“And I’m not in favor of the “nice sandwich” approach to criticism. Fuck the nice sandwich. Fuck the false balance of “impartial” journalism. I just didn’t like it and it didn’t move me.”
holy cats, a barnburner of a judgment indeed. GOD I love the ToB.
Woman Who Just Moved to Austin Excited to Complain About SXSW for First Time “Sorry if you don’t get that joke,” she added. “It’s a local, inside joke, because there’s this TV show called Austin City Limits here.”
“there is no Collusion with an ancient Lovecraftian horror that thrives on psychic discord! Or Russia.”
watching the Letterman “Needs No Introduction” episode with Obama. what a heartbreak to know who followed this intelligent, self-aware, and kind man into the White House ?
Save the World Brewing Co.’s Apocalypse Quadrapel Ale
⭐️⭐️⭐️
#saturdaybeer
that was a lot of fun
#hashtag #sunset with #hashtag #clouds in a #hashtag #roadpic with #hashtag #nofilter
at last, it begins! “Every day for the next few weeks a judge will read two of these novels and select one to advance. Then another set of readers will offer commentary… Eventually one novel reigns supreme & we award its author a live rooster” #ToB18
fascinating story about workplace meditation and more at an Alaskan shipyard: “Vigor considers itself a second-chance employer, forgoing background checks and giving felons – and anyone else who has struggled in life – a fresh start”
Alaskan’s Baltic Porter
⭐️⭐️⭐️
#saturdaybeer
we decided to watch all the Best Picture nominees before the Oscars tomorrow, & with the The Post last night, we did it! (MoviePass ftw.) no award predictions but my favorites were Get Out, Shape of Water, & Lady Bird.
#typical
the sun did not shine.
it was too wet to play.
so we sat in the house
all that cold, cold, wet day
book review: Idaho by Emily Ruskovich. a haunting story, intricately told from the viewpoints of several deeply-developed characters. probably my favorite of the 3 #ToB18 titles I’ll read before Mar. 7. ?
Préaris’ Quadrupel
⭐️⭐️__
#saturdaybeer
garden, day 14: second planting & sprouts (shown: radish, spinach, & romaine)
stunning article based on first-hand experience of how the AR-15 is different, emphasizing the difference in power and damage caused compared to other guns. “Banning the AR-15 should not be a partisan issue.”
feel bad for everyone who wasn’t at this basically perfect Diet Cig show (temperature wasn’t perfect; almost ran A/C yesterday, then tonight I go to an outdoor concert & it’s 39°F)
book review: The Book of Joan, by Lidia Yuknavitch. a literary sci-fi apocalypse story with interesting ideas and moving scenes, undercut for me by some suspension-of-disbelief breaking aspects & a few gory moments ?
an Army veteran on the automatic weapons he trained with (and loved shooting):
These are not deer rifles. They are not target rifles. They are people killing rifles. Let’s stop pretending they’re not.
Brain Dead’s Hammer of the Gods
⭐️⭐️⭐️
#saturdaybeer
also hilarious: FAQ: Your New Cursed Instant Pot.
Due to our unique manufacturing process and uneasy accord with a heathen idol, you may occasionally hear the tortured & infinite wails of the damned emanating from within your cursed Instant Pot
this is hilarious, down to the sponsors: a limited series (with short episodes) Onion parody of true-crime podcasts like S-Town: A Very Fatal Murder. (just two episodes there but they’re all published on iTunes, et al)
Squatter’s Outer Darkness
⭐️⭐️__
#saturdaybeer
first garden, built & planted, day 0
hey I was at this performance ?? First Aid Kit, It’s A Shame at ACLFest 2017.
“Lately / I been thinkin’ ’bout the past / how there is no holdin’ back / no point in wastin’ sorrow / on things that won’t be here tomorrow”
Atlantic City came up in iTunes shuffle today, reminding of this absolute masterpiece (best enjoyed while listening along; also, if the images seem like ancient history, note they’re from just 3 months ago) ?
a writer for The Atlantic on increasing the diversity of his sources. “I assumed that my passive concern would be enough. Passive concern never is.”
oh look a #nofilter #roadpic of a #sunset that’s a #first
this – about clapping (!) – is off the charts for both stupidity and repugnance. “Un-American. Somebody said treasonous. I mean, yeah, I guess, why not? Can we call that treason? Why not? I mean they certainly didn’t seem to love our country very much.”
Looking forward to our Super Bowl tradition tonight: going to a restaurant that’s normally too crowded to consider on a Sunday night, because at kickoff time it will be empty.
Sleigh Bells @ Mohawk ?
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