Most of the time my thoughts aren't long enough for a blog post. My shortform notes get posted on Mastodon and Bluesky, and also wind up here.
My kid is 21, his roommate is from Texas. Trump was elected when they were 11. Last night they danced around their apartment.
posted at 8:42AM on November 4, 2026
I've never seen anything like this. What a thing. What a fucking night. I gotta go to bed but I have no idea how I'm going to sleep.
posted at 1:56AM on November 4, 2026
What a fucking incredible night. Beyond anything I think almost anyone could imagine. Believe in the impossible.
posted at 1:22AM on November 4, 2026
hell of a good day to get offline
posted at 7:55AM on November 3, 2026
Hit the "what the fuck am I doing" stage of writing a book. Author pals, this is survivable right?
posted at 12:43PM on October 28, 2026
I thought gas prices were insane until I booked a plane ticket.
posted at 5:40PM on October 25, 2026
why do AI flyers love these little three-tick squirties that, as far as I know, have never been used on any actual flyer designed by a human, ever. 
posted at 9:26AM on October 25, 2026
Went to get my emissions test done and the tech opened with "Do you know they're making a new Halloween movie," and then proceeded to give a very detailed synopses of the whole franchise, complete with reenactments of key murders. So that's now my day is going.
posted at 2:29PM on October 15, 2026
Old enough to remember Warner Communications. Old enough to remember Time Warner. Old enough to remember AOL Time Warner. Old enough to remember WarnerMedia (AT&T), Old enough to remember Warner Bros Discovery... the Ellison acquision sucks but let's not pretend Warner is some old school indie
posted at 10:44AM on October 7, 2026
Driving across Iowa and Nebraska this weekend. Did the same drive a month ago and gas is up at least $1 everywhere, and diesel more than that. Usually these are some of the cheapest gas states and they're well over $4.
posted at 10:32PM on September 26, 2026
Brains are dumb. I spent literally weeks, maybe even months, beating myself up about writing about how social sucks. "Nobody wants to read this" "It's self indulgent bullshit" etc etc etc. Finally just put the thing out, and like 10,000 people have enthusiastically read it in like 24 hours.
posted at 9:50AM on September 25, 2026
One of those research days where you tug on some threads and discover that the brother of the Imperial Wizard pro tempore of the Klan in the early 20s was the managing editor of the Atlanta Constitution.
posted at 10:40AM on September 23, 2026
Man Califone is such a good band
posted at 3:46PM on September 19, 2026
This Wilco/Sesame Street felt banner is definitely one of my fav new additions to the art collection.
posted at 5:06PM on September 9, 2026
I drove thousands of miles across the country this summer and the number of data center cooling systems I saw being trucked across interstates was astounding. A few years ago, you'd see windmill blades pretty regularly. But this was orders of magnitude more. Every state. Everywhere.
posted at 10:13AM on August 24, 2026
Just kinda think a summer of insane weather worldwide should maybe be a wakeup call for action on a global scale but what do I know
posted at 12:18AM on August 12, 2026
Depertment.
posted at 12:18AM on August 6, 2026
You got that new Cheeze-It slogan I asked for?
Sure do boss, nice and horny just like you asked for.
posted at 8:57PM on August 5, 2026
Parked next to a BYD Chinese electric at a Walmart in Fullerton California. I didn't think they were legal in the US??
posted at 7:43PM on August 4, 2026
It's Steve Albini's birthday today. RIP forever, friend.
posted at 4:58PM on July 22, 2026