Rob Martin

#fantasybaseball enthusiasts! I'm starting a brand new dynasty league over at Yahoo. Auction draft, salary cap, prospects, all kinds of goodies. Draft is Sunday the 22nd at 7:30 Eastern. Message me if you're interested -- it's gonna be great.

The dirty secret of curling that no one involved in the sport will admit is that the broom doesn’t do anything

Ian McKellen performs “The Strangers’ Case” speech from “Sir Thomas More” on Colbert.

The cast of SCTV

SCTV is on Internet Archive if you'd like to enjoy the early work of Catherine O'Hara and her fellow sketch comedy gods.

S1: archive.org/details/sctv...
S2: archive.org/details/sctv...
S3: archive.org/details/19-m...
S4-5: archive.org/details/66-s...
S6 + Cinemax: archive.org/details/sctv... #TVSky

LMAO
LMAAS
LMAAT
LMAAMUS
LMAATIS
LMAANT

a woman is talking on a cell phone and says nine times ? ALT: a woman is talking on a cell phone and says nine times ?

*checks score*
Wait, the Islanders scored how many?

The Grammy Nominations are out, and Timothée Chalamet has various artists to deal with:

Forget Jethro Tull beating Metallica for best metal album, we have an ALL TIME UPSET POSSIBILITY HERE

Best Audio Book, Narration, and Storytelling Recording

Dalai Lama - Meditations: The Reflections of His Holiness the Dalai Lama

Fab Morvan - You Know It’s True: The Real Story of Milli Vanilli

MW correctly reading the room

This only happens to you once

a man with long blonde hair and a beard is holding a fishing rod ALT: a man with long blonde hair and a beard is holding a fishing rod

Friday feeling (and R.I.P., Robert Redford):

YouTube video by Top Clips Back to the Future - The Easy Way

Sounds familiar: www.youtube.com/watch?v=4r58...

Suggestion: A strike of musicians, writers, hosts, actors, lighting, electricians--everyone, shutting down all TV studios, until Jimmy Kimmel is reinstated.

This is the kind of action we need, instead of sitting around just waiting to be gutted.

A pika sits on a mossy rock.

Tighter crop of the same pika, focusing on its head.

An even tighter crop, focusing more on the pika's eye.

An extremely tight crop of the pika's eye, emphasizing their reflection of an early morning mountain scene.

"Pat, why do you carry that ridiculous 600mm lens on long hikes?"

Buddy, I can see mountains reflected in the eyes of a trailside pika.

I've spent a lot of time thinking about this fascinating exchange Colbert had with Dua Lipa, when she asked him about the role his faith plays in his comedy.

Yep this is an astonishing poem!

A Sox fan! His brother confirms.

YouTube video by Media Matters Russell Brand And The Conspiracy Grift

The single most clarifying piece of journalism about Russell Brand that I've encountered is this video from @abbierichards.bsky.social. She charts Russell Brand's political evolution through his video content, and shows just how profitable a right wing grift can be.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=eo4g...

me to the united states: this could be us but you playin’

Don't stay away and don't walk out. Remind the country that millions of people elected Democrats to Congress too.

WYOMING:
“Thank you, Madam chairman.”
“I prefer ‘Mister’ chairman.”
“Well you all voted preferred pronouns cannot be compelled speech.”

I just don’t see how an Executive Order saying Mike Love was the real genius in the Beach Boys could be legally binding

Alright, but I’d watch the hell out of Wallace Shawn as a Columbo-esque superspy who they never see coming.

Yep. This is absolutely the time to ask yourself: what is more important, saving our country and all the people who will be devastated by Trump and Musk's actions, or getting my anger off my chest/being RIGHT AGAIN you fools!, and acting accordingly.

A Covid Nasal Vaccine Update Now 6 Ongoing Clinical Trials in the United States

What's happening with the Covid nasal vaccine programs?
And why are they in jeopardy?
erictopol.substack.com/p/a-covid-na...