Dave Odegard
@daveodegard.com
American writer/editor based in southern Sweden. Co-founder of the content shop Svengard & Co. (https://www.svengard.se/).
Badly need to update my personal website (https://daveodegard.com/).
Badly need to update my personal website (https://daveodegard.com/).
Just saw a comment on a Reddit thread roasting someone that was just: "You just know he's the type of guy who puts audiobooks on instead of podcasts for long road trips."
UMMM....WHAT'S WRONG WITH THAT?!
UMMM....WHAT'S WRONG WITH THAT?!
September 12, 2025 at 10:24 AM
Just saw a comment on a Reddit thread roasting someone that was just: "You just know he's the type of guy who puts audiobooks on instead of podcasts for long road trips."
UMMM....WHAT'S WRONG WITH THAT?!
UMMM....WHAT'S WRONG WITH THAT?!
When I was 9, my mom & I drove 1,200+ miles to live in Kansas for a year.
We got 4 audiobooks for the trip:
-Rebecca by Daphne du Maurier
-Collected Works of Edgar Allen Poe
-The Chosen by Chaim Potok
-To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
I just realized how foundational those books were for me.
We got 4 audiobooks for the trip:
-Rebecca by Daphne du Maurier
-Collected Works of Edgar Allen Poe
-The Chosen by Chaim Potok
-To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
I just realized how foundational those books were for me.
August 22, 2025 at 8:30 AM
When I was 9, my mom & I drove 1,200+ miles to live in Kansas for a year.
We got 4 audiobooks for the trip:
-Rebecca by Daphne du Maurier
-Collected Works of Edgar Allen Poe
-The Chosen by Chaim Potok
-To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
I just realized how foundational those books were for me.
We got 4 audiobooks for the trip:
-Rebecca by Daphne du Maurier
-Collected Works of Edgar Allen Poe
-The Chosen by Chaim Potok
-To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
I just realized how foundational those books were for me.
Dealing with fandom conflicts is a problem of modern parenting that no one talks about!!
August 11, 2025 at 8:04 AM
Dealing with fandom conflicts is a problem of modern parenting that no one talks about!!
Look, Tim Curry's memoir is coming out this fall and ofc he's narrating the audiobook.
So can we all keep society functioning long enough for me to hear the OG Dr. Frank N. Furter spill tea on who he shagged on the sets of Clue and It?
K. Thanks.
www.hachettebookgroup.com/titles/tim-c...
So can we all keep society functioning long enough for me to hear the OG Dr. Frank N. Furter spill tea on who he shagged on the sets of Clue and It?
K. Thanks.
www.hachettebookgroup.com/titles/tim-c...
Vagabond
This memoir is a celebration of Tim Curry's’s life’s work, and a testament to his profound impact on the entertainment industry as we know it today. Ther...
www.hachettebookgroup.com
July 29, 2025 at 11:49 AM
Look, Tim Curry's memoir is coming out this fall and ofc he's narrating the audiobook.
So can we all keep society functioning long enough for me to hear the OG Dr. Frank N. Furter spill tea on who he shagged on the sets of Clue and It?
K. Thanks.
www.hachettebookgroup.com/titles/tim-c...
So can we all keep society functioning long enough for me to hear the OG Dr. Frank N. Furter spill tea on who he shagged on the sets of Clue and It?
K. Thanks.
www.hachettebookgroup.com/titles/tim-c...
“You either die a hero or live long enough to see yourself become the villain."
-- me, after telling my 6 year old to stop reading Calvin & Hobbes and go to sleep.
-- me, after telling my 6 year old to stop reading Calvin & Hobbes and go to sleep.
July 18, 2025 at 7:00 PM
“You either die a hero or live long enough to see yourself become the villain."
-- me, after telling my 6 year old to stop reading Calvin & Hobbes and go to sleep.
-- me, after telling my 6 year old to stop reading Calvin & Hobbes and go to sleep.
My 5-year-old (just completely out of the blue): Pappa, is Magneto a good guy or a bad guy?
Me (thinking up how to answer):
Me (thinking up how to answer):
a man with a beard wearing a pink shirt is looking at the camera .
ALT: a man with a beard wearing a pink shirt is looking at the camera .
media.tenor.com
November 30, 2024 at 8:03 PM
My 5-year-old (just completely out of the blue): Pappa, is Magneto a good guy or a bad guy?
Me (thinking up how to answer):
Me (thinking up how to answer):
I still think about this joke
from Arrested Development from time to time.
It's perfect.
youtu.be/-sMfKEvv1nA?...
from Arrested Development from time to time.
It's perfect.
youtu.be/-sMfKEvv1nA?...
Never trusts anyone from Oz
YouTube video by kaptainaks
youtu.be
November 30, 2024 at 7:37 AM
I still think about this joke
from Arrested Development from time to time.
It's perfect.
youtu.be/-sMfKEvv1nA?...
from Arrested Development from time to time.
It's perfect.
youtu.be/-sMfKEvv1nA?...
People of Bluesky. Let's get to know each other better. What is your all-time favorite TV show? Quote share your answer in gif form.
November 25, 2024 at 9:50 PM
People of Bluesky. Let's get to know each other better. What is your all-time favorite TV show? Quote share your answer in gif form.
Reposted by Dave Odegard
It is embarrassingly lousy research that CNN could not double-check when the last brochure, "In case of crisis or war," was released and suggested to our Civil Defence minister that the last time was during WW2.
www.expressen.se/tv/nyheter/s...
www.expressen.se/tv/nyheter/s...
