Wait.
WAIT.
I am 56 freaking years old, and you mean to tell me the lyrics are actually “No one knows what it’s like to be the BAD man?!?!”
It’s NOT “Batman?!”
I. Am. Shooketh.
@pbcrook.bsky.social
Director*Actor*Arts Educator. Author: “The Art and Practice of Directing for Theatre.” Proud Bama alum (twice). Husband. Dad. He/Him
Wait.
WAIT.
I am 56 freaking years old, and you mean to tell me the lyrics are actually “No one knows what it’s like to be the BAD man?!?!”
It’s NOT “Batman?!”
I. Am. Shooketh.
Leather bound, I hope.
21.02.2026 16:00 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0Saaaaaaaame
21.02.2026 15:09 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0I cannot WAIT for the 3+ hour Mando & Grogu trailer breakdown from @jowrotethis.bsky.social and Mallory Rubin on #HouseofR 😍😍 #BadBabies
17.02.2026 21:20 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0An airbrushed tshirt that says “Flygirl” on it, with an image of a cassette tape.
17.02.2026 03:27 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0That’s fantastic!
17.02.2026 00:17 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0I'm 56. Our kids are 27, 21, 19, and 13. I've run the gamut from being one of the youngest parents in the car line to the oldest. It was always a treat when another child's mom referred to me as my daughter's grandfather. 🙃
12.02.2026 19:22 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0That sucks, but best of luck, man. You've got this.
12.02.2026 14:22 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0I do not know what a “Mr beast” is and you can’t make me learn.
11.02.2026 11:50 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0They make Chelsea look absolutely stable.
11.02.2026 11:39 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0Has a placekicker ever won MVP?
09.02.2026 02:26 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0Guess he needed the paycheck
09.02.2026 01:42 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0What was written on the ball?
09.02.2026 01:33 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0It is. Even though my wife went to Bama too, everyone else in her family went to Clemson. Her dad was a head cheerleader in the 50s, and her brother was a trainer in the 80s. Hence the presence of a small amount of orange in her wardrobe. Lol
08.02.2026 13:03 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0He’s so proud of them!!!
08.02.2026 01:19 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0Kit Kat—a very silly, cute, and precious orange and white cat—lays upside down on the coach with her paws extended, while my wife works on her laptop.
Here. Have a look at Kit Kat, laying next to my wife. More acceptable than my Yeti.
08.02.2026 01:19 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0I would post mine, but it’s in an Alabama Yeti, and you probably don’t want to see that.
08.02.2026 00:01 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0i love european olympics opening ceremonies. the second the ioc names a european host city the prime minister calls the culture minister into their office and says "find me your strangest homosexuals. give each of them a period of our great nation's history, a kilo of cocaine, and Ten Million Euros"
07.02.2026 04:22 — 👍 2169 🔁 493 💬 15 📌 16Paul wearing a flamingo tie, checkered sport coat, and reading glasses. He has on a headset and is sitting backstage
Day two of having to wear a coat and tie and a headset backstage. “Cyberweek” continues. #EmmceeLyfe
06.02.2026 15:36 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0What's the criteria for "greatest athlete?" We could be looking for a decathlete. We could be looking for a soccer player...water polo player...all-around gymnast...Bo Jackson?
06.02.2026 15:33 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0The number of my colleagues who absolutely refuse to use Blackboard because they "can't figure it out" or "don't have time" infuriates me. It's just...willful ignorance. I mean, you're telling me you have an MFA or a PhD and you can't figure out how to post your syllabus? Miss me with that.
06.02.2026 15:28 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0ISWYDT
05.02.2026 15:19 — 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0Sir Ian McKellen performing a monologue from Shakespeare’s Sir Thomas More on the Stephen Colbert show. Never have I heard this monologue performed with such a keen sense of prescience. Nor have I ever been in this exact historical moment.TY Sir Ian, for reaching us once again.
#Pinks #ProudBlue
That’s the most important thing, and so glad to hear it.
And fuck the corporate insurance-medical industrial complex
One thing I see liberal outlets giving ground on that I feel the need to correct: it’s impossible to “dox” a paid public official
By simply reporting their name, institutional role, and political affiliations
The only whistle that should be banned sits in the stands at Vanderbilt baseball games.
28.01.2026 03:37 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0LOVE Rouses, and wish we had one here. But I will say, Lowes is awesome (for everything except steaks and pork chops—then it’s Publix here).
28.01.2026 03:35 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0Outstanding!!
27.01.2026 03:04 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0don’t even think about getting off the gas. run it til they stop it. drop 60 on their heads
27.01.2026 02:37 — 👍 1104 🔁 161 💬 10 📌 8That looks like a delicious coping mechanism!
25.01.2026 23:35 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0