Sam McDavid
@sammcdavid.bsky.social
A peddler of silliness, I like cold weather and old movies.
Who the hell even knows at this point?
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A Fail of Two Taleures
The Amnesiac to my last post's Kid A
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February 13, 2026 at 10:31 PM
Who the hell even knows at this point?
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Today we offer up a lil fable and a would-be movie trailer.
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A Tale of Two Failures
Terry Gilliam said the movie you set out to make is never the one you wind up with, and the same holds true for every product of the imagination.
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February 10, 2026 at 9:01 PM
Today we offer up a lil fable and a would-be movie trailer.
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It REALLY wants to flurry but I only see the odd flake here and there. If you join me we can will it into reality.
January 31, 2026 at 8:32 PM
It REALLY wants to flurry but I only see the odd flake here and there. If you join me we can will it into reality.
The best superhero movie ever made.
MALCOLM X (1992) — 10:00 pm ET — 3h 19m
(TCM Primetime: MLK Day)
Denzel Washington, Spike Lee, Angela Bassett; directed by Spike Lee
Biographical drama on the life of the late Malcolm X, who was assassinated on February 21, 1965.
#TCM #TCMParty
(TCM Primetime: MLK Day)
Denzel Washington, Spike Lee, Angela Bassett; directed by Spike Lee
Biographical drama on the life of the late Malcolm X, who was assassinated on February 21, 1965.
#TCM #TCMParty
MLK Day
January 19 at 6am ET | 13 Movies
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January 20, 2026 at 2:41 AM
The best superhero movie ever made.
What perfect album came out the year you turned 16?
November 17, 2025 at 4:27 AM
What perfect album came out the year you turned 16?
Bout damn time more people stood up and recognized Richard Lester's genius at directing comedy. I've been shouting it from the rooftops for years. And you can readily see his influence on Edgar. youtu.be/f-bklvjQftk
Edgar Wright’s Closet Picks
YouTube video by CRITERION
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November 11, 2025 at 12:49 PM
Bout damn time more people stood up and recognized Richard Lester's genius at directing comedy. I've been shouting it from the rooftops for years. And you can readily see his influence on Edgar. youtu.be/f-bklvjQftk
Due to the way I'd set it up at first, not everyone is being notified of the new installments as they're posted. Please bear with us while we work through our growing pains.
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The Post-Postie, Chapter Three
representing a new benchmark for the depths to which the author is willing to lower himself
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November 4, 2025 at 7:55 PM
Due to the way I'd set it up at first, not everyone is being notified of the new installments as they're posted. Please bear with us while we work through our growing pains.
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Choosing not to spam your inboxes with daily emails about the Choose Your Own Adventure story, but this handy table of contents will be updated as I add each new chapter.
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Choose Your Own Advember
We’re interrupting our regularly scheduled programming throughout November in order that we may bring you a Novel November Choose Your Own Adventure-style story in daily installments.
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November 4, 2025 at 2:06 AM
Choosing not to spam your inboxes with daily emails about the Choose Your Own Adventure story, but this handy table of contents will be updated as I add each new chapter.
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Your Novel November votes are in. You chose wrong. Here I am, trying to make the best of it.
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Chapter One
wherein the reader is bored to tears by loads of expository dialogue
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November 2, 2025 at 3:05 AM
Your Novel November votes are in. You chose wrong. Here I am, trying to make the best of it.
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For Novel November I'm doing an audience participation Choose Your Own Adventure story. Pop in and vote on which story I should tell.
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NovNov CYOA Call for Ballots
Hurry up and read so you can vote before Saturday
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October 30, 2025 at 4:41 PM
For Novel November I'm doing an audience participation Choose Your Own Adventure story. Pop in and vote on which story I should tell.
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At 56° F and lower I can once again start finding reasons to live. What I need is a temperature-triggered stasis chamber, where I only have to live and to age during long sleeve weather. Here in the deep South, it means I'll emerge one day to find everyone I know has passed on, but it's worth it.
October 19, 2025 at 4:28 PM
At 56° F and lower I can once again start finding reasons to live. What I need is a temperature-triggered stasis chamber, where I only have to live and to age during long sleeve weather. Here in the deep South, it means I'll emerge one day to find everyone I know has passed on, but it's worth it.
Today on the ole Substack, we're bastardizing Kafka. Though I'm told it still holds up if you're unfamiliar with the source material. Regardless, subscribe, dammit! It's free so why not.
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The Mensweaorphosis
for Fiction Friday
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October 17, 2025 at 5:38 PM
Today on the ole Substack, we're bastardizing Kafka. Though I'm told it still holds up if you're unfamiliar with the source material. Regardless, subscribe, dammit! It's free so why not.
