Brian Throckmorton
@bthrock.bsky.social
Retired editor, Lexington KY
How I feel about the preamble to “Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer”:
December 6, 2025 at 1:51 PM
How I feel about the preamble to “Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer”:
Josh and Chuck of the Stuff You Should Know podcast. Cooperative instead of competitive; non-toxic masculinity.
December 5, 2025 at 10:36 PM
Josh and Chuck of the Stuff You Should Know podcast. Cooperative instead of competitive; non-toxic masculinity.
"Sabrina”: At Audrey Hepburn’s cooking school, the window provides a dead-on view of the Eiffel Tower. Her apartment has this lofty view of Sacre-Cœur. Is she living on the Eiffel Tower? No. To see the cathedral from this angle, it's more likely that her pad is atop the Gare du Nord train station.
August 23, 2025 at 1:50 PM
"Sabrina”: At Audrey Hepburn’s cooking school, the window provides a dead-on view of the Eiffel Tower. Her apartment has this lofty view of Sacre-Cœur. Is she living on the Eiffel Tower? No. To see the cathedral from this angle, it's more likely that her pad is atop the Gare du Nord train station.
Aww—judging from the train on its gown, this trash can must be getting married!
🎵Here comes debris!🎵
🎵Here comes debris!🎵
August 8, 2025 at 3:59 PM
Aww—judging from the train on its gown, this trash can must be getting married!
🎵Here comes debris!🎵
🎵Here comes debris!🎵
(Hat tip to AI for quickly computing how many molecules are in a stick of butter. Not sure what “-illion” equals 10^20, but quadrillion is close enough for me.)
July 17, 2025 at 2:56 PM
(Hat tip to AI for quickly computing how many molecules are in a stick of butter. Not sure what “-illion” equals 10^20, but quadrillion is close enough for me.)
A fancy way of saying “no cholesterol—and a missed opportunity, because if they managed to put one molecule of cholesterol in each can, they could truthfully say something like “butter has 37 quadrillion times as much cholesterol as this oil.”
July 17, 2025 at 2:53 PM
A fancy way of saying “no cholesterol—and a missed opportunity, because if they managed to put one molecule of cholesterol in each can, they could truthfully say something like “butter has 37 quadrillion times as much cholesterol as this oil.”
Kristi Noem decries an “unapparelled” display, but that’s the kind of disaster Noem was born to fix! She’ll give that display a stunning cowboy hat, some camo, maybe a bandolier or two, and it will be all dressed up like a real grownup.
July 11, 2025 at 5:47 PM
Kristi Noem decries an “unapparelled” display, but that’s the kind of disaster Noem was born to fix! She’ll give that display a stunning cowboy hat, some camo, maybe a bandolier or two, and it will be all dressed up like a real grownup.
If you mention actor Chris Messina to me without overenunciating, I am apt to hear "Christmasina" and envision a seasonal drag queen.
July 4, 2025 at 2:02 AM
If you mention actor Chris Messina to me without overenunciating, I am apt to hear "Christmasina" and envision a seasonal drag queen.
A satiric image I created in the days when the “bakers’ rights” movement was just finding its feet.
June 27, 2025 at 2:22 PM
A satiric image I created in the days when the “bakers’ rights” movement was just finding its feet.
Doris Day—singer, actress, animal lover, ray of sunshine, and MADWOMAN OF THE ROADS. The movie is “Julie,” and in order to correspond with how she’s steering, the street would have to be named Zigzag Drive or Whiplash Way.
June 24, 2025 at 2:33 PM
Doris Day—singer, actress, animal lover, ray of sunshine, and MADWOMAN OF THE ROADS. The movie is “Julie,” and in order to correspond with how she’s steering, the street would have to be named Zigzag Drive or Whiplash Way.