964 N.Y. World's Fair, when the guard wasn't looking, I licked Michelangelo's Pieta. AMA.
When every moon is super, no moon is super.
December 4, 2025 at 3:32 AM
The Pixel 10 Pro (for my wife for Xmas) came today. I took the trade-in mailer out of the box, threw the box away so she wouldn't find it, then packaged the trade-in (an old Pixel 2) and sealed it up.

Three hours later I realized I never took the Pixel 10 out of the box that was in the trash can.
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ALT: a pixelated image of a man in a blue shirt with his mouth open
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December 3, 2025 at 10:54 PM
Well, sure. You see now, if it was a DUCK, then THAT'S a lawsuit.
The Orange County woman who sued SeaWorld after she said a duck knocked her unconscious on the Mako coaster was hit by a snowy egret, not a duck, according to SeaWorld, which filed a motion to dismiss the lawsuit.

More: www.fox35orlando.com/news/seaworl...
December 3, 2025 at 6:36 PM
"I hope on Christmas Eve he is visited by three spiri---"

No, actually just the last one. And leave him there.
December 3, 2025 at 4:28 AM
This is amazing. It's still going on (click the link and hit "Live")

Wife thought it was a dead DJ, but not for two hours...
A radio station here in Minneapolis is stuck -
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December 3, 2025 at 3:38 AM
Sure, those are the bestest clothes I've ever seen! Everybody, have you ever seen such magnificent clothes? The ones he's definitely wearing?
Kristi Noem: "Sir, you made it through hurricane season without a hurricane. You kept the hurricanes away. We appreciate that."
December 2, 2025 at 8:15 PM
PSA for anyone considering the Pixel 10 during Google's sale: although the 10%-off referral codes don't stack with Black Friday, the promo code "VERITASIUM" does — and it's good for another $150 off!

I just got the Pixel 10 Pro for my wife for $599, minus an $80 trade-in for an old Pixel 2!
December 1, 2025 at 7:04 PM
Trump promises to release the results of his MRI just as soon as Mark, Helly, Dylan and Irving finish refining the data.
December 1, 2025 at 3:11 AM
Every single person in this photo looks like they'd blow the whistle on the Von Trapps
December 1, 2025 at 12:52 AM
Oh boy, the all-Christmas-music station is playing Leonard Cohen's "Hallelujah" because someone thought it was a Christmas song ...
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ALT: a man in a black shirt is making a funny face while holding a piece of meat in his hand .
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November 30, 2025 at 8:47 PM
Instead of joining Triple-A, I saved money by getting Triple-A Advantage.

Sure, when I got locked out or called for a tow they denied my claim. But I get a free tree-ornament air freshener every year.
November 30, 2025 at 8:43 PM
Picked up the Criterion "Eyes Wide Shut" 4K at B&N yesterday at the half-price sale. Got home, my wife saw it, and she immediately grabbed it and announced she's giving it to me for Christmas.

Goddammit.
November 30, 2025 at 6:23 PM
I'm starting to believe in conversion therapy: TCM is showing "The 5,000 Fingers of Dr. T", and Hans Conreid's "Do-Me-Do Duds" number will ABSOLUTELY turn you gay.
November 27, 2025 at 5:30 PM
Fun fact: for the big acts in front of Macy's, the cameras are across 5th Ave from the bleachers, facing Macy's.

And the performers face the cameras.

So all of those lucky people in the bleachers? They only get to see the performers' asses.

(I got to be one of those people some years ago)
November 27, 2025 at 3:59 AM
Doing it again (and by "it", I mean carbo loading)
November 27, 2025 at 12:35 AM
Shai-Hulud!
Lightning crackles on Mars, scientists reported on Wednesday. The Perseverance rover picked up audio evidence of electric discharges in the planet’s atmosphere.
NASA Rover Discovers Lightning on Mars
The Perseverance rover picked up audio evidence of electric discharges in the red planet’s atmosphere.
nyti.ms
November 26, 2025 at 10:07 PM
I see D.T. is having a normal one today
November 26, 2025 at 1:13 PM
How did I not know this existed?!?
November 26, 2025 at 1:47 AM
Has any movie trailer used a slowed-down minor-key version of "Toyland" yet?

Cause even the REGULAR version of that song is creepy as fuck.
November 25, 2025 at 2:00 AM
I'm seriously failing the Getting Out Of The Car Without Grunting Challenge
November 20, 2025 at 10:44 PM
ME: I'm not interested in "Wicked: For Good." The first one was more than enough.

EVERYBODY:
November 20, 2025 at 5:48 PM
Just look at that happy couple.

Just look at them.
November 19, 2025 at 11:55 PM
I stopped at the Jericho Cider Mill yesterday, and I have a DEFCON LEVEL ONE ANNOUNCEMENT:

THE CIDER IS CURRENTLY AT ITS DARK THANKSGIVING-LEVEL PEAK!

Everybody, GET THE CIDER NOW!

You'll thank me tomorrow!
November 18, 2025 at 3:00 AM
"Somehow, Col. Lockjaw returned"
November 16, 2025 at 10:21 PM