Turns out “America 250” was a temperature forecast ...
If you're not following me on Bluesky you're missing out on a marathon of fun paired history facts about the countries in every World Cup matchup, featuring once-in-a-lifetime sentences like "In 1893, 200 Australian sheep shearers boarded a ship to follow a leftist labor journalist around Cape Horn and establish a utopian socialist, teetotal, whites-only New Australia on free land in the Paraguayan jungle." Remedy this immediately. ...
t's great that the cage fight at the White House - an almost fatally embarrassing thing in its own right; try saying the phrase out loud - is happening during the NBA Finals, the Stanely Cup Finals, and the Men's World Cup. Unless he dies at ringside, it might be the 4th sports headline on Monday. Emphasis on "might be."
Sure we're auctioning off whatever tiny shreds of dignity we have left as a nation but isn't it worth it to maybe be the top story on Yahoo! Sports for 20 minutes between World Cup group stage results like "Paraguay vs. Turkey" and "Ascension Island vs. Bir Tawil" ...
Inkberrow says:
Glad you escaped the imperialist carnage, and may you skirt the well-justified Islamist reprisals as well. I’m weeping for brave Soleimani tonight too.
Noskilz says:
I was a bit curious. You're still quite active on twitter, and doing the Baffler thing, so I assumed you were busy.
Art says:
Thanks for the update. I've missed your particular brand of wit. Keep up, to the extent practical, the good work.
Frankly, I've never really seen any need for Facebook. But, then again, rude bastard that I am, I still call people on the telephone without messaging them first to request an audience. If IM seems stilted Facebook seems vapid: a confection of smart-ass quips, acerbic asides, and vitriol. A hundred kilometers wide but a single millimeter deep. Damn it, I want both quips, and substance, in-the-moment observation, and analysis. You are good at that. That's why I have, despite a few months of minimal output, your blog pinned to my main browser page where I faithfully and expectantly refresh it every day.
sookabilly says:
You're back. Far F-ing Out!
Les Hatcher says:
Glad you are back. I also look at your blog almost daily.
I agree with Art and have no use for social media and have never used it. My wife was on Facebook for awhile but soon quit because of the BS.