Brian Spears
@briankspears.bsky.social
Senior Poetry Editor at The Rumpus (Ret.), author of A Witness in Exile (Louisiana Literature Press, 2011) and Another Poem to Love https://brian-spears.com I also crochet stuff.
I’m gonna have that on repeat in my head all day now and I do not mind one bit
November 20, 2025 at 3:27 PM
I’m gonna have that on repeat in my head all day now and I do not mind one bit
I assume all the insane blackout rules still apply also?
November 20, 2025 at 1:03 AM
I assume all the insane blackout rules still apply also?
I wonder how he feels about being back in the spotlight. Is he happy people are talking about him again or does he feel he caught a stray?
November 18, 2025 at 10:40 PM
I wonder how he feels about being back in the spotlight. Is he happy people are talking about him again or does he feel he caught a stray?
I’m sensing an opening to charge higher prices for artisanal cheater essays here.
November 17, 2025 at 10:00 PM
I’m sensing an opening to charge higher prices for artisanal cheater essays here.
Fortunately ours was light enough that I could push start it myself when the battery was dead, which was most of the time.
November 17, 2025 at 8:42 PM
Fortunately ours was light enough that I could push start it myself when the battery was dead, which was most of the time.
Similarly, when I was in high school we had a busted VW van where to get into third gear, you had to push down on the shifter and then move it just barely to the right of first while holding it down. That thing was amazing.
November 17, 2025 at 6:51 PM
Similarly, when I was in high school we had a busted VW van where to get into third gear, you had to push down on the shifter and then move it just barely to the right of first while holding it down. That thing was amazing.
Is it like the lower air pressure at altitude lets his eyes recede some?
November 17, 2025 at 2:43 PM
Is it like the lower air pressure at altitude lets his eyes recede some?
Reading these excerpts I feel like I’m being thrown back in time 20 years to the lit-world debates over the cult of the sentence.
November 17, 2025 at 2:42 PM
Reading these excerpts I feel like I’m being thrown back in time 20 years to the lit-world debates over the cult of the sentence.
Does this mean we can stake him to a mountain and have an eagle peck out his liver every day for eternity?
November 17, 2025 at 1:20 PM
Does this mean we can stake him to a mountain and have an eagle peck out his liver every day for eternity?
“Don’t tell me where he has been. Tell me where he will have has been later.”
November 17, 2025 at 2:59 AM
“Don’t tell me where he has been. Tell me where he will have has been later.”
It could be a bill for $4000 which would originally have been $6000 so it’s a $2000 savings right there.
November 17, 2025 at 2:20 AM
It could be a bill for $4000 which would originally have been $6000 so it’s a $2000 savings right there.
I turned 16 in 1984 which means I have tons to choose from but I’ll go with this one.
November 17, 2025 at 2:10 AM
I turned 16 in 1984 which means I have tons to choose from but I’ll go with this one.
Every once in a while one of Brian Scalabrine’s videos where he just mangles some dude who’s talking smack comes across my screen and I always watch because it really illustrates the difference between pro level athletes and everyone else.
November 16, 2025 at 10:52 PM
Every once in a while one of Brian Scalabrine’s videos where he just mangles some dude who’s talking smack comes across my screen and I always watch because it really illustrates the difference between pro level athletes and everyone else.
lol I don’t want to start hating doing this, which is what would happen the moment I felt the words “customer service” enter my presence.
November 16, 2025 at 8:46 PM
lol I don’t want to start hating doing this, which is what would happen the moment I felt the words “customer service” enter my presence.
I like how the last UCLA player with a breath of a chance ran into the ref’s arm and went down in a heap.
November 16, 2025 at 3:14 AM
I like how the last UCLA player with a breath of a chance ran into the ref’s arm and went down in a heap.
I think there are pretty obvious cases where it’s more gerrymandering than just how people are and that’s where Dems can win statewide but not get close in state and federal district races.
November 16, 2025 at 3:05 AM
I think there are pretty obvious cases where it’s more gerrymandering than just how people are and that’s where Dems can win statewide but not get close in state and federal district races.