Mike McInnis
@mikemcinnis.bsky.social
Christian, physician, trombonist, painter, movie buff. Enjoyer of dad jokes and Simpsons quotes. I was @DrMcInnisDIT on Twitter.
I re-subscribed to AppleTV so I could watch Pluribus (and Severance, which I started last year but didn’t finish)*, but while I have the chance I’m also rewatching Ted Lasso, and it’s still delightful.
* and also Spirited, which just might be my new favorite Christmas comedy
* and also Spirited, which just might be my new favorite Christmas comedy
December 13, 2025 at 4:07 AM
I re-subscribed to AppleTV so I could watch Pluribus (and Severance, which I started last year but didn’t finish)*, but while I have the chance I’m also rewatching Ted Lasso, and it’s still delightful.
* and also Spirited, which just might be my new favorite Christmas comedy
* and also Spirited, which just might be my new favorite Christmas comedy
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A thread about Christmas customs, as portrayed Charles Dickens’ A Christmas Carol:
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December 21, 2024 at 2:32 PM
A thread about Christmas customs, as portrayed Charles Dickens’ A Christmas Carol:
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Instead of being the BEGINNING of an extended festival, Christmas Day now marks the CONCLUSION of a prolonged period of celebration. In modern American culture, Christmastime is a season in which we ANTICIPATE the coming of Christmas Day, not a season FOLLOWING Christmas Day.
29/x
29/x
December 21, 2024 at 3:17 PM
Instead of being the BEGINNING of an extended festival, Christmas Day now marks the CONCLUSION of a prolonged period of celebration. In modern American culture, Christmastime is a season in which we ANTICIPATE the coming of Christmas Day, not a season FOLLOWING Christmas Day.
29/x
29/x
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But as @nadijarieser.bsky.social recently demonstrated, it should be noted that Dickens might be guilty of creating false impressions of Victorian customs. Modern readers (like me!) who extrapolate too much from a work of fiction may be drawing erroneous conclusions. 6/x
Having watched Die Hard and Santa Clause this week….why do so many movies show office Christmas parties late on Christmas Eve? Who is doing this?
December 21, 2024 at 2:43 PM
But as @nadijarieser.bsky.social recently demonstrated, it should be noted that Dickens might be guilty of creating false impressions of Victorian customs. Modern readers (like me!) who extrapolate too much from a work of fiction may be drawing erroneous conclusions. 6/x
I can hear this photo:
“Hallway down the stairs is the stair where I sit…”
By A.A. Milne, if I recall correctly.
“Hallway down the stairs is the stair where I sit…”
By A.A. Milne, if I recall correctly.
December 10, 2025 at 3:12 PM
I can hear this photo:
“Hallway down the stairs is the stair where I sit…”
By A.A. Milne, if I recall correctly.
“Hallway down the stairs is the stair where I sit…”
By A.A. Milne, if I recall correctly.
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See also: taking collagen to help up your hair and nails grow
My take on protein trend...👇
Bro, Enough with the Protein. You’re Just Making Expensive Pee thewalrus.ca/enough-with-... via @thewalrus.ca
- 71% trying to increase their protein intake
- 90% believe essential to eat meat
- 72% willing to pay a premium for “protein fortification.”
Bro, Enough with the Protein. You’re Just Making Expensive Pee thewalrus.ca/enough-with-... via @thewalrus.ca
- 71% trying to increase their protein intake
- 90% believe essential to eat meat
- 72% willing to pay a premium for “protein fortification.”
Bro, Enough with the Protein. You’re Just Making Expensive Pee | The Walrus
Experts say the hype around the latest dietary must-have has become a farce
thewalrus.ca
December 6, 2025 at 4:24 PM
See also: taking collagen to help up your hair and nails grow
Shout out to headbanger Jeff Kezy, who gave an oral presentation about Randy Rhoads in my 9th grade speech class.
Happy Birthday to:
Peter Buck (R.E.M.)
