Merrill Barr
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📝 Wordsmith & Entertainment Enthusiast 📺 | Disabled but Unstoppable 💪
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November 23, 2025 at 3:40 PM
Well that was unexpected.
November 23, 2025 at 6:58 AM
Well that was unexpected.
I’m gonna break things…
![“As an industry, we’ve gotten away from television, which when I started, it was 26 episodes, then the standard kind of whittled down to 22 episodes,” Bloys said. “But you really have to kind of set that up from the beginning to give yourself worlds that generate, in [The Pitt’s] case, 15 hours of story. It’s why hospital shows were a staple, because a new story — or several — walk in the door every time. You know you have to set up first, a world that generates the story, and you also have to work with people who know how to do that, who’ve worked on it for years. It is a different skill, I would say, generating 15 episodes of compelling stories, as opposed to crafting eight to 10.”](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:s4hpvwbklq4wvedq3qqcgp6e/bafkreib62vzedlf2moylks3rutjcsd6opnbk3fbqwj5n4li234q4tq2jmy@jpeg)
November 22, 2025 at 5:33 PM
I’m gonna break things…
February 2026 is going to be a perfectly aligned month.
November 22, 2025 at 5:16 AM
February 2026 is going to be a perfectly aligned month.
Still tender enough to sandwich!
November 22, 2025 at 1:03 AM
Still tender enough to sandwich!
A bit overcooked but def not as bad as I feared.
November 22, 2025 at 12:56 AM
A bit overcooked but def not as bad as I feared.
Love that post-rain glow.
November 22, 2025 at 12:45 AM
Love that post-rain glow.
Probe check shows it already shot up 145°, so it’s gonna end up overcooked. It’ll still be good for what I’m planning (sandwich and nachos tonight and tomorrow), but still… bummer. Oh well. Live and learn. Still pretty.
November 22, 2025 at 12:39 AM
Probe check shows it already shot up 145°, so it’s gonna end up overcooked. It’ll still be good for what I’m planning (sandwich and nachos tonight and tomorrow), but still… bummer. Oh well. Live and learn. Still pretty.
Getting our pre-sear on.
November 21, 2025 at 11:51 PM
Getting our pre-sear on.
And just like that, chili week comes to a close.
November 21, 2025 at 6:31 PM
And just like that, chili week comes to a close.
Spotted this bad boy while food shopping this morning. I have new plans for this weekend…
Tonight… we cook.
Tonight… we cook.
November 21, 2025 at 5:33 PM
Spotted this bad boy while food shopping this morning. I have new plans for this weekend…
Tonight… we cook.
Tonight… we cook.
Wooooooow. That’s a lot to unpack.
November 21, 2025 at 1:19 AM
Wooooooow. That’s a lot to unpack.
For my money, this remains one of the of coldest line reads ever committed to a visual medium.
November 20, 2025 at 5:19 AM
For my money, this remains one of the of coldest line reads ever committed to a visual medium.
Enjoying some sundown vibes.
November 20, 2025 at 1:08 AM
Enjoying some sundown vibes.
Pizza and coke kind of night.
November 20, 2025 at 12:40 AM
Pizza and coke kind of night.
I don’t have a hometown swap but I sure got some meal prep slop from the last few weeks.
November 18, 2025 at 11:55 PM
I don’t have a hometown swap but I sure got some meal prep slop from the last few weeks.
Most of my one-pot meal preps are slop, like my chili and cacciatore.
November 18, 2025 at 11:54 PM
Most of my one-pot meal preps are slop, like my chili and cacciatore.
Post something random or you’ll have an awful December.
November 18, 2025 at 3:51 AM
Post something random or you’ll have an awful December.
Time for a movie follow up to the platelets.
November 17, 2025 at 12:12 AM
Time for a movie follow up to the platelets.