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the hot pink haze
Since there are no longer any consequences for anything I’m just gonna go ahead and say I think the opening riff of Sweet Child o’ Mine is corny
January 6, 2026 at 7:33 PM
I love Bushmiller’s “lazy” faces, they’re like “have you ever really *thought* about brooms man”
Nancy By Ernie Bushmiller
January 05,1950
January 5, 2026 at 11:25 PM
Did I watch the NUCM trilogy backwards so it would show up in the correct order on my Letterboxd? No. Did they, much like the Fast/Furious movies they emulate, get better with each sequel? Yes. Am I ever happy to see Jesse Eisenberg? No. Are magic tricks impressive when shown in a movie, a medium th
January 5, 2026 at 6:28 PM
Why is there a piñata in the den that looks like me? And why was it filled with printouts from my poetry blog and then beaten with a rake?
December 31, 2025 at 9:01 PM
elf on the shelf bursts out of my chest, sprays delighted kids with gore, shrieks, skitters off the dining room table
December 25, 2025 at 3:21 AM
Listen, I saw a scary spider and I—let me finish—I didn't DROP the baby I USED the baby to kill the scary spider
December 23, 2025 at 5:32 AM
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December 20, 2025 at 6:00 AM
@consumertc.bsky.social I just remembered my grandparents had one of these playsets at their house in the 70s, for some reason. Is this unusual or do you have like a dozen of them in your garage?
December 9, 2025 at 4:55 PM
I like Paul Dano just fine but every time he shows up in a movie I’m like “welp this isn’t going to end well”
December 9, 2025 at 3:28 AM
When someone says “I love you” I like to respond with “love you more” because that means I win the relationship.
December 8, 2025 at 10:29 PM
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December 4, 2025 at 3:39 PM
my personal motto is “[quiet sigh] why did i read that”
November 25, 2025 at 5:36 PM
(i remove my own gall bladder with a spork) this day is NUTS! (i see a pug) sheesh what next?? (i reconcile with my father) whaaa
November 20, 2025 at 8:46 PM
my son it’s time you learned how to prepare the cuisine of your ancestors [gently wraps slice of baloney around frozen taquito] now we wait
November 19, 2025 at 10:10 PM
November 13, 2025 at 12:35 AM
My “I did not use AI to write this” writing style is becoming increasingly unhinged, just an absolute horrorshow of fragments and run-ons, experimental punctuation, batshit neologisms, work emails like finnegans wake over here
October 22, 2025 at 9:59 PM
i like to think i’m a pretty open minded person but one thing i will NEVER understand is welsh
October 22, 2025 at 2:39 AM
kids today are always like “oh you like the Keanu Reeves action thriller film John Wick: Chapter 3 – Parabellum (2019)? i wasn’t even born when that came out lol” fuck you mackenzie
October 17, 2025 at 8:50 PM
can’t stand fretless bass, sounds like an annoying nerd made of rubber, gotta have those frets babe
September 27, 2025 at 5:30 PM
kids are always asking me if people really used to look up someone in a phone book and then rip out the page to take with them, and i’m like yes stupid now please stop talking to me, your inane questions are like licking a 9-volt which is another thing we used to do
September 26, 2025 at 11:26 PM
WKRP End Theme
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September 26, 2025 at 5:20 AM
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I wrote up a little bit more about how Prince took some inspiration from Redford & Streisand in "The Way We Were", and then how that led to a fun conversation with him about intellectual property. (There's a little gift for you at the bottom of this post, too.) www.anildash.com/2025/09/17/a...
A Way We Were - Anil Dash
A blog about making culture. Since 1999.
www.anildash.com
September 17, 2025 at 5:03 PM
hope everyone is having a great wednesday or whatever god damn day it is
September 16, 2025 at 8:49 PM
ooo folks it’s that time of year again [bathes in hot apple cider] [feverishly rubs pumpkin spice into gums] [courts and weds a cursed doll made of dead leaves and raven bones]
September 15, 2025 at 7:50 PM
I just went over to Storygraph and saw they had an AI-generated blurb for something I wrote? I don’t really know what it means but it sounds pretty juicy:

“For readers who crave gonzo noir soaked in sibling loyalty, grotesque whimsy, and the ache to protect the only family who ever betrayed you.”
September 8, 2025 at 11:41 PM