David Lovering (Pixies)
Chris Stamey
Rick Bucklee (The Jam)
Randy Rhoads (Quiet Riot, Ozzy Osbourne)
Bill Lloyd (Foster & Lloyd)
Ben Watt (Everything But the Girl)
Ulf Ekberg (Ace of Base)
Joylon Dixon (Rachel Fuller, The Who)
Tish Hinojosa
1/
Peter Buck (R.E.M.)
David Lovering (Pixies)
Chris Stamey
Rick Bucklee (The Jam)
Randy Rhoads (Quiet Riot, Ozzy Osbourne)
Bill Lloyd (Foster & Lloyd)
Ben Watt (Everything But the Girl)
Ulf Ekberg (Ace of Base)
Joylon Dixon (Rachel Fuller, The Who)
Tish Hinojosa
1/
December 6, 2025 at 4:22 PM
Shout out to headbanger Jeff Kezy, who gave an oral presentation about Randy Rhoads in my 9th grade speech class.
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Ok. I’m going to try this, just to see if it’s possible. A different Scrooge at the window everyday during advent:
George C Scott in A Christmas Carol (1984)
You there boy! What day is this?
It’s 1st December
George C Scott in A Christmas Carol (1984)
You there boy! What day is this?
It’s 1st December
December 1, 2025 at 4:05 PM
Ok. I’m going to try this, just to see if it’s possible. A different Scrooge at the window everyday during advent:
George C Scott in A Christmas Carol (1984)
You there boy! What day is this?
It’s 1st December
George C Scott in A Christmas Carol (1984)
You there boy! What day is this?
It’s 1st December
“Build a bridge. Shine your light. Peace and love.”
December 6, 2025 at 1:19 AM
“Build a bridge. Shine your light. Peace and love.”
The second worst summer job I ever had was doing cold-call telemarketing for an air duct cleaning company. They literally handed us a phone book and said “Go down the list. Dial the number, read the script.”
I always have the maintenance done annually on things like the furnace, air, etc.
But jfc stop trying to up-sell me on duct cleaning. Not today. And no I do not want an estimate.
But jfc stop trying to up-sell me on duct cleaning. Not today. And no I do not want an estimate.
December 4, 2025 at 1:15 AM
The second worst summer job I ever had was doing cold-call telemarketing for an air duct cleaning company. They literally handed us a phone book and said “Go down the list. Dial the number, read the script.”
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This is an excellent holiday album. I threw it on tonight, given the news.
December 4, 2025 at 12:26 AM
This is an excellent holiday album. I threw it on tonight, given the news.
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Oh no, that's really terrible news. If you like soul music at all, you've loved something that Steve Cropper was intimately involved in at Stax
One of the all-time greats - guitarist, songwriter, producer, icon. Rest easy, Steve. variety.com/2025/music/n...
Steve Cropper, Legendary Guitarist for Booker T. & the MG’s, Otis Redding and the Blues Brothers, Dies at 84
Steve Cropper, guitarist for Booker T. & the MG's, Otis Redding, the Blues Brothers and many more, has died. He was 84.
variety.com
December 3, 2025 at 10:18 PM
Oh no, that's really terrible news. If you like soul music at all, you've loved something that Steve Cropper was intimately involved in at Stax
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RIP Steve Cropper, you might not know his name* but you know a lot of his music.
youtu.be/iFQEsUjI0U8
*yes, I know lots of you do know his name.
youtu.be/iFQEsUjI0U8
*yes, I know lots of you do know his name.
(1967) GREEN ONIONS - Live - Booker T. and MG's
YouTube video by LeeEstradaMusic
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December 3, 2025 at 10:38 PM
RIP Steve Cropper, you might not know his name* but you know a lot of his music.
youtu.be/iFQEsUjI0U8
*yes, I know lots of you do know his name.
youtu.be/iFQEsUjI0U8
*yes, I know lots of you do know his name.
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RIP — Cropper was responsible for some of the sweetest electric guitar playing ever committed to tape. variety.com/2025/music/n...
