Jonathan - The Royal Tour

The inside of a hockey arena with players skating around the ice

Go Kings Go! #GKG

A Christmas tree on an outdoor ice skating rink in Los Angeles’ LA Live

Ice skating in Los Angeles is always a good time.

He has improved his stock for a primary over the past year, but his unfavorables are pretty high

Why is anyone in Putin’s family even allowed in Paris?

Take access to the entire western world away from people like this. They will remain rich, but without the ability to shop in Paris, to take their families to Rome, etc… it loses some luster. Shun them and their families.

Acts from SCOTUS like this, with no care given, truly erode faith in the entire system. Why bother having lower courts when they are overruled basically just because?

It’s time to admit that the entire American system had a nice run, but no longer functions.

Yep

With the open primary in California, Democrats need to coalesce around a single candidate or risk losing the governor’s mansion with so many vying.

Right?

Boise is Actually Really Cool! - The Royal Tour I don’t know what I was expecting, but it wasn’t this. I’ll admit a few things here. Boise, Idaho has never been on my travel radar. I doubt I’d have been able to point to where the city was on a map ...

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People always ask me about destinations that exceed my expectations. This year, the top of that list might just be Boise, Idaho. The city is shockingly awesome. Check out all Boise has to offer!

#TravelAddicts #Idaho

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I adore @crockett.house.gov but we need to be smart about who we nominate for these seats.

So they slow-walk it and then claim it’s too late to change?

Yep. The discourse here has been lovely, although it has slowed a ton since the early days.

Bluesky is still finding itself, and I hope it has staying power.

Hey media! If you need a reason besides the boring old professional integrity and basic decency, here is another incentive for doing the right thing.

Looking back on my year on Bluesky, I remember that one time @markhamillofficial.bsky.social liked one of my posts. Ah, that was a good day.

One more article to write this year, about Cincinnati’s Union Terminal, using that as the gateway to talk about some of the 20th century history of the city, and I find myself totally unmotivated.

I’ll get it done, but I’m going to do complain first. Seems productive.

His supporters will just run with it, assuming it’s what was always meant. Or maybe it’s both! Wow!

It’s about the sentiment of being so wrong as to be nonsensical? Yeah, we aren’t coming back from this as a country, are we?

If not for blowing up several boats that may or may not have been transporting drugs (in violation of international law) basically the ENTIRETY of the US’ 350 million people were saved!!

If this were to happen, I’d lean toward choosing my German citizenship, despite never having lived there. That said, I can’t imagine this passing, but I’ve said that before.

A hallway in a neoclassical building with an ornate ceiling above. A Christmas tree is at the end

If I’m going to go to the dentist, at least it’s in a building like this.

I have an open spot in my fantasy baseball league for next season (and beyond). Anyone out there interested?

It’s a cool org

Boise and Birds of Prey - The Royal Tour Grayson isn’t the type of friend I normally make when I travel. For one thing, while I enthusiastically count Grayson among my friends, he doesn’t even know I exist. For another, Grayson looks a bit d...

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Do you like birds of prey? Of course you do! Boise, Idaho is one of the best destinations for lovers of these amazing creatures. Check it out!!

#TravelAddicts #Idaho

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At the top, go to ultimate guides. Curaçao has one

If you need recommendations, let me know :)

Tom Stoppard, playwright of dazzling wit and playful erudition, dies aged 88 A theatrical sensation since the 1960s, whose dramas included Arcadia, The Real Thing and Leopoldstadt, Stoppard also had huge success as a screenwriter

RIP Tom Stoppard, one of the wittiest playwrights of the generation.

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You’d have to ask the restaurant lol

Dark broth with meat and glass noodles, topped with green onions and cilantro

Thai boat noodle soup makes for a happy Jonathan.

The art deco facade of the Los Angeles Theatre

A beautiful day in downtown Los Angeles. Old theatre facades are always a joy!

Sadly too many of our countrymen DO want that ugly version of America.