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Justin
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Data nerd and recovering journalist living in Pittsburgh.

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Incredible times at Highmark Stadium tonight.
Smoke bombs go off in the supporters section and the team celebrates as the Pittsburgh Riverhounds become conference champions. The Pittsburgh Riverhounds gather for a picture with the USL eastern conference trophy Illal Osumanu runs past the grandstand with the USL Eastern Conference trophy following the Pittsburgh Riverhounds win in the conference final.
November 16, 2025 at 3:52 AM
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A #LetterboxdFriday #LastFourWatch that’s a half new releases and half Halloween watches, three were new to me, and all of them have a lot to appreciate.
Letterboxd Recent Activity: Haxan (four stars), Spirited Away (five stars), Blue Moon (four stars), The Mastermind (4.5 stars)
October 31, 2025 at 6:19 PM
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Remembering to do a #LastFourWatched on #LetterboxdFriday. Good week.
Letterboxd recent activity: The Mastermind (4.5 stars), Only Lovers Left Alive (4.5 stars), Over the Garden Wall (hearted), That Cold Day at the Park (3 stars)
October 25, 2025 at 3:14 AM
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A new PTA film and a Jeff Tweedy triple album in the same weekend? It’s too much!
The cover art for Jeff Tweedy’s Twilight Override sitting next to a turntable on which it’s spinning.
September 27, 2025 at 8:26 PM
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Post a concert picture you took.

Sleater-Kinney, Mr. Smalls, 2024
Carrie Brownstein playing guitar while lying on the floor at Sleater-Kinney’s 2024 show at Mr Small’s in Millvale PA
September 25, 2025 at 5:00 AM
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I had a great time. Probably going to try making an annual trip of this.
Mimi Lond discusses her new book about the Mitford Sisters Carol Tyler signs my copy of The Ephemerata
September 21, 2025 at 5:44 PM
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And because I think it’s always cool seeing how cartoonists sign things:
A signed copy of Carol Tyler’s The Ephemerata A signed copy of Mimi Pond’s Do Admit: The Mitford Sisters and Me A signed copy of Kayla E’s Precious Rubbish with a bookmark that says “why not dissociate today?” A signed copy of Caroline Cash’s PeePee PooPoo #420
September 21, 2025 at 5:44 PM
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Got lots of (perhaps too much?) new stuff, too.
A tote bag bulging at the seams with comics. Pins featuring the dummy zine logo and a David Lynch drawing by Joe Walsh adorn the straps. Purchases from Cartoon Crossroads laid out on a coffee table including Carol Tyler’s new book The Ephemerata, Rust Belt Review, Cameron Arthur’s Hidden Islands, Kayla E.’s Precious Rubbish, Mimi Pond’s Do Admit: The Mitford Sisters and Me, Caroline Cash’s PeePee PooPoo #420, Declan Gatenby’s Pulp, J Marshall Field’s Good Girl Laika, Yumi Yamaguchi’s Quietly #7, the aforementioned pins, and a sticker of David Byrne dancing in an oversized suit.
September 21, 2025 at 5:44 PM
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Drove over to Columbus yesterday for Cartoon Crossroads, and I had a blast. I had books signed by Charles Burns and Derf.
Derf signs a copy of his book Kent State A drawing and signature from Derf across from the title page of Kent State Charles Burns prepares to sign a fan’s book A signed copy of Charles Burns’ Final Cut
September 21, 2025 at 5:44 PM
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Remember #LetterboxdFriday? When I used to post my #LastFourWatched?