Steve Cropper, Legendary Guitarist for Booker T. & the MG’s, Otis Redding and the Blues Brothers, Dies at 84
Steve Cropper, guitarist for Booker T. & the MG's, Otis Redding, the Blues Brothers and many more, has died. He was 84.
variety.com
December 3, 2025 at 9:51 PM
RIP — Cropper was responsible for some of the sweetest electric guitar playing ever committed to tape. variety.com/2025/music/n...
I’ll be super glad when I don’t have to read the word “narco terrorist” any more.
December 2, 2025 at 10:38 PM
I’ll be super glad when I don’t have to read the word “narco terrorist” any more.
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We need to normalize talking about death as part of life, because NOT talking about it is why we see so many drawn-out, painful deaths. It’s not giving up and it’s not losing, it’s just the end of a time period.
December 1, 2025 at 9:28 PM
We need to normalize talking about death as part of life, because NOT talking about it is why we see so many drawn-out, painful deaths. It’s not giving up and it’s not losing, it’s just the end of a time period.
Can you guess this album?
(Imagine lots of pink.)
(Imagine lots of pink.)
December 1, 2025 at 12:46 AM
Can you guess this album?
(Imagine lots of pink.)
(Imagine lots of pink.)
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Nine years ago Mike Fitzgerald wrote up an extraordinarily fascinating breakdown of the differences between the Tom Stoppard shooting script and the original Jeffrey Boam draft of Indiana Jones and The Last Crusade.
It's well worth your time: www.creativescreenwriting.com/indiana-jone...
It's well worth your time: www.creativescreenwriting.com/indiana-jone...
July 2, 2025 at 6:25 PM
Nine years ago Mike Fitzgerald wrote up an extraordinarily fascinating breakdown of the differences between the Tom Stoppard shooting script and the original Jeffrey Boam draft of Indiana Jones and The Last Crusade.
It's well worth your time: www.creativescreenwriting.com/indiana-jone...
It's well worth your time: www.creativescreenwriting.com/indiana-jone...
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Time for the annual “am I old or are the celebrities at the Macy’s parade fairly obscure”
November 27, 2025 at 1:48 PM
Time for the annual “am I old or are the celebrities at the Macy’s parade fairly obscure”
✔️ Planes, Trains, and Automobiles
✔️ Alice’s Restaurant
Also, my wife is watching the Macy’s parade, which always makes me feel hopelessly, hopelessly out of touch with American pop culture.
✔️ Alice’s Restaurant
Also, my wife is watching the Macy’s parade, which always makes me feel hopelessly, hopelessly out of touch with American pop culture.
November 27, 2025 at 2:15 PM
✔️ Planes, Trains, and Automobiles
✔️ Alice’s Restaurant
Also, my wife is watching the Macy’s parade, which always makes me feel hopelessly, hopelessly out of touch with American pop culture.
✔️ Alice’s Restaurant
Also, my wife is watching the Macy’s parade, which always makes me feel hopelessly, hopelessly out of touch with American pop culture.
Retcon: For Good
November 27, 2025 at 3:14 AM
Retcon: For Good
Just listen to what Brubeck’s left hand is doing on “Blue Rondo a la Turk” on the 4th time through the main riff (right before Paul Desmond comes in on alto at 0:45). Fascinating! It’s much more harmonically complex than is immediately apparent. It reminds me of Thelonious Monk.
The Dave Brubeck Quartet - Take Five
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
It’s an absolute treat to intently LISTEN to a great work of art. Especially when you’ve heard it a million times and you STILL hear new things.
Favorites: “Three to Get Ready”
“Everybody’s Jumpin’”
Least favorite: “Pick Up Sticks”
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
It’s an absolute treat to intently LISTEN to a great work of art. Especially when you’ve heard it a million times and you STILL hear new things.
Favorites: “Three to Get Ready”
“Everybody’s Jumpin’”
Least favorite: “Pick Up Sticks”
November 27, 2025 at 1:10 AM
Just listen to what Brubeck’s left hand is doing on “Blue Rondo a la Turk” on the 4th time through the main riff (right before Paul Desmond comes in on alto at 0:45). Fascinating! It’s much more harmonically complex than is immediately apparent. It reminds me of Thelonious Monk.