Michael Lyons
@emptylions.bsky.social
My actual serious answer to this is Sly & the Family Stone's "Everyday People", which is a legitimately great song on its own, would sound great with thousands of people singing along to it before a sporting event, and has lyrics that actually reflect the ideals that America supposedly aspires to.
November 28, 2025 at 8:18 PM
My actual serious answer to this is Sly & the Family Stone's "Everyday People", which is a legitimately great song on its own, would sound great with thousands of people singing along to it before a sporting event, and has lyrics that actually reflect the ideals that America supposedly aspires to.
Amazing how many people today have this memory that Pixies were a popular band in the late '80's and early '90s. I assure you, they were not. Even among the hipster indie kids, most had not heard of them until just before they broke up.
November 23, 2025 at 9:35 PM
Amazing how many people today have this memory that Pixies were a popular band in the late '80's and early '90s. I assure you, they were not. Even among the hipster indie kids, most had not heard of them until just before they broke up.
Doesn't Moyes have four? Everton, Manchester United, Sunderland, West Ham.
September 27, 2025 at 11:23 AM
Doesn't Moyes have four? Everton, Manchester United, Sunderland, West Ham.
He's been the only defender on the subs bench for a couple matches this season. A little worrying to remove what little depth is available there.
September 1, 2025 at 4:03 PM
He's been the only defender on the subs bench for a couple matches this season. A little worrying to remove what little depth is available there.
If he didn't celebrate against teams he formerly played for, he'd quickly run out of matches that he could celebrate in.
August 31, 2025 at 3:48 PM
If he didn't celebrate against teams he formerly played for, he'd quickly run out of matches that he could celebrate in.
I'm a little surprised no one has mentioned This Is How You Lose the Time War yet.
August 3, 2025 at 9:56 PM
I'm a little surprised no one has mentioned This Is How You Lose the Time War yet.
The Challenger exploding.
July 12, 2025 at 11:43 AM
The Challenger exploding.
Robert Lynn Asprin's Myth-Adventures series.
July 11, 2025 at 12:16 AM
Robert Lynn Asprin's Myth-Adventures series.
That whenever any form of Government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the right of the People to alter or abolish it, and to institute new Government as to them will seem most likely to effect their Safety and Happiness.
July 4, 2025 at 6:00 PM
That whenever any form of Government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the right of the People to alter or abolish it, and to institute new Government as to them will seem most likely to effect their Safety and Happiness.
That to secure these rights, Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed.
July 4, 2025 at 5:58 PM
That to secure these rights, Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed.
I've been blowing through the Thieves' World anthology of short stories by different fantasy authors in the same setting with shared characters. I think the first volume was published in the late 1970's or early 80's. Very breezy, as stories with stabbings, vengeful gods, and grotesque wizards go.
June 22, 2025 at 4:52 PM
I've been blowing through the Thieves' World anthology of short stories by different fantasy authors in the same setting with shared characters. I think the first volume was published in the late 1970's or early 80's. Very breezy, as stories with stabbings, vengeful gods, and grotesque wizards go.
Age yourself with a movie you saw in the theater
A cartoon about bunnies -- that should be perfectly fine for a three year old to watch, right?
Nightmares for months.
A cartoon about bunnies -- that should be perfectly fine for a three year old to watch, right?
Nightmares for months.
February 24, 2025 at 12:16 AM
Age yourself with a movie you saw in the theater
A cartoon about bunnies -- that should be perfectly fine for a three year old to watch, right?
Nightmares for months.
A cartoon about bunnies -- that should be perfectly fine for a three year old to watch, right?
Nightmares for months.
Our system of government has existed solely on norms for more than two hundred years. The norms are gone. What basis does it have for existence right now?
February 3, 2025 at 2:06 AM
Our system of government has existed solely on norms for more than two hundred years. The norms are gone. What basis does it have for existence right now?
Should civil servants just ignore the White House and DOGE and just keep doing their jobs like they were a month ago? What's stopping them?
February 3, 2025 at 2:03 AM
Should civil servants just ignore the White House and DOGE and just keep doing their jobs like they were a month ago? What's stopping them?
Unless someone in a uniform is pointing a gun at you, what actual power does the federal government have at this point?
February 3, 2025 at 2:02 AM
Unless someone in a uniform is pointing a gun at you, what actual power does the federal government have at this point?
A true Gen X knows Bob Odenkirk from his time on The Ben Stiller Show.
January 24, 2025 at 9:48 PM
A true Gen X knows Bob Odenkirk from his time on The Ben Stiller Show.
The obvious answer is selling the stadium to the equity fund in order to pay for the sale of the team and then charging $200 million in rent for the team to use it.
January 23, 2025 at 9:23 PM
The obvious answer is selling the stadium to the equity fund in order to pay for the sale of the team and then charging $200 million in rent for the team to use it.
I think it's very important when thinking about what I should be thankful for to acknowledge how much of it is sheer dumb luck, and that not everyone has that luck in their life. That doesn't make me better than people who haven't been as lucky. Just better off, and there's a huge difference.
November 28, 2024 at 12:22 PM
I think it's very important when thinking about what I should be thankful for to acknowledge how much of it is sheer dumb luck, and that not everyone has that luck in their life. That doesn't make me better than people who haven't been as lucky. Just better off, and there's a huge difference.
I'm also grateful for all the little choices and breaks that fell my way that got me to where I am today -- not necessarily the most obviously successful person in the world by conventional measuring sticks, but comfortable and happy, which a lot of people just don't have the opportunity to be.
November 28, 2024 at 12:18 PM
I'm also grateful for all the little choices and breaks that fell my way that got me to where I am today -- not necessarily the most obviously successful person in the world by conventional measuring sticks, but comfortable and happy, which a lot of people just don't have the opportunity to be.
So, right off the bat, regardless of anything I did in this life, I was born into a better situation than probably 99.9% of all people who ever lived. So I would have to be one of the most ungrateful people ever to not be thankful for the huge leg up I got.
November 28, 2024 at 12:15 PM
So, right off the bat, regardless of anything I did in this life, I was born into a better situation than probably 99.9% of all people who ever lived. So I would have to be one of the most ungrateful people ever to not be thankful for the huge leg up I got.