Chris Morran
@themorrancave.bsky.social
Audience editor, @ProPublica.org
Philadelphia resident and sports masochist
My dog likes you.
Philadelphia resident and sports masochist
My dog likes you.
Archie, he has concerns.
November 14, 2025 at 4:40 PM
Archie, he has concerns.
ESPN app headline on Trump granddaughter's pro golf debut
Vs
Lede of the story clarifying that she is last in a field of 108 golfers
Vs
Lede of the story clarifying that she is last in a field of 108 golfers
November 14, 2025 at 3:07 AM
ESPN app headline on Trump granddaughter's pro golf debut
Vs
Lede of the story clarifying that she is last in a field of 108 golfers
Vs
Lede of the story clarifying that she is last in a field of 108 golfers
After 10 years together, Archie remains suspicious of my every move.
November 11, 2025 at 10:58 PM
After 10 years together, Archie remains suspicious of my every move.
Watching Death by Lightning on Netflix and now, in my headcanon, Succession's Tom Wambsgans is a direct descendant of the guy who shot James Garfield.
November 11, 2025 at 12:13 AM
Watching Death by Lightning on Netflix and now, in my headcanon, Succession's Tom Wambsgans is a direct descendant of the guy who shot James Garfield.
When your dog has his own large dog bed that you put on the couch so he can chill in comfort but he still wants to use your knee as a pillow.
November 9, 2025 at 10:47 PM
When your dog has his own large dog bed that you put on the couch so he can chill in comfort but he still wants to use your knee as a pillow.
Now watching:
Invitation to Hell
What's that? Oh it's a 1984 TV movie starring Susan Lucci and Robert Urich about a picture perfect company town, except the community gym/spa also works as a gateway--to hell!
Directed by Wes Craven of all people
Invitation to Hell
What's that? Oh it's a 1984 TV movie starring Susan Lucci and Robert Urich about a picture perfect company town, except the community gym/spa also works as a gateway--to hell!
Directed by Wes Craven of all people
November 9, 2025 at 5:17 AM
Now watching:
Invitation to Hell
What's that? Oh it's a 1984 TV movie starring Susan Lucci and Robert Urich about a picture perfect company town, except the community gym/spa also works as a gateway--to hell!
Directed by Wes Craven of all people
Invitation to Hell
What's that? Oh it's a 1984 TV movie starring Susan Lucci and Robert Urich about a picture perfect company town, except the community gym/spa also works as a gateway--to hell!
Directed by Wes Craven of all people
Ending my night by throwing away any cred i might've accumulated in a gloriously self-indulgent prog mess that makes my inner 12-year-old deliriously happy.
November 9, 2025 at 3:52 AM
Ending my night by throwing away any cred i might've accumulated in a gloriously self-indulgent prog mess that makes my inner 12-year-old deliriously happy.
Aug. 23, 1989. The Spectrum, Philadelphia
I attend my very first real concert. No parents, no older siblings. Just me and Dave Rafferty, a pair of straight-laced geeks falling in love with Robert Smith and dreaming of what we could with with our hair if our moms let us.
I attend my very first real concert. No parents, no older siblings. Just me and Dave Rafferty, a pair of straight-laced geeks falling in love with Robert Smith and dreaming of what we could with with our hair if our moms let us.
November 9, 2025 at 2:37 AM
Aug. 23, 1989. The Spectrum, Philadelphia
I attend my very first real concert. No parents, no older siblings. Just me and Dave Rafferty, a pair of straight-laced geeks falling in love with Robert Smith and dreaming of what we could with with our hair if our moms let us.
I attend my very first real concert. No parents, no older siblings. Just me and Dave Rafferty, a pair of straight-laced geeks falling in love with Robert Smith and dreaming of what we could with with our hair if our moms let us.
Sticking with the genre of "music for former gifted students probably not living up to their potential"... The last (and arguably best) of the early Death Cab albums.
November 9, 2025 at 1:53 AM
Sticking with the genre of "music for former gifted students probably not living up to their potential"... The last (and arguably best) of the early Death Cab albums.
Now for something all the kids in Brooklyn are listening to... 20 years ago.
November 9, 2025 at 1:12 AM
Now for something all the kids in Brooklyn are listening to... 20 years ago.
Okay... After two double live albums, time for a shorter commitment, in the form of REM's debut EP
November 9, 2025 at 12:50 AM
Okay... After two double live albums, time for a shorter commitment, in the form of REM's debut EP
Next up on Vinyl Saturday Night: staying with live music but turning down the amps for Townes Van Zandt's incomparable storytelling and the occasional dirty joke
November 9, 2025 at 12:07 AM
Next up on Vinyl Saturday Night: staying with live music but turning down the amps for Townes Van Zandt's incomparable storytelling and the occasional dirty joke
Sizzling hot take: Spelling Bee should give you credit for coming up with misspellings of words that are better than the actual word.
