Stephen Berg
@stephenberg2.bsky.social
Better than a sharp stick in the eye.
If I owned a business, I'd have a sign out front reading, WE DON'T PLAY CHRISTMAS MUSIC; IT'S SAFE TO COME IN.
December 22, 2025 at 2:29 PM
If I owned a business, I'd have a sign out front reading, WE DON'T PLAY CHRISTMAS MUSIC; IT'S SAFE TO COME IN.
No tree this year. Went with the Venus flytrap instead.
December 21, 2025 at 5:49 PM
No tree this year. Went with the Venus flytrap instead.
SOLSTICE! From here on out it maybe gets better?
December 21, 2025 at 4:51 PM
SOLSTICE! From here on out it maybe gets better?
“Let us learn to show our friendship for a man when he is alive and not after he is dead.” -- F. Scott Fitzgerald, died this day.
December 21, 2025 at 4:49 PM
“Let us learn to show our friendship for a man when he is alive and not after he is dead.” -- F. Scott Fitzgerald, died this day.
WTF is James Madison even doing in this playoff game?
Oh, well, at least there's some real football (I hope) going on with the Bears-Packers game.
Oh, well, at least there's some real football (I hope) going on with the Bears-Packers game.
December 21, 2025 at 2:05 AM
WTF is James Madison even doing in this playoff game?
Oh, well, at least there's some real football (I hope) going on with the Bears-Packers game.
Oh, well, at least there's some real football (I hope) going on with the Bears-Packers game.
In 2002, Aardman Animations produced a series of shorts called Wallace & Gromit’s Cracking Contraptions. This year, Aardman has packaged a few of these short shorts into this compilation, Wallace & Gromit’s Cracking Christmas. www.youtube.com/watch?v=TO12...
From Snow Shovelling to Turkey Tech! | Wallace & Gromit’s Cracking Christmas
YouTube video by Wallace & Gromit
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December 20, 2025 at 12:41 AM
In 2002, Aardman Animations produced a series of shorts called Wallace & Gromit’s Cracking Contraptions. This year, Aardman has packaged a few of these short shorts into this compilation, Wallace & Gromit’s Cracking Christmas. www.youtube.com/watch?v=TO12...
Bombing Syria during Hegseth's Friday night, weekend lead-in happy hour. What could possibly go wrong?
December 19, 2025 at 11:03 PM
Bombing Syria during Hegseth's Friday night, weekend lead-in happy hour. What could possibly go wrong?
Just discovered my significant otter has never seen This Is Spinal Tap” and wondering who it is I’ve been living with all these years. #filmsky
December 19, 2025 at 6:29 PM
Just discovered my significant otter has never seen This Is Spinal Tap” and wondering who it is I’ve been living with all these years. #filmsky
The missing comma in Wake Up Dead Man drives me insane.
December 15, 2025 at 1:21 AM
The missing comma in Wake Up Dead Man drives me insane.
:::sigh::: And fuck landlords. Jimmy's Corner is a gem. www.nytimes.com/2025/12/10/n...
One of the Last Times Square Dive Bars Faces Eviction
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December 11, 2025 at 5:51 PM
:::sigh::: And fuck landlords. Jimmy's Corner is a gem. www.nytimes.com/2025/12/10/n...
Now the motherfucking Mets break my heart in the off-season. Twice.
December 10, 2025 at 7:00 PM
Now the motherfucking Mets break my heart in the off-season. Twice.
Meanwhile, in my Facebook TCM group (yes, I realize how old that makes me sound), some guy is insisting Mel Brooks wrote and directed "The Elephant Man." #moviesky
December 8, 2025 at 7:25 PM
Meanwhile, in my Facebook TCM group (yes, I realize how old that makes me sound), some guy is insisting Mel Brooks wrote and directed "The Elephant Man." #moviesky
Another in the Old Music for Old People series: On this day in 1978, Public Image Ltd. released their debut studio album “First Issue.” #musicsky www.youtube.com/watch?v=ylOC...
PIL - Public Image
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December 8, 2025 at 6:43 PM
Another in the Old Music for Old People series: On this day in 1978, Public Image Ltd. released their debut studio album “First Issue.” #musicsky www.youtube.com/watch?v=ylOC...
The Kansas City Chiefs and their racist "war chant" should just fuck right off already. I'm glad they're having a shitty season, and I hope they get creamed tonight.
December 8, 2025 at 1:35 AM
The Kansas City Chiefs and their racist "war chant" should just fuck right off already. I'm glad they're having a shitty season, and I hope they get creamed tonight.
I don't care that "Hamnet" was Shakespeare's dead son, it's still a terrible title for a movie.
December 7, 2025 at 11:28 PM
I don't care that "Hamnet" was Shakespeare's dead son, it's still a terrible title for a movie.
Hahahaha. Notre Dame gets shut out of the playoffs.
December 7, 2025 at 5:40 PM
Hahahaha. Notre Dame gets shut out of the playoffs.
Another week, another musical artist on Saturday Night Live I'm too old to ever have heard of.
December 7, 2025 at 5:32 AM
Another week, another musical artist on Saturday Night Live I'm too old to ever have heard of.
This inspired me to dig my quarter-zip out of the dusty pile, where I'd left it because I thought they were only for old men like me. www.npr.org/2025/12/05/n...
Gen Z turns the quarter-zip into TikTok's coolest menswear staple
Gen Z guys are making the once-humble quarter-zip the newest breakout star on TikTok, turning the classic pullover into a buzzy fashion trend that's suddenly everywhere.
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December 7, 2025 at 4:41 AM
This inspired me to dig my quarter-zip out of the dusty pile, where I'd left it because I thought they were only for old men like me. www.npr.org/2025/12/05/n...
YES! Fuck Ohio State.
Granted, this doesn’t change all that much for the playoffs. But, they can get fucked again then.
Granted, this doesn’t change all that much for the playoffs. But, they can get fucked again then.
December 7, 2025 at 4:26 AM
YES! Fuck Ohio State.
Granted, this doesn’t change all that much for the playoffs. But, they can get fucked again then.
Granted, this doesn’t change all that much for the playoffs. But, they can get fucked again then.
Wondering what your top fiction published in 2025 is. Please give me your faves, and reasons for why they are would be most appreciated. #booksky
December 3, 2025 at 5:04 AM
Wondering what your top fiction published in 2025 is. Please give me your faves, and reasons for why they are would be most appreciated. #booksky
I resisted that "You will be visited by three spirits" thing going around till I saw these three spirits.
December 3, 2025 at 4:57 AM
I resisted that "You will be visited by three spirits" thing going around till I saw these three spirits.
Do I dare read this, or will it just get me sick and sad? www.nytimes.com/2025/12/02/t...
Is Gen X Actually the Greatest Generation?
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December 3, 2025 at 1:59 AM
Do I dare read this, or will it just get me sick and sad? www.nytimes.com/2025/12/02/t...
Watching “The Game” and it’s hard to decide if I hate Ohio State or Michigan more.
November 29, 2025 at 7:57 PM
Watching “The Game” and it’s hard to decide if I hate Ohio State or Michigan more.