Erik Gratton

A Love Letter To 188 Cuchifritos The lively Bronx lunch counter has been serving Puerto Rican and Dominican classics since 1982.

Here's to 43 years of 188 Cuchifritos—hoping for *at least* 43 more!

This was a fun one, Joe the Beaver on Grimm woulda run away from absolutely anything showing the barest aggression. I stand by the impulse.

The business doesn’t allow for Diane Keatons. Didn’t then either but she found a way anyway. Incredible.

Works out to roughly $19,656 USD per enrolled musician at a cost of about $7.43 per Irish citizen. In contrast, the US Govt spends only about 59 cents per citizen on the entire national endowment for the arts (across all artistic disciplines).

The stupid and hilarious Cash discussions of the last couple days has me listening to The Man Comes Around on repeat. Threatening and celebrating by turns. Perfect.

Federal Judges, Warning of ‘Judicial Crisis,’ Fault Supreme Court’s Emergency Orders

New - “Dozens of sitting federal judges have shared their concerns about risks to the courts’ legitimacy as the Supreme Court releases opaque orders about Trump administration policies.”

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Before the Storm: Barry Goldwater and the Unmaking of the American Consensus Before the Storm: Barry Goldwater and the Unmaking of the American Consensus [Perlstein, Rick] on Amazon.com. *FREE* shipping on qualifying offers. Before the Storm: Barry Goldwater and the Unmaking of the American Consensus

If I wrote it today I would have much more about all the internal Goldwater campaign discussions about what to do with all the terrifying fascists and lunatics flocking to him. I feel like I only photocopied like every 5th anguished memo on it, back in the day.

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Doing literal knock-down drag out fight scenes with a neck disc problem is just the best thing one can do for oneself.

A ★★★★½ review of To Live and Die in L.A. (1985) I am deeply amused imagining the confusion many must have had watching this film with “L.A.” in the title that makes the iconic City of Angels look like a post-industrial wasteland. Friedkin uses Los ...

Reposting this for no reason. boxd.it/4GOuOZ

There is always a scene from Sir Humphrey.

Playing Paul Sheldon means not shaving for a few weeks. I’m always partial to the beard.

Live Updates: Deaths Are Reported in Explosion at Tennessee Munitions Plant

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Rehearsing Misery onstage in Washington State while reading “It Was Her House First” by @cheriepriest.com is a whole NW Horror Vibe. Recommended for October, if you can manage it.

Tech rehearsals start today. They trend slow, they suck souls, but they’re also magic and mark the beginning of the last push to opening night. Can’t really find character til you get the full environment. That’s fun.

I toured for work (roadie and performer) off/on for twenty years and probably will again. The chance is also high that this year I will live at “home” for a total of two months, without technically “touring.” It’s an adventure but I’m tired. Living away is tiring and expensive for so many reasons.

Great time to be an actual criminal of any kind because federal agents are busy hog tying children and grandmas bsky.app/profile/wash...

This week we dive into IT on Deep Cuts: The Game — and the deep cut actors who made Derry unforgettable:
Wyatt Oleff • Owen Teague • Megan Charpentier • Neil Crone • Jackson Robert Scott 💀
🎧 Listen now
#DeepCutsTheGame #ITMovie #HorrorPodcast

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Cloudy port morning in Port Townsend, Washington. Sun perks through dramatic clouds over dozens of masts with lowered sails on small sailboats in a quiet marina.

A small rowboat docked at a marina with a row of small sailboats docked opposite. Great chilly grey mooring.

I like working here.

surfacing nonpublic information is an argument for the value of prediction markets as predictors (although obviously not a great argument for why you should try to make money off of them)

this episode will mess you up

I think this is my favorite episode I’ve hosted. I have fun and funny and nerdy friends. And Phantasms is a crazy episode, more dick jokes/minute than any TNG episode.

He played a shitty evangelist murderer on Columbo and that was such an important thing for him to play, if such a thing exists.

Dan Bern’s early 2000s protest albums were great.

I get along well with everyone and am a success in life because I just assume yall think about the Shatner/Kim Darby TV movie The People and the pilot to The Eddie Capra Mysteries every couple days.

Also Seven Days in May is a masterpiece. Same w On the Beach. I love a morality tale w incredible visuals and movie stars that can reaaaaallllly act.

One Battle After Another would be being more successful if it had a better title.

So here are some better titles:
- Battles
- American History XX / XY
- Once Upon a Time in NorCal
- Going Back to Cali
- A House Divided!?
- The Road Not Not Taken
- Brown Shirts and Skins
- Help!

Xoxoxo!!

Of course those are also my two fave Ava (a genius) performances, sooooo you should rewatch.

Also Seven Days in May is a masterpiece. Same w On the Beach. I love a morality tale w incredible visuals and movie stars that can reaaaaallllly act.