Andrew Dressel
adressel.bsky.social
Andrew Dressel
@adressel.bsky.social
Country lawyer (not really)
It’s four o’clock somewhere
November 26, 2025 at 9:54 PM
Yeah, obviously some hyperbole in my remark but there is like 10x as much time spent on that stupid printing press as Huck Finn
November 26, 2025 at 9:11 PM
Same. Disintegration has an epicness that I thought would carry the day and seems to do better in more recent critics’ polls. Also, the Cure are coming off a recent release, and tour, that was well received
November 26, 2025 at 6:09 PM
I think it’s important to have an understanding of poverty as something separate from economic anxiety. But the latter is real and explains a lot of our politics today and talking clearly about this is helpful.
November 26, 2025 at 6:05 PM
And that’s if only one earner is maxing out. And I think the limits have increased. Everyone is told you have to max out 401k, which there are huge benefits, but if you’re taking on credit card debt to meet current expenses while doing so, are there really?
November 26, 2025 at 5:15 PM
Weezer, Blue Album “My Name is Jonas”
Rolling Stones, Exile on Main Street “Rocks Off”
REM, Murmur, “Radio Free Europe”
Guns N Roses, Appetite for Destruction, “Welcome to the Jungle”
Radiohead, Kid A, “Everything In Its Right Place”
November 26, 2025 at 5:11 PM
The Twain biography has the opposite problem. Everything about his life after he finished his major works in uninteresting. He was a bad businessman? Who gives a shit
November 26, 2025 at 4:08 PM
At $140K or thereabouts you may be able to create wealth in home equity, retirement accounts, 529 savings, but it isn’t liquid funds you can use in an emergency
November 26, 2025 at 3:43 PM
Part of the reason this got such a negative reaction is the use of the term poverty. But the fact is that you need to be making well north of $140K as a family with children to be able to create the liquid savings that allow you to feel financially secure.
November 26, 2025 at 3:42 PM
The Corinthian 2.0
November 26, 2025 at 3:24 AM
Get the Master and Commander crew back together. Also, mandate the release of the Netflix Prince documentary
November 25, 2025 at 7:17 PM
When they give you the Lathe of Heaven it really should come with some warnings
November 24, 2025 at 9:18 PM
Spent a lot of my college years in the 90s talking with my friends about how awesome getting the other star wars episodes would be and wouldn’t it be great if they turned Infinity Gauntlet into a movie. What a real monkey’s paw that turned out to be.
November 24, 2025 at 9:13 PM
Also feels like a lot of people are missing the fact that while $135K is ok if you can keep making that consistently, you also live with the fact that one layoff means you are totally fucked.
November 24, 2025 at 8:34 PM
There are only two good Star Wars films, everything else is just nostalgia for those two.
November 24, 2025 at 8:00 PM
I haven’t seen it since it was in theaters, but my recollection is that even Kevin Spacey’s character by the end realizes what he is doing is messed up.
November 18, 2025 at 9:56 PM
Serve the Servants? I respectfully disagree
November 18, 2025 at 1:58 PM
A government funding bill with no Democratic votes? Now I’ve heard everything
November 12, 2025 at 11:52 PM
Gottheimer definitely thinks he is Senator material but he only punches left.
November 10, 2025 at 4:55 AM
He’s voting no because it’s a coordinated vote. Do you think he’ll be calling for any meaningful change in Dem leadership after this fiasco?
November 10, 2025 at 3:21 AM
Baraka or Fulop
November 10, 2025 at 2:49 AM
It needs to be someone who already has a constituency, so, Baraka or Fulop.
November 10, 2025 at 2:40 AM