Jennifer Lee Noonan
@nnnnoonan.bsky.social
SID MEIER'S MEMOIR on shelves now, Damn Interesting Week podcast on speakers now. Winner of the NYT Sidney Award, loser of many other awards.
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Look at this beautiful data visualization by a man named Colin
"The city is really another character in the story."
Oh, for sure. The time period, too. The cover art, the copyright page, they're all characters! We live in a character ouroborous that shall birth and feed on itself until the sun goes black, and in that moment, we will say, "This is a character."
Oh, for sure. The time period, too. The cover art, the copyright page, they're all characters! We live in a character ouroborous that shall birth and feed on itself until the sun goes black, and in that moment, we will say, "This is a character."
November 15, 2025 at 3:16 PM
"The city is really another character in the story."
Oh, for sure. The time period, too. The cover art, the copyright page, they're all characters! We live in a character ouroborous that shall birth and feed on itself until the sun goes black, and in that moment, we will say, "This is a character."
Oh, for sure. The time period, too. The cover art, the copyright page, they're all characters! We live in a character ouroborous that shall birth and feed on itself until the sun goes black, and in that moment, we will say, "This is a character."
We need to establish a Hugging Height Differential standard. If the HHG between two adults is too large, they must default to fist bumping. No more of this bending-at-the-waist nonsense.
November 14, 2025 at 2:24 AM
We need to establish a Hugging Height Differential standard. If the HHG between two adults is too large, they must default to fist bumping. No more of this bending-at-the-waist nonsense.
I just can't understand the purpose of gnocchi.
You want little bite-sized potatoes? They already exist! You want to drench them in sauce like pasta? You don't need permission!
Y'all are turning the perfect food into a weak imitation of itself, and it makes God weep.
You want little bite-sized potatoes? They already exist! You want to drench them in sauce like pasta? You don't need permission!
Y'all are turning the perfect food into a weak imitation of itself, and it makes God weep.
November 9, 2025 at 1:22 PM
I just can't understand the purpose of gnocchi.
You want little bite-sized potatoes? They already exist! You want to drench them in sauce like pasta? You don't need permission!
Y'all are turning the perfect food into a weak imitation of itself, and it makes God weep.
You want little bite-sized potatoes? They already exist! You want to drench them in sauce like pasta? You don't need permission!
Y'all are turning the perfect food into a weak imitation of itself, and it makes God weep.
Proving I'm cool by using slang; maintaining my credibility by calling it "slanguage."
November 9, 2025 at 12:58 PM
Proving I'm cool by using slang; maintaining my credibility by calling it "slanguage."
Modern-day "West Side Story" where the Sharks and the Jets are replaced with ASMR enthusiasts and misophonia sufferers.
November 6, 2025 at 6:57 PM
Modern-day "West Side Story" where the Sharks and the Jets are replaced with ASMR enthusiasts and misophonia sufferers.
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Idea: A musical about a 2-year old that keeps killing his babysitters and turning them into Gerber meat sticks. I call it Sweeney Toddler.
February 5, 2024 at 8:58 PM
Idea: A musical about a 2-year old that keeps killing his babysitters and turning them into Gerber meat sticks. I call it Sweeney Toddler.
I own not one, but TWO t-shirts extolling my love for egg salad, and I'm not even 50 yet. Can't wait to see what the future brings.
Turn around and you’re in your fifties, elbows deep in thirty-five pounds of egg salad, wondering exactly where it all went wrong.
November 4, 2025 at 4:12 AM
I own not one, but TWO t-shirts extolling my love for egg salad, and I'm not even 50 yet. Can't wait to see what the future brings.
Caveman brain sees patterns. Modern, evolved brain wishes it didn't. But caveman brain doesn't care.
October 26, 2025 at 11:52 AM
Caveman brain sees patterns. Modern, evolved brain wishes it didn't. But caveman brain doesn't care.
A real good news/bad news situation for the SanDisk marketing team this morning...
Tragic Titan submersible’s $62 SanDisk memory card found undamaged at wreckage site — 12 stills and nine videos have been recovered, but none from the fateful OceanGate implosion
The specialist camera was rated to 6,000m, but the lens and some of its components were probably damaged by the implosion.
www.tomshardware.com
October 24, 2025 at 1:30 PM
A real good news/bad news situation for the SanDisk marketing team this morning...
I will never be happy about the way ordnance is spelled.
October 21, 2025 at 12:16 PM
I will never be happy about the way ordnance is spelled.
I've come to believe that the funniest possible insult is "love that for you." If you could all love that for me at some point today, I think it would help a lot.
October 19, 2025 at 2:15 PM
I've come to believe that the funniest possible insult is "love that for you." If you could all love that for me at some point today, I think it would help a lot.
Wherein my genius is wasted in the replies
Daisy, Daisy,
Give me your answer, dude
I'm half starving
All for the meat you stewed
It won't be a stylish buffet
You can't afford an entree
But you'll look fair
Upon the chair
Of a bicycle built for food
Give me your answer, dude
I'm half starving
All for the meat you stewed
It won't be a stylish buffet
You can't afford an entree
But you'll look fair
Upon the chair
Of a bicycle built for food
October 17, 2025 at 4:28 PM
Wherein my genius is wasted in the replies
"You come to me, on the day of my moderator's federating?"
