Put the corpse of Mike Ditka in the game. He can't do worse than literally everyone on the Bears today.
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Ditka didn't die for this shit-ass performance. #Bears
7th place at the Midwest Crossword Tournament. I was aiming for the top 10 and I got it, and that was despite coming down with a nasty cold that completely wrecked my voice. Good thing I didn't have to sing my answers into the grid or I'd have been screwed. #midwestgridfest
The adventure is complete: I've landed in Chicago a few hours after I was supposed to, but I'm here. Now let's see if we start the next adventure called "Evan Taxies on the Tarmac for the Next Four Hours."
Evan Birnholz@evanbirnholz.bsky.social · last wk.It's time for another adventure of "Will Evan Make It to Chicago for the Midwest Crossword Tournament???" In this year's episode, there's a plane that needs to refuel, a sick passenger who had to get off the plane, and a rainstorm preventing our departure! ALL THIS AND MORE ON BLUESKY DOT COM.
And it looks like we're ready to go! Adventure ... complete? We'll find out when I land.
Evan Birnholz@evanbirnholz.bsky.social · last wk.It's time for another adventure of "Will Evan Make It to Chicago for the Midwest Crossword Tournament???" In this year's episode, there's a plane that needs to refuel, a sick passenger who had to get off the plane, and a rainstorm preventing our departure! ALL THIS AND MORE ON BLUESKY DOT COM.
It's time for another adventure of "Will Evan Make It to Chicago for the Midwest Crossword Tournament???" In this year's episode, there's a plane that needs to refuel, a sick passenger who had to get off the plane, and a rainstorm preventing our departure! ALL THIS AND MORE ON BLUESKY DOT COM.
Evan Birnholz@evanbirnholz.bsky.social · last yr.My current exciting adventure is not knowing if I'm gonna make my flight to Chicago tonight because traffic is awful and my Lyft driver needs to get gasoline. THIS AND MORE OF EVAN'S ADVENTURES ON BLUESKY DOT COM.
Well, nobody wants to talk about the elephant in the dining room, after all.
Just saw an email where the writer said "You know what they say about eating an elephant" and I did not, in fact, know what they say about eating an elephant.
Roll call: Whomst among you will be going to the Midwest Crossword Tournament this weekend? #midwestgridfest
The #Cubs with the old "score more runs than any other team during the regular season and then score one run over two playoff games" tactic: bold strategy, Cotton. Let's see if it pays off for them. (It did not pay off for them.)
Watching the #Cubs get wrecked in Game 1 while remembering that PCA will be the MVP:
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Gonna go way, way out on a limb and say that giving up a home run on the first pitch is bad. #Cubs
The Eagles just got a bad case of the Keenums. #Bears
New bucket list achievement unlocked: I sang the national anthem at a baseball game! Here's me with a brief moment on the Jumbotron at the Phillies game last night with the Mendelssohn Chorus of Philadelphia.
I didn't get to see most of the game today since I was singing at a memorial service for a friend's grandmother, but the game might as well have been a memorial service for the 2026 #Bears (September 13, 2026-September 20, 2026).
Gonna start referring to Democrats who take anti-trans stances as “Biological Republicans”
People are criticizing Mitch McConnell and the Republicans because he didn't show up to work for 13 weeks but in fairness that was the best thing Mitch McConnell ever did as a senator and he should continue not showing up to work as a senator.
The New York Times@nytimes.com · 4w agoBreaking News: Senator Mitch McConnell returned to the Senate after a 13-week absence following a health incident.
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Ben Johnson's mid-year goal is to break the Scorigami record. #Bears
Scorigami@nflscorigami.bsky.social · 4w ago🏈 CHI 59 - 37 CAR FINAL ✅ That's Scorigami!! It's the 1096th unique final score in NFL history.
🏈 CHI 59 - 37 CAR FINAL ✅ That's Scorigami!! It's the 1096th unique final score in NFL history.
NFL fans: "The #Bears offense is good but they're not gonna break the scoring record, Ben Johnson is crazy to even think about it." Ben Johnson:
The #Bears have over 50 points and over 500 yards of offense and somehow not a single one of those yards have gone to Colston Loveland.
This weekend's Sunday WaPo crossword is larger than normal (23x23 squares) and it has a meta. You're looking for a Dolly Parton song from the 1970s. Good luck.
For anyone who prints out the Washington Post Sunday crossword from the website, here's a reminder that you should click on the "Empty" button below "Evan's Sunday print options" to pull up the newspaper edition PDF. Do NOT click on the black Save/Print button at the bottom; that printout is bad.
