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Fiction in @salamandermag.bsky.social, @LAReview, and @emersonreview, Madison Review, and The Best American Mystery Stories 2019. Novel-in-progress. Sound Mixer for TV/Film. He/him.

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The boy who cried wolf except all of his friends dress up in wolf costumes to sell the threat but eventually they have to start eating live sheep to maintain the ruse and then...they actually become wolves and eat the boy?

11.10.2025 00:41 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Symbolic omnipresence is a tricky spot from which to blame the other party for the shutdown of your government.

11.10.2025 00:38 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Will I be detained if I mock his speaking voice?

10.10.2025 21:50 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

It has just been learned

10.10.2025 21:46 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

"My client must have waffles forthwith."

10.10.2025 21:30 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
10.10.2025 19:43 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Michael Tracey levels of hyperbole.

10.10.2025 19:41 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

β€œMultiple attorneys who I totally met at Niagara Falls.”

10.10.2025 18:39 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I realized recently that this is also a crucial ingredient to a breakfast burrito. (At home, tater tots can also be mashed as hash brown sub.)

10.10.2025 14:21 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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What's going on here?

10.10.2025 14:19 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Is bottom center Miller or Bove or somehow both?

10.10.2025 03:20 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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In Ben Shapiro's new book, he will refute a statement that nobody made.

10.10.2025 03:19 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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a man wearing glasses and a suit is sitting in a chair ALT: a man wearing glasses and a suit is sitting in a chair
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My favorite of this genre is Daily Wire’s Backstage, which asks the question, β€œWhat if a much better show were taking place on the imaginary main stage just beyond these walls?”

09.10.2025 21:05 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Judge [pulls an acoustic guitar from under bench]: I'm going to strum a chord. See if you can guess which one...

09.10.2025 20:18 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

"...which I hate."

09.10.2025 19:41 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I like that we're taking the frog back from the right.

09.10.2025 18:27 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Is he saying the circumcision causes autism or is he saying babies are frequently (always?) given Tylenol right after the circumcision?

09.10.2025 18:25 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Somebody please ask RFK Jr. to define "placenta."

09.10.2025 17:47 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

(also last week I saw Mulaney on his current tour and he's got an extended RFK Jr. bit where he does the voice that's a highlight of the new act)

09.10.2025 17:46 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Diagram of human womb clearly showing placenta a separate compartment from the one the baby is, like, in.

Diagram of human womb clearly showing placenta a separate compartment from the one the baby is, like, in.

Lot going here but let's take a moment to bask in the warm of glow of the Secretary of Health and Human Services of the entire nation saying "with her baby IN her placenta."

09.10.2025 17:45 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Left wing propaganda such as...Mr. Rogers putting his bare feet in the same pool water as a Black police officer.

09.10.2025 14:24 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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WHAT DO YOU DO WHEN YOU'RE LONESOME | Kirkus Reviews A biography of a troubadour’s triumph over major challenges and against considerable odds before succumbing to the time bomb within.

The first review for my book includes some beautiful writing about Justin:

"Few needed a support system more than Earle, and few were quicker to burn bridges."
www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews...

09.10.2025 14:08 β€” πŸ‘ 22    πŸ” 6    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 4

"Mr. Speaker, I have a question already answered by your jacket..."

09.10.2025 14:00 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

He's making campaign ads FOR you, Dems.

09.10.2025 13:59 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Pretty sure I heard Mike Johnson waxing lyrical just yesterday about Ruben Gallego's body language betraying dishonesty but look at my boy's posture as he takes this beating.

09.10.2025 13:44 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

So that they could jeopardize the certification of the election they had just...won?

08.10.2025 22:07 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Is there a shorter way to say anti-anti-fascism?

08.10.2025 19:54 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

β€œCharging the juice factory for lemons would kill the lemonade industry.”

08.10.2025 13:26 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Today is a day when arts degrees are worthless, but the product of those degrees is so valuable it would kill an entire industry if they were made to pay for it.

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