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Annoyed that the Nats game is on ESPN tonight because a) I don't have ESPN and b) I'm pretty sure the Nats are something like 0-18 in nationally televised regular-season games.

Somewhere William Gass (b. 30 July 1924) says “and” is a “sunderer”: any conjunct a wedge keeping distinct the objects it attempts to join. William Gass, painted (with no ands, ifs, or buts) by Philip Guston:

A small win: After AAA gave me a rundown of problems with my minivan that would cost more than its trade-in value to fix, I sent the list to my mechanic, who called it "mostly fluff." (Get in touch if you need an honest, reliable mechanic in Phoenix.)

The sign of a quality critic is a capacity to stick to your ambivalence/dislike while everyone else is raving. (And vice versa.)

Also on the guilty displeasure list: John le Carre novels. (I think I have serious block with a lot of Brit stuff.)

I like this Guardian list of best Kinks songs but...is there such a thing as a guilty displeasure? Something everybody loves but which you have no feel for? That's "Waterloo Sunset" for me. It's lovely, I see why people like it, but...eh. www.theguardian.com/music/2026/j...

Letterman should revive "Know Your Cuts of Meat" just to show this guy tanking at it.

When I was, like, 12, my local library was dumping a whole-ass Encyclopedia Britannica set. I alerted my dad, who helped bring it home. Good times. It's still at my parents'.

Recently read "Atlas Shrugged" for a Thing. Summary: John Galt: "Taxation is theft." Legislator: "B-b-b-b-b...!" Woman (tearing open blouse): "Take me, John Galt!"

Watch out — Homer is weighing in!

Tending to my sheep.

In the last quarter of the 20th century, provocative art came to be leveraged for right-wing political power. We're still dealing with the consequences. @mathitak.bsky.social on @isaacbutler.bsky.social's 'The Perfect Moment':

Time to share this one again, I guess.

Multiple teen-oriented magazines focused on public health, this is the future liberals want.

MAGA Facebook is nice and normal today.

<David Letterman voice> Jon Bois, Jomboy. Jomboy, Jon Bois.

Nats defense today looking as good as the grounds crew chasing that squirrel in Detroit the other night.

Makes me think about that line in "The Bear" about how airplanes are fine, it's airports that suck. I'd need decent legroom, though.