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TV, Film and Game writer | Marvel’s Midnight Suns | Batman: The Enemy Within | Garage Sale Mystery | Formerly writer at the Los Angeles Times.
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You know that scene in Event Horizon where they find the transmissions from the hell dimension? That’s what it’s like to wake up and check the news every morning.

While listening to the “Classic Vinyl” station on the radio, daughter asked what vinyl was. I explained how a record player worked and holy cow, you’d have thought I was explaining magic.

All the President’s Men American Movie Fitzcarraldo Suspiria

I sometimes think my kids watch too much YouTube, but then my daughter told me very detailed instructions for what to do if she’s trapped in a sewer that she learned from a YT video, so I’m torn. “The More You Know” never helped my generation with sewer entrapment.

Dad: “I’m watching Dr. Strangelove.” Me: *sees Benedict Cumberbatch on the screen* “You sure about that?” Dad: “Yeah, he’s a magician.” Me: “Okay.”

Just doing some Duolingo…

Daughter wanted to make a home spa coupon for my wife. Later, I asked her if she got, or used, the coupon. She said it was only for 50% off.

“Your Holiness, how did you decide on the name Leo?” “Well, I was watching Lethal Weapon 2 again (my favorite LW BTW) and I just love Joe Pesci’s Leo Getz. They really do fuck you at the drive-thru.”

Are we past the era of cars being a symbol of cool, sexy and free in pop songs?

Skibidi rizzler. What the sigma?

The New Pope is here! The New Pope is here!

You know who doesn’t have to deal with this shit? Dracula.

My daughter borrowed a book from the library and promptly lost it. I just got a “Due soon” email from the library. Feels like the noose is tightening.

“And will your administration be looking into ways to improve security at Shawshank?”

Somebody get Mel and Sly and Jon on the case to sort out this movie tariff BS.

The next time I get frustrated about having to be on my kids’ case about bathing, brushing their teeth, etc. I’ll take comfort in knowing that I’ve got a great ice breaker for George Washington if I meet him in the afterlife.

I’ve had two things in my head today. -Appreciation for all the apparent good Pope Francis tried to enact in his life. -Kenny Loggins singing an ‘80s song called “Conclave!”

David Cronenberg gets an idea while shopping.

Stephen King

It’s just two little letters that turns chicken broth into chicken brothel.

Watching a video about eating bugs. The best part is how much the chef oversells the flavor of each bug. Buddy, if a tarantula tasted *just like* soft shell crab, I’m gonna guess we’d have been eating tarantulas a long time ago. It’s not like crabs are any prettier than tarantulas.

Staring at the health stats on my wife’s Apple Watch and wondering if I’m leveled up enough to defeat her.

My car situation should be okay so long as Doug Toyota doesn’t reveal himself to be a crazy nazi.

This surveillance robot was walking around the capitol today to normalize something that should not ever be normal. Your government should not be a faceless omni-present surveillance force. #democracy #politics #surveillancecapitalism

In the center of my town there’s a big square where all the protests happen. Today, there was a single guy with a sign that read “Relax, I’ll handle this myself.”

Giallo Pudding Pops Anything there?

This guy is rich enough to be Santa Claus every day of the year. And instead he’s doing this.

100 favourite short horror stories, in no particular order, with a description and where to find them / where i read them. Thanks to @oldnick42.bsky.social for the idea. docs.google.com/spreadsheets...