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Went to FilmFreeway to check for Huntsville laurels and discovered we got into Fairhope as well! So we're touring the state head-to-toe.
October 7, 2025 at 10:35 PM
Went to FilmFreeway to check for Huntsville laurels and discovered we got into Fairhope as well! So we're touring the state head-to-toe.
In my first Substack post of the spooky season, I make the case to bring back a monster who quite frankly deserves much more of our fear than it gets.
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Upstaging Emerson's Hobgoblin
for monster month
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October 6, 2025 at 5:26 PM
In my first Substack post of the spooky season, I make the case to bring back a monster who quite frankly deserves much more of our fear than it gets.
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Got accepted to Rocket City! Let's hang out if you plan to be up there.
September 30, 2025 at 4:40 PM
Got accepted to Rocket City! Let's hang out if you plan to be up there.
Got me one o' them substacks. Still under construction but growing every day. Writing, cartoons, other fun surprises. So sub it! And stack it. Or whatever the kids are doing these days.
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Welcome, Welcome
Explain myself, young man!
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September 29, 2025 at 6:32 PM
Got me one o' them substacks. Still under construction but growing every day. Writing, cartoons, other fun surprises. So sub it! And stack it. Or whatever the kids are doing these days.
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(reposted to correct original link)
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You know, yes, you know them seasons be changin'
When the stink bugs launch their autumn invasion.
When the stink bugs launch their autumn invasion.
September 24, 2025 at 2:06 PM
You know, yes, you know them seasons be changin'
When the stink bugs launch their autumn invasion.
When the stink bugs launch their autumn invasion.
Hey, if you don't drink but you'd still really love a hangover, eat a load of night bacon and stay out til 4 a.m. Why, you'll be as miserable as all your non-teetotaling comrades in no time!
To speed recovery, most physicians recommend the remnants of yesterday's coffee and P5's Çà et là du Japon.
To speed recovery, most physicians recommend the remnants of yesterday's coffee and P5's Çà et là du Japon.
August 25, 2025 at 6:17 PM
Hey, if you don't drink but you'd still really love a hangover, eat a load of night bacon and stay out til 4 a.m. Why, you'll be as miserable as all your non-teetotaling comrades in no time!
To speed recovery, most physicians recommend the remnants of yesterday's coffee and P5's Çà et là du Japon.
To speed recovery, most physicians recommend the remnants of yesterday's coffee and P5's Çà et là du Japon.
The leviathan ego doesn't represent a surplus of self esteem, but rather an overcompensation for its absence.
Now massage my ego by telling me what a clever maxim this is.
Now massage my ego by telling me what a clever maxim this is.
July 27, 2025 at 9:30 PM
The leviathan ego doesn't represent a surplus of self esteem, but rather an overcompensation for its absence.
Now massage my ego by telling me what a clever maxim this is.
Now massage my ego by telling me what a clever maxim this is.
"They walk best who have learned to dance."
—Alexander Pope
—Alexander Pope
June 18, 2025 at 2:33 AM
"They walk best who have learned to dance."
—Alexander Pope
—Alexander Pope
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incredible Brian Wilson self-edit here:
May 13, 2025 at 11:13 PM
incredible Brian Wilson self-edit here:
Ugh, devastated.
Devastated.
So long, Bri. You were the only one who could make me cry with sound alone. The end of this one got me every time. #BrianWilson #RIP
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Devastated.
So long, Bri. You were the only one who could make me cry with sound alone. The end of this one got me every time. #BrianWilson #RIP
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Surf's Up
YouTube video by The Beach Boys - Topic
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June 11, 2025 at 5:39 PM
Ugh, devastated.
Devastated.
So long, Bri. You were the only one who could make me cry with sound alone. The end of this one got me every time. #BrianWilson #RIP
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Devastated.
So long, Bri. You were the only one who could make me cry with sound alone. The end of this one got me every time. #BrianWilson #RIP
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Just had a dream Vulcan was holding up his light again, and I was somehow able to climb inside it. A strong wind came and tossed his arm this way and that. Eventually the whole statue toppled, but I was able to escape harm. Looked back to see his pedestal crumble to the ground. Pretty exhilarating.
June 5, 2025 at 1:52 PM
Just had a dream Vulcan was holding up his light again, and I was somehow able to climb inside it. A strong wind came and tossed his arm this way and that. Eventually the whole statue toppled, but I was able to escape harm. Looked back to see his pedestal crumble to the ground. Pretty exhilarating.