November 8, 2025 at 8:22 PM
Sizzling hot take: Spelling Bee should give you credit for coming up with misspellings of words that are better than the actual word.
A tale of two faces... I took a chainsaw to the beard for the first time in recent history (i.e., June)
November 8, 2025 at 4:53 PM
A tale of two faces... I took a chainsaw to the beard for the first time in recent history (i.e., June)
Wrapping up, old photos of Chris making stupid faces, here's me being starstruck meeting my childhood crush, Love Boat's Jill Whelan in 2008.
November 7, 2025 at 10:16 PM
Wrapping up, old photos of Chris making stupid faces, here's me being starstruck meeting my childhood crush, Love Boat's Jill Whelan in 2008.
"Have you tried the section marked 'Clash at Demonhead'?"
November 7, 2025 at 5:42 AM
"Have you tried the section marked 'Clash at Demonhead'?"
What I've learned tonight:
When a friend tells you to post a picture of your dog, you do it and you don't ask questions like an a-hole.
When a friend tells you to post a picture of your dog, you do it and you don't ask questions like an a-hole.
November 7, 2025 at 2:31 AM
What I've learned tonight:
When a friend tells you to post a picture of your dog, you do it and you don't ask questions like an a-hole.
When a friend tells you to post a picture of your dog, you do it and you don't ask questions like an a-hole.
Remembering the time i ordered guitar strings from Amazon and got an Olaf from Frozen kids' bike helmet instead.
They dared to ask me to return it.
They dared to ask me to return it.
November 6, 2025 at 4:06 AM
Remembering the time i ordered guitar strings from Amazon and got an Olaf from Frozen kids' bike helmet instead.
They dared to ask me to return it.
They dared to ask me to return it.
17 years on, and this is still the most accurate photo ever taken of me. Thanks @marthamihalick.bsky.social
November 5, 2025 at 10:14 PM
17 years on, and this is still the most accurate photo ever taken of me. Thanks @marthamihalick.bsky.social
Just in time for, well anything... The new Husker Du vinyl box set has arrived.
November 5, 2025 at 5:15 PM
Just in time for, well anything... The new Husker Du vinyl box set has arrived.
What happens when you distill 2025 into a single social media post?
This.
This is what you get.
This.
This is what you get.
November 4, 2025 at 8:05 PM
What happens when you distill 2025 into a single social media post?
This.
This is what you get.
This.
This is what you get.
I know it's basically all judges (and the DA) this year in Philly but those folks are kinda important. So get out and vote if you can.
Side note: didn't realize until i got home that i grabbed the Vietnamese "i voted" sticker. Not a complaint
Side note: didn't realize until i got home that i grabbed the Vietnamese "i voted" sticker. Not a complaint
November 4, 2025 at 4:05 PM
I know it's basically all judges (and the DA) this year in Philly but those folks are kinda important. So get out and vote if you can.
Side note: didn't realize until i got home that i grabbed the Vietnamese "i voted" sticker. Not a complaint
Side note: didn't realize until i got home that i grabbed the Vietnamese "i voted" sticker. Not a complaint
I love that establishment media has labeled Zohran as a wealthy nepo baby because his mother is an indie filmmaker with moderate box office success.
Additionally, the dude could've been a true trust-funder if he hadn't convinced his mom to make The Namesake instead of a Harry Potter cash cow.
Additionally, the dude could've been a true trust-funder if he hadn't convinced his mom to make The Namesake instead of a Harry Potter cash cow.
November 3, 2025 at 9:40 PM
I love that establishment media has labeled Zohran as a wealthy nepo baby because his mother is an indie filmmaker with moderate box office success.
Additionally, the dude could've been a true trust-funder if he hadn't convinced his mom to make The Namesake instead of a Harry Potter cash cow.
Additionally, the dude could've been a true trust-funder if he hadn't convinced his mom to make The Namesake instead of a Harry Potter cash cow.
You may be done with Halloween but Halloween isn't done with (delivering the 4k discs of horror classics you'd expected to receive weeks ago).
November 2, 2025 at 10:07 PM
You may be done with Halloween but Halloween isn't done with (delivering the 4k discs of horror classics you'd expected to receive weeks ago).
Archie is a real movie buff, so for his post-Halloween walk he led me to this Philly street where he tried to sniff out some dead people (to no avail, thankfully).
November 2, 2025 at 2:44 PM
Archie is a real movie buff, so for his post-Halloween walk he led me to this Philly street where he tried to sniff out some dead people (to no avail, thankfully).