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David Newby
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Philadelphia, PA
Wait, the King of Cartoons was played by Blacula?
June 14, 2025 at 4:09 AM
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This is genuinely fucking wild as hell??? Some rando stole a complete workprint of The Day The Clown Cried, the only one known in existence, and we just now know about it??? www.thenationalnews.com/arts-culture...
Controversial 'lost' Jerry Lewis film discovered in Sweden after 53 years | The National
A Swedish actor, who stole a copy in 1980, plans to release The Day The Clown Cried, saying 'it must be seen'
www.thenationalnews.com
May 30, 2025 at 5:48 PM
My Roku TV may not know enough about me to know I don't speak Vietnamese, but it least it knows that I want to watch "Baby Driver" over and over.
May 31, 2025 at 1:45 AM
Bad news, I have to find a new starting word.

Wordle 1,421 1/6*

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May 11, 2025 at 12:06 AM
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“It’s pretty impossible to overstate how disengaged he is,” a recently departed [Fetterman] staffer said. “He doesn’t read memos, he’s taking very few meetings … the job is just a platform for him to run for president, that’s all he cares about.”
www.inquirer.com/politics/joh...
Inside Sen. John Fetterman’s office: canceled meetings, skipped votes and an outburst with Pa. teachers
Following the New York Magazine article, former staffers said Fetterman has avoided basic duties of being Pa.’s senator. “It’s pretty impossible to overstate how disengaged he is,” one said.
www.inquirer.com
May 8, 2025 at 10:33 PM
I'm adding "cutting toenails" to the list of basic activities I apparently cannot do without injuring myself, to join "tying shoes," "using a computer," "sitting," "walking," chewing," and many others.
May 8, 2025 at 11:27 PM
I have finally achieved my goal of having more Wordle 2's than 6's!
April 27, 2025 at 2:27 AM
I had 2 insect-related emergencies today so I'm going to jump the gun and say it's Summer.
April 23, 2025 at 3:51 AM
I watched "Desperately Seeking Susan" for the first time last night. A great movie, but I'm kind of glad I never watched it as a young'un because it would have made me into a rabid Madonna fan.
April 17, 2025 at 12:26 AM
A day-to-day recap of the first news story I remember paying attention to as a kid? Yes, please!
#MSH45 | April 16, 1980
Ash sampling wraps up today. Scientists finish collecting material from 30 snow-covered stations. Volcanic activity remains low—just five magnitude 4 earthquakes. There is no tilt.

The north side continues to push outward.
April 16, 2025 at 8:15 PM
It turns out that the incredibly sketchy email I almost deleted really was giving me $40 from a Facebook class action from like 10 years ago. I've changed my mind, I'm clicking every single email link I get from now on.
April 11, 2025 at 8:07 PM
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Tips For Keeping Backyard Chickens
theonion.com/tips-fo...
March 31, 2025 at 10:00 PM
This is the saddest Mrs. Dalloway I have ever heard.
Improve a first line by substituting Mrs. Dalloway.

It was a bright cold day in April, and the clocks were striking Mrs. Dalloway.
Improve a first line by substituting Mrs. Dalloway.

It was a queer, sultry summer, the summer they executed Mrs. Dalloway, and I didn't know what I was doing in New York.
March 31, 2025 at 4:35 AM
I was wondering why the oranges are so cheap at the little Mexican store and it turns out it's because they smell like cilantro.

This is not the best Old-Fashioned I've ever had, but it's not the worst.
March 27, 2025 at 2:30 AM
First one of these for a while!

Wordle 1,374 2/6*

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March 24, 2025 at 3:58 PM
pick five favorites artist/band and tell us the first song you heard by each

Talking Heads-- Totally Nude
Robyn Hitchcock-- Balloon Man
Pixies-- Here Comes Your Man
Prince-- 1999
Elvis Costello-- Veronica
pick five favorites artist/band and tell us the first song you heard by each

the national - all the wine
mountain goats - no children
incubus - redefine
mj lenderman - dan marino
qotsa - if only
pick five of your favorite artists/bands and tell us the first song you heard by each.

Kate Bush - Wuthering Heights (1986 vocal)
Tori Amos - Silent All These Years
Joni Mitchell - Snakes & Ladders
Rachael Sage - Sistersong
Susan McKeown - Cé Leis É?
March 24, 2025 at 2:29 AM
Reposted by David Newby
who's on what platform, 2025 edition
March 21, 2025 at 2:20 PM
Reposted by David Newby
actually I have no idea what I look like because my mirror is completely obscured by kissy marks
March 20, 2025 at 2:39 AM
If spending fifteen bucks on esoteric cocktail bitters you dispense with a dainty little eyedropper is wrong, I don't wanna be right.
March 20, 2025 at 3:04 AM
I'm calling it, winter's over.
March 20, 2025 at 2:08 AM
Peto and Flek's emo cousin.
I'm so obsessed with this goddamn cookie
March 19, 2025 at 4:09 AM
The Indian grocery I went to had sandalwood-flavored dessert syrup and I am pleased to report that it tastes very nice with Scotch.
March 17, 2025 at 2:55 AM
I spent the afternoon in Dover Delaware and I have to say it beats Baton Rouge on my list of most depressing state capitols. At least in BR a guy tried to sell me weed on the grounds of the capitol building.
March 16, 2025 at 4:48 AM
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yeah bitch
March 16, 2025 at 2:58 AM
Between the douchebag Duke guy on White Lotus and basically everything on Righteous Gemstones, the Carolinas are having a real moment on the HBO
March 12, 2025 at 4:39 AM