--Mastodon Corleone
--Mastodon Corleone
October 12, 2025 at 5:19 AM
"You come to me, on the day of my moderator's federating?"
--Mastodon Corleone
--Mastodon Corleone
If you want to really understand how different the 1980s were: I watched this movie at a sleepover birthday party in *third* grade.
Then we wandered the streets unsupervised for a while, got yelled at by some drunks to go home, and toilet papered a classmate's house.
Then we wandered the streets unsupervised for a while, got yelled at by some drunks to go home, and toilet papered a classmate's house.
We need more movies like Night of the Demons
This forgotten cult classic teen horror movie could never get made today
We need more movies like Night of the Demons
www.polygon.com
October 11, 2025 at 1:29 AM
If you want to really understand how different the 1980s were: I watched this movie at a sleepover birthday party in *third* grade.
Then we wandered the streets unsupervised for a while, got yelled at by some drunks to go home, and toilet papered a classmate's house.
Then we wandered the streets unsupervised for a while, got yelled at by some drunks to go home, and toilet papered a classmate's house.
Hadestown didn't make me cry but Operation Mincemeat did WHAT IS WRONG WITH ME?
October 10, 2025 at 1:53 PM
Hadestown didn't make me cry but Operation Mincemeat did WHAT IS WRONG WITH ME?
Reposted by Jennifer Lee Noonan
At the science museum, wondering whether I could trick my son into believing this would make a lovely name for a girl.
October 9, 2025 at 4:06 PM
At the science museum, wondering whether I could trick my son into believing this would make a lovely name for a girl.
Reposted by Jennifer Lee Noonan
In an old ad for board game Scattergories in Spain a player was shown flouncing out while anothet said “OK, we’ll accept ‘octopus’ as a pet”.
“Aceptamos pulpo” has now entered the language in the meaning of “that’s a bit of a stretch but let’s go with it just for the sake of argument”.
“Aceptamos pulpo” has now entered the language in the meaning of “that’s a bit of a stretch but let’s go with it just for the sake of argument”.
October 8, 2025 at 10:55 AM
In an old ad for board game Scattergories in Spain a player was shown flouncing out while anothet said “OK, we’ll accept ‘octopus’ as a pet”.
“Aceptamos pulpo” has now entered the language in the meaning of “that’s a bit of a stretch but let’s go with it just for the sake of argument”.
“Aceptamos pulpo” has now entered the language in the meaning of “that’s a bit of a stretch but let’s go with it just for the sake of argument”.
*cough* *cough* The suburbia, doc. It's getting worse. Last night I dreamed I was making a pasta carbonara for my celebrity crush and my dead friend... and my only thought upon waking was "that recipe would never work."
October 8, 2025 at 12:08 PM
*cough* *cough* The suburbia, doc. It's getting worse. Last night I dreamed I was making a pasta carbonara for my celebrity crush and my dead friend... and my only thought upon waking was "that recipe would never work."
Scariest part of the shower scene in "Psycho" was how low that water pressure was.
October 1, 2025 at 11:31 PM
Scariest part of the shower scene in "Psycho" was how low that water pressure was.
Modern problems, modern solutions, etc.
October 1, 2025 at 5:22 PM
Modern problems, modern solutions, etc.
However bad you expect this to be, I promise it is a thousand times worse
www.youtube.com/watch?v=lhOD...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=lhOD...
How to Pronounce Joaquin Phoenix
YouTube video by PronunciationManual
www.youtube.com
October 1, 2025 at 3:52 AM
However bad you expect this to be, I promise it is a thousand times worse
www.youtube.com/watch?v=lhOD...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=lhOD...
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BEHOLD!
My first ever choose-your-own-adventure game!
"i will strangle a horse" - over seven and a half thousand words of absolute nonsense, as you help Martin Jenkins on his first day at The Farm.
brainmage.itch.io/i-will-stran...
Totally free to play! I mean, you can pay, but you can also not!
My first ever choose-your-own-adventure game!
"i will strangle a horse" - over seven and a half thousand words of absolute nonsense, as you help Martin Jenkins on his first day at The Farm.
brainmage.itch.io/i-will-stran...
Totally free to play! I mean, you can pay, but you can also not!
i will strangle a horse by BRAINMAGE
A comedy twine-based choose-your-own-adventure game where it's your first day on The Farm, and you have One Job
brainmage.itch.io
September 26, 2025 at 9:46 AM
BEHOLD!
My first ever choose-your-own-adventure game!
"i will strangle a horse" - over seven and a half thousand words of absolute nonsense, as you help Martin Jenkins on his first day at The Farm.
brainmage.itch.io/i-will-stran...
Totally free to play! I mean, you can pay, but you can also not!
My first ever choose-your-own-adventure game!
"i will strangle a horse" - over seven and a half thousand words of absolute nonsense, as you help Martin Jenkins on his first day at The Farm.
brainmage.itch.io/i-will-stran...
Totally free to play! I mean, you can pay, but you can also not!
My kid's teacher made a ridiculous assertion and I am THIS close to highlighting every instance of passive voice in Shakespeare and giving it to him as a Christmas present.
September 24, 2025 at 2:42 PM
My kid's teacher made a ridiculous assertion and I am THIS close to highlighting every instance of passive voice in Shakespeare and giving it to him as a Christmas present.