(My kids brought the average age at the concert down by like 25 years, but middle-aged folks will cross the street to compliment them on their concert tees.)
December 19, 2025 at 1:34 AM
(My kids brought the average age at the concert down by like 25 years, but middle-aged folks will cross the street to compliment them on their concert tees.)
Just in case you missed this gem, I laughed until I cried at Amber Ruffin's reax to Mar-a-Lago Face:
youtube.com/shorts/ITbiR...
youtube.com/shorts/ITbiR...
Comedian loses it over Trump-inspired beauty trend
YouTube video by CNN
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December 19, 2025 at 1:32 AM
Just in case you missed this gem, I laughed until I cried at Amber Ruffin's reax to Mar-a-Lago Face:
youtube.com/shorts/ITbiR...
youtube.com/shorts/ITbiR...
One of the most sacred of all parenting duties.
December 19, 2025 at 1:29 AM
One of the most sacred of all parenting duties.
I associate choppers with ICE raids now. My oldest played in CPS city soccer playoffs recently. It was non-stop ICE raids; a helicopter circled throughout (top center). Completely ruined the day. We came in separate cars and had to ask one of our white citizen friends to drive home with my wife.
December 18, 2025 at 1:17 AM
I associate choppers with ICE raids now. My oldest played in CPS city soccer playoffs recently. It was non-stop ICE raids; a helicopter circled throughout (top center). Completely ruined the day. We came in separate cars and had to ask one of our white citizen friends to drive home with my wife.
A lifetime ago, I got the gift of Keeping It Very Real with a regular customer who loudly demanded to speak to my manager in front of a pile of customers on my last week before I moved 2,500 miles away.
Oh, you want to speak to my manager? ABSOLUTELY. But before I go get him, <redacted>.
Oh, you want to speak to my manager? ABSOLUTELY. But before I go get him, <redacted>.
a man with a beard in a suit and tie is sitting in a chair talking on a television show .
ALT: a man with a beard in a suit and tie is sitting in a chair talking on a television show .
media.tenor.com
December 12, 2025 at 10:27 PM
A lifetime ago, I got the gift of Keeping It Very Real with a regular customer who loudly demanded to speak to my manager in front of a pile of customers on my last week before I moved 2,500 miles away.
Oh, you want to speak to my manager? ABSOLUTELY. But before I go get him, <redacted>.
Oh, you want to speak to my manager? ABSOLUTELY. But before I go get him, <redacted>.
I couldn't help but be reminded of the Blue Line train here that rode up the escalator at O'Hare several years ago.
(I've found almost all epic CGI scenes unwatchable for decades, especially in theaters.)
www.youtube.com/watch?v=B89l...
(I've found almost all epic CGI scenes unwatchable for decades, especially in theaters.)
www.youtube.com/watch?v=B89l...
Video Shows Moment Of Impact In Blue Line Crash
YouTube video by CBS Chicago
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December 2, 2025 at 3:17 AM
I couldn't help but be reminded of the Blue Line train here that rode up the escalator at O'Hare several years ago.
(I've found almost all epic CGI scenes unwatchable for decades, especially in theaters.)
www.youtube.com/watch?v=B89l...
(I've found almost all epic CGI scenes unwatchable for decades, especially in theaters.)
www.youtube.com/watch?v=B89l...
In weakly related news, I've been with H for 25 years and only this weekend found out she's never seen the movie.
a woman with glasses is being filmed by a cameraman and the caption says are you kidding me
ALT: a woman with glasses is being filmed by a cameraman and the caption says are you kidding me
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December 2, 2025 at 2:52 AM
In weakly related news, I've been with H for 25 years and only this weekend found out she's never seen the movie.
I know it's early, BUT STILL. If someone had predicted this last year, I wouldn't have just laughed; I would have considered contacting their family out of concern for their mental health and detachment from reality.
November 20, 2025 at 3:55 PM
I know it's early, BUT STILL. If someone had predicted this last year, I wouldn't have just laughed; I would have considered contacting their family out of concern for their mental health and detachment from reality.
Love the guy, he brought us a chip and pride in our city, but be prepared that you be forever undermanned at center and also there will be one other random position where you will have 7-9 guys.
November 11, 2025 at 9:38 PM
Love the guy, he brought us a chip and pride in our city, but be prepared that you be forever undermanned at center and also there will be one other random position where you will have 7-9 guys.
It should be treated like cigarettes. Ban advertising, force disclaimers and warnings, limit access. Tax the hell out of it.
November 11, 2025 at 5:46 PM
It should be treated like cigarettes. Ban advertising, force disclaimers and warnings, limit access. Tax the hell out of it.
Stools ruined by stools.
Check before sittin'
'Cause people be shittin'
Check before sittin'
'Cause people be shittin'
November 11, 2025 at 1:53 AM
Stools ruined by stools.
Check before sittin'
'Cause people be shittin'
Check before sittin'
'Cause people be shittin'
I took a social psych class that had a big section on all the things that casinos do to get people to light their money on fire. Just unbelievably depressing. Like CTE but for bank accounts.
November 11, 2025 at 1:45 AM
I took a social psych class that had a big section on all the things that casinos do to get people to light their money on fire. Just unbelievably depressing. Like CTE but for bank accounts.
