Christen McCurdy
@christenmccurdy.bsky.social
Editor, reporter, cat fancier, plant parent, enthusiast. Current: interim assistant arts & culture editor, Willamette Week. Past: Oregon Business, UPI, The Skanner, The Lund Report. christenmccurdy.net, christenmccurdy at gmail.
no man in history has ever worn corduroy like Redford wore corduroy
November 27, 2025 at 5:20 AM
no man in history has ever worn corduroy like Redford wore corduroy
Harper had dental surgery earlier (she’s fine, but needed a tooth pulled) and has chosen to spend her afternoon staring at a single spot on the hallway floor
November 19, 2025 at 11:52 PM
Harper had dental surgery earlier (she’s fine, but needed a tooth pulled) and has chosen to spend her afternoon staring at a single spot on the hallway floor
A random selection from the very large Memes folder on my phone
November 12, 2025 at 1:40 AM
A random selection from the very large Memes folder on my phone
Flannery has done a bit of work to earn her name as well
November 6, 2025 at 11:11 PM
Flannery has done a bit of work to earn her name as well
in fairness Harper had no use for me at the beginning of our time together, and that’s partly how she got her name
November 6, 2025 at 11:04 PM
in fairness Harper had no use for me at the beginning of our time together, and that’s partly how she got her name
Flannery and Harper went to the vet for their annual checkup yesterday and they were nice to the vet AND each other.
November 5, 2025 at 12:54 AM
Flannery and Harper went to the vet for their annual checkup yesterday and they were nice to the vet AND each other.
YouTube comments went from being the worst thing on the internet to the best thing on the internet in the space of maybe 15 years
October 28, 2025 at 4:42 AM
YouTube comments went from being the worst thing on the internet to the best thing on the internet in the space of maybe 15 years
It 100% was Grateful Dead fabric btw. While I'm not an enormous fan of their music (though I think they've got a handful of good songs), I feel pretty comfortable saying they were not the baddies, skulls notwithstanding
October 22, 2025 at 2:04 AM
It 100% was Grateful Dead fabric btw. While I'm not an enormous fan of their music (though I think they've got a handful of good songs), I feel pretty comfortable saying they were not the baddies, skulls notwithstanding
that is good ALTHOUGH I will tell you that my boyfriend met my Bad Uncle a couple years into our relationship and said to me (privately and unprompted) “so wow, [Uncle]’s a dick.”
September 27, 2025 at 7:29 AM
that is good ALTHOUGH I will tell you that my boyfriend met my Bad Uncle a couple years into our relationship and said to me (privately and unprompted) “so wow, [Uncle]’s a dick.”
That tendency may also do some work to explain why I keep finding the mangled remains of her favorite toy in the food dish. That or she is one of comic geniuses of our time
September 21, 2025 at 10:02 PM
That tendency may also do some work to explain why I keep finding the mangled remains of her favorite toy in the food dish. That or she is one of comic geniuses of our time
she doesn’t know what Cracker Barrel is
August 22, 2025 at 12:14 AM
she doesn’t know what Cracker Barrel is
Happy birthday! Here’s some Louis Wain.
August 21, 2025 at 6:52 AM
Happy birthday! Here’s some Louis Wain.
turns out I have seen a Star Wars movie. All of you can stop yelling at me
August 13, 2025 at 12:17 AM
turns out I have seen a Star Wars movie. All of you can stop yelling at me
the other day I found another one in the hallway of my apartment building
August 1, 2025 at 2:58 AM
the other day I found another one in the hallway of my apartment building
did a writer write this
July 18, 2025 at 3:01 AM
did a writer write this
Here’s 31 seconds of Flannery chewing on a piece of plastic that broke off a hanger four years ago.
July 12, 2025 at 2:10 AM
Here’s 31 seconds of Flannery chewing on a piece of plastic that broke off a hanger four years ago.
Flannery has the right idea imo
June 27, 2025 at 5:23 PM
Flannery has the right idea imo
so-called serious journalists refusing to acknowledge that Nora Ephron answered this question years ago. Deep Throat all over again
June 20, 2025 at 8:19 PM
so-called serious journalists refusing to acknowledge that Nora Ephron answered this question years ago. Deep Throat all over again
It wasn’t calming *for her* but Flannery spent the afternoon watching a crane fly
May 23, 2025 at 2:54 AM
It wasn’t calming *for her* but Flannery spent the afternoon watching a crane fly