Randy Cassingham
@thisistrue.com
Founder at ThisIsTrue.com, the oldest entertainment newsletter on the Internet, yet still wanting to learn new things.
It was no accident.
February 13, 2026 at 2:02 AM
It was no accident.
I love making up plausible words.
February 12, 2026 at 10:00 PM
I love making up plausible words.
Facebook offered to "translate" a friend's comment. I "rated" it poor, and this is what it asked me. P.S.: there seems to not be any such phrase as "Ah, well..." in the Somali language.
February 12, 2026 at 2:00 AM
Facebook offered to "translate" a friend's comment. I "rated" it poor, and this is what it asked me. P.S.: there seems to not be any such phrase as "Ah, well..." in the Somali language.
Corporate namefreak! Just one of the stories in this week’s newsletter. You know basic subscriptions are free, right? Get yours at the web site.
February 11, 2026 at 10:00 PM
Corporate namefreak! Just one of the stories in this week’s newsletter. You know basic subscriptions are free, right? Get yours at the web site.
Who is in control NOW?
February 11, 2026 at 6:00 PM
Who is in control NOW?
She made a terrific investment in her happiness.
(Continuing with starting each morning with the Best of Randy's Random. Still in 2020!)
(Continuing with starting each morning with the Best of Randy's Random. Still in 2020!)
February 11, 2026 at 2:02 PM
She made a terrific investment in her happiness.
(Continuing with starting each morning with the Best of Randy's Random. Still in 2020!)
(Continuing with starting each morning with the Best of Randy's Random. Still in 2020!)
Florida Man running naked doesn't look for traffic, is hit. But don't worry: after this he got back up and kept running. Cops took him to a hospital.
February 11, 2026 at 2:12 AM
Florida Man running naked doesn't look for traffic, is hit. But don't worry: after this he got back up and kept running. Cops took him to a hospital.
New in my blog: Dave Farber died Saturday. He didn’t invent the Internet: his students had a big part in it. But Farber DID invent distributed computing, and he was a friend of mine. go.thisistrue.com/farber1
Dave Farber, Grandfather of the Internet – This is True
Dave Farber died February 7. He was one of the more influential pioneers in early computing and the Internet.
go.thisistrue.com
February 10, 2026 at 9:58 PM
New in my blog: Dave Farber died Saturday. He didn’t invent the Internet: his students had a big part in it. But Farber DID invent distributed computing, and he was a friend of mine. go.thisistrue.com/farber1
Gotta get the machine oiled.
February 10, 2026 at 6:00 PM
Gotta get the machine oiled.
More true than many would hope.
February 10, 2026 at 2:07 PM
More true than many would hope.
My bet: some kind of plot by older ladies who love gardening. And young men. And cucumbers.
February 9, 2026 at 10:01 PM
My bet: some kind of plot by older ladies who love gardening. And young men. And cucumbers.
So I tried it. I liked it!
February 9, 2026 at 6:00 PM
So I tried it. I liked it!
Most of them would probably be pretty happy to tell you "No." (The really good ones would say "No, dumbass!")
February 9, 2026 at 2:03 PM
Most of them would probably be pretty happy to tell you "No." (The really good ones would say "No, dumbass!")
Even though I've never found a clean copy of this, it remains one of my favorites.
February 9, 2026 at 5:17 AM
Even though I've never found a clean copy of this, it remains one of my favorites.
Sunday Reading - He's not the first man to hit the pages of True sporting a tattoo on his forehead.
His Motto – This is True
He's not the first man to hit the pages of True sporting a tattoo on his forehead.
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February 8, 2026 at 10:00 PM
Sunday Reading - He's not the first man to hit the pages of True sporting a tattoo on his forehead.
A little bit at a time, for the better.
February 8, 2026 at 6:00 PM
A little bit at a time, for the better.
I had thought all of my cartoons with the title “Writer’s Block” had been lost when the software I used to create them stopped working. I did them about half-way through my career at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory. I just found one!
February 8, 2026 at 2:00 AM
I had thought all of my cartoons with the title “Writer’s Block” had been lost when the software I used to create them stopped working. I did them about half-way through my career at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory. I just found one!
It just gets me right HERE.
February 7, 2026 at 10:00 PM
It just gets me right HERE.
Mmmmmmmm... brains! And, um, not in a zombie way.
February 7, 2026 at 6:00 PM
Mmmmmmmm... brains! And, um, not in a zombie way.
Not that bad, really: I just choose not to work very closely with them.
February 7, 2026 at 2:02 PM
Not that bad, really: I just choose not to work very closely with them.
The year, of course, is NINETEEN-twenty-three.
February 7, 2026 at 2:00 AM
The year, of course, is NINETEEN-twenty-three.