Dave Herman
@daveherman.bsky.social
San Diego from Portland from NYC and everywhere in between. Life is an adventure!
The universe is straining to make parallels with Andor as obvious as possible
Oh wow @reuters.com got the photo here:
November 14, 2025 at 11:08 PM
The universe is straining to make parallels with Andor as obvious as possible
Happy #HobbitDay! Bilbo and Frodo were born this day in 1290 and 1368 in the The Third Age.
a man and a boy are sitting next to each other and smiling
ALT: a man and a boy are sitting next to each other and smiling
media.tenor.com
September 22, 2025 at 4:37 PM
Happy #HobbitDay! Bilbo and Frodo were born this day in 1290 and 1368 in the The Third Age.
Did you remember #BobsBurgers anniversary? Why not? It's easy!
September 4, 2025 at 4:06 AM
Did you remember #BobsBurgers anniversary? Why not? It's easy!
Peace for our time.
August 18, 2025 at 7:22 PM
Peace for our time.
It's a weird coincidence that the novel about a dystopian authoritarian future is called 1984, and the movie about a dystopian AI future premiered in 1984.
August 4, 2025 at 3:14 PM
It's a weird coincidence that the novel about a dystopian authoritarian future is called 1984, and the movie about a dystopian AI future premiered in 1984.
Boring. Stoic. Distant. That's how I always viewed #Superman.
Until now.
What's different this time?
open.substack.com/pub/davidmhe...
Until now.
What's different this time?
open.substack.com/pub/davidmhe...
July 25, 2025 at 5:36 PM
Boring. Stoic. Distant. That's how I always viewed #Superman.
Until now.
What's different this time?
open.substack.com/pub/davidmhe...
Until now.
What's different this time?
open.substack.com/pub/davidmhe...
This month in politics summed up in a GIF
a man is covering his face with his hand and says i 'm reaping what i sow
ALT: a man is covering his face with his hand and says i 'm reaping what i sow
media.tenor.com
July 25, 2025 at 4:20 PM
This month in politics summed up in a GIF
Stephen Colbert showed me a deeper faith for years, and especially this week. davidmherman.substack.com/p/stephen-co...
July 18, 2025 at 8:15 PM
Stephen Colbert showed me a deeper faith for years, and especially this week. davidmherman.substack.com/p/stephen-co...
This is how you use power folks.
Grateful to have been an intern at The Colbert Report back in the day. Honored to have worked for this guy.
Grateful to have been an intern at The Colbert Report back in the day. Honored to have worked for this guy.
July 18, 2025 at 12:43 AM
This is how you use power folks.
Grateful to have been an intern at The Colbert Report back in the day. Honored to have worked for this guy.
Grateful to have been an intern at The Colbert Report back in the day. Honored to have worked for this guy.
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there are so many great things about generative AI! here are some of my favorites <3
July 13, 2025 at 10:17 PM
there are so many great things about generative AI! here are some of my favorites <3
Our baby after she kept me up all night. The audacity.
July 15, 2025 at 5:15 PM
Our baby after she kept me up all night. The audacity.
Relieved that Gmail has the undo option. I prematurely sent "Excrement, thanks!" to someone who definitely deserved better.
June 2, 2025 at 6:34 PM
Relieved that Gmail has the undo option. I prematurely sent "Excrement, thanks!" to someone who definitely deserved better.
May 12, 2025 at 12:41 AM
Pretty brazen for this bag of Doritos to assume I'm family size.
May 7, 2025 at 10:48 PM
Pretty brazen for this bag of Doritos to assume I'm family size.
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On April 9, 1945, Dietrich Bonhoeffer was executed, by hanging, for his resistance to the Nazis.
April 9, 2025 at 11:39 PM
On April 9, 1945, Dietrich Bonhoeffer was executed, by hanging, for his resistance to the Nazis.
I love that rest is more restful when we've worked well. And work is more fulfilling when we've rested well.
January 16, 2025 at 4:20 PM
I love that rest is more restful when we've worked well. And work is more fulfilling when we've rested well.
Calvin and Hobbes ended twenty-nine years ago today. My dad was a big fan, so I snipped this comic out of the newspaper and gave it to him framed for his birthday.
December 31, 2024 at 8:31 PM
Calvin and Hobbes ended twenty-nine years ago today. My dad was a big fan, so I snipped this comic out of the newspaper and gave it to him framed for his birthday.
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I’m not even going to expect much from people this New Year’s Eve because every year they drop the ball
December 28, 2024 at 12:02 PM
I’m not even going to expect much from people this New Year’s Eve because every year they drop the ball
My true love is extremely generous but I hope this is the last day of gifts. It's two days after Christmas and we already have so much poultry.
December 27, 2024 at 7:28 PM
My true love is extremely generous but I hope this is the last day of gifts. It's two days after Christmas and we already have so much poultry.
Watching Lord of the Rings this time, I noticed Isengard only has one entrance. The other tower has more door.
December 26, 2024 at 5:10 AM
Watching Lord of the Rings this time, I noticed Isengard only has one entrance. The other tower has more door.
Yeah our whole family is visiting for Christmas and we have everything we could ever need but I'm really mad because I thought my boss would buy me a pool.
December 25, 2024 at 3:22 AM
Yeah our whole family is visiting for Christmas and we have everything we could ever need but I'm really mad because I thought my boss would buy me a pool.
So extremely upset. Sent my uncle to the bank and he somehow lost all the cash. I wish I'd never been born!
December 25, 2024 at 12:27 AM
So extremely upset. Sent my uncle to the bank and he somehow lost all the cash. I wish I'd never been born!