I'm a judge for this year's @thurberhouse.bsky.social humor prize! Mailman called this package of books "lumpy", but I will try not to let that affect my judging
james folta
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"If you accidentally start multiple rewards cards, don’t worry. The cards and their stamp-points can be combined for a small “combination fee” of 5% of both cards' combined stamp-points, rounded up to the nearest sixteenth of a stamp-point."
Your Local Wine Store’s Super Simple Rewards Card Program
“We want our system to be simple, fun, and fair to everyone. So, to make sure that customers aren’t gaming the rewards by buying our cheaper wines to quickly...
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They said they locked me up in the bushwick foodtown dog house for being a cutie, but it was actually to use me to test lettuces for that parasite
I wish more people would copy my bodega order: bacon egg and a humble desire to understand my neighbor….
A fun bit to do is, when you see a neon glow around the corner at a modern art museum, say “Fla-vin” to the tune of that choral Sega start up sound
MoMA Paintings and Sculpture @moma.bsky.social · 7d agoDan Flavin, pink out of a corner (to Jasper Johns), 1963 https://botfrens.com/collections/14377/contents/1136188
“You might be thinking, "This rewards system is getting a bit complicated, I'm having trouble keeping up." Agree to disagree!“
McSweeney's@mcsweeneys.net · last wk.We want our system to be simple, fun, and fair. So, to make sure that customers aren’t gaming the rewards by buying our cheaper wines to quickly max out their stamp points, you get one and a quarter stamp points for wines over $20 and one and a half stamp points for wines over $50. buff.ly/5J9D758
New piece in @mcsweeneys.net today about a wine store and its reward program, which is easy and straightforward
Your Local Wine Store’s Super Simple Rewards Card Program
“We want our system to be simple, fun, and fair to everyone. So, to make sure that customers aren’t gaming the rewards by buying our cheaper wines to quickly...
mcsweeneys.net
*my new character, rockabilly revival guy who reviews movies* yowza, these Saltburn cats are wild!
Saw a woman knock into two people on the sidewalk because she was so engrossed in her phone, and when she got closer I saw that she was wearing a The Free Press hat
Micro drama? Like how my neighbor growing up got divorced because he spent too much on model trains?
Business Insider@businessinsider.com · 2w agoParamount is moving into micro dramas after adding a short-form video feed as it competes with YouTube, TikTok, and its Hollywood rivals. https://bit.ly/4wklBGs
Yesterday a woman getting off the G ahead of me said “lord it never gets easier” when she hit the platform heat
rax ‘levon honkers’ king@raxkingisdead.bsky.social · 2w agoah summer. when a young man’s fancy turns to sun, romance, and sweating to literal ass death within nine seconds of stepping onto the G train platform
They should do a midtown running of the bulls but instead of bulls it’s business guys in full suits on scooters
ME: It’s been a minute, what’ve you been up to? MY BUDDY ANGELUS NOVUS: One single catastrophe which keeps piling wreckage upon wreckage at my feet ME: No for sure, for sure, it’s tough man
A somber Saturday night after the boys and I were profoundly moved by the realization that a revolving door is never fully open nor ever fully closed
Squarespace going wayyy up -- any tips on places to transfer my domain to and host a simple site on, for a guy who is dumb at computer?
Look, I want to give a certain director the benefit of the doubt that the idea for his new movie was just parallel thinking, but I just want to say for the record that I published this five years ago.... (for @newyorker.com)
Diary of the Guy Who Drove the Trojan Horse Back from Troy
I got no sleep last night. Some drunk soldiers hired an artist to draw them standing next to the Horse. I guess these sorts of depictions are called “horsies.”
newyorker.com
Inverting the "freedom fries" thing by calling American cheese "Great Satan cheese"
A cool breeze Meeting a nice in Prospect toddler in Prospect Park Park 🤝
Moby Dick@mobydickatsea.bsky.social · 3w agoa mighty pleasant zephyr
Our Newsletter is good and not cursed!
Erica Lies@ericaliesalot.bsky.social · 3w ago@lukevburns.bsky.social and @jamesfolta.com were kind enough to single out my McSweeney’s piece in their weekly humor newsletter (I’m honored), so I did a victory lap and went to the woods for vacation (result: one possibly-fractured wrist). (These two things are not actually related.)
My "a" key is being weird so now all my text laughter (hahah) is turning into pained groaning (hhhh)
Took a little too long to water my thyme plant and woke up to the fern gully fairy holding a switchblade to my throat
I wish the city government paid this much attention to me when I’m on the verge of collapse…
Having a European experience (drinking an espresso downwind of a chain-smoking, contemplative older man)
I'm a judge for this year's @thurberhouse.bsky.social humor prize! Mailman called this package of books "lumpy", but I will try not to let that affect my judging
