35 days without rain is the longest dry streak ever in DC. Maybe if we all crank the Who as loud as we can, someone will hear us? Song Lyric of the Day #1,404: “Only love can make it rain / The way the beach is kissed by the sea” youtu.be/DhLsC2FpDZk?si…

It’s been a long week. My plans for self-care this weekend include: lots of sleep, comfort food, a walk in the woods, and blasting the Rolling Stones so loud my eardrums bleed. Song Lyric of the Day #1,405: “Hey! You! Get off of my cloud!” youtu.be/1sWqmMAvmdU?si…

The last time I was this excited about Washington’s football team, everybody was doing the Macarena and singing along to Song Lyric of the Day #1,406: “Come on, ride the train / Woo-woo! / Hey, ride it / Woo-woo!” youtu.be/3Awey7AbXT0?si…

During World War I, which ended today in 1918, George M. Cohan rallied the troops with SLOTD #1,407: “Over there, over there / Send the word, send the word over there / That the Yanks are coming / The Yanks are coming / The drums rum-tumming everywhere” youtu.be/15R6Qv5PZqE?si…

Neil Young might be 79 today, but he’s still young enough to sell. Song Lyric of the Day #1,408: “Is it hard to make arrangements with yourself / When you’re old enough to repay / But young enough to sell?” youtu.be/sSWxU-mirqg?si…

What a view/what’ve you—only Jamey Johnson could’ve thought of that. Song Lyric of the Day #1,409: “Sitting here looking at you / I’m thinking, what a view / What a view, what a view, what a view / What’ve you gotten us into?” youtu.be/lKjVcOtdsL4?si…

This just in: President-elect Trump nominates Snoop Dogg as secretary of Health and Human Services. Song Lyric of the Day #1,410: “Rollin’ down the street, smokin’ indo, sippin’ on gin and juice / Laid back” youtu.be/fWCZse1iwE0?si…

This one’s for the eight monkeys still on the run in South Carolina. Song Lyric of the Day #1,411: “But I am just a monkey man / I’m glad you are a monkey woman, too” youtu.be/o8uVSzVY8kQ?si…

Soccer Mommy’s new one packs a punch. (The correct answer to her question, by the way, is 4 days, 8 hours and 31 seconds.) Song Lyric of the Day #1,412: “How long is too long to be / Stuck in a memory?” youtu.be/oDmrJlhWJE8?si…

Joan Shelley is a balm for the soul. Song Lyric of the Day #1,413: “Easy now / It’s almost over / The fever will run out / Now the nights are colder / Who will lift your face to see how the stars / Shine brighter when you’re lonely?” youtu.be/S5kSE5nlxeA?si…

Happy birthday to Graham Parker, who can twist a knife like no one else, then pick you back up with Song Lyric of the Day #1,414: “Baby, don’t let it bring you down / Don’t let it bring you down” youtu.be/j0Sx_rPnicQ?si…

Every morning a fox in my backyard looks through my kitchen window and watches me type out my Song Lyric of the Day (really). Is this his way of requesting Fleet Foxes? SLOTD #1,415: “What good is it to sing helplessness blues?” youtu.be/7HHgedNNQco?si…

Here’s hoping that life’s still being good to Joe Walsh, who turns 77 today. Song Lyric of the Day #1,416: “It’s tough to handle, this fortune and fame / Everybody’s so different, I haven’t changed” youtu.be/Fds_2qH9sBQ?si…

They say age is just a number. If so, I’m hoping to keep mine at 1,417, as in Song Lyric of the Day #1,417: “May your heart always be joyful / May your song always be sung / And may you stay forever young” youtu.be/Frj2CLGldC4?si…

Everyone’s buzzing about the new “Wicked” movie. I really hope this one’s in the soundtrack. Song Lyric of the Day #1,418: “What a wicked game you play, to make me feel this way / What a wicked thing to do, to let me dream of you” youtu.be/jd-qI62gNJM?si…

See ya, X! From now on, call me Mr. Blue Sky @erikfatemi.bsky.social. Song Lyric of the Day #1,419: “Hey there, Mr. Blue / We’re so pleased to be with you / Look around, see what you do / Everybody smiles at you / Mr. Blue Sky” youtu.be/bJ8Sz8CJY5g?si…

Huge thanks to Miracle Monocle 🧐 for including "This Is Totally, 100 Percent a Work of Fiction" in its latest issue. Check it out here: louisville.edu/miraclemonocle…

Fatemi added that this order could have implications for appropriations negotiations going forward because "if an executive branch can ... ignore the spending levels that Congress agrees on, then whichever party is not in power will have to ask themselves, what's the point?"

So honored by this. Thank you matchbook!!!

The day after The Washington Post lays off one-third of its staff, not one word about it in the print edition. But some really fine work here in this update about NYT ad revenue!