The Letter to the Editor that the Baltimore Sun won't publish:

when I say something humorous in the group chat and someone replies “lol” or “haha” ? that’s what it’s all about right there

heyyy my screenplay Asbestos King has advanced in the ScreenCraft horror competition! a lovely holiday surprise

one of the best damn books I’ve ever read.

late night piano with mads

FUN FACTS ABOUT SPOTIFY •demonetized 80% of platform •invests in Al battlefield technology •pays $0.003 per stream max •fired 51% of curatorial team, now relies on Al •CEO claims cost of making music is "close to zero" •CEO makes 2.5 billion x salary of average musician

a true labor of love between myself & Chris Feil –– an organization, so to speak, of all of Mike Leigh's films (BBC Play for Todays included) placed on the spectrum of tragic to comic and everything in between for Vulture. I loved writing this!! vulture.com/article/mike-l…

In 1986, a young comedian walked off stage at Yuk Yuk's Comedy Club and vowed never to perform again. That same year, he was diagnosed with cancer. His name was Norm Macdonald, and his story would change comedy forever. Here's what happened:

rip to a true artist. my heart breaks

Today one of my freelance clients said, “I have two writers right now, you and chatGPT.” My soul dried up and floated away on the wind.

the pr reps get it

“here’s what hell would look like here on earth”

Picked up No Country and The American Friend for the Criterion Collection flash sale. I love my emotional support movie collection.

The word impossible says I’M POSSIBLE.

Times like these remind me of a great Sam Kinison quote. I can’t remember all the words verbatim, but it goes something like this… “AAAAAAHHHHHHHHHH!!!!! AAAAAHHHHHHH!!! AHHH!!!! AHHHHHH!!! AHHHH!!!!!”

made a very important purchase

“They Live” steelbook

I like that you can tell when Ken Jennings doesn’t respect an underperforming Jeopardy contestant. There’s a kind of “I could wipe the floor with you” tone in how he addresses them. It comes close to capturing the “my god you people are such losers” tone that Trebek perfected