Monica McLaughlin
@rococopacetic.bsky.social
Named after the patron saint of difficult children
I write Dearest, a newsletter about beautiful, unusual and occasionally batshit stuff at auction: https://dearest.substack.com/
I write Dearest, a newsletter about beautiful, unusual and occasionally batshit stuff at auction: https://dearest.substack.com/
Packed opening weekend showing of Candyman at the old theater at 19th & Chestnut. Deafeningly vocal crowd, all of us having an absolute blast of a shared experience.
Raising the always fun question: What are your most memorable theater-going experiences?
Mine also include The Matrix, Blair Witch, and being way too stoned in Belgium when Fellowship of the Ring was sold out so we sat in the back row for Mulholland Drive instead.
Mine also include The Matrix, Blair Witch, and being way too stoned in Belgium when Fellowship of the Ring was sold out so we sat in the back row for Mulholland Drive instead.
It was hands-down one of the most memorable theater-going experiences I can remember, a collective 30-minute butt-clench/armrest-grab for the final climb. And we knew he lived! Wild.
December 13, 2025 at 4:03 AM
Packed opening weekend showing of Candyman at the old theater at 19th & Chestnut. Deafeningly vocal crowd, all of us having an absolute blast of a shared experience.
Omg I got a balcony ticket for Taskmaster in Philly, but it hasn’t sunk in yet because the process was so fucking stressful
December 8, 2025 at 5:50 PM
Omg I got a balcony ticket for Taskmaster in Philly, but it hasn’t sunk in yet because the process was so fucking stressful
Triggered my H.R. Pufnstuf PTSD
The Tasselled Wobbegong is a master of disguise that can eat a fish almost as big as itself in one gulp. It's classified as a shark, but when it lays on the sea floor it looks like a harmless rug if you manage to see it. But with powerful jaws and sharp teeth they are no fish to mess with.
December 8, 2025 at 4:49 PM
Triggered my H.R. Pufnstuf PTSD
I had a cassette of Yeats reciting The Lake Isle of Innisfree in high school, and I’ve had his voice intoning “I will arise and go now / And go to Innisfree” in my head ever since.
Which lines of poetry live rent-free in your head?
December 6, 2025 at 6:49 PM
I had a cassette of Yeats reciting The Lake Isle of Innisfree in high school, and I’ve had his voice intoning “I will arise and go now / And go to Innisfree” in my head ever since.
Von Hayes says hi
What was the worst contract the Phillies ever signed?
From @joeedinger.bsky.social
www.thegoodphight.com/phillies-ana...
From @joeedinger.bsky.social
www.thegoodphight.com/phillies-ana...
What was the worst contract the Phillies ever signed?
‘Tis the season for buyer’s remorse
www.thegoodphight.com
December 6, 2025 at 4:32 AM
Von Hayes says hi
Despite still having to deal with four train cars worth of people being crammed onto two, everyone on here just joined a chorus of Happy Birthday for a guy in a wheelchair who was heading to a casino for his bday. I love this city.
December 4, 2025 at 9:44 PM
Despite still having to deal with four train cars worth of people being crammed onto two, everyone on here just joined a chorus of Happy Birthday for a guy in a wheelchair who was heading to a casino for his bday. I love this city.
I know buying a new nail polish won't fix my life, but maybe this time it will?
December 3, 2025 at 6:19 PM
I know buying a new nail polish won't fix my life, but maybe this time it will?
Never trust a junco
November 27, 2025 at 4:18 PM
Never trust a junco
What the absolute FUCK???? Mani?? No!!!
I shared this photo a week or so ago on Mani’s birthday
- It never failed to bring a smile to my face - and that was exactly the same for the man himself.
One of the absolute best in every way - such a beautiful friend
Love you Mani x x
Never to be forgotten
- It never failed to bring a smile to my face - and that was exactly the same for the man himself.
