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J. Polk
@jpolk.bsky.social
Former baby, future skeleton.
Don’t really consider myself a cynical person, but my response to this news is basically, ‘of course they did.’
July 1, 2024 at 7:32 PM
Very considerate of all these people at the beach to fly flags that basically say ‘we’re terrible people, you should probably avoid us.’
June 30, 2024 at 5:51 AM
Debate moderator: candidates, where do you stand on the issue of having all mainline Mario games offer the option to instead play as Luigi with customized Luigi content?
June 25, 2024 at 7:21 PM
Her: it’s the devil you know versus the devil you don’t

Me: so you’re saying they’re both satan?
May 17, 2024 at 4:09 PM
Wife, to kids: you guys can grow up and do literally anything you want to do!

Me: except be a fucking cop
April 24, 2024 at 7:43 PM
New Planet of the Apes movies are great bc it’s a billion dollar franchise about how humans are terrible and irredeemable.
April 21, 2024 at 9:22 PM
What’s the German word for when you’re super excited to read something but then it starts with an anecdote about birdwatching?
March 12, 2024 at 8:18 PM
There should be a proto-Columbo story where he solves a murder in the marine corps or something.
February 2, 2024 at 12:41 AM
My fiscal policy is a simple one: if you are a billionaire I will tax you until you aren’t anymore.
January 7, 2024 at 1:23 AM
‘The universe is not only queerer than we suppose, but queerer than we can suppose.’ -J.B.S. Haldane
December 30, 2023 at 11:12 PM
Wife in BMW commercial shows husband new car with giant bow Christmas morning.

TV Husband: oh my goodness I am overjoyed

Me: wtf, you spent $80k without talking to me
December 25, 2023 at 6:23 AM
‘There are no vital and significant forms of art; there is only art, and precious little of that.’ -R. Chandler
December 19, 2023 at 5:31 PM
Considering applying to grad school at Yale just to see what happens.
December 15, 2023 at 1:18 AM
6574 days.
November 13, 2023 at 5:04 PM
At the opera to see Pagliacci. It’s pretty good but the lack of hot dog vendors seems like a missed opportunity.
November 5, 2023 at 1:44 AM
Noir November Challenge: watch a film noir each day.

Day 1: Panic in the Streets
November 2, 2023 at 3:14 AM
Halloween: me passing out candy in my clothes from work and mumbling ‘the horrors of middle age’
November 1, 2023 at 2:17 AM
Read all of Moby Dick in high school to find the passage Patrick Stewart quoted in First Contact. Turns out they just made it up.
October 29, 2023 at 7:54 PM
She calls it a dadbod but it’s more like a busted can of pillsbury biscuits.
October 28, 2023 at 11:39 PM
Look I hate audiobooks BUT Werner Herzog reading his own biography is a must.
October 27, 2023 at 6:00 PM
It shouldn’t have to happen to you for you to care about it.
October 26, 2023 at 4:46 PM
Working in fine dining and waiting on rich people will erase any delusions that we live in a meritocracy.
October 24, 2023 at 10:49 PM
Me: true serenity comes from surrendering that which you cannot control

Also me: these baseball players who are younger and richer than me have full control over my mood…and it’s not looking good

#astros
October 24, 2023 at 1:37 AM
Two little monkeys jumping on the bed
One fell off and bumped his head
Mama called the doctor and the doctor said
‘Damn it, woman, I told you 3 monkeys ago what to do. I’m calling CPS’
October 23, 2023 at 3:42 PM
Looks like skipping the ninth was a good idea. #astros
October 23, 2023 at 3:19 AM