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Poor, obscure, plain, and little. Writer, critic, comms & events at The Sidney Poitier New American Film School. Former books editor with too many bylines at USA TODAY and The Arizona Republic.
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Yeah my job is pretty cool. My uniform is a tactical vest that’s two sizes too small and a gaiter I bought in a gas station. They send me to sneak into schools to kidnap little kids because people got mad about having to press 1 for English. The president had to warn everyone to stop spitting on me.

submitted 11 hours ago • 46 comments

For better or often for worse, this country’s foundational and enduring ethos is “Fuck you, make me.” The Trump admin doesn’t seem to know this, but it’s about to learn.

submitted 9 hours ago • 1 comment

Spent all day at a funeral for a teenage girl who'd been shot to death then came home to a surprise $300 medical bill from an urgent care visit 7 months ago and had to spend an hour on the phone arguing about insurance GREAT COUNTRY GOOD VIBES LOVE IT HERE

submitted 13 hours ago • 0 comments

sure, the news is horrible all the time in 2025 and the vibes are absolutely rancid but at least everything's really expensive!

submitted 14 hours ago • 22 comments

I stayed up nights for years programming Waymos to feel pain but it was worth it

submitted 1 day ago • 6 comments

Love the misogynistic framing on this. Oprah didn’t shame James Frey, he shamed *himself* by lying extravagantly for fame and profit. But a woman had the nerve to scold him on TV, so fuck it, literary bad boy it is.

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Think about all the incredible writers you know who can’t get any publicity but James Fucking Frey gets the front page glow up in the Sunday NY Times, called a “literary outlaw” for making shit up in a book billed as non-fiction, and a whole paragraph devoted to him describing his orgasms.

submitted 1 day ago • 36 comments

submitted 52 days ago • 3 comments

Been a real grab-bag of a week.

submitted 3 days ago • 1 comment

Guess my favorite tea cup was a little too accurate.

submitted 3 days ago • 1 comment

Shall I be plain? I wish the bastards dead

submitted 10 days ago • 140 comments

When Trump survived the assassination attempt and had to accept Elon’s direct help on the the campaign (literally, like sharing the stage with him and everything) I just thought about the baptism scene from THERE WILL BE BLOOD and it looks like we’re reaching the bowling alley scene now

submitted 4 days ago • 12 comments

Before he died, David Lynch told me why Patrick Stewart takes a pug into battle in DUNE.

submitted 5 days ago • 2 comments

Before he died, David Lynch told me why Eraserhead is his most spiritual movie.

submitted 5 days ago • 1 comment

“You won’t be able to tell what was written by me and what was generated by AI” is one way to say you write like shit.

submitted 6 days ago • 5 comments

Broke my knee bounding down the stairs in a rush, now I cling to the bannisters for dear life.

submitted 8 days ago • 2 comments

We're broke, my dude.

submitted 8 days ago • 2 comments

This no-kill animal shelter is in desperate need of kitten food, kitten milk replacement, and other supplies. If you post a screenshot in my replies showing that you donated at least $10 (even as a Chewy gift card), I'll answer a style-related question for you. Donation info in their thread.

submitted 8 days ago • 356 comments

hey all. this shelter needs some help feeding its kittens. there's a Chewy wishlist and a donation link in the thread. help out if you can!

submitted 8 days ago • 2 comments

this is the most sociopathic thing ive ever seen and i wrote a whole book about neonazis

submitted 9 days ago • 243 comments

american dimsum (frozen whitecastle sliders cooked in a steam basket)

submitted 9 days ago • 70 comments

I watched this kid grow up alongside one of my dear friend’s daughters, since she was a small child. I’ve chaperoned her at birthday parties. Played board games with her. And now she’s been murdered, and it’s impossible to get your head around. Help out her poor mother, if you can.

submitted 10 days ago • 1 comment

I watched this kid grow up alongside one of my dear friend’s daughters, since she was a small child. I’ve chaperoned her at birthday parties. Played board games with her. And now she’s been murdered, and it’s impossible to get your head around. Help out her poor mother, if you can.

submitted 10 days ago • 1 comment

Will cancel for sure if this happens. I'll just have to go somewhere else to watch shows launched to great fanfare that are killed off before the second season ever sees the light of day.

submitted 13 days ago • 1 comment

My favorite line from his niece’s sweetly irreverent obit: “He hated Bill Maher for no good reason.” Oh hon, I assure you he had plenty of reasons to hate Bill Maher.

submitted 12 days ago • 0 comments

Milwaukee is actually full of attractive mature women

submitted 13 days ago • 84 comments

1. Notorious (by a wide margin) 2. Vertigo 3. Rear Window 4. Shadow of a Doubt 5. North by Northwest

submitted 16 days ago • 0 comments

“aujourd’hui” is a sick word, the french really knew what they were doing with that one

submitted 18 days ago • 3 comments