This is my 1st rodeo

I miss the punk era

This morning's sundog

tfw you bring your own 1970s Gibson Mastertone RB-250 to the Studios for that AP shot

So, has the big October Surprise 2026 happened yet? Was it the Ilhan Omar thing? Or will it be something else? You know what would NOT be surprising, is way overdue, and would be globally celebrated?

If you want some of that Disney Magic™ for your very own home, try adding some sad gold flecks to your sidewalk

Maybe for the NEXT ship reveal livestream, they'll REHEARSE the show first..?

Walking the dog, the speed of my dog as we approach home:

Offered: a proposal to change the motto of the United States from "E pluribus unum" to "Sequere pecuniam"

Question for the hive mind: We're planning to go to the Candlelight Processional on December 4. CP Dining Packages can be booked beginning October 14 (I guess at midnight) -- BUT, advance dining reservations for that date just opened today (60 days before 12/4). Do I reserve both, or wait?

I seen to be getting a lot of class action settlement emails lately (this week alone: Anthropic, Amazon, Verizon and CVS)

Got a coupon in the mail 2 months ago for a free chicken biscuit at Jesus Chicken (you know the chain). I'd never gone there before, because fuck them. But I went this morning. Got the biscuit and nothing else, and paid nothing, because fuck them. And won't go back, because ... fuck them.

AI image; I guess Forbes couldn't afford to hire a real artist.

I really need to check the mirror before I leave the house. But on the bright side, I got to cross out "Shop in Costco while wearing my pajama bottoms" off my bucket list.

Tonight's sky, pre-nor'easter

@chuckwendig.bsky.social, this you? 😀

Perfect. No notes.

My band of sunflowers are posing for an indie album cover. L-R: Songwriter & lead singer, lead guitarist, bassist, drummer and keyboards.

I thought I was prepared for how bad "Wonka's The Golden Ticket" was going to be. I was not prepared. I couldn't make it through episode 1; the overacting, the artifice, the total awfulness... And that's not even counting the "Gene Wilder voice."

I think it was during the late Eisner era when Disney's doctrine changed from "Give the guest their money's worth" to "Don't leave any money on the table."

Leave her alone, kids. Gertie's on the toilet.

Remember, like, a month or two ago everyone in the country was watching SOCCER? That was weird, right?

That has got to be the stupidest, worst-written, most poorly-conceived episode in 60 years of Trek. Including "Spock's Brain."

How is this not a pangram

My wife's not a Star Trek fan, but I just showed her the Muppet episode of ST:SNW. She liked it, but said that she never knew that Sabrina Carpenter played Nurse Chapel.

I, too, need tactical Kevlar hair.

Another one from my Big Book Of People I Thought Were Already Dead

Our local mall is doing GREAT. Why do you ask?

@frankconniff.bsky.social Happy Birthday from a fellow 70-year-old! 70 isn't old! It's actually--- well, no, it's old. Very, very old, filled with thoughts of "Is that the last time I'll ever hear the phrase "Swanson Salisbury Steak TV dinner?" Before we both crumble into dust: Happy birthday!

Introduce yourself with 10 (or more) acts you've seen live: The Hassles (w/ young Billy Joel) Springsteen Michael Nesmith P!nk Jerry Reed & Olivia Newton John Rolling Stones Jimmy Buffett Sharon, Lois & Bram Nitty Gritty Dirt Band Twisted Sister

"Oh noes where will I rest my lunch tray now that the Disney World trash bins have slightly convex tops" is one of my current favorite first-world problems

A day late, but My Niece Kimmy The Broadway Actress™ performed her "Cross That Bridge" solo on Good Morning America yesterday! And remember: "It's not a metaphor, it's a literal bridge!" abcnews.com/video/136000...

Ron Weasley is the Ralph Malph of the Harry Potter universe. I said what I said.

In less than two weeks, I leave for WDW and the 9/11 HOTHS cruise. After two stays at the ED the past three weeks for an arm infection and abscess and MRSA, and a boatload of antibiotics (both IV and oral), I'm home -- and currently running a 104.7° temp. I don't like this. Not at all.

I have a sister-in-law in Tennessee who will 100% start calling it Lake America -- if she hasn't already.

I went to Costco today, and didn't try ANY of the samples.

Doing a survey for an AI security company in exchange for a $25 virtual Visa. Absolutely making up every single answer and fucking up their data collection and marketing conclusions -- plus getting paid for it!

My wife has never seen it, but won't watch "Roman Holiday" (1953) because it's in black and white. I ... I can't even.

$1,000,000 idea: Programmable E-paper license plates. Taking this to Shark Tank.

One of my posts just got a like from Raffi. If anybody wants me, I'll be WAY UP HERE.

Backrooms (2026)

"Also, they're putting anchor babies back into the mom's bellies, and taking the COVID vaccines out of people's bloodstreams. "At my order."