Richard Sparks
@rfsparks.bsky.social
If there were an updated version of “The Graduate”, the scene where Mr. McGuire offers a recommendation to Benjamin would be updated:
“I want to say one word to you…Outrage…there’s a great future in Outrage…think about it. Will you think about it?l
“I want to say one word to you…Outrage…there’s a great future in Outrage…think about it. Will you think about it?l
December 15, 2025 at 1:50 AM
If there were an updated version of “The Graduate”, the scene where Mr. McGuire offers a recommendation to Benjamin would be updated:
“I want to say one word to you…Outrage…there’s a great future in Outrage…think about it. Will you think about it?l
“I want to say one word to you…Outrage…there’s a great future in Outrage…think about it. Will you think about it?l
Thanks for saying “it’s a lie.”
That makes it very clear and doesn’t allow for hedging.
That makes it very clear and doesn’t allow for hedging.
December 12, 2025 at 1:57 PM
Thanks for saying “it’s a lie.”
That makes it very clear and doesn’t allow for hedging.
That makes it very clear and doesn’t allow for hedging.
I believe this is one of those cases where certain people complain that everyone gets a participation award.
December 6, 2025 at 3:24 AM
I believe this is one of those cases where certain people complain that everyone gets a participation award.
FIFA: F***ing Idiots Fluffing Autocrats.
December 5, 2025 at 5:53 PM
FIFA: F***ing Idiots Fluffing Autocrats.
Wondering exactly how much FIFA will embarrass themselves.
December 5, 2025 at 1:04 PM
Wondering exactly how much FIFA will embarrass themselves.
They’re the ones who should get the Nobel Prize. All of them.
Physics! Chemistry! Medicine! Economics! Literature! And definitely the Peace Prize!
Physics! Chemistry! Medicine! Economics! Literature! And definitely the Peace Prize!
December 3, 2025 at 7:51 PM
They’re the ones who should get the Nobel Prize. All of them.
Physics! Chemistry! Medicine! Economics! Literature! And definitely the Peace Prize!
Physics! Chemistry! Medicine! Economics! Literature! And definitely the Peace Prize!
That has to be a major pain in the days of social media.
For folks who don’t pay close attention to names, Chuck and Charles can be confusing.
TBF, if one regularly is batshit crazy and the other isn’t, that should help.
For folks who don’t pay close attention to names, Chuck and Charles can be confusing.
TBF, if one regularly is batshit crazy and the other isn’t, that should help.
December 3, 2025 at 1:38 AM
That has to be a major pain in the days of social media.
For folks who don’t pay close attention to names, Chuck and Charles can be confusing.
TBF, if one regularly is batshit crazy and the other isn’t, that should help.
For folks who don’t pay close attention to names, Chuck and Charles can be confusing.
TBF, if one regularly is batshit crazy and the other isn’t, that should help.
He says this repeatedly. One would think one of his minions might say something. Maybe they think it is real too. Maybe he hopes his followers will just believe it and be amazed.
November 30, 2025 at 6:54 PM
He says this repeatedly. One would think one of his minions might say something. Maybe they think it is real too. Maybe he hopes his followers will just believe it and be amazed.
I think of bumper stickers as a way to identify your tribe.
This combination seems like it would be a very small tribe.
This combination seems like it would be a very small tribe.
November 26, 2025 at 5:41 PM
I think of bumper stickers as a way to identify your tribe.
This combination seems like it would be a very small tribe.
This combination seems like it would be a very small tribe.
Do folks remember Maine’s Kennebec River around Augusta and Hallowell in the 60’s and 70’s? We would stay far away from it for fear of falling in.
Now folks fishing, boating, even swimming in the river.
Now folks fishing, boating, even swimming in the river.
November 20, 2025 at 1:29 AM
Do folks remember Maine’s Kennebec River around Augusta and Hallowell in the 60’s and 70’s? We would stay far away from it for fear of falling in.
Now folks fishing, boating, even swimming in the river.
Now folks fishing, boating, even swimming in the river.
I feel like this discussion and the earlier discussion about sex robots are not completely disconnected.
Magical wishing for technology.
Blind belief in billionaires.
Magical wishing for technology.
Blind belief in billionaires.
November 19, 2025 at 9:03 PM
I feel like this discussion and the earlier discussion about sex robots are not completely disconnected.
Magical wishing for technology.
Blind belief in billionaires.
Magical wishing for technology.
Blind belief in billionaires.
“We will have it in 2 weeks” = We will forget this in 2 minutes.
November 18, 2025 at 1:53 PM
“We will have it in 2 weeks” = We will forget this in 2 minutes.
So they’re all the same? Is that what you’re saying?
I think NY Times Pitchbot can handle this for us.
I think NY Times Pitchbot can handle this for us.
November 15, 2025 at 2:24 AM
So they’re all the same? Is that what you’re saying?
I think NY Times Pitchbot can handle this for us.
I think NY Times Pitchbot can handle this for us.
This seems like it should be directed to editors and headline writers too.
November 15, 2025 at 2:21 AM
This seems like it should be directed to editors and headline writers too.
Sounds like an updated version of the joke “The Aristocrats!”
November 13, 2025 at 2:31 AM
Sounds like an updated version of the joke “The Aristocrats!”
Snow games are best enjoyed on TV. Not so much in person.
November 11, 2025 at 1:50 AM
Snow games are best enjoyed on TV. Not so much in person.
I saw the CPL game in the snow and thought, “Hey, we could do that here in Vermont.”
But maybe we shouldn’t, even though we could.
But maybe we shouldn’t, even though we could.
November 11, 2025 at 1:04 AM
I saw the CPL game in the snow and thought, “Hey, we could do that here in Vermont.”
But maybe we shouldn’t, even though we could.
But maybe we shouldn’t, even though we could.
Sounds like someone needs to check what that autopen is doing.
November 3, 2025 at 1:19 AM
Sounds like someone needs to check what that autopen is doing.
Similar to “We will announce something very bigly in two weeks.” This is what he says when he doesn’t know what the question is about.
November 3, 2025 at 1:07 AM
Similar to “We will announce something very bigly in two weeks.” This is what he says when he doesn’t know what the question is about.
Big spaces. At least the Patriots claim New England, and they do actually play in New England.
October 31, 2025 at 2:03 AM
Big spaces. At least the Patriots claim New England, and they do actually play in New England.
Are the LA Rams not a marquee Los Angeles franchise?
October 30, 2025 at 6:35 PM
Are the LA Rams not a marquee Los Angeles franchise?
They will unveil the completed work in two weeks.
October 29, 2025 at 12:42 AM
They will unveil the completed work in two weeks.
Is it defamation of character? More like definition of character.
October 24, 2025 at 1:59 PM
Is it defamation of character? More like definition of character.
I am sure someone will explain how putting solar panels out helps attract the sun.
Much like early settlers were under the impression extensive plowing helped lead to additional rains in the West.
Much like early settlers were under the impression extensive plowing helped lead to additional rains in the West.
October 23, 2025 at 5:55 PM
I am sure someone will explain how putting solar panels out helps attract the sun.
Much like early settlers were under the impression extensive plowing helped lead to additional rains in the West.
Much like early settlers were under the impression extensive plowing helped lead to additional rains in the West.