Per the latest episode of Shrinking:
Harrison Ford might be the only actor who can say the line "I'm an icon." without his character coming across as a narcissist.
we remain firmly on track for 'republican president leaves the country an omnishambles, next democratic president is punished for not cleaning it up fast enough'
80s singer Thomas Dolby on raising queer kids: "the eldest is trans, the middle is a lesbian, and the youngest is a drummer"
The 3 genders
If I had a nickel for every time Franz Ferdinand was involved in the precursor events of a world war, I’d have two nickels, which isn’t a lot, but it’s weird it happened twice
NO NO NO YOU DON’T
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[bookended by two prolonged periods of complete silence] i’m just sayin’
the people yearn for woke 2
It was going on one, two in the morning, and we were shooting what I felt was an important scene for me, when he makes an attempt to be quote-unquote straight, in a suit, and at the end of it he gets emotional and locks himself in the other room. And I felt like, I’m not getting what I want—I’m not happy with it. Mike was happy with it. He called me the next day and said, “I know you weren’t happy with the scene last night. Believe me, we wouldn’t have gone home if I had felt we weren’t getting it.” And then he sort of became my psychiatrist and said, “You find it difficult to be happy, don’t you? You find it difficult to enjoy things.” And I said, “Well, sometimes. Last night was about feeling too tired and not feeling I was reaching what I needed to reach for the scene.” He talked to me then about when he was making, I don’t know whether it was Virginia Woolf or The Graduate. He said, “I didn’t enjoy it for a second. I was worried about so many things.” And then he said, “You know, this is never going to happen again quite this way. You should try to allow yourself to enjoy this more. Take a minute a day, and then add a minute the next day, and another minute. Pretty soon, you’ll have hours of happiness.”
The Birdcage opened thirty years ago today, so in its honor, I want to share one of my favorite stories about Mike Nichols that didn't make it into my biography. This is from an interview I did with Nathan Lane.
Good morning! Yes, this is he
AEW × ポケモンのファンアート。ポムケンのスピポムが、スピードボール・マイク・ベイリー風のコスチュームを着て、「SPEEDBON」と書かれたヘッドバンドとチェック柄のリングギアを身につけている。ハートが輝く瞳でにっこり笑い、キラキラしたピンクの背景に描かれている。 AEW x Pokemon fanart of a Pombon called "Speedbon", dressed as Speedball Mike Bailey, wearing a “SPEEDBON” headband and checkered wrestling gear. His name in Japanese is スピポム Supipomu. ( #AEW | #art | #pokemon tags for my personal art feeds. )
Speedbon Mike Pomuley 🔥
Teal and orange RISO print illustration of various Middle Earth scenes/characters as a stamp set. Included are Treeboard overlooking Isengard, Winged Nazgul, Minas Tirith, Rivendell, Barad Dûr, Gandalf riding Shadowflax at dawn on the third day, Minas Morgul, Grishnâkh the orc, The Hollin gate of Moria, Boromir, Bag End and Galadriel.
The Middle Earth Stamp Collection - PRINTS!
www.inprnt.com/gallery/brucemackay/the-middle-earth-stamp-collection
#Illustration #LordOfTheRings
Triple H's Booking Strategy:
Tom Bombadil and Fatty Lumpkin drawing in ink and watercolor.
Hey dol! merry dol! ring a dong dillo!
Ring a dong! hop along! fal lal the willow!
Black and white photo of a little shorthaired white kitten lying on a wooden counter next to an old fashioned black rotary telephone. The receiver is next to the kitten's face and he seems to be meowing plaintively into the phone. He's very cute and very small, smaller than the phone.
“Diane, 11:30 a.m., February 24th. Entering the town of Twin Peaks.”
Photo not from my collection, sadly, this is from the Richland Library, S.C. localhistory.richlandlibrary.com/digital/coll...
How your email finds me
No Kings includes Draft Kings
Huge respect for all of my coworkers who knew in their hearts they needed to let this moment happen. I love where I work.
counterpoint: you're literally ricky gervais
Annual reminder the sticker mule is a garbage company with a vile owner and mid stickers to boot.
Literally any other sticker service is better than sticker mule. Personally I really like StickerApp.
Just a PSA for people, FreeTaxUSA is an excellent tool for filing taxes. Do not, I repeat, do not give your money to TurboTax. They lobby congress to keep tax filings difficult and inflate their prices to make it more expensive.
FreeTaxUSA.com is about as good as it gets today.
Just before Christmas, I got a puppy. Her name is Minerva, and we call her *Minnie. I'm still learning how to understand her. Me: Do you need to go outside? Do you need to go outside, little baby? Do you need to do a poo? Do you need to do a widdle piddle? Minnie: Arf! *I just call her "little baby" most of the time. I'm also realizing I can't turn off the baby talk now. Nobody tells you about that.
I got so lucky with my first puppy. Her wonderful foster parents had her completely house-trained by the time we adopted her, so taking her outside for potty time has been pretty easy. I've got the puppy poopy routine pretty much down, now. Me, putting on my coat: Let's see... I got the little poopy bags, puppy treats for bribes, jacket, scarf, phone… I think that's everything… Oh yes! And my passport.
I had been carrying around my passport for a while, but I knew it didn't matter. This is wrong. Nobody is required to carry around their papers. I became a US citizen when I was seven. Since I was born in a refugee camp, I was stateless. The US is the only nation where I've ever held citizenship. It's the only passport I've ever had, and it still felt important. Protective. I would hold it in my pocket like a talisman, like it might ward off ghosts or something. But I realized I was holding onto it basically out of superstition. ICE will pick up anybody. I know that. So I tucked my passport away. And I largely avoid leaving my house.
I live a few blocks just South of George Floyd Square. I was in the neighborhood for that, too. And all the neighbors came together to protect each other. We're already organized. We'll do our best to get through this. Me, to my dog: I hope I can take you for a walk someday soon. Won't that be nice, little baby?
Abolish ICE. A little journal comic from South Minneapolis.
#iceoutmpls #iceoutcomics #iceoutofmpls
semi-regular reminder that ICE was only created in 2003
when you are asked to imagine a world without ICE, you're basically being asked to remember where you were when Lilo & Stitch came out
Every ICE officer should be tried for crimes against humanity.
a favorite of mine
Kyle Fletcher with his All In 2025 attire
P R O T O S T A R
#wrestlingart / #wrestlesky / 🤼♂️
A page of sketches of AEW fanart with a few different portraits of Toni Storm, a doodle of Luchasaurus, and Hangman with (of course) his tits out.
Some more sketches to start the year. AEW folks this time. 🎨
The Hangman photo I referenced was shot and shared by @monicalikesaew.bsky.social (thanks!) who posts tons of lovely pics.
Hundreds of thousands of dead people in Afghanistan and Iraq, Gen Z is struggling with reading comprehension, and we live in a surveillance state started by Bush, who also created ICE, but hey at least he’s not Donald Trump
Intrusive thought:
STONE COLD JANE AUSTEN
This is true and I was the only one on set excited about it (and playing the song on my phone to blank stares)
