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The RFK Jr.-Kid Rock video is like Reheated Rivalry.

To paraphrase his scariest "Manhunter" line: We owe him awe. RIP and Godspeed, actor/director/playwright/fellow tall Tom Noonan.

Related: The 2026 Grim Reaper is working way too hard. We may not have a notable passing every single day of this year, but it sure feels that way so far.

Almost a year to the day after losing Gene Hackman, Robert Duvall joined him in the afterlife. They were in only one film together: "Geronimo: An American Legend" (1993).

We have lost two faces on the Mount Rushmore of acting. But we were blessed to share the same timeline with them.

Gotta go, my ride's here

Bud Cort, star of ‘Harold and Maude’ and 'Brewster McCloud,' dies at 77 Bud Cort, whose performance in the 1971 romance ‘Harold and Maude,’ helped turn the film into a cult classic, died Wednesday at 77

Harold and Maude are together again in the next life. Thank you for sharing this life with us.

RIP and Godspeed, Bud Cort. www.latimes.com/entertainmen...

In hindsight, my solution for how to watch three things on different TV networks at the same time 11 years ago tonight turned out to be a similar concept to #Sinners. I want ROYALTIES, Ryan Coogler!

I think I'm training AI to eventually take my job. That should count for 50% off tickets.

The plan all along.

Then today, Republic Services gave me a bigger credit than I sought. Funny how fast their tune changed from "No credit for missed pickups." -30-

(continued) So I sent the N.C. Consumer Protection Division and the Better Business Bureau after Republic Services. Mess with the bull... 🧵

Republic Services said it would resume garbage and recycling pickup Tuesday in Catawba County, NC, after Saturday's snowstorm & missing last week because of an ice storm. They lied about the restart (which is now next week) and won't provide credit for missed service. #Snow #NC #ConsumerAffairs

Sunset in Conover, North Carolina, on February 3, 2026

First picturesque #sunset we've noticed since the ice and snow storms. #NCwx #ConoverNC

Chuck Negron, lead singer on 'Joy to the World' and other Three Dog Night hits, dies at 83 Chuck Negron, a founding member of the soul-rock sensations Three Dog Night, has died. Negron sang lead on such hits as “One” and “Just an Old Fashioned Love Song” and hollered the immortal opening li...

I interviewed Three Dog Night (just Cory Wells, by phone) for my college newspaper, ahead of their concert in Columbia, SC, in 1985. Chuck Negron was fired from the band two months later due to his heroin relapse. He sobered up in 1991 but never rejoined. apnews.com/article/chuc...

Still no network showing Groundhog Day in a loop for #GroundhogDay, like we get Planes, Trains and Automobiles looped for Thanksgiving and A Christmas Story looped for Christmas. I'll keep calling for it! www.cincinnati.com/story/entert...

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"hOW aRE tHe RoAdS?" "wHAt'S OpEN?" etc.

So I had to log off Facebook and silence Ring notifications for a while. #NCwx #ConoverNC #Snow

6 p.m.: Second (probably last for today) sidewalk snowfall total. 7-8 inches and still falling. Trust me. Wind kept tilting the yardstick over. I held it with one hand, and took a picture with the other hand, with hand tremors AND my bare hands exposed to 8-degree wind chill! #NCwx #ConoverNC #Snow

3 p.m. snowfall total update from our front sidewalk. Still snowing (12ish hours now). #NCwx #ConoverNC #Snow

Last time I recorded an overnight snowfall video, 7 inches fell and I had to deliver mail in it (and Bluesky didn't exist). I don't know how much we'll get this time, I'll be working from home, and the electric snow blower I bought years ago may finally get its first use! #NCwx #ConoverNC #Snow

The only comfort to losing Catherine O'Hara is that she is reunited with John Candy. Cracking people up in the afterlife. With comedy as improvised as most of their Home Alone scenes.

"RIP and Godspeed" aren't enough.

Bumgarner Oil of Hickory, North Carolina, owns the Cubbard Express gas station chain. Bumgarner Oil makes $23.4 million in revenue (source: ZoomInfo.com). A Cubbard Express manager shouldn't have to NEED public donations after losing her home to fire! #NC #Greed

Screenshot of a National Weather Service post on Facebook about growing confidence for a snowstorm this weekend in the Southeast and Mid-Atlantic

We haven't yet dug (not for a lack of effort) or thawed out from the previous storm! Motherf... #NCwx #ConoverNC

I took the train from North Carolina to Florida for my high school reunion in 2014. 22ish hours by 2 trains. Similarly threaded on Facebook there & back as #ChooChooChronicles. I remember a college student snoring on my shoulder, excessive speed in Ga., and being 3.5 hours late on the "there" trip.

After sunset in Conover, North Carolina, on January 21, 2026

The unfiltered calm before the weekend ice storm in #ConoverNC. Or blizzard. Or whatever's going to happen when #NCwx makes up its mind.

Unusual Tribute to King: Sneakers Inspired by the Site of His Killing

I didn't have Nike and LeBron James having the most tone-deaf take about #MLKDay on my 2026 bingo card. www.nytimes.com/2026/01/17/s...

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The U.S. shouldn't "joke" about war with #Iceland. They may only have a Coast Guard, but Björk alone will decimate any threat! 🇮🇸
missouriindependent.com/briefs/misso... tenor.com/view/bjork-b...

People left seriously confused after Candace Owens seemingly claims Charlie Kirk was a time traveler Candace Owens has told viewers that she and Charlie Kirk were managed by agents of the Matrix in a bizarre rambling rant

DoKKKtor Who? www.unilad.com/news/us-news... #CharlieKirk

I always have a little fun with the spammers before I block them. #Spam #ConoverNC

Danish Military Service for Foreign Nationals Foreign nationals may serve in the Danish military, either under the same conditions as Danish conscripts or by signing longer term contracts and undergoing specialist educations.

I'm pretty sure I don't meet all these qualifications to be a foreign fighter for the Danish military, and I doubt they'd want an almost-60-year-old anyway. But I'm still on your side in a #Greenland war, Denmark! 🇩🇰
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By their "just comply" logic...

Jamming again with Phil Lesh, Jerry Garcia, and Ronald "Pigpen" McKernan on the afterlife stage. The first big loss of 2026. And we bid you good night, Bob Weir.