Big fan of this T.C. Boyle anthology that makes it look like the memoir of a stand up from the 90s, instead of stories by a respected author

Well, I didn’t vibe with If I Had Legs I Would Kick You like the rest of you did. But it did make me scour this lady’s wikipedia page in a panic. So that’s something

Add that up over a week, I’m gonna kick your butt. Add that up over a month, you’re toast…

Wow. Just got a preview of the version of this ad for the MLB playoffs starring all the left/liberal ballplayers for the Yankees and Mets

I don’t want to pretend the culture war is dead and buried, but the nominal left having the time of day for this sort of thing feels pretty quaint

Name one genius who ain’t crazy 😎

This magazine has Benny Safdie writing about Nathan for You a year before he broke out with Good Time, seven years before collaborating with Fielder on The Curse. And this guy at @trylon.org just let me have it for free. Support your local rep cinema!!!

Books 9-12 of the year. Stephen King tries his hand at comics, Bob Odenkirk tries his hand at memoir, a famous novel that inspired a more famous movie, and a reckoning on seeing the monster

The Current’s latest 893 essential countdown is the first to disallow write in voted which lead to some frustration (only one eligible Julia Holter song, a half dozen Avalanches songs but not their best, too cool for Taylor Swift). Still found 15 special songs that are among the best since 2005

Books #5-8 of the year: Conan Doyle, Brubaker, an athlete biography, a revisit of a childhood favorite

Type of shit I’ve been on

Looney Tunes heads reliant on streaming were recently dealt a devastating blow by David Zaslav. Luckily, the proud legacy of Mel Blanc lives on at Paramount+