Philip Van Munching

@sgj.bsky.social; Halloween Horror Nights is all about t-shirt curation. Got two serious nods of recognition, which kinda made my night.

rarely have I more acutely felt the dynamic by which Dems are held responsible for the rhetoric of every random left-leaning person on the internet and Republicans are not even asked to answer for their own personal words

“That Thing You Do,” by the late, beyond great, Adam Schlesinger. Prompted me to go out and buy the first Fountains of Wayne record and then eagerly await every one that followed. That guy was insanely talented.

Working my way through Dennis Lehane’s (amazing) Kenzie and Gennaro series.

Thanks for this. (And for “Red,” which has gotten me through the last few months.)

Deserved a longer theatrical run; amazing performances all around, and oh, man, that car chase.

Sorry, you wrote “leadership” in a sentence that started with “Congressional Dems,” and it confused me.

I’ve got my running shoes on…

Right there with you on Milius, and would add Stephen Hunter to the list. (Though damn, has he made it harder, a few times.)

There’s a great old aphorism that says, “The last act of a desperate artist is to expose his genitals.” I think we’re going to have to amend it to “…is to go full MAGA.” Dude couldn’t get arrested, and now he’s in the news, again.

Liev Schreiber in “Mixed Nuts,” a middling Steve Martin flick from the 90s.

Absolutely insane. And sorta stomach churning. (My wife informed me that I said “holy SHIT” at least six times over the span of a few pages.)

(And thank you, Bex; haven’t seen nearly enough remembrances of Lehrer, today. I still have the records.)

Give me smut and nothing but;
A dirty novel I can’t shut,
if it’s uncut,
and unsubt-
tle.

Well, what’s going on around me, IS barely making sense, so…

Maybe leave it up for a bit. Please?

Thanks so much, Lee. Ordered!

George, that’s absolutely the best technical description I’ve read of the administration. 10/10, sir.

Happy Double-0-7 Day (it’s 07/07) to those who celebrate!

Any plans for further (mis)adventures and a second volume for Mr. Boyd, Lee? There’s a still a little room on the shelf…

Thanks for setting the example, Tamela. Just did the same.

Feels like the chance for a “fun” James Bond film just became less likely.

Birds of a rapey feather, and all that.

It’s a sacred tradition.

Cue mentions of “sleeper cells” in three…two…one…

Has no one in the press seen “The Money Pit”? “Two weeks” is the bullshit answer EVERY jackass in construction gives.

MSNBC is reporting that he’s been arrested; clearly, asking any questions of the human waste in this administration qualifies as assault.

Aspirational rock ‘n roll for your Friday listening pleasure, courtesy the brilliant Matt Grimm.

Also, do those Dems having this “fantasy” not see that he’s just reputation-laundering in the hopes that the Tesla brand-hemorrhage will stop? This is kay-fabe, as the wrestlers say, and not any actual break with MAGA.