Letterboxd recent activity: Persepolis (3.5 stars), Velvet Goldmine (3.5 stars), Afire (4 stars), Mona Lisa Smile (3 stars)
September 20, 2025 at 1:06 AM
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A little anxious for this one, but the vibes are good
August 31, 2025 at 3:30 PM
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Wild scenes in Friendship tonight (everyone seems to be ok, and they have the fire under control)
Firefighters unroll hose outside a house with smoke rising from it Smoke billows out of a third floor window with a Pittsburgh fire truck in the foreground Smoke coming out of a third story window over a driveway A firefighter on a ladder breaks through a third story window with an axe
July 28, 2025 at 12:24 AM
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I watched exactly four films in last week #LetterboxdFridays #LastFourWatched
Letterboxd recent activity: Decision to Leave (rewatch, 3.5 stars), The Princess Bride (rewatch, 4 stars), Superman (2025, 3 stars), Suddenly Last Summer (3.5 stars)
July 18, 2025 at 8:04 PM
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A very “one of these things is not like the others” #LastFourWatched for #LetterboxdFriday.
Letterboxd recent activity: Poison (3.5 stars), Where is the Friend’s House? (rewatch, 4 stars), Independence Day (3 stars), Va Savoir (3.5 stars)
July 4, 2025 at 5:58 PM
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Two #LetterboxdFriday s in a row I’ve remembered to post my #LastFourWatched!?
Letterboxd recent activity: The Taking of Pelham 123 (1974, 3.5 stars), The Gleaners and I (3.5 stars), Bloody Nose Empty Pockets (4 stars), Columbus (4 stars)
June 28, 2025 at 12:37 AM
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Hey, it’s one of those weeks when I remember it’s #LetterboxdFriday and post my #LastFourWatched
Letterboxd recent activity: The Hunt for Red October (3 stars), Misericordia (4 stars), Pavements (3 stars), Fantastic Mr Fox (rewatch, 4.5 stars)
June 20, 2025 at 6:59 PM
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My first instinct was to listen to SMiLE — which is great, but I’m listening to Pet Sounds now, and man.
Al Pacino saying “what a picture” in Once Upon a Time in Hollywood with the words “what an album” superimposed over it.
June 11, 2025 at 6:37 PM
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June 4, 2025 at 12:38 AM
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Probably only funny to Pittsburgh-folk, but this voicemail transcription referring to “Senator Jake Pasta” is cracking me up.
A voicemail transcription refers to PA Sen. Jay Costa as “Senator Jake pasta”
June 1, 2025 at 10:18 PM
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This is an in-joke we have among a group of cinephile friends:
May 14, 2025 at 9:15 PM
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We won the f*cking league! #LFC #YNWA
April 27, 2025 at 6:48 PM
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Another month’s books
A collage of books read in March 2025: The Counterlife by Philip Roth, The Likeness by Tana French, A Burning by Megha Majumdar, The Secret Diary of Laura Palmer by Jennifer Lynch and The Expendable Man by Dorothy B. Hughes
April 1, 2025 at 10:54 PM
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There’s some free Prantl’s outside the Baum Blvd Hertz if anyone is hungry.
Two pastry boxes from Prantl’s sit on a city sidewalk. They say “cake for free, have a nice day, bought on 3-30.”
April 1, 2025 at 9:16 PM
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A rare (for me) sub 3-minute solve.
NYTimes crossword completion screen showing a 2:49 solve time for the today’s puzzle.
March 24, 2025 at 2:13 PM
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Gertrude Abercrombie: The Whole World is a Mystery
A Gertrude Abercrombie painting of a black cat sitting in front of three free-standing doors colored teal, coral and white. A Gertrude Abercrombie painting of a woman, a clock, a flower sitting on a column, and an owl. The shadows show a different arrangement of the items than you would expect along with some additional features. A Gertrude Abercrombie painting of a tree with a ladder leaning against it and a noose hanging from its branch with a box on the ground below the noose. Two gloves and another piece of cloth are scattered about. Titled “Charlie Parker’s Favorite Painting.” A Gertrude Abercrombie painting of the artist standing in a room holding onto a string connected to a cat on her right side, and a cone that resembles a witch’s hat on her left.
March 24, 2025 at 1:09 AM