Andy Hollandbeck

So I guess the lesson here is that you shouldn't name your pets when you're hungry?

I just found a sticky note that says "dust, Brahms, and spiderwebs" that I left inside a 2002 issue of Writer's Digest.

I don't know what it means either, but I like it.

It could only be a coding error if the code changed, which means that someone musty have been in there changing something. Which means the next part of this story will need to be, when the pages come back up, a side-by-side comparison of the old version vs. the new.

What I want to hear from NASA: "Yes, Pres. Trump, it has been destroyed. Trust us; it's, like, kablooey, TOTALLY destroyed. Not a bit of it left, honest. Feel free to go up there and check it out yourself, though."

top dog
reigning champ
monarch, if you need to stick with a royal slant
ne plus ultra
grand poobah

Oklahoma journalists should just go ahead and start drafting stories about doctor shortages in their state. They'll be needed soon enough.

I'm looking forward to reading the verbal gymnastics SCOTUS will have to employ to declare that NY's gerrymandering is unconstitutional but the TX gerrymandering is perfectly fine.

So the momma laid some eggs before Godzilla killed her?

Is this story just a 2,500-word explanation of what a fad is?

My first thought is a little hot... but that doesn't really seem like a balm, does it.

But seriously, how did we get from "this reminded me of something else" to "this reminded me of something else so those two things must be ACTUALLY connected somehow and this idea deserves a wider audience"?

Why has nobody pointed out that this building is a ringer for a Borg cube? And the top face points directly into outer space! This is either a Star Trek branding stunt or a sign that AI tech bros have been planning to take over NYC since 2023.

Don't even get me started on the conservative splinter group of southpaw authors, the Right Left-Write Party.

This is interesting, because there's another cat I've named Sketch. But Sketch is not the father.

A black cat with a curly tail and an adorable gray and white kitten

I think it's time to name this little guy. His mom is Squiggy, bc of her squiggly tail. (She has a bro named Lenny.) Gimme your best ideas!

It sounds like a cop-out, but Shakespeare.

I discounted classes in my minor (philosophy), too, and beyond that, I didn't get any of those fun niche electives. I'm jealous of those who did, including my kids, who took Linguistics; Folk Music; Prophets, Messiahs & Apocalypses; and German Folk Tales.

Today in, presumably, eggcorns: troubleson --> troublesome.

Apparently only boys are troublesome?

My condolences.

Who knew so many people saw my Bluesky banner image and didn't realize it was a joke?

Hospitals will be next.

If the E. in Chuck E. Cheese doesn't stand for Eaton, I'm never going back there.

TPD, you have the opportunity to be a hero here by releasing the mug shots to the public.

Early to bed and early to rise makes a man healthy but with nothing much to live for.

If you advertise with a picture of a printed, hardcover copy of your book sitting on a coffee table, but your book is only available in digital format, you are what is technically known as a fucking liar.

In a Word: Chyron: How a Centaur Got on Your Screen | The Saturday Evening Post How the copy that scrolls across the bottom third of your screen got its name.

The words that scroll across the bottom of the screen during the news are called the chyron. It’s kind of a weird name, no? Here’s where it comes from:
www.saturdayeveningpost.com/2025/07/in-a...

Can we stop with the celebrity deaths now please?

Hey @cnn.com! Fix your damn headline! A CEO that makes less than $7,000 more than the typical employee would be great! Get with the, ahem, "times"!

Ghislaine Maxwell will either be murdered or pardoned. Either way, we'll know who made it happen and why it happened.

Shocking Video Captures Calm Police Officers Handling Situation Nonviolently

I think we need a name specifically for fake, AI-generated studies that get cited in papers. Thots?