Riley Fox

I’ve started SAINT X and I’m finding it to be a very good read so far.

(Anyway, yes, you can go ahead and make fun of me for seeing the band 311 live in a year that begins with the number two.)

The front of a blue 311 shirt featuring art with a Colorado/Red Rocks theme

The back of the same shirt with the individual show date and location

I’m all for jokes on 311 Day but I actually want to shout-out the band’s current merch strategy, which is to make custom shirts for each stop they play on tour. It’s a cool idea because at every show you see people wearing 311 shirts from all over the place. Here’s one I got at Red Rocks in 2023.

Not to be outdone, next month Applebee’s will be introducing the Mayorita, a margarita served with an upside-down jar of mayonnaise.

All is well.

Popeye’s bringing back the flounder fish sandwich is a tremendous development for my mental health.

The only social media I have anymore is this place and IG (same name there if ya wanna find me). If Bluesky hits the shitter then that’s probably gonna be it for me.

Imagining Trump escorting aides into the White House cafeteria for lunch. “They know me there, so I get a discount,” he says, turning to Marco Rubio. “You want some mashed potatoes?” Rubio nods, despite the fact that mashed potatoes are all he’s eaten in seventeen days.

Book #12 of 2026

Rooting against team Israel in the World Baseball Classic purely on principle.

Happy International Women’s Day to [checks notes] the woman reading this

A bear-shaped glass with a green hat lid and straw filled with margarita in front of a television showing the World Baseball Classic

World Baseball Classic on TV — ☑️
Margarita in a bear glass — ☑️

A tabby cat laying upside-down on a bed looking adorable

Oh hello!

I got a burrito with chicharron from the place across the street and I have now ascended into a new plane of reality.

A television showing the character select screen for TEKKEN 8, with fighters Reina on the left and Kazuya on the right. They both have their arms crossed and look annoyed.

Killing time before Japan vs Korea in the World Baseball Classic.

SAINT X by Alexis Schaitkin and I HAVE SOME QUESTIONS FOR YOU by Rebecca Makkai

Picked up a couple of new reads at the used bookstore down the street.

When the subject matter is fascinating enough, there is no limit to how long I’d read about it.

A White Russian in a rocks glass with a black cocktail straw on a white countertop

Happy Day of the Dude to all who celebrate! (It’s the anniversary of the release of THE BIG LEBOWSKI.)

If elected president I will make it illegal for companies to email you saying an order has shipped when all they have actually done is create the fucking label.

I’m pulling an all-nighter to watch the Japan vs Korea WBC game live tonight (it starts at 3am MST), and I’m very excited about it.

Book #11 of 2026 (reread)

“Markwayne Mullin” should not be the name of a US Senator, much less the Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security. That’s the name of a multi-time chili cook-off champion who later gets stripped of his wins after getting caught emailing the judge for photos of her feet.

One was a lawyer turned high school football coach in Dallas. The other was a local news anchor in Houston.

Team USA vs the Colorado Rockies is like that episode of SEINFELD where Kramer joins a karate class for children and just dominates them.

I’ve been on a big black metal kick lately and I’m pleased to report that the new Mayhem album LITURGY OF DEATH is awesome.

Three enormously tall and strong wrestlers standing across the ring from a tiny masked luchador

The World Baseball Classic’s Team USA vs the Colorado Rockies

Scrivener screenshot of my novel-in-progress at 362 pages (136k+ words)

Back at it.

Bonfire Lounge in Portland, Oregon. Home of my go-to “sandwich I still think about,” the habanero reuben, and one of the best happy hour burgers in the city. Loved it so much it now lives on in my novel as a frequent hangout spot for my main character.