One of the absolute best in every way - such a beautiful friend
Love you Mani x x
Never to be forgotten
November 20, 2025 at 4:26 PM
What the absolute FUCK???? Mani?? No!!!
Sitting at the dealership waiting to hear what’s wrong with my car, and I swear there’s a radio station broadcasting from Hell that only places like this can tune into
November 19, 2025 at 5:45 PM
Sitting at the dealership waiting to hear what’s wrong with my car, and I swear there’s a radio station broadcasting from Hell that only places like this can tune into
Reposted by Monica McLaughlin
JESUS CHRIST IN RICHMOND PARK: ORIGINAL UPLOAD
YouTube video by JAGGL113
youtu.be
November 13, 2025 at 8:43 AM
Love you, Philly
November 12, 2025 at 12:51 PM
Love you, Philly
Trust the debut process
76ers' Paul George is in the final stage of his debut process and will be re-evaluated later this week. He is moving closer to a return, but doctors want additional strength of his left quadriceps to support the knee before clearance.
November 12, 2025 at 12:25 PM
Trust the debut process
Just got a voicemail about a recall on some Wegman's peaches I bought on....September 24? Ok thanks.
October 30, 2025 at 8:34 PM
Just got a voicemail about a recall on some Wegman's peaches I bought on....September 24? Ok thanks.
I feel weirdly protective of the guy softly snoring behind me on the train
October 29, 2025 at 10:18 AM
I feel weirdly protective of the guy softly snoring behind me on the train
Thank god there were no cell phones when I was in college. More recently, however, there was security camera video of me falling backwards out of a pizza shop doorway onto my ass while throwing two large pizzas into the air.
anyway if you were running for political office, what’s the worst thing you think an oppo researcher could dig up on you? mine would be “any picture of my hair circa 2006”
October 21, 2025 at 3:51 PM
Thank god there were no cell phones when I was in college. More recently, however, there was security camera video of me falling backwards out of a pizza shop doorway onto my ass while throwing two large pizzas into the air.
THE BRIGADE FOR THE SUPPRESSION OF BANDITRY????
See the ‘Priceless’ Jewels Stolen During Daytime Heist at the Louvre
It took the masked thieves less than 10 minutes to steal eight irreplaceable jewels from two display cases in the museum’s Apollo Gallery.
nationaljeweler.com
October 20, 2025 at 8:03 PM
THE BRIGADE FOR THE SUPPRESSION OF BANDITRY????
Huh, three big ol’ “cursed” diamonds in that gallery, two of which have been smuggled out INSIDE people
Hunt continues for thieves after priceless jewels stolen in heist at Louvre museum in Paris - live updates
France's Culture Minister Rachida Dati says the incident happened as the museum opened this morning.
www.bbc.com
October 19, 2025 at 2:10 PM
Huh, three big ol’ “cursed” diamonds in that gallery, two of which have been smuggled out INSIDE people
Another day, another car fire at the Acme
October 11, 2025 at 5:27 PM
Another day, another car fire at the Acme
Just saw what happened to the Phillies and oh dear god, that poor pitcher.
October 10, 2025 at 3:22 AM
Just saw what happened to the Phillies and oh dear god, that poor pitcher.
Heard a great horned owl close by at the train station for a second day in a row, so now I'm wondering how I can make it be my bff
October 8, 2025 at 11:22 AM
Heard a great horned owl close by at the train station for a second day in a row, so now I'm wondering how I can make it be my bff
Reposted by Monica McLaughlin
Gotta love when you interview somebody and you think they're great because they pause and think before they speak, and then you hire them and realize they weren't thinking; they were listening to the sound of the breeze blowing through one ear and out the other
September 25, 2025 at 3:55 PM
Gotta love when you interview somebody and you think they're great because they pause and think before they speak, and then you hire them and realize they weren't thinking; they were listening to the sound of the breeze blowing through one ear and out the other
Arsenic & Old Lace was released on this day in 1944
September 23, 2025 at 7:19 PM
Arsenic & Old Lace was released on this day in 1944