R Henry

It's difficult for me not to hear this in Seth Meyer's parodic Trump voice.

Very happy to hear this!

That's about the coyest "You can always do a write-in vote for it" I have ever seen.

Mad king is sorest loser of all time.

When I was in Boy Scouts back in the 1970s I was lucky enough to be in a nerdy troop who pretended hikes were Star Trek away missions and looked for constellations and shooting stars in the evening. I know that's not the norm, sadly.

"For Sale: Carrots, Never Breathed Through."

Quite striking last night at about 4 am as well!

"In theater," jfc

If only he had exploded.

If her early effort was to "be best" and not act like a cyberbully online (even as her husband was doing so every hour of every day) then no doubt she has a "do not shoot pepper spray point-blank into citizens' eyes and then murder them" initiative now.🙄

Eh, I think the folks I know in SD in the Black Hills would insist Noem is clearly East River, so maybe Sioux Falls instead of Rapid City. ;-)

Give him a break. He's really busy working on yet another mediocre oil painting.

First two that come to mind: The Bite House, Baddeck, Nova Scotia (closed to regular service a few years ago), small plates, maybe my best meal ever; Cafe des Amis, a Tunisian restaurant in Ithaca NY in the 80s, where I first had North African foods like couscous, kefta, merguez sausage, and lalabi.

The thing is, he's just the semi-conscious lolling head atop a trench coat filled with frantic demonic cockroach minions enacting his febrile dreams by doing most of the actual evil tasks. (With apologies to Men in Black or wherever that image comes from.)

You're still carried in the weekly Ithaca Times!

Of course they did, so would you. They can also hear your heartbeat from up to a few feet away. And now that that's settled, they would also really like a peppermint treat, if you have one please.

That sentimental pup inside the door, with security co. decal and a handwritten package handling note taped to door is a keeper though.

That's idiotic. A young mother shot to death in her SUV in broad daylight by someone of color without documentation is exactly a story the mainstream press would have a field day running 24/7.

George Saunders Says Ditching These Three Delusions Can Save You

“You’re not permanent, you’re not the most important thing and you’re not separate.”
What a wonderful writer and person George Saunders is. His Road to Damascus moment, a conversion from Ayn Rand Republicanism to a reckoning with capitalism, is sad and lovely.
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/10/m...

Not sure about that. I think he was the little weasel shit who sneakedup after the bully shook down the kid and kicked him a few times while he was down, just for the fucking cruel fun of it.

Except that it was the U.S. as a whole fighting a declared war that bombed those countries, not a rogue president.

I also think I might have felt more hopeful about the world back when I didn't feel every morning getting out of bed like I'd gotten my ass kicked in a bar fight the night before.

To me, only a couple years oolder, life seemed more authentic before mobile phones & the internet took over so much attention. I also had the feeling that, regardless of my disgust at Reagan, each Bush's bullshit war, Clinton's sell-out, progress was, slowly, being made toward justice and equality.

Sounds like a time. We got very drunk about 20 years ago in the Maple Leaf Bar and missed our reservation at Jacques Imo's next door. Good times 🤣

I'm probably the 10,000th person to note this, but that's not the same font. (Look at the shape of the Os, for example.) Not that details have ever been this gang's strong suit.

Not the same thing I know but, murderly tangentially, Ada Palmer's Too Like the Lightning came to mind.

Later the same day. Just write a polite basic note. Don't show off or use SAT words, don't go on at length. Thank them briefly for their time w/o being effusive, mention very briefly one or two items from the interview that interested you. Then say you look forward to speaking again soon. That's it.

Raising an eyebrow over this post being in my feed just before one about Luigi Mangione.

Though, when shitty people get a big sudden infusion of cash it often totally ruins their life. So she might be getting what she deserves.

Jfc, it looks like a lanyard you'd have to wear at a second-rate business conference.