Nate
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Jeff Pearlman about to reference the 1981 Kiss album "Music from 'The Elder'" in one of his sports biographies
November 12, 2025 at 2:22 PM
Jeff Pearlman about to reference the 1981 Kiss album "Music from 'The Elder'" in one of his sports biographies
It's not often I have strong secondhand embarrassment for a corporation but these Southwest commercials advertising assigned seating on their flights like it's something we've all been waiting for? 😬😬
November 1, 2025 at 9:46 PM
It's not often I have strong secondhand embarrassment for a corporation but these Southwest commercials advertising assigned seating on their flights like it's something we've all been waiting for? 😬😬
Whatever consequences there might be for eliminating those little paper dividers from our packages of pre-sliced cheese, I will take them.
October 30, 2025 at 6:05 PM
Whatever consequences there might be for eliminating those little paper dividers from our packages of pre-sliced cheese, I will take them.
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Sha Na Na - "Mr. Bass Man" (1979)
YouTube video by Buttermilkjug
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October 8, 2025 at 8:42 PM
"I don't understand how you can be such a worrier but still procrastinate all the time"
That's because you're an amateur who doesn't know how to worry with the big boys, I fear.
That's because you're an amateur who doesn't know how to worry with the big boys, I fear.
September 8, 2025 at 6:20 PM
"I don't understand how you can be such a worrier but still procrastinate all the time"
That's because you're an amateur who doesn't know how to worry with the big boys, I fear.
That's because you're an amateur who doesn't know how to worry with the big boys, I fear.
A Nosferatu/'Salem's Lot corpse-style vampire can have long fingernails. That makes sense. A recluse European castle vampire who grew them out? Fine. But you don't get retracting fingernails just because you have retractible fangs. Nails aren't bones, only teeth! You aren't Wolverine from X-Men.
August 13, 2025 at 4:29 AM
A Nosferatu/'Salem's Lot corpse-style vampire can have long fingernails. That makes sense. A recluse European castle vampire who grew them out? Fine. But you don't get retracting fingernails just because you have retractible fangs. Nails aren't bones, only teeth! You aren't Wolverine from X-Men.
A friend sent me a picture of Kate Bush dressed as a bat because they thought I would enjoy it. I wish it occurred to me to do spontaneous things like that for my friends because it was such a nice thing to do and of course I enjoyed it.
August 13, 2025 at 4:00 AM
A friend sent me a picture of Kate Bush dressed as a bat because they thought I would enjoy it. I wish it occurred to me to do spontaneous things like that for my friends because it was such a nice thing to do and of course I enjoyed it.
Supervillain pitch: Mister Mondegreen. He has the power to conjure weapons, allies, etc by mishearing what people say so the only way to defeat him is to overenunciate and speak slowly. Like if someone asks "What are you doing?" he goes "WATER?!" and summons a tidal wave.
July 30, 2025 at 7:00 PM
Supervillain pitch: Mister Mondegreen. He has the power to conjure weapons, allies, etc by mishearing what people say so the only way to defeat him is to overenunciate and speak slowly. Like if someone asks "What are you doing?" he goes "WATER?!" and summons a tidal wave.
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They have made the world living hell for no reason whatsoever. People will ask why this happened in a decade and there will be tremendous effort to make it more complicated than “they were evil, stupid, and bored”
June 22, 2025 at 12:18 AM
They have made the world living hell for no reason whatsoever. People will ask why this happened in a decade and there will be tremendous effort to make it more complicated than “they were evil, stupid, and bored”
Has anyone tried shaming the Christians for being so ideologically inconsistent? Maybe that will work! The problem could be that our state religion is being deliberately misinterpreted by a few bad actors.
June 18, 2025 at 5:01 PM
Has anyone tried shaming the Christians for being so ideologically inconsistent? Maybe that will work! The problem could be that our state religion is being deliberately misinterpreted by a few bad actors.
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What I’ve always dreamed of: no vaccinations for preventable disease and gray candy
The company tried to pull artificial coloring from some breakfast cereals a decade ago, but consumers then weren't having it.
Maker of Gushers, Lucky Charms and other brightly colored foods will remove artificial dyes
The company tried to pull artificial coloring from some breakfast cereals a decade ago, but consumers then weren't having it.
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June 18, 2025 at 4:34 PM
What I’ve always dreamed of: no vaccinations for preventable disease and gray candy
I'm getting really into grayscale alcohol-based markers lately.
June 18, 2025 at 4:45 PM
I'm getting really into grayscale alcohol-based markers lately.
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PSA: Fully fleshed out stories with confirmed details do not appear instantaneously. Reporters must get information, confirm it and then write it up in an article that then needs to be edited prior to publication. Everyone is working as fast as possible I assure you.
June 14, 2025 at 1:22 PM
PSA: Fully fleshed out stories with confirmed details do not appear instantaneously. Reporters must get information, confirm it and then write it up in an article that then needs to be edited prior to publication. Everyone is working as fast as possible I assure you.
