Tom Kollman

Good things are possible and we don’t have to settle.

recommendation

The White House being torn apart by demolition machinery.

THIS IS CULTURAL APPROPRIATION!

DEMOLISHING THE WHITE HOUSE IS A PROUD PART OF CANADIAN HISTORY!

I thought for sure the was the Onion.

Doctors I trust more than RFK

You know, my preference has always been “in prison from end-stage syphilis,” but I’ll take the news however.

REMEMBER: If you hear a song and the song has a xylophone in it, that song is about a SKELETON.

This is the best advice for how to be better at ANYTHING in TTRPGs. Be a fan of the other people and their roles. Love the other PCs. Admire the DM and get excited for their work. Geek out over the stuff your friends at the table are doing and want them to be happy!

Everything else will work out.

Graffiti saying "Fix your hearts or die" https://sarahkendzior.substack.com/p/laura-palmers-house

I wrote about Trump, Epstein, and "Twin Peaks" sarahkendzior.substack.com/p/laura-palm...

Sick of everything being Orwellian or Kafkaesque. I demand more Scarrylous situations, where animals drive vehicles and run small businesses.

Is 'Clanker' the New AI Slur? The Star Wars Term Making Waves in Tech 20 years after its introduction, the word "clanker" seems to be moving from Star Wars into the real world. Is it a slur, and what's going on?

screenrant.com/star-wars-cl...

a close up of a man in a military uniform looking at the camera with a serious look on his face . Alt: a close up of a man in a military uniform looking at the camera with a serious look on his face . Matt Damon’s character from Saving Private Ryan aging into his present-day self.

Me since the season 2 cliffhanger of Strange New Worlds.

1977: why would the bartender in star wars even care if some robots with artificial intelligence came into his bar

2025: ohhh ok

our country rn

This is a fucking outrage.

RIP Peter David.
I'm probably not a comic book writer today without reading Peter David's X-Factor #87 when I was younger. It opened my eyes to superheroes in ways I hadn't really considered until that moment. Though I didn't know him, he left such a mark on my life and I'll always be grateful.

A panel from a Calvin and Hobbes comic. Calvin's mom, eating dinner, says "Life could be worse, Calvin." Calvin, clearly upset, his mouth huge says "Life could be a lot BETTER too!"

I think about this comic all the time.

YouTube video by CORE MST3K ~ Mitchell - Buzz off kid!!

youtube.com/watch?v=2c0A...
Saying goodbye to a legend. Enjoy that Schlitz, you’ve earned it.

There will be a day when I made a grilled cheese and not burn it. That day isn’t today.

Actually the best life advice I ever got: Anything worth doing is worth doing poorly. A half-cleaned room is better than an uncleaned room. Occasionally flossing is better than never flossing. A 10-minute workout is better than no workout. When it’s all you can do to get out of bed, get out of bed.

a man with a beard and mustache wearing a beret and a leather jacket Alt: a man with a beard and mustache wearing a beret and a leather jacket. Actor Jim Carter plays lovable dimwit Deja Vu in the 1984 film Top Secret.

I know the world is crumbling, but today I found out the actor who played the butler Carson on Downton Abbey was Deja Vu in Top Secret.

Cleaned out a box full of graduate school catalogues and unfilled applications for History programs. I feel a distinct mix of wistful might-have-beens and gratitude for bullets-dodged.

The StoryGraph We'll help you track your reading and choose your next book.

I’ve made the jump to www.thestorygraph.com. Find me there as @tomkollman.

Happy Gatsby Centennial! Sad we are still in the era of vast carelessness.

Biggest commitment to a 3 second joke I've ever seen

CNC homepage on 4/8/25 showing news from 4/23.

CNN homepage hits the Time Tunnel.

So for taxes this year should I flush the money down the toilet or write the check right to Musk?