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Fiction and essays that pair well with exotic cocktails served in haunted hotel bars by the sexiest ghosts one could survive beholding directly.
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Fiction and essays that pair well with exotic cocktails served in haunted hotel bars by the sexiest ghosts one could survive beholding directly.
#HorrorSky #BookSky #FilmSky
Tonight’s watch:
Dawn of the Dead (1978) directed by George Romero
Dawn of the Dead (1978) directed by George Romero
November 30, 2025 at 5:00 AM
Tonight’s watch:
Dawn of the Dead (1978) directed by George Romero
Dawn of the Dead (1978) directed by George Romero
Immigration is entering a country. Emigration is leaving one.
So: “Once trump's tour of duty is complete, the useful idiot will emigrate from America and immigrate to Russia."
So: “Once trump's tour of duty is complete, the useful idiot will emigrate from America and immigrate to Russia."
November 28, 2025 at 6:49 PM
Immigration is entering a country. Emigration is leaving one.
So: “Once trump's tour of duty is complete, the useful idiot will emigrate from America and immigrate to Russia."
So: “Once trump's tour of duty is complete, the useful idiot will emigrate from America and immigrate to Russia."
My 4yo told me we didn’t have to win the turkey trot this year as long as we were in the top 3.
November 27, 2025 at 6:35 PM
My 4yo told me we didn’t have to win the turkey trot this year as long as we were in the top 3.
What is best in life?
To crush your friends and neighbors at the Turkey Trot, see them fall behind you, and to hear the lamentation of their children.
To crush your friends and neighbors at the Turkey Trot, see them fall behind you, and to hear the lamentation of their children.
November 27, 2025 at 3:32 AM
What is best in life?
To crush your friends and neighbors at the Turkey Trot, see them fall behind you, and to hear the lamentation of their children.
To crush your friends and neighbors at the Turkey Trot, see them fall behind you, and to hear the lamentation of their children.
“Yes, this peace proposal was authored by the Cylons, but we also considered previous input from the human race. So what?”
November 24, 2025 at 12:10 PM
“Yes, this peace proposal was authored by the Cylons, but we also considered previous input from the human race. So what?”
Physically, I’m parenting three small kids.
Mentally, I’m in 2010, browsing a Borders Books and Music, coffee in hand, probably about to purchase a Coheed and Cambria cd—nothing planned for the rest of the day, until it’s time to drink with friends at new neighborhood bar later.
Mentally, I’m in 2010, browsing a Borders Books and Music, coffee in hand, probably about to purchase a Coheed and Cambria cd—nothing planned for the rest of the day, until it’s time to drink with friends at new neighborhood bar later.
November 18, 2025 at 9:16 PM
Physically, I’m parenting three small kids.
Mentally, I’m in 2010, browsing a Borders Books and Music, coffee in hand, probably about to purchase a Coheed and Cambria cd—nothing planned for the rest of the day, until it’s time to drink with friends at new neighborhood bar later.
Mentally, I’m in 2010, browsing a Borders Books and Music, coffee in hand, probably about to purchase a Coheed and Cambria cd—nothing planned for the rest of the day, until it’s time to drink with friends at new neighborhood bar later.
4yo: We can share.
Me: Thank you!
4yo: WHAT ARE YOU DOING? That’s my mac and cheese!
Me: You said we could share!
4yo: I meant we can share YOUR food!
Me: Thank you!
4yo: WHAT ARE YOU DOING? That’s my mac and cheese!
Me: You said we could share!
4yo: I meant we can share YOUR food!
November 16, 2025 at 11:51 PM
4yo: We can share.
Me: Thank you!
4yo: WHAT ARE YOU DOING? That’s my mac and cheese!
Me: You said we could share!
4yo: I meant we can share YOUR food!
Me: Thank you!
4yo: WHAT ARE YOU DOING? That’s my mac and cheese!
Me: You said we could share!
4yo: I meant we can share YOUR food!
Tonight’s watch with the kiddos.
Big Hero 6 (2014)
Big Hero 6 (2014)
November 16, 2025 at 2:34 AM
Tonight’s watch with the kiddos.
Big Hero 6 (2014)
Big Hero 6 (2014)
Me, still grazing off of my kid’s Halloween candy.
November 14, 2025 at 7:38 PM
Me, still grazing off of my kid’s Halloween candy.
Big smarts on stage: pivot podcast in Chicago.
@profgalloway.com @karaswisher.bsky.social @govpritzker.illinois.gov Andrew Yang
@profgalloway.com @karaswisher.bsky.social @govpritzker.illinois.gov Andrew Yang
November 14, 2025 at 8:38 AM
Big smarts on stage: pivot podcast in Chicago.
