Timothy Braun (a.k.a. The Braunologue)
@timothybraun.bsky.social
Writer for @nytimes @huffingtonpost @AmericanTheatre @AustinChronicle @Austin_Monthly @TexasStandard and some sad plays and operas. RT not a endorsement.
I asked ChatGPT how to talk with children regarding what IU did to Purdue tonight. This was the answer.
November 29, 2025 at 5:08 AM
I asked ChatGPT how to talk with children regarding what IU did to Purdue tonight. This was the answer.
I asked ChatGPT how to talk to children about what Indiana University's football team did to Purdue tonight. This was the response.
November 29, 2025 at 3:51 AM
I asked ChatGPT how to talk to children about what Indiana University's football team did to Purdue tonight. This was the response.
Dodgers win. Extra innings. Come from behind in game 7. I’m going to the ER to see if my heart hasn’t stopped. I love you, I love you all.
November 2, 2025 at 4:24 AM
Dodgers win. Extra innings. Come from behind in game 7. I’m going to the ER to see if my heart hasn’t stopped. I love you, I love you all.
extra innings.
November 2, 2025 at 3:40 AM
extra innings.
My Argentinian research assistant, Bruno, is going as me when I was in college for Halloween 🎃 I gotta stop telling him stories that start with “when I was your age…” he takes pristine notes.
October 31, 2025 at 6:53 PM
My Argentinian research assistant, Bruno, is going as me when I was in college for Halloween 🎃 I gotta stop telling him stories that start with “when I was your age…” he takes pristine notes.
Home is where you sleep on the broken floor.
October 27, 2025 at 10:48 PM
Home is where you sleep on the broken floor.
I’m in NYC to speak on a panel at Columbia this weekend, but thought I should see a show whilst I’m here. I hope this play is about something.
October 3, 2025 at 11:52 PM
I’m in NYC to speak on a panel at Columbia this weekend, but thought I should see a show whilst I’m here. I hope this play is about something.
"I am passionate. I am political about my country, about what it is, how strong it is, how strong it remains." R.I.P. actor, activist, and the good-lookin' founder of Sundance, Robert Redford.
September 16, 2025 at 12:42 PM
"I am passionate. I am political about my country, about what it is, how strong it is, how strong it remains." R.I.P. actor, activist, and the good-lookin' founder of Sundance, Robert Redford.
My dog has chosen peace, she has chosen “live and let live.” I will reflect upon this moment, this moment in a world of upheaval and taunting squirrels. 🐿️ Brisket is the change she wants to see in this world, and that squirrel is very lucky.
September 15, 2025 at 3:21 PM
My dog has chosen peace, she has chosen “live and let live.” I will reflect upon this moment, this moment in a world of upheaval and taunting squirrels. 🐿️ Brisket is the change she wants to see in this world, and that squirrel is very lucky.
Thank you Troublmaker Studios, which provided a tour of their facilities, including the largest greenscreen in Texas, where they filmed all five Spy Kids movies and Sin City, for our Kozmetsky Center Fellows as part of our Austin storytelling as memoir project at St. Edward's University.
August 29, 2025 at 7:38 PM
Thank you Troublmaker Studios, which provided a tour of their facilities, including the largest greenscreen in Texas, where they filmed all five Spy Kids movies and Sin City, for our Kozmetsky Center Fellows as part of our Austin storytelling as memoir project at St. Edward's University.
The misspelling of my name for my Starbucks order this morning. It is a little too on the nose.
August 23, 2025 at 3:59 PM
The misspelling of my name for my Starbucks order this morning. It is a little too on the nose.
"Of all the things I've lost, I miss my mind the most." Goodbye Ozzy Osbourne, the doomsayer-in-chief.
July 22, 2025 at 7:09 PM
"Of all the things I've lost, I miss my mind the most." Goodbye Ozzy Osbourne, the doomsayer-in-chief.
I just got into a staring contest with a pig named broccolini. This is why no one comes to my birthday parties.
July 21, 2025 at 2:22 PM
I just got into a staring contest with a pig named broccolini. This is why no one comes to my birthday parties.
“You are not weak just because your heart feels so heavy.” -Andrea Gibson, who died yesterday, only weeks before a 50th birthday.
July 15, 2025 at 1:40 PM
“You are not weak just because your heart feels so heavy.” -Andrea Gibson, who died yesterday, only weeks before a 50th birthday.
Didn’t realize how much I needed Father John Misty’s “God’s Favorite Customer” playing as we rolled into this Marfa coffee shop, but I did.
March 20, 2025 at 10:41 PM
Didn’t realize how much I needed Father John Misty’s “God’s Favorite Customer” playing as we rolled into this Marfa coffee shop, but I did.
A special thank you to everyone who came out for our The Marcia Kinsey Visiting Writers Series at St. Edward's University event tonight. It was wonderful to play with Jeff Mills and Gricelda Silva again, and the introduction from Mary Helen Specht had me emotional.
February 12, 2025 at 4:36 PM
A special thank you to everyone who came out for our The Marcia Kinsey Visiting Writers Series at St. Edward's University event tonight. It was wonderful to play with Jeff Mills and Gricelda Silva again, and the introduction from Mary Helen Specht had me emotional.
“We waste time looking for the perfect lover, instead of creating the perfect love.” R.I.P. Tom Robbins. Love is free. Love is magic. Love Love is the ultimate outlaw.
February 9, 2025 at 11:16 PM
“We waste time looking for the perfect lover, instead of creating the perfect love.” R.I.P. Tom Robbins. Love is free. Love is magic. Love Love is the ultimate outlaw.
Writing desk tonight. About to start something in the morning.
December 17, 2024 at 5:36 AM
Writing desk tonight. About to start something in the morning.
Final playwriting conferences and students really know how to butter me up before I put grades in. I’m the luckiest man in the world and couldn’t ask for a better life.
December 5, 2024 at 10:05 PM
Final playwriting conferences and students really know how to butter me up before I put grades in. I’m the luckiest man in the world and couldn’t ask for a better life.
When I’m finished grading today I’m gonna apply for that edgy mall Santa position I’ve always craved. “Ho ho ho! You’re getting rebellion and social justice for Christmas!”
November 30, 2024 at 2:52 PM
When I’m finished grading today I’m gonna apply for that edgy mall Santa position I’ve always craved. “Ho ho ho! You’re getting rebellion and social justice for Christmas!”
I’m forming an alt-country band with Brisket and Louis. This will be the album cover of our first release. We will make you sad and stuff.
November 23, 2024 at 1:26 PM
I’m forming an alt-country band with Brisket and Louis. This will be the album cover of our first release. We will make you sad and stuff.