Oh, it's a thing. Key rule when visiting casinos is to always check the chair before sitting. Family friends back home owned a drug store in the city where the first Ontario casino opened. They were busier, but one item skyrocketed severalfold: adult diapers, used by compulsive gamblers.
November 11, 2025 at 1:41 AM
Oh, it's a thing. Key rule when visiting casinos is to always check the chair before sitting. Family friends back home owned a drug store in the city where the first Ontario casino opened. They were busier, but one item skyrocketed severalfold: adult diapers, used by compulsive gamblers.
I agree, the airport is particularly sad, as people in the terminal are frantically lighting their last bits of money on fire before heading home.
November 11, 2025 at 1:21 AM
I agree, the airport is particularly sad, as people in the terminal are frantically lighting their last bits of money on fire before heading home.
I had to go for a conference, checked in late, got up for an early session, and dude from the night before was sitting at the same slot machine, but with a cloud of stink around him, having chosen to shit himself rather than miss a run of luck. The whole place reeks of sadness and desperation.
November 11, 2025 at 1:20 AM
I had to go for a conference, checked in late, got up for an early session, and dude from the night before was sitting at the same slot machine, but with a cloud of stink around him, having chosen to shit himself rather than miss a run of luck. The whole place reeks of sadness and desperation.
Unless you're planning on farming, it's Minnesota by a landslide. And, even then, you could still easily farm in Minnesota but have the benefit of having a city and some non-white people around.
November 6, 2025 at 5:28 PM
Unless you're planning on farming, it's Minnesota by a landslide. And, even then, you could still easily farm in Minnesota but have the benefit of having a city and some non-white people around.
I suspect you are feeling the way I felt when Jen's baby had the audacity to be old enough to go to college. Just does not compute.
November 5, 2025 at 7:59 PM
I suspect you are feeling the way I felt when Jen's baby had the audacity to be old enough to go to college. Just does not compute.
Speaking of: Giant Baby is now taller than mom, and smoked my ass in a 5k a few weeks ago. It should be illegal for a 12yo to have size 11 feet. 😭
November 5, 2025 at 7:26 PM
Speaking of: Giant Baby is now taller than mom, and smoked my ass in a 5k a few weeks ago. It should be illegal for a 12yo to have size 11 feet. 😭
Ah, parenting.
It's like being chained to a table for years at a Humble Pie eating contest that you don't remember ever signing up for, and the organizers won't let you quit.
It's like being chained to a table for years at a Humble Pie eating contest that you don't remember ever signing up for, and the organizers won't let you quit.
November 5, 2025 at 6:37 PM
Ah, parenting.
It's like being chained to a table for years at a Humble Pie eating contest that you don't remember ever signing up for, and the organizers won't let you quit.
It's like being chained to a table for years at a Humble Pie eating contest that you don't remember ever signing up for, and the organizers won't let you quit.
Cheers to that. When I lived in KS, one of the only dive bars was walking-distance from my apt, so I'd grab a booth and grade while people-watching, and leave when it got too busy so I wasn't costing them business by hogging a booth. Ah, the pre-kid days.
September 11, 2025 at 12:33 AM
Cheers to that. When I lived in KS, one of the only dive bars was walking-distance from my apt, so I'd grab a booth and grade while people-watching, and leave when it got too busy so I wasn't costing them business by hogging a booth. Ah, the pre-kid days.
(But, yes, I physically have to get up and leave the room sometimes because it's so on-the-nose with the way it portrays my upbringing. I mean, ffs, my brother has a virtually identical shed and produce stand on the family farm to this day.)
July 8, 2025 at 5:06 PM
(But, yes, I physically have to get up and leave the room sometimes because it's so on-the-nose with the way it portrays my upbringing. I mean, ffs, my brother has a virtually identical shed and produce stand on the family farm to this day.)
I am absolutely a degen from upcountry but my accent has been filed down after decades down here, and I don't scrap much at all in my old age.
July 8, 2025 at 5:04 PM
I am absolutely a degen from upcountry but my accent has been filed down after decades down here, and I don't scrap much at all in my old age.
I used to race up stairs in skyscrapers and, without fail, even very fit-looking young people would try to sprint at the start, only to be absolutely cooked ~10 floors in. Basically no roads are as steep as stairs, and ones that are have switchbacks or flat spots to rest.
July 7, 2025 at 7:21 PM
I used to race up stairs in skyscrapers and, without fail, even very fit-looking young people would try to sprint at the start, only to be absolutely cooked ~10 floors in. Basically no roads are as steep as stairs, and ones that are have switchbacks or flat spots to rest.
lunch at sylvia's with al sharpton is the center square on my bingo card
July 7, 2025 at 7:12 PM
lunch at sylvia's with al sharpton is the center square on my bingo card
It is so chaotic! Even if you wanted kids to stay in the same camp, they all run in fits and starts throughout the summer. Also, there are almost no options at the very beginning and end of summer.
June 30, 2025 at 2:26 PM
It is so chaotic! Even if you wanted kids to stay in the same camp, they all run in fits and starts throughout the summer. Also, there are almost no options at the very beginning and end of summer.