Geoff George
@geoffdgeorge.com
Chicagoan, dev, writer and former micro/macro editor of little consequence, compulsive movie/TV watcher, ever-recovering night owl, and bookworm. Opinions are mine. He/him. (Also posts at @[email protected].)
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Geoff George
@geoffdgeorge.com
· Dec 22
Attending to My Attention
Some thoughts on the year behind, and some blog-related resolutions for 2025
www.geoffdgeorge.com
Setting some intentions for 2025. I need to pay more attention to ... my attention.
Just look at the names of those authors. Those degenerates are tokin' 24/7.
December 24, 2025 at 7:13 PM
Just look at the names of those authors. Those degenerates are tokin' 24/7.
I finished 15 books this year, and I refuse to feel too much one way or another about that number.
At Present Pace ...
A year's-end reminder that the race is long but only against myself
endoftheshelf.leaflet.pub
December 24, 2025 at 9:39 AM
I finished 15 books this year, and I refuse to feel too much one way or another about that number.
Reposted by Geoff George
Tom & Jerry's at Miller's Pub.
December 22, 2025 at 10:51 PM
Tom & Jerry's at Miller's Pub.
Reposted by Geoff George
Pluribus rules because it’s forcing people who wanna see a bunch of sci fi lore dumps to instead watch amazing actors have incredibly interesting conversations about what it means to be a person
December 21, 2025 at 11:34 PM
Pluribus rules because it’s forcing people who wanna see a bunch of sci fi lore dumps to instead watch amazing actors have incredibly interesting conversations about what it means to be a person
The "Murderbot" TV show might be entertaining. I haven't yet sampled it. But the novellas? Kinda boring, I'm sorry. The titular bot has *some* personality, I guess, but the humans are unremarkable and interchangeable—at least at the 100-page mark.
December 22, 2025 at 12:49 AM
The "Murderbot" TV show might be entertaining. I haven't yet sampled it. But the novellas? Kinda boring, I'm sorry. The titular bot has *some* personality, I guess, but the humans are unremarkable and interchangeable—at least at the 100-page mark.
It's crazy how much fresher and therefore better the popcorn is at the Music Box Theater, compared to AMC.
December 20, 2025 at 8:05 PM
It's crazy how much fresher and therefore better the popcorn is at the Music Box Theater, compared to AMC.
We're losing this battle again on public transit, though. Stepped off one Red Line car with a dude ripping a dart this morning, and then stepped off another with a bro suckin' on his vape.
this is a good reminder of how things that are shitty but have been accepted as normal and inevitable can actually turn out to be abnormal and evitable with some science, time, education and political will
December 20, 2025 at 8:03 PM
We're losing this battle again on public transit, though. Stepped off one Red Line car with a dude ripping a dart this morning, and then stepped off another with a bro suckin' on his vape.
Feels like every few months now there's a wholly unilluminating article that's just: "We assembled a panel of some of the least thoughtful people we could find. Read their recitation of rock-stupid talking points in our roundtable, where we discuss whether certain people should have rights."
December 19, 2025 at 8:04 PM
Feels like every few months now there's a wholly unilluminating article that's just: "We assembled a panel of some of the least thoughtful people we could find. Read their recitation of rock-stupid talking points in our roundtable, where we discuss whether certain people should have rights."
I honestly feel like diagnosing yourself correctly should come with a discount. At that point, you're just there for the script.
I personally think there should be an option when you roll up to urgent care where you can write what you suspect your diagnosis is on a little paper before the doctor sees you and if you’re right you get a sticker
December 19, 2025 at 3:44 AM
I honestly feel like diagnosing yourself correctly should come with a discount. At that point, you're just there for the script.
Leave Bill Watterson ALONE.
this is the most "Get a Job, Stay Away From Her" I've ever felt
December 19, 2025 at 1:09 AM
Leave Bill Watterson ALONE.
Watching two people I follow go AT it over today's school bus thing. I'm not stepping in, obviously, but literally anything in the world would be a more productive use of their precious time!
December 17, 2025 at 5:26 AM
Watching two people I follow go AT it over today's school bus thing. I'm not stepping in, obviously, but literally anything in the world would be a more productive use of their precious time!
