I do not know if the positive effects of coffee are real, but I do know that the addiction is real. To appease my deep-brewed master, I will accept its broader claims.
January 23, 2026 at 5:14 PM
I do not know if the positive effects of coffee are real, but I do know that the addiction is real. To appease my deep-brewed master, I will accept its broader claims.
If you think Blazing Saddles and Young Frankenstein are genius (as I do), I suspect you will enjoy High Anxiety. Silent Movie is interesting, as an experiment, but easily forgettable.
January 23, 2026 at 5:01 PM
If you think Blazing Saddles and Young Frankenstein are genius (as I do), I suspect you will enjoy High Anxiety. Silent Movie is interesting, as an experiment, but easily forgettable.
Trump invades countries for the same reason that he rapes women.
He wants a Nobel Peace Prize because Obama has one.
The two are only tangentially related.
He wants a Nobel Peace Prize because Obama has one.
The two are only tangentially related.
January 19, 2026 at 1:42 PM
Trump invades countries for the same reason that he rapes women.
He wants a Nobel Peace Prize because Obama has one.
The two are only tangentially related.
He wants a Nobel Peace Prize because Obama has one.
The two are only tangentially related.
Carl Reiner named the lead character in the Dick Van Dyke show after his 13 year old son. I love Dick Van Dyke but it feels sad that he outlived the son.
December 15, 2025 at 4:18 AM
Carl Reiner named the lead character in the Dick Van Dyke show after his 13 year old son. I love Dick Van Dyke but it feels sad that he outlived the son.
It was dismissed without prejudice. Her shenanigans in securing the indictment should have led it to being dismissed with prejudice, and she should have been disbarred. This is like a 15-yard chop block penalty being overridden by a 5-yard illegal formation penalty prior to the snap.
November 24, 2025 at 6:52 PM
It was dismissed without prejudice. Her shenanigans in securing the indictment should have led it to being dismissed with prejudice, and she should have been disbarred. This is like a 15-yard chop block penalty being overridden by a 5-yard illegal formation penalty prior to the snap.
Do the AI tools need to learn how to doubt, or do they need to learn how to communicate doubt?
November 23, 2025 at 1:26 PM
Do the AI tools need to learn how to doubt, or do they need to learn how to communicate doubt?
I keep thinking back to Tim Kaine's 2016 convention speech, hitting all the wrong notes, underselling the significance of the moment.
November 12, 2025 at 7:38 PM
I keep thinking back to Tim Kaine's 2016 convention speech, hitting all the wrong notes, underselling the significance of the moment.
My only point was that it was well received critically. I didn't mean to be a jackass. I agree that some Springsteen loyalists were disappointed, but I definitely wasn't one on them. I was only 17 years old when Nebraska was released and I thought it was mind blowing.
October 25, 2025 at 5:11 AM
My only point was that it was well received critically. I didn't mean to be a jackass. I agree that some Springsteen loyalists were disappointed, but I definitely wasn't one on them. I was only 17 years old when Nebraska was released and I thought it was mind blowing.
It doesn't matter. You don't have to be a Democrat for life. Right now you just have to be part of the anti-authoritarian coalition. Let's not over-analyze this.
October 25, 2025 at 4:20 AM
It doesn't matter. You don't have to be a Democrat for life. Right now you just have to be part of the anti-authoritarian coalition. Let's not over-analyze this.
It finished #3 in the Pazz & Jop critics poll that year
October 25, 2025 at 3:55 AM
It finished #3 in the Pazz & Jop critics poll that year
And a 3-year state champion heavyweight high school wrestler
October 18, 2025 at 10:07 PM
And a 3-year state champion heavyweight high school wrestler
They tried to ignore the first round of No-Kings protests. That was the smarter strategy. Proclaiming now that the protests are somehow "dangerous" simply gives away their game. It acknowledges MAGA's dependence on authoritarianism.
October 15, 2025 at 3:35 PM
They tried to ignore the first round of No-Kings protests. That was the smarter strategy. Proclaiming now that the protests are somehow "dangerous" simply gives away their game. It acknowledges MAGA's dependence on authoritarianism.
You are conflating 2 different issues. Your original point was oligarchic, that the system never worked because the wealthy run the show. If true, it should be true irrelevant to party. Your latest point is constitutional. But checks & balances do not work now because one party holds all the levers.
October 14, 2025 at 1:30 PM
You are conflating 2 different issues. Your original point was oligarchic, that the system never worked because the wealthy run the show. If true, it should be true irrelevant to party. Your latest point is constitutional. But checks & balances do not work now because one party holds all the levers.
To gloss over the factors that distinguish the current threat from the systems of the past is functionally the same as excusing them. Let's not die of absolutism.
October 14, 2025 at 1:59 AM
To gloss over the factors that distinguish the current threat from the systems of the past is functionally the same as excusing them. Let's not die of absolutism.
It's actually Toots & the Maytals covering Ray Charles covering John Denver. You can tell they learned the song from Ray because they even copy his asides.
October 13, 2025 at 9:35 PM
It's actually Toots & the Maytals covering Ray Charles covering John Denver. You can tell they learned the song from Ray because they even copy his asides.
If the sentiment "no kings" is un-American, as Speaker Johnson says, then America has been a lie for 250 years. "No kings" is what we were originally told America is all about. I guess some Americans were just looking for the king loathsome enough to properly represent them.
October 13, 2025 at 2:07 PM
If the sentiment "no kings" is un-American, as Speaker Johnson says, then America has been a lie for 250 years. "No kings" is what we were originally told America is all about. I guess some Americans were just looking for the king loathsome enough to properly represent them.
Countdown before we hear the phrase "Nobel Fake Prize" starting now
October 10, 2025 at 1:26 PM
Countdown before we hear the phrase "Nobel Fake Prize" starting now
We shape behavior with both positive and negative reinforcement. If you don't offer positive reinforcement when they respond as you wish, they will never listen to you again.
September 22, 2025 at 10:31 PM
We shape behavior with both positive and negative reinforcement. If you don't offer positive reinforcement when they respond as you wish, they will never listen to you again.
I used to be a bot, but then I proved myself brave, truthful, and unselfish...
September 21, 2025 at 8:01 PM
I used to be a bot, but then I proved myself brave, truthful, and unselfish...
Didn't he have a "Professor Watch List" of academics he hoped to get fired, and who have now been receiving death threats all week?
September 17, 2025 at 1:45 AM
Didn't he have a "Professor Watch List" of academics he hoped to get fired, and who have now been receiving death threats all week?
Sure. As you say Dave Marsh was using the term in Creem as early as 1971. (I 1st read that article 40 years ago in the 1985 anthology of his work.) Lester Bangs probably used the term there as well. But the NY Times had quite a bit wider readership than Creem (or whatever Bomp! was)
September 12, 2025 at 11:48 PM
Sure. As you say Dave Marsh was using the term in Creem as early as 1971. (I 1st read that article 40 years ago in the 1985 anthology of his work.) Lester Bangs probably used the term there as well. But the NY Times had quite a bit wider readership than Creem (or whatever Bomp! was)
Are you saying that John Rockwell deserves credit for popularizing the term, or were writers from other publications doing the same in parallel?
September 12, 2025 at 11:33 PM
Are you saying that John Rockwell deserves credit for popularizing the term, or were writers from other publications doing the same in parallel?
Thoughts and prayers
September 10, 2025 at 10:14 PM
Thoughts and prayers