Russet Chatham
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Opening night watching The Phantom Menace - film broke about 15 min in giving us time to really start wondering if this highly anticipated, but so far very boring, movie was going to get any better when they restarted.
Raising the always fun question: What are your most memorable theater-going experiences?
Mine also include The Matrix, Blair Witch, and being way too stoned in Belgium when Fellowship of the Ring was sold out so we sat in the back row for Mulholland Drive instead.
Mine also include The Matrix, Blair Witch, and being way too stoned in Belgium when Fellowship of the Ring was sold out so we sat in the back row for Mulholland Drive instead.
It was hands-down one of the most memorable theater-going experiences I can remember, a collective 30-minute butt-clench/armrest-grab for the final climb. And we knew he lived! Wild.
December 13, 2025 at 2:47 AM
Opening night watching The Phantom Menace - film broke about 15 min in giving us time to really start wondering if this highly anticipated, but so far very boring, movie was going to get any better when they restarted.
I recently realized I’m older than Kirby Smart which was sobering - though that dude does not exactly look young for his age.
I've made peace with FBS programs having coaches younger than me but realizing that Alex Golesh started his coaching career at the high school in my town that didn't even exist when I graduated is a bit jarring
December 3, 2025 at 11:37 PM
I recently realized I’m older than Kirby Smart which was sobering - though that dude does not exactly look young for his age.
Bannon obviously doesn’t have the flexibility to literally do it and even if he did the two shirts would be much too constrictive.
much like steve bannon, epstein was in fact trying to suck his own cock (figuratively, but also probably literally)
Talking to Steve Bannon too, another person who will happily tell anybody at any time that he's in charge of everything and has a master plan.
November 14, 2025 at 6:58 AM
Bannon obviously doesn’t have the flexibility to literally do it and even if he did the two shirts would be much too constrictive.
Is it wrong that I’m really warming up to alt text because it lets me explain whatever dumb joke I’m trying to make?
September 17, 2025 at 12:46 AM
Is it wrong that I’m really warming up to alt text because it lets me explain whatever dumb joke I’m trying to make?
My understanding is the new budget bill gives them the authorization to hire a lot more so it might be close.
"ICE will run out of dildos before we run out of posterboard" is not a sentence I expected to ever write, but here we are.
August 18, 2025 at 3:22 AM
My understanding is the new budget bill gives them the authorization to hire a lot more so it might be close.
I was catching up on work stuff on my laptop at a quiet gate at O’Hare when I heard a familiar voice. John Lithgow and his Wife had sat down directly opposite me. They chatted and bickered like any other couple waiting for plane. I tried to give them space and didn’t look up from computer much.
Right folks. Feeling rather down at the moment so bringing back an oldie
Please Quote this with your most minor celebrity interaction
Please Quote this with your most minor celebrity interaction
June 13, 2025 at 10:49 PM
I was catching up on work stuff on my laptop at a quiet gate at O’Hare when I heard a familiar voice. John Lithgow and his Wife had sat down directly opposite me. They chatted and bickered like any other couple waiting for plane. I tried to give them space and didn’t look up from computer much.
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I was an immigration lawyer for about fifteen years. The people I met… the way they wanted to give their absolute best to this country, and then DID.
Skills, ideas, beauty, culture… that’s what they bring.
America is a nation of immigrants, and immigration is what made America.
Skills, ideas, beauty, culture… that’s what they bring.
America is a nation of immigrants, and immigration is what made America.
June 8, 2025 at 1:13 AM
I was an immigration lawyer for about fifteen years. The people I met… the way they wanted to give their absolute best to this country, and then DID.
Skills, ideas, beauty, culture… that’s what they bring.
America is a nation of immigrants, and immigration is what made America.
Skills, ideas, beauty, culture… that’s what they bring.
America is a nation of immigrants, and immigration is what made America.
This can’t be said enough. No one seems to ever expect the anti-immigration people to even make an argument to support their terrible agenda.
kind of just endlessly sad and grieving that there are so few voices in the public sphere making the basic principled argument that immigration is an affirmative good in every way and the best way for this country to serve humanity is to welcome people who want or need to leave their homes
June 7, 2025 at 10:46 PM
This can’t be said enough. No one seems to ever expect the anti-immigration people to even make an argument to support their terrible agenda.
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It's more Gene Hackman's Luthor (5th ave real estate fraud) vs Jesse Eisenberg's Luthor (techbro manchild who murders kids in Africa for fun.)
I too am sick of this multiverse shit.
I too am sick of this multiverse shit.
It’s probably bad that the future of America’s government pivots on a fight between Lex Luthor and the Joker
June 5, 2025 at 7:23 PM
It's more Gene Hackman's Luthor (5th ave real estate fraud) vs Jesse Eisenberg's Luthor (techbro manchild who murders kids in Africa for fun.)
I too am sick of this multiverse shit.
I too am sick of this multiverse shit.
If you see this, post your getaway vehicle.
May 3, 2025 at 5:59 AM
If you see this, post your getaway vehicle.
Not to mention his basic thesis is wrong - there’s plenty of support out there for whites with challenging backgrounds. The current VP is like the poster child for this (don’t hold that against those programs!)
A colleague at Stanford’s business school used The Stanford Daily to argue—poorly—against DEI. The piece was riddled with historical errors and left one searching for fact, so I broke my public writing hiatus to respond.
I hope you’ll read and share the piece.
stanforddaily.com/2025/04/22/w...
I hope you’ll read and share the piece.
stanforddaily.com/2025/04/22/w...
What DEI threatens isn’t merit. It’s monopoly.
Political science professor Hakeem Jefferson argues for DEI's importance to de-monopolizing universities.
stanforddaily.com
April 23, 2025 at 1:27 AM
Not to mention his basic thesis is wrong - there’s plenty of support out there for whites with challenging backgrounds. The current VP is like the poster child for this (don’t hold that against those programs!)
Motörhead’s “Western Movie” feels like it’s the same genre. I think it’s hard for us that are younger to really understand how much Baby Boomers are obsessed with cowboys - even the British Boomers.
it's one of my favorite thin lizzy songs — what follows is not a burn — but you get the distinct impression that phil lynott was writing about cowboys in a similar way to how medieval artists would try to paint exotic animals they had never seen whenever you listen to "cowboy song"
March 15, 2025 at 5:59 PM
Motörhead’s “Western Movie” feels like it’s the same genre. I think it’s hard for us that are younger to really understand how much Baby Boomers are obsessed with cowboys - even the British Boomers.