Här tvingas Bohlin rätta CNN:s programledare: ”Du har fel”
Korrigeringen i direktsändning – intervjuas om MSB:s broschyr
www.expressen.se
November 22, 2024 at 8:49 AM
It is embarrassingly lousy research that CNN could not double-check when the last brochure, "In case of crisis or war," was released and suggested to our Civil Defence minister that the last time was during WW2.
www.expressen.se/tv/nyheter/s...
www.expressen.se/tv/nyheter/s...
Reposted by Dave Odegard
"If a woman doesn't look woman enough to a Republican, they want to be able to inspect your genitals to use a bathroom? It's disgusting.
Everyone should reject it completely... they're endangering women, they're endangering girls of all kind, and everyone should reject it. It's gross." - AOC
Everyone should reject it completely... they're endangering women, they're endangering girls of all kind, and everyone should reject it. It's gross." - AOC
November 21, 2024 at 2:44 AM
"If a woman doesn't look woman enough to a Republican, they want to be able to inspect your genitals to use a bathroom? It's disgusting.
Everyone should reject it completely... they're endangering women, they're endangering girls of all kind, and everyone should reject it. It's gross." - AOC
Everyone should reject it completely... they're endangering women, they're endangering girls of all kind, and everyone should reject it. It's gross." - AOC
It's almost like they’re so incompetent they can't even do authoritarianism right.
BREAKING: Gaetz withdraws from consideration for attorney general.
November 21, 2024 at 5:39 PM
It's almost like they’re so incompetent they can't even do authoritarianism right.
Friends back in the states: Bet you feel like you dodged a bullet moving to Europe, eh?
Me: This came in the mail today.
Me: This came in the mail today.
November 19, 2024 at 7:57 AM
Friends back in the states: Bet you feel like you dodged a bullet moving to Europe, eh?
Me: This came in the mail today.
Me: This came in the mail today.
Here's a personal favorite moment of mine from the classic 90s comicbook Preacher that seems more relevant than ever these days.
November 16, 2024 at 7:47 PM
Here's a personal favorite moment of mine from the classic 90s comicbook Preacher that seems more relevant than ever these days.
I've now reached the period of life as a white dude where I'm starting to get into Warren Zevon.
"Werewolves of London" has been one of my random go-to tracks for years, but a few days ago I heard "Roland the Headless Thompson Gunner" for the first time, and...uh, damn...
youtu.be/wRWCK9zGynA?...
"Werewolves of London" has been one of my random go-to tracks for years, but a few days ago I heard "Roland the Headless Thompson Gunner" for the first time, and...uh, damn...
youtu.be/wRWCK9zGynA?...
Roland the Headless Thompson Gunner
YouTube video by Warren Zevon - Topic
youtu.be
October 18, 2024 at 7:56 PM
I've now reached the period of life as a white dude where I'm starting to get into Warren Zevon.
"Werewolves of London" has been one of my random go-to tracks for years, but a few days ago I heard "Roland the Headless Thompson Gunner" for the first time, and...uh, damn...
youtu.be/wRWCK9zGynA?...
"Werewolves of London" has been one of my random go-to tracks for years, but a few days ago I heard "Roland the Headless Thompson Gunner" for the first time, and...uh, damn...
youtu.be/wRWCK9zGynA?...
Is anyone else enjoying the fact that Elon's attempts to get people to vote for Trump make the case to vote for Harris even better?
October 8, 2024 at 7:52 AM
Is anyone else enjoying the fact that Elon's attempts to get people to vote for Trump make the case to vote for Harris even better?
Reposted by Dave Odegard
Look, I am aware that George Santos is a bad person. And yet.
October 7, 2024 at 10:44 PM
Look, I am aware that George Santos is a bad person. And yet.
Cringe. There's no other word for it.
October 6, 2024 at 6:02 AM
Cringe. There's no other word for it.
Reposted by Dave Odegard
I'm not saying that the three-act structure is the only or even the best way to tell a story, but man, it sure does work for pretty much everything.
October 2, 2024 at 7:00 AM
I'm not saying that the three-act structure is the only or even the best way to tell a story, but man, it sure does work for pretty much everything.
Reposted by Dave Odegard
Some ancestor or another fought in the revolutionary war, a few fled the potato famine, another was on the run from the Belgian law or so the probably apocryphal tale goes. All to say we’re a nation of mutts and mutts rock and JD can fuck all the way off.
October 2, 2024 at 6:19 AM
Some ancestor or another fought in the revolutionary war, a few fled the potato famine, another was on the run from the Belgian law or so the probably apocryphal tale goes. All to say we’re a nation of mutts and mutts rock and JD can fuck all the way off.
As an American abroad, I just want to note Trump is full of shit (obviously). You have to give your social security number
& most recent US address when you register via #FPCA. PLUS, you waive your right to a secret ballot to email or fax it.
This would be the easiesy voter fraud catch!
& most recent US address when you register via #FPCA. PLUS, you waive your right to a secret ballot to email or fax it.
This would be the easiesy voter fraud catch!
September 23, 2024 at 11:06 PM
As an American abroad, I just want to note Trump is full of shit (obviously). You have to give your social security number
& most recent US address when you register via #FPCA. PLUS, you waive your right to a secret ballot to email or fax it.
This would be the easiesy voter fraud catch!
& most recent US address when you register via #FPCA. PLUS, you waive your right to a secret ballot to email or fax it.
This would be the easiesy voter fraud catch!
When I decide to give Bluesky another try and @theferocity.bsky.social pops up on my feed.
a man wearing a tie and a white shirt is smiling
ALT: a man wearing a tie and a white shirt is smiling
media.tenor.com
September 20, 2024 at 7:07 PM
When I decide to give Bluesky another try and @theferocity.bsky.social pops up on my feed.