Key question for further discussion here: what's the largest book you're OK carrying around? I feel like I've got a high tolerance for toting girthy tomes, but "theMystery.doc," at 1,660 pages, has me reconsidering.
When is a book TOO big?
endoftheshelf.leaflet.pub
December 17, 2025 at 3:53 AM
Key question for further discussion here: what's the largest book you're OK carrying around? I feel like I've got a high tolerance for toting girthy tomes, but "theMystery.doc," at 1,660 pages, has me reconsidering.
Offense taken at this list, 'cuz I still write postcards.
Show your age
17 (have never used a fax machine, a record player, or a phone booth)
17 (have never used a fax machine, a record player, or a phone booth)
December 16, 2025 at 6:40 PM
Offense taken at this list, 'cuz I still write postcards.
Reposted by Geoff George
HARD BOILED DETECTIVE: another cruel sunrise over the city of the damned. another corpse. another widow. another cup of black coffee to drag my sorry ass back to life- *sputtering*
ME: do you like it? it's an ethiopian washed process single origin
DETECTIVE:
ME: are you getting apricot notes
ME: do you like it? it's an ethiopian washed process single origin
DETECTIVE:
ME: are you getting apricot notes
December 16, 2025 at 12:32 PM
HARD BOILED DETECTIVE: another cruel sunrise over the city of the damned. another corpse. another widow. another cup of black coffee to drag my sorry ass back to life- *sputtering*
ME: do you like it? it's an ethiopian washed process single origin
DETECTIVE:
ME: are you getting apricot notes
ME: do you like it? it's an ethiopian washed process single origin
DETECTIVE:
ME: are you getting apricot notes
Nobody else has said it,† but I will: Apple's Liquid Glass update sucks.
†Many others have said it.
†Many others have said it.
December 16, 2025 at 4:31 PM
Nobody else has said it,† but I will: Apple's Liquid Glass update sucks.
†Many others have said it.
†Many others have said it.
Because I'm slow to learn celebrity things, I didn't realize that Lily Allen's cheating husband was David Harbour of "Stranger Things," and knowing that somehow makes it funnier.
December 15, 2025 at 11:41 PM
Because I'm slow to learn celebrity things, I didn't realize that Lily Allen's cheating husband was David Harbour of "Stranger Things," and knowing that somehow makes it funnier.
One of the all-time runs.
December 15, 2025 at 4:57 AM
One of the all-time runs.
Well, fuck.
“Rob Reiner and his wife, Michele Singer Reiner, were killed by their son, Nick, multiple sources confirm to PEOPLE.”
Rob Reiner and His Wife Michele Were Killed by Their Son: Sources (Exclusive)
Rob Reiner and his wife, Michele Singer Reiner, were found after first responders were called to the couple's Brentwood home at 3:30 p.m.
people.com
December 15, 2025 at 4:08 AM
Well, fuck.
I've only seen clips of Adam Friedland's interviews, and I honestly couldn't tell where the jokes began and ended. I could see this getting quite weird.
Scoop: Olivia Nuzzi sat for a podcast interview with Adam Friedland, set to be released this week
December 15, 2025 at 3:18 AM
I've only seen clips of Adam Friedland's interviews, and I honestly couldn't tell where the jokes began and ended. I could see this getting quite weird.
Reposted by Geoff George
You can’t “fix” X, The Everything App by going back and posting there because the owner has this thumb on the scale of the algorithm to promote the worst ideas and people. It’s not a viable solution, you have to let it go.
Dear Bluesky liberals. Come back to Twitter. Please. PLEASE.
December 14, 2025 at 11:59 PM
You can’t “fix” X, The Everything App by going back and posting there because the owner has this thumb on the scale of the algorithm to promote the worst ideas and people. It’s not a viable solution, you have to let it go.
Reposted by Geoff George
This should not be possible.
December 10, 2025 at 3:38 AM
This should not be possible.
Am I crazy, or is the paint job of the vehicle in this article's lead image meant to evoke R2-D2?
Rivian is building its own powerful AI chips for autonomous driving
Rivian is building its own powerful AI chips for autonomous driving
Rivian’s AI chips can perform 1,600 trillion operations a second.
buff.ly
December 11, 2025 at 9:49 PM
Am I crazy, or is the paint job of the vehicle in this article's lead image meant to evoke R2-D2?