Dr Victor Frankenstein was a man, who created life. When a man creates life, he is a "father". Children get their father's last name. Therefore it is correct to refer to Frankenstein's monster as Frankenstein. Or to be more specific, Mr. Frankenstein.

I was at the P&F panel at nycc yesterday. So much singing and joy. We all sang along to the theme 3 separate times.

@gregpak.net when I passed by your table Saturday you weren't there so I couldn't say hi. Also, I was gonna ask you what you thought about the NY ballot initiatives. I'm conflicted on the first and last ones because they seem like traps.

Our kids are invisible on our streets in more than one way

never forget: "capitalism is meritocracy" is a lie perpetuated by wealthy, talentless assholes who need your skill and labor to sustain their lifestyle choices. they need you to internalize that wealth equals merit so that you will blame yourself for "not working hard enough" while they suck you dry

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I gotta start following this Guest Essay fellow.

Where's Dave Matthews Band when you really need them?

Too many people online seem to think that elevator is another word for escalator.

morpheus; [holding out 2 pills] one of these is estrogen, the other tylenol. the first will turn you transgender, therefore slowly making you more autistic. the other turns you autistic, and therefore slowly transgender...choose wisely...

Release the epsteinaminophen files

Just bought Made in Korea from you guys. Sending love from NYC.

Guys doing it the hard way and making a living from gambling get banned from casinos all the time. You think they can't figure out if somebody gets help from AI and break their knees?

Overhead while seated at a restaurant.

Man on the phone "...yeah but I'm waiting at the food store now..."

Suture self...

I've bean at this for a while...

I used to weigh booster packs to find the foil cards. So that is 2 things these scales can do. Also you can't use it to weigh mail because they max out at a small weight.

The CBS Evening News with Bari Weiss (2025 - )

Happy Labor Day! Thank you Union!

annual reminder

Of course I'll celebrate when it happens. But afterwards I think we should be realistic and plan maximum resistance to #PresidentVance He will be bad even if he rolls back all the tariff stuff.

They also can't understand that personal anecdotes are not as good as statistics. My boss insists that NYC is a crime hell hole because he witnessed a stabbing one time YEARS ago.