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Geoff George
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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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Just look at the names of those authors. Those degenerates are tokin' 24/7.
Copy of "Roadside Geology of Utah," written by Felicie Williams, Lucy Chronic, and Halka Chronic
December 24, 2025 at 7:13 PM
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Tom & Jerry's at Miller's Pub.
Toasting mugs with Amelia at Miller's Pub
December 22, 2025 at 10:51 PM
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I laughed.
A mock cover of "Infinite Jest," styled to look like the cover of "Icebreaker"
December 15, 2025 at 11:50 PM
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And then I looked at the back, and now I know there are exactly six varieties, because it provides the nutrition facts for each. I can expect 8 (8!) longboys. That's just a package of longboys! That's a third of the calendar! This is just a mixed-cookie tin in fancy packaging!
Back of the advent calendar, showing 8 servings per container of shortbread fingers (aka longboys) A package of shortbread fingers Text from the Walker's website: "Each box of Shortbread Fingers 5.3 oz. includes 8 deliciously thick Shortbread Fingers"
December 6, 2025 at 10:11 PM
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This dude has such contempt for 9-5ers.
Excerpt from "Wind, Sand and Stars": "Old bureaucrat, my comrade, it is not you who are to blame. No one ever helped you to escape. You, like a termite, built your peace by blocking up with cement every chink and cranny through which the light might pierce. You rolled yourself up into a ball in your genteel security, in routine, in the stifling conventions of provincial life, raising a modest rampart against the winds and the tides and the stars. You have chosen not to be perturbed by great problems, having trouble enough to forget your own fate as man. You are not the dweller upon an errant planet and do not ask yourself questions to which there are no answers. You are a petty bourgeois of Toulouse. Nobody grasped you by the shoulder while there was still time. Now the clay of which you were shaped has dried and hardened, and naught in you will ever awaken the sleeping musician, the poet, the astronomer that possibly inhabited you in the beginning."
December 5, 2025 at 8:28 AM
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I do not wish to open my book-club book and would like to open other books instead, but I'm running out of time before the next meeting, so fine, Mr. French Pilot, tell me your story.
Cover of Antoine de Saint-Exupéry's memoir, "Wind, Sand and Stars"
December 5, 2025 at 6:50 AM
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Shortbread advent calendar, day 4: I know everyone's been refreshing their feeds waiting for this. Today's shortbread is a square with some toffee clusters.
A Walker's-brand shortbread in front of a small white Christmas tree
December 4, 2025 at 10:25 PM
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Do I dare ruin my insides with a glass or two of this?
Bottle of Screwball-brand peanut butter whiskey egg nog
December 4, 2025 at 3:35 AM
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What the fuck is this, man.
Paragraph from the quote-posted article: "What makes watching the short particularly surreal, however, is that it entirely takes place in the world of Fortnite, featuring cameos from the franchise's mascots like Jonesy, Peely, and the Skull Trooper, character models directly from the game, and brand-new locations that will be explorable in Chapter Seven. Instead of blood, the characters glow blue and turn into digital cubes. Plus, The Bride is seen riding the Battle Bus! The contrast between Tarantino's air of prestige and the aesthetics of Fortnite makes for an odd pairing, but as a cute promotional tie-in, it's all harmless fun."
December 3, 2025 at 8:37 PM
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Shortbread advent calendar, day 3: The window for this piece led me to believe it would be way bigger. But we take what the shortbread gods provide.
A little heart-shaped shortbread
December 3, 2025 at 7:05 PM
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Shortbread advent calendar, day 2: a classic biscuit.
The classic Walker's biscuit that looks kinda like a Lego piece with inverted studs
December 2, 2025 at 5:12 PM
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Amelia got me a shortbread advent calendar. Hell yeah.
A Walker's-brand advent calendar
December 1, 2025 at 11:17 PM
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I tell ya what, though, I've never felt more justified in making a purchase than I have tonight, walking around in the slosh with dry feet thanks to my pricey new boots.
A pair of snow-covered rubber-bottomed boots from LL Bean
November 30, 2025 at 5:00 AM
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Lyfting home with a friend, and I'm here to say the dashboard displays of cars are getting absolutely batshit.
Chevy car display that has been fully computerized
November 30, 2025 at 4:32 AM
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Hell yeah.
A slice of pumpkin pie, with Ken Burns's "American Revolution" playing in the background
November 28, 2025 at 6:42 AM
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Christ, they've basically rented out every last theater.
Evening showtimes at a local AMC theater, almost entirely taken up by "Wicked: For Good"
November 22, 2025 at 10:21 PM
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I shall sing tales of the black-and-white knight wherever I go.
Me in a crown representing the black-and-white knight
November 8, 2025 at 12:51 AM
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Except, wait ... oh ... dear.
Text from article: 'But his official career there ended ignominiously in 2007 after he ignited an uproar by suggesting, in an interview with The Sunday Times in London, that Black people, over all, were not as intelligent as white people. He repeated the assertion in on-camera interviews for a PBS documentary about him, part of the “American Masters” series. When the program aired in 2018, the lab, in response, revoked honorary titles that Dr. Watson had retained.'
November 8, 2025 at 12:21 AM
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Me, as soon as I learn who our knight is.
Knight kneeling in honor
November 7, 2025 at 11:53 PM
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A whole lotta people really need to harness more of that Don Draper energy.
The two shots from "Mad Men" of Ginsberg saying, "I feel bad for you," and Draper replying, "I don't think about you at all."
November 6, 2025 at 4:05 PM
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The chalker speaks for me as well. What are we doing REMOVING residential crosswalks and sidewalk segments?
Crosswalk removed at Sheridan Rd. and Keeney St. in Evanston, IL
October 25, 2025 at 11:52 PM
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Just admiring some art at the bar.
Weird painted version of the nursery scene from "Wolf of Wall Street"
October 25, 2025 at 9:20 PM
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"I thought we were gonna watch Shrek."

"Right, Shreck. This is Shreck."
Blu-ray cover of a horror film called "Shreck"
October 25, 2025 at 6:50 PM
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BOOM.
Finished crostatas, fresh out of the oven
October 24, 2025 at 2:02 AM
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We're making pumpkin and sausage crostatas. I think we're about to get to crimping the dough.
Uncooked, uncrimped crostata in progress Preview of the finished product with the cooking instructions
October 24, 2025 at 1:15 AM