I will always be the kind of punk that shits on Steely Dan

It's only April, but I can't imagine I'll have a worse consumer experience this year than @TurboTax. Eight hours in their system, two hours on the phone with their "experts," and the return they created for me has quarterly vouchers for the wrong state.

Hey gang - who can recommend a good portable Bluetooth speaker? I'm more concerned with sound quality and reliability than decibels or a preponderance of bass.

One thing I underestimated about living in an actual house (as opposed to a condo in a mid-rise) is that people will actually ring your doorbell and try to sell you their pest-control services or convert you to their religion

He recoiled, aghast, from his countenance in the hotel-room mirror

This record opens with one of the best four-song sequences in music history. The rest of it is damn near perfect too. Listen at Bandcamp: wussy.bandcamp.com/album/wussy

I just received a notice from @TurboTax: "Due to an error, TurboTax might not have selected the best deduction option for you, resulting in a possible overpayment." I'll have to call to find out for sure, which will cost more of my time. Friends, TurboTax is crap. Don't use it.

Went to a High-A baseball game this weekend and of course discussed "obscure yet perfect walk-up music": _Sax riff from "Baker Street" _Opening bars of Jesus Lizard's "Mouth Breather" _Literally any sample from Sylvester's "Do You Wanna Funk?" What would you add?

The greatest eulogy for Alice Munro has already been written

I’m reminded of perhaps the greatest description of a bandmate by their own bandmate: “The singer’s a Shepherd’s Bush geezer who wants everything to be a big laugh, and when it’s not, he thinks everything’s gone terribly wrong.” - Pete Townshend

How many times do I gotta tell X that I don't want to see that RFK Jr ad? Because I'm up to at least 10.

We Romanians are a classy and tidy bunch.

[making small talk with a new parent] so are you planning on raising them good or bad?

I love my black job 🖤

Just disembarked from a 5-hour flight, and I will not miss my neighbor, Elbows McGassypants

Guy on LinkedIn: In this carousel, I'll use my reductive four-step model to retroactively explain the success of a famous brand that I never worked on The rest of us:

The ease with which you lie to your audience tells me everything I need to know about you and your business People who only play short-term games lose long-term prizes