James Lyden
@jameslyden.com
Raconteur, triathlete, strategist. Lived 15 years in Las Vegas after the lawyer said he could get me 10. I make hot sauce; try some at http://prairiefireprovisions.com
This is a White Sox Charities license plate in the Chicago suburbs reading ENNUI, and if there's a better description of being a fan of a team that's lost over 400 games in the last four years I'm not sure what it could be
December 28, 2025 at 8:43 PM
This is a White Sox Charities license plate in the Chicago suburbs reading ENNUI, and if there's a better description of being a fan of a team that's lost over 400 games in the last four years I'm not sure what it could be
People older than commonly available cell phones sneering about "I didn't HAVE that when I was a kid and we were fine" and I remember how kids used to get in fights over whose turn it was to play with this. What would happened If someone had shown up with a tablet playing Angry Birds?
December 15, 2025 at 2:44 PM
People older than commonly available cell phones sneering about "I didn't HAVE that when I was a kid and we were fine" and I remember how kids used to get in fights over whose turn it was to play with this. What would happened If someone had shown up with a tablet playing Angry Birds?
"You...took your shoes off? In a confined space that you're sharing with strangers in close proximity? Why would you think that's... acceptable?"
November 29, 2025 at 1:32 PM
"You...took your shoes off? In a confined space that you're sharing with strangers in close proximity? Why would you think that's... acceptable?"
the greatest team name in all of sports is the alternative identity of the San Antonio Missions, the San Antonio Flying Chanclas, commemorating that magical time when your beloved grandmother threw a shoe at you
November 21, 2025 at 3:43 PM
the greatest team name in all of sports is the alternative identity of the San Antonio Missions, the San Antonio Flying Chanclas, commemorating that magical time when your beloved grandmother threw a shoe at you
I always think of this when I start thinking that
November 10, 2025 at 12:56 AM
I always think of this when I start thinking that
Assorted White Sox, competent and not, and one guy with the Cubs nicknamed The Octopus because he had six fingers on each hand
September 2, 2025 at 5:05 PM
Assorted White Sox, competent and not, and one guy with the Cubs nicknamed The Octopus because he had six fingers on each hand
Assorted White Sox, competent and not, and one guy with the Cubs nicknamed The Octopus because he had six fingers on each hand
September 2, 2025 at 4:43 PM
Assorted White Sox, competent and not, and one guy with the Cubs nicknamed The Octopus because he had six fingers on each hand
No more than if I print this sign out on my printer, I get to claim it as a dependent on my taxes
July 23, 2025 at 11:14 PM
No more than if I print this sign out on my printer, I get to claim it as a dependent on my taxes
I did one this January after doing my first one about ten years ago. The one ten years ago at the Sleep Center, which I'm sure was in no way affected by "fall asleep in a strange bed in a room with cameras while we try to determine if you're unaware that you're choking to death" felt like this
July 17, 2025 at 10:12 PM
I did one this January after doing my first one about ten years ago. The one ten years ago at the Sleep Center, which I'm sure was in no way affected by "fall asleep in a strange bed in a room with cameras while we try to determine if you're unaware that you're choking to death" felt like this
Pope Leo chalks up first miracle
June 5, 2025 at 5:12 PM
Pope Leo chalks up first miracle
I just got my master's right before turning 50. It was galling to be graded on my interactions with people who clearly weren't people (or were only people some of the time, like below). I hope that my degree and institution aren't dismissed as the product of an era of wholesale tech based deception
June 2, 2025 at 5:02 PM
I just got my master's right before turning 50. It was galling to be graded on my interactions with people who clearly weren't people (or were only people some of the time, like below). I hope that my degree and institution aren't dismissed as the product of an era of wholesale tech based deception
I've always assumed she was just out of frame when this photo was taken
May 27, 2025 at 4:27 PM
I've always assumed she was just out of frame when this photo was taken
"Snap and clap and touch..."
May 12, 2025 at 4:49 PM
"Snap and clap and touch..."
