Rockland Matt

I haven't seen the world's richest man and the world's most powerful man go at each other like this since Annie.

I still have the Tolkien map from my original LOTR burned into my brain. I can see the red lettering floating up into my vision.

We got falcons on the Verrazano Narrows, the Tappan Zee (miss me with that other name), and the Bayonne Bridge.

It's hot falcon summer!

There is nothing more midwestern than hearing the opening chords of Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald and coming to straight-backed attention.

Lettering on a crossword puzzle.

Love this color. Birmingham Pen Company Ohio River.

Defector | The last good website. Defector is an employee-owned sports and culture website brought to you by the former staffers of Deadspin.

I always feel strange doing this sort of thing but Defector.com has had an incredible January, just a ton of really good stories on a wide range of topics, and I suggest subscribing to it. I am biased, obviously, but I am really proud and grateful to get to do this the way we're doing it.

Small cut on a finger.

Finished building a PC for my boys last night, and it's officially a project after the requisite blood sacrifice.

Why would anyone even want an incandescent bulb anymore?

May thy platters spin faithfully.

You're talking about a world where maybe a plurality of people don't believe in climate change because they got a half an inch of snow while Australia burns.

Is there a specific kink for getting aroused by Stellaris border gore? I feel like there's a German word for it.

A gold fountain pen nib against a blue fabric backdrop.

Some Saturday nib pr0n.

Platinum President 18k Medium.

Update from the front lines - got Whammed at the dentist yesterday.

This breaks a decade-long streak of surviving.

Broken lanyard clasp.

Of all the things I did not expect to add to my list of weekly grievances, metal fatigue was pretty high on the list.

WHY IS THE CON-40 SO SMALL GRAAAAHHHHH

NYT crossword done in blue ink.

Not gonna lie, pretty happy with my lettering on this last one.

The missus and I enjoyed it very much. Keep up the good work!

Meanwhile every American bar/bat mitzvah kid ever is like "Oh, in your native language? How cute."

People forget that the Necronomicon also had a recipes section

Ok, FB ad feed - I don't know what you think I'm up to, but... no. Just no.

Did you download an archive of your data?

Except for Meghan McCain's mom, apparently.

Holiday hack: replace your cranberry sauce with IKEA lingonberry sauce.

Think about it.

Heard that Anderson Pens is going out of business and that makes me very sad. Great place to find repair parts and some pretty unique odds and ends.

Bringing back the iron lung industry to rebuild the economy

(feels some wetness)

WHAT THE F($# IS THIS

Listen, you get to a certain age and anything above a canter is going to cause some leakage.

Saw it on your profile yesterday, went away after I refreshed the page.

Of course I meant to say It's Christmastown but I'm not a functional human being yet this morning.