Andy Hollandbeck
@logophilius.bsky.social
Saturday Evening Post managing editor, clarinetist, mediocre pianist, writer, and lapsed peevologist.
He who sows thorns should not go barefoot.
He who sows thorns should not go barefoot.
The changing colors of autumn.
November 7, 2025 at 3:22 PM
The changing colors of autumn.
"It is totally reasonable & acceptable for American citizens to look at their next-door neighbors and say, 'I want to live next to people who I have something in common with.'"
October 29, 2025 at 9:27 PM
"It is totally reasonable & acceptable for American citizens to look at their next-door neighbors and say, 'I want to live next to people who I have something in common with.'"
I, for one, am not ready to give up on "bade."
October 8, 2025 at 4:44 PM
I, for one, am not ready to give up on "bade."
See what a different statement it is when you spell out DEI?
October 2, 2025 at 5:38 PM
See what a different statement it is when you spell out DEI?
Professionally, @merriam-webster.com is my go-to dictionary. Personally, I am a huge fan of Merriam-Webster. Rarely do they not deliver.
But sometimes . . .
But sometimes . . .
October 1, 2025 at 5:37 PM
Professionally, @merriam-webster.com is my go-to dictionary. Personally, I am a huge fan of Merriam-Webster. Rarely do they not deliver.
But sometimes . . .
But sometimes . . .
A really startling dangler I came across while fact-checking today.
September 17, 2025 at 6:11 PM
A really startling dangler I came across while fact-checking today.
They just settled with the flight attendants union and now the CEO is on strike?
#funwithambiguity
#funwithambiguity
August 19, 2025 at 4:52 PM
They just settled with the flight attendants union and now the CEO is on strike?
#funwithambiguity
#funwithambiguity
OMFG. Capitalism bears a great chunk of responsibility for this, but for fucks sake show some integrity.
August 12, 2025 at 2:59 PM
OMFG. Capitalism bears a great chunk of responsibility for this, but for fucks sake show some integrity.
I think it's time to name this little guy. His mom is Squiggy, bc of her squiggly tail. (She has a bro named Lenny.) Gimme your best ideas!
July 29, 2025 at 1:44 PM
I think it's time to name this little guy. His mom is Squiggy, bc of her squiggly tail. (She has a bro named Lenny.) Gimme your best ideas!
This is going to sound like a real cock and bull story, but this gal just showed up last week and won't leave. No bull!
July 16, 2025 at 5:28 PM
This is going to sound like a real cock and bull story, but this gal just showed up last week and won't leave. No bull!
InDesign has gone all Oprah with automatic hyphenation today. "You get a hyphen! And you get a hyphen! ..."
July 10, 2025 at 5:53 PM
InDesign has gone all Oprah with automatic hyphenation today. "You get a hyphen! And you get a hyphen! ..."
Hope you're feeling better soon. Have some pie.
July 2, 2025 at 3:38 PM
Hope you're feeling better soon. Have some pie.
Post an image you saved because it made you laugh.
June 23, 2025 at 6:24 PM
Post an image you saved because it made you laugh.
I'm about as good at putting away new books as I am at putting away the laundry. Anyway, another new one arrived today
June 16, 2025 at 10:07 PM
I'm about as good at putting away new books as I am at putting away the laundry. Anyway, another new one arrived today
Today in "Why the hell would you put a comma there?"
June 6, 2025 at 12:26 AM
Today in "Why the hell would you put a comma there?"
Apropos of "nothing."
June 5, 2025 at 8:50 PM
Apropos of "nothing."
Looking back at some articles from the '50s, some of the rabid anti-communist writing (and racism couched as anti-communist) reminds me a lot of a certain U.S. president. The "take us back to the 50s" arguments never felt so true. (This is from Sept. 1950.)
May 19, 2025 at 7:37 PM
Looking back at some articles from the '50s, some of the rabid anti-communist writing (and racism couched as anti-communist) reminds me a lot of a certain U.S. president. The "take us back to the 50s" arguments never felt so true. (This is from Sept. 1950.)
I'd sell PB&J pizza in the lobby and show these:
May 19, 2025 at 5:53 PM
I'd sell PB&J pizza in the lobby and show these:
Quite the light show tonight!
May 17, 2025 at 3:37 AM
Quite the light show tonight!
There's something wonderfully metaphorical about this, goose shit and all.
May 5, 2025 at 4:38 PM
There's something wonderfully metaphorical about this, goose shit and all.
Welcome to Indiana
April 30, 2025 at 5:06 PM
Welcome to Indiana
I think it's a cat.
April 22, 2025 at 5:03 PM
I think it's a cat.
Today in Spot the Apostrophe Error.
April 21, 2025 at 3:20 PM
Today in Spot the Apostrophe Error.
April 18, 2025 at 9:02 PM