Kathryn VanArendonk

black cat on the staircase

black cat perching on my shoulder

Black cat on a fuzzy brown blanket in front of a red pillow

furious black cat with a pink necklace on; toddler who put the necklace on him grins in background

12yo embracing a black cat

annual appreciation thread for this cat, who we were informed was on death’s door step and would likely need to be put down, but we hospitalized him for the weekend just to see. 12yo was born that weekend; cat’s still here.

why thank you I *did* watch an 8 minute YouTube tutorial

a chocolate cake with sprinkles and a large pink fondant bow

look on my works etc etc

me, on the eve of almost 12yo’s birthday: it’s hard to be the sibling when it’s not your birthday but I know you’re so thoughtful and gracious and a good friend

8yo, ominously: oh trust me I‘ve been looking forward to this day

i am ............ struggling

have been watching vladimir and rooster, and i would like to wish sincere congrats to all the tv writers with degrees from small liberal arts schools that got writing gigs on tv shows out this week

lotta wigs huh

Betty Gilpin Cast In FX's 'The Lowdown' For Season 2 Betty Gilpin has been cast In a major role in FX's 'The Lowdown' starring opposite Ethan Hawke in Season 2.

a gift? a gift for MEEEEEEE?
deadline.com/2026/03/bett...

and yet she did nothing to end years of shipper wars

oh you do not need to check, i can tell you right now everyone is in shambles

really only logical use of ryan serhant

regret to inform that NYMag will now attempt to fix this 😂

This question brought to you by the slow-rolling mental breakdown John and Michaela’s lack of Scottish accents have induced in me (okay so if the Scottish aristocracy is culturally and by education English, as their accents suggest, then… )

omg

"You’ll likely be performing some of these navigational techniques just about every day for as long as you drive."

likely ... but not necessarily, i guess?

the first Bridgerton season starts in 1813!! so…….

i regret to admit that this is the third time i have typed "DID CULLODEN HAPPEN IN BRIDGERTON?" today

obviously the bridgerton writers have thought a great deal about this and have a very careful answer, i know

a very reasonable question i have about bridgerton is, what about ireland? did the england of bridgerton decline to do an imperialism in india or the caribbean but then still try to conquer ireland? and if it's a non-imperial england then ... how is there a united states

there's a trumpet player who's clearly pretty good in that clip ... trumpet player, pls get in touch if you're still annoyed about this

omg i wonder if he does know

‘He Is Basically the Goop That’s Inside a Lava Lamp’ Chris Fleming is every comedian’s favorite alt oddball. Is the rest of the world ready for him?

one thing about this Chris Fleming profile I forgot to mention: it contains an embedded out-of-focus video of an iPod playing a recording of his high school jazz band drum solo, which he convinced a band teacher to let him do despite never before playing drums

www.vulture.com/article/chri...

had a good time!*

*not enough footnotes, though

the thing he says in this interview about how the show is not really about preaching to the choir .............. do you know what show you're making

oh i'm so glad you enjoyed!!

lmao

Bridgerton Needed Her Yerin Ha brought the hit Regency romance series the perspective it’s been missing.

spent an afternoon with bridgerton's yerin ha

www.vulture.com/article/brid...

This is a terrific read on one of the most original voices in comedy right now. If we mourn WBD getting swallowed up into a sweaty conglomerate for freaks, we may as well celebrate that Fleming has an HBO special

it’s already 5k words long!!!