Jim Ellwanger
@ellwanger.tv
Fan of pinball, radio jingles, passenger trains, and many other forms of recreation, communication, and transportation. He/him.
Isn’t there a bookstore at SFO? (An actual bookstore, not just Hudson News.) Good luck.
November 30, 2025 at 3:07 AM
Isn’t there a bookstore at SFO? (An actual bookstore, not just Hudson News.) Good luck.
Ken Jennings and John Roderick did a podcast episode about it earlier this year: www.omnibusproject.com/episodes/the...
November 28, 2025 at 9:02 PM
Ken Jennings and John Roderick did a podcast episode about it earlier this year: www.omnibusproject.com/episodes/the...
Thing is, these days, if you're fancy enough* to get a bed on a plane, they give you pajamas!
*Or used tens of thousands of credit card points that you accumulated going back over a decade
*Or used tens of thousands of credit card points that you accumulated going back over a decade
November 28, 2025 at 6:07 AM
Thing is, these days, if you're fancy enough* to get a bed on a plane, they give you pajamas!
*Or used tens of thousands of credit card points that you accumulated going back over a decade
*Or used tens of thousands of credit card points that you accumulated going back over a decade
Fun fact: that movie is named after the fact that Conair brand hair dryers often sound like an airplane taking off.
November 26, 2025 at 11:20 PM
Fun fact: that movie is named after the fact that Conair brand hair dryers often sound like an airplane taking off.
Yeah, it's not really Artificial Intelligence. More like Artificial Regurgitation, or AR.
November 26, 2025 at 6:07 AM
Yeah, it's not really Artificial Intelligence. More like Artificial Regurgitation, or AR.
"I can no longer work for a government agency that is funded by everyone's tax dollars because I'm DEATHLY AFRAID of SOCIALISM."
November 26, 2025 at 3:51 AM
"I can no longer work for a government agency that is funded by everyone's tax dollars because I'm DEATHLY AFRAID of SOCIALISM."
I'm honestly a little surprised you can buy ice scrapers at the Home Depot in Monrovia, California. (I guess it's not TOO far from mountains where such a thing might be occasionally useful.)
November 23, 2025 at 7:29 PM
I'm honestly a little surprised you can buy ice scrapers at the Home Depot in Monrovia, California. (I guess it's not TOO far from mountains where such a thing might be occasionally useful.)
Totally worth it for this: www.history.com/this-day-in-...
72-year-old Buzz Aldrin punches a moon landing conspiracy theorist in the face | September 9, 2002 | HISTORY
On September 9, 2002, astronaut Buzz Aldrin—the second human to set foot on the moon—is walking outside a Beverly Hil...
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November 23, 2025 at 3:40 AM
Totally worth it for this: www.history.com/this-day-in-...
"Acoustic and violins" is Andrew Bird's stock in trade. He graduated from Northwestern the same year as me (but I didn't know him at all - I did take one class in the music school, but it was a little more basic than anything he would have needed!).
November 21, 2025 at 9:44 PM
"Acoustic and violins" is Andrew Bird's stock in trade. He graduated from Northwestern the same year as me (but I didn't know him at all - I did take one class in the music school, but it was a little more basic than anything he would have needed!).
Technically it's intended as an over-the-air subchannel. It's a sister channel to MeTV, which seems to know what they're doing with regard to broadcasting vintage programming.
November 20, 2025 at 7:24 PM
Technically it's intended as an over-the-air subchannel. It's a sister channel to MeTV, which seems to know what they're doing with regard to broadcasting vintage programming.
Once upon a time, we were classy. www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ku42...
Colon Blow - SNL
YouTube video by Saturday Night Live
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November 20, 2025 at 3:55 AM
Once upon a time, we were classy. www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ku42...
I'd probably rewrite it as two sentences.
November 19, 2025 at 4:53 PM
I'd probably rewrite it as two sentences.
There's no tradition like a new tradition!
November 19, 2025 at 4:47 PM
There's no tradition like a new tradition!
Although it does mean that the most convenient place to get my car serviced is also the most expensive!
November 18, 2025 at 5:18 PM
Although it does mean that the most convenient place to get my car serviced is also the most expensive!
"I Wanna Pop!" - Shasta Soda Commercial
YouTube video by Shasta Sodas
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November 18, 2025 at 5:12 PM
It's a good thing the dealership for my car is in walking distance - I can just drop it off and walk home to wait without even going inside the main part of the building.
November 18, 2025 at 4:19 PM
It's a good thing the dealership for my car is in walking distance - I can just drop it off and walk home to wait without even going inside the main part of the building.
I think one could make an argument for Michelle Yeoh and Jamie Lee Curtis in Everything Everywhere All at Once playing different alternate-timeline versions of the same characters (depends on how "distinct" you think those are).
November 16, 2025 at 11:35 PM
I think one could make an argument for Michelle Yeoh and Jamie Lee Curtis in Everything Everywhere All at Once playing different alternate-timeline versions of the same characters (depends on how "distinct" you think those are).
I thought there was going to be a punchline to the "AI-animated old photos" sketch that the guy actually did have a Ken doll crotch, demonstrated by him being there in the retirement home.
November 16, 2025 at 7:17 PM
I thought there was going to be a punchline to the "AI-animated old photos" sketch that the guy actually did have a Ken doll crotch, demonstrated by him being there in the retirement home.
This is like when MCI had Joan Rivers and AT&T had Cliff Robertson. Dave Barry wrote in a column, "And what about Liz? Surely Liz has a phone company!"
November 16, 2025 at 6:56 PM
This is like when MCI had Joan Rivers and AT&T had Cliff Robertson. Dave Barry wrote in a column, "And what about Liz? Surely Liz has a phone company!"
November 13 was Garry Marshall's birthday - supposedly, he used it in that narration because he wanted his kids to be able to remember the date.
November 14, 2025 at 1:01 AM
November 13 was Garry Marshall's birthday - supposedly, he used it in that narration because he wanted his kids to be able to remember the date.