@profgalloway.com @karaswisher.bsky.social @govpritzker.illinois.gov Andrew Yang
@profgalloway.com @karaswisher.bsky.social @govpritzker.illinois.gov Andrew Yang
“I look just like Frank Castle.”
—Guys driving Honda Odysseys with car seats and soccer cleats in the back, lying to themselves.
[He says with unassailable authority.]
—Guys driving Honda Odysseys with car seats and soccer cleats in the back, lying to themselves.
[He says with unassailable authority.]
November 12, 2025 at 10:07 PM
“I look just like Frank Castle.”
—Guys driving Honda Odysseys with car seats and soccer cleats in the back, lying to themselves.
[He says with unassailable authority.]
—Guys driving Honda Odysseys with car seats and soccer cleats in the back, lying to themselves.
[He says with unassailable authority.]
November 11, 2025 at 1:56 AM
"The Chicago Handshake."
On Nov. 10th, 1924, mobster and florist Dean O'Banion was greeted in his flower shop by three rivals, one of whom seized his right hand while the other two fired into him.
On Nov. 10th, 1924, mobster and florist Dean O'Banion was greeted in his flower shop by three rivals, one of whom seized his right hand while the other two fired into him.
November 10, 2025 at 1:26 PM
"The Chicago Handshake."
On Nov. 10th, 1924, mobster and florist Dean O'Banion was greeted in his flower shop by three rivals, one of whom seized his right hand while the other two fired into him.
On Nov. 10th, 1924, mobster and florist Dean O'Banion was greeted in his flower shop by three rivals, one of whom seized his right hand while the other two fired into him.
Our kids are trying to tell my wife and I where to go for our 11th anniversary. (This date includes them apparently.)
6yo suggest local Mexican ice cream place, his closer: “Dad, it’s so good. It’ll literally make your brain explode.”
6yo suggest local Mexican ice cream place, his closer: “Dad, it’s so good. It’ll literally make your brain explode.”
November 10, 2025 at 4:36 AM
Our kids are trying to tell my wife and I where to go for our 11th anniversary. (This date includes them apparently.)
6yo suggest local Mexican ice cream place, his closer: “Dad, it’s so good. It’ll literally make your brain explode.”
6yo suggest local Mexican ice cream place, his closer: “Dad, it’s so good. It’ll literally make your brain explode.”
I've been writing a document in my ReMarkable device--totally unaware of page or word count.
I guessed I was about at 20k words.
Just transferred it:
20,065 words.
I should go to Vegas.
I guessed I was about at 20k words.
Just transferred it:
20,065 words.
I should go to Vegas.
November 8, 2025 at 12:13 PM
I've been writing a document in my ReMarkable device--totally unaware of page or word count.
I guessed I was about at 20k words.
Just transferred it:
20,065 words.
I should go to Vegas.
I guessed I was about at 20k words.
Just transferred it:
20,065 words.
I should go to Vegas.
We're all just pretending printers, leaf blowers, and Microsoft products actually work, right?
November 7, 2025 at 4:30 PM
We're all just pretending printers, leaf blowers, and Microsoft products actually work, right?
The Arc Raiders tagline confounds me.
Enlist. Resist
That dropped second period is intentional, right? Why? What does that choice accomplish?
Any copywriters want to weigh in and tell me what I’m missing?
Enlist. Resist
That dropped second period is intentional, right? Why? What does that choice accomplish?
Any copywriters want to weigh in and tell me what I’m missing?
November 5, 2025 at 2:48 PM
The Arc Raiders tagline confounds me.
Enlist. Resist
That dropped second period is intentional, right? Why? What does that choice accomplish?
Any copywriters want to weigh in and tell me what I’m missing?
Enlist. Resist
That dropped second period is intentional, right? Why? What does that choice accomplish?
Any copywriters want to weigh in and tell me what I’m missing?
Midday pep talk in the mirror.
November 4, 2025 at 7:52 PM
Midday pep talk in the mirror.
“I can fast a hundred years and not die. I can lie a hundred nights on the ice and not freeze. I can drink a river of blood and not burst. Show me your enemies.”
— C. S. Lewis, Prince Caspian.
— C. S. Lewis, Prince Caspian.
November 4, 2025 at 2:13 AM
“I can fast a hundred years and not die. I can lie a hundred nights on the ice and not freeze. I can drink a river of blood and not burst. Show me your enemies.”
— C. S. Lewis, Prince Caspian.
— C. S. Lewis, Prince Caspian.
