Mark Athitakis
@mathitak.bsky.social
Writer, mostly about books.
Share a 90s movie you think deserves more love.
The best 80s teen movie came out in 1990.
The best 80s teen movie came out in 1990.
November 25, 2025 at 3:02 PM
Share a 90s movie you think deserves more love.
The best 80s teen movie came out in 1990.
The best 80s teen movie came out in 1990.
McSweeney’s really and truly outdid themselves this time around. Just pricing this out alone must've been a nightmare.
November 24, 2025 at 7:44 PM
McSweeney’s really and truly outdid themselves this time around. Just pricing this out alone must've been a nightmare.
Mail call (with Barney). I had the pleasure of reading an early version. Get your own, Midwest-lit nerds: www.press.uillinois.edu/books/?id=p0...
November 22, 2025 at 7:01 PM
Mail call (with Barney). I had the pleasure of reading an early version. Get your own, Midwest-lit nerds: www.press.uillinois.edu/books/?id=p0...
For a second there I thought His Holiness was a publicist who screwed up an email blast.
November 21, 2025 at 1:49 PM
For a second there I thought His Holiness was a publicist who screwed up an email blast.
How your message finds me.
November 20, 2025 at 11:55 AM
How your message finds me.
Figured out what the Oval Office decor reminds me of. James Hampton did it better, and without the ego.
November 16, 2025 at 10:28 PM
Figured out what the Oval Office decor reminds me of. James Hampton did it better, and without the ego.
<blows smoke off fingers>
November 15, 2025 at 11:54 PM
<blows smoke off fingers>
Congrats on the Cy Young, Paul Skenes.
November 13, 2025 at 1:34 AM
Congrats on the Cy Young, Paul Skenes.
BRB gonna have a talk with Grainger about the products it keeps pushing at me in my Facebook feed.
November 11, 2025 at 3:49 PM
BRB gonna have a talk with Grainger about the products it keeps pushing at me in my Facebook feed.
Good mail day. @bobmehr.bsky.social did a stellar job with the liner notes.
November 11, 2025 at 1:06 AM
Good mail day. @bobmehr.bsky.social did a stellar job with the liner notes.
Strip-club-with-a-buffet energy.
November 5, 2025 at 7:42 PM
Strip-club-with-a-buffet energy.
I'm a big fan of the Arizona Fall League, which everything you think Spring Training is, but isn't: cheap tickets, relaxed atmosphere, hungry prospects. But apparently the AFL Home Run Derby is some kind of bespoke experience now? I'm not paying $25 to watch AA guys hit dingers off 45 mph pitches.
November 5, 2025 at 3:06 PM
I'm a big fan of the Arizona Fall League, which everything you think Spring Training is, but isn't: cheap tickets, relaxed atmosphere, hungry prospects. But apparently the AFL Home Run Derby is some kind of bespoke experience now? I'm not paying $25 to watch AA guys hit dingers off 45 mph pitches.
MLB sent me a survey just when I was looking for a good reason to procrastinate.
November 3, 2025 at 7:50 PM
MLB sent me a survey just when I was looking for a good reason to procrastinate.
A movie you've seen more than seven times with a gif.
November 3, 2025 at 5:03 PM
A movie you've seen more than seven times with a gif.
Radio play-by-play guy was grousing about this, but I'm all for it. Can't have your teammates throwing hands and you're all I dunno bro that's a lot of walking.
November 2, 2025 at 1:32 AM
Radio play-by-play guy was grousing about this, but I'm all for it. Can't have your teammates throwing hands and you're all I dunno bro that's a lot of walking.
When the benches clear.
November 2, 2025 at 1:26 AM
When the benches clear.
Greetings from Scottsdale, Arizona, where my kid is playing with his HS chamber orchestra at today's Arizona Fall League game.
November 1, 2025 at 10:10 PM
Greetings from Scottsdale, Arizona, where my kid is playing with his HS chamber orchestra at today's Arizona Fall League game.
Hard Pips is hard.
October 30, 2025 at 11:45 PM
Hard Pips is hard.
But whether it's flags or bumper stickers, the Trump Rule of Arizona Vehicles applies: If you've got one, you've got two, and likely more.
October 30, 2025 at 9:22 PM
But whether it's flags or bumper stickers, the Trump Rule of Arizona Vehicles applies: If you've got one, you've got two, and likely more.
De gustibus, etc., and I like a few songs on the list---those Milli Vanilli hits were fine!---but it was a weak year even for critically acclaimed singles. Two Soul II Soul songs? "Batdance"? The Stones at their most rote and arthritic? www.robertchristgau.com/xg/pnj/pjres...
October 29, 2025 at 8:54 PM
De gustibus, etc., and I like a few songs on the list---those Milli Vanilli hits were fine!---but it was a weak year even for critically acclaimed singles. Two Soul II Soul songs? "Batdance"? The Stones at their most rote and arthritic? www.robertchristgau.com/xg/pnj/pjres...
A tick skeptical of this Genius annotation of "Walking on Sunshine."
October 28, 2025 at 2:32 AM
A tick skeptical of this Genius annotation of "Walking on Sunshine."