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What happened in Minnesota is a direct consequence of the violent way that Trump talks about his political opponents.
June 14, 2025 at 3:23 PM
What happened in Minnesota is a direct consequence of the violent way that Trump talks about his political opponents.
Very worried about how AI will affect the "Photoshopping a Lakers jersey on every player who will be a free agent this summer" industry.
June 5, 2025 at 4:19 PM
Very worried about how AI will affect the "Photoshopping a Lakers jersey on every player who will be a free agent this summer" industry.
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Blue Velvet is effective in part because it captures the dreamlike horror of your friend taking you to see one of their friends and it's just weird as hell
June 3, 2025 at 9:44 PM
Blue Velvet is effective in part because it captures the dreamlike horror of your friend taking you to see one of their friends and it's just weird as hell
I've been getting great support for the new season of my podcast so far! Maybe the Blue Öyster Cult subreddit can be my dad??
May 29, 2025 at 7:02 PM
I've been getting great support for the new season of my podcast so far! Maybe the Blue Öyster Cult subreddit can be my dad??
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The way he wrote Geordi in his Star Trek books only underscored what skimpy material LeVar Burton was usually given on the show. His X-Factor was filled with disregarded D-list mutants, only for David to unlock them. This page from X-Factor 87 completely changed how everyone looked at Quicksilver.
May 25, 2025 at 10:32 PM
The way he wrote Geordi in his Star Trek books only underscored what skimpy material LeVar Burton was usually given on the show. His X-Factor was filled with disregarded D-list mutants, only for David to unlock them. This page from X-Factor 87 completely changed how everyone looked at Quicksilver.
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David did great work with big characters like Spider-Man ("Death of Jean DeWolff" is a classic), but his greatest gift was looking at underserved characters nobody else knew quite what to do with, and going, "Oh, *that's* what's interesting about them." +
May 25, 2025 at 10:28 PM
David did great work with big characters like Spider-Man ("Death of Jean DeWolff" is a classic), but his greatest gift was looking at underserved characters nobody else knew quite what to do with, and going, "Oh, *that's* what's interesting about them." +
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The defining Hulk writer of my lifetime, who stuck around long enough to introduce a half-dozen new takes on an old, tired character. Author of most of my favorite Star Trek novels. Did terrific work with D-list characters like Madrox. Very funny. A big loss.
May 25, 2025 at 6:02 PM
The defining Hulk writer of my lifetime, who stuck around long enough to introduce a half-dozen new takes on an old, tired character. Author of most of my favorite Star Trek novels. Did terrific work with D-list characters like Madrox. Very funny. A big loss.
Every corporate training I've had in the last year about responsibly using gen AI
- Vague, mildly positive intro about the benefits of the technology
- Seemingly endless parade of its catastrophic negative consequences and how difficult they are to avoid.
- "But like it or not, it's here to stay!"
- Vague, mildly positive intro about the benefits of the technology
- Seemingly endless parade of its catastrophic negative consequences and how difficult they are to avoid.
- "But like it or not, it's here to stay!"
May 23, 2025 at 3:51 PM
Every corporate training I've had in the last year about responsibly using gen AI
- Vague, mildly positive intro about the benefits of the technology
- Seemingly endless parade of its catastrophic negative consequences and how difficult they are to avoid.
- "But like it or not, it's here to stay!"
- Vague, mildly positive intro about the benefits of the technology
- Seemingly endless parade of its catastrophic negative consequences and how difficult they are to avoid.
- "But like it or not, it's here to stay!"
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Newsletter: We are in the era of the Business Idiot, where middle management has seized power, breeding out true meritocracy and value-creation in favor of symbolic growth and superficial intelligence. This piece ties together everything I've ever written.
www.wheresyoured.at/the-era-of-t...
www.wheresyoured.at/the-era-of-t...
The Era Of The Business Idiot
Fair warning: this is the longest thing I've written on this newsletter. I do apologize.
Soundtrack: EL-P - $4 Vic
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May 21, 2025 at 4:41 PM
Newsletter: We are in the era of the Business Idiot, where middle management has seized power, breeding out true meritocracy and value-creation in favor of symbolic growth and superficial intelligence. This piece ties together everything I've ever written.
www.wheresyoured.at/the-era-of-t...
www.wheresyoured.at/the-era-of-t...
Just a humble ballboy whose dad owned the team and gave him a real job right after college. Then he inherited the team when his dad died. Not saying he wasn't an "NFL original," but surely in that case there's no need to bolster his legacy by dishonestly presenting him as a self-made man.
From starting as a ballboy to owning the team, Jim Irsay will be remembered as a Colts lifer.
May 22, 2025 at 12:40 AM
Just a humble ballboy whose dad owned the team and gave him a real job right after college. Then he inherited the team when his dad died. Not saying he wasn't an "NFL original," but surely in that case there's no need to bolster his legacy by dishonestly presenting him as a self-made man.