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Working archaeologist, recovering attorney (really pointless to keep including that line in bios - it’s been twenty years now)
@jowrotethis.bsky.social we finally got the Jo bandsplain episode! I sprained my index finger tapping too quickly when my podcatcher refreshed.
Pretty satisfied to have been so right about this scumbag, real bummer that it’s taken *at least* two rounds of women having to publicly air out their traumas to get some movement against him, instead of THE FUCKING NAZI TATTOO stopping his campaign in its tracks
jesus. you’re so full of shit.
Hannah and Her Sisters and Grogu
The Last American Virgin and Grogu
The way you look tonight-Kern/Fields Stand by me-King/Leiber/Stoller wouldn’t it be nice-Wilson et al She Loves You-Lennon/McCartney A Change is Gonna Come-Cooke Hymn to Joy*-Beethoven That’s Where It’s at - Cooke Bridge Over Troubled Water-Simon Sweet Thing-Morrison Chega de Saudade-Jobim
Dont think too hard. Top ten songs of all time for you
In all seriousness, one thing that might be worth doing today: Tell your Reps and Senators to call Adm. Richard Correll, the Commander of U.S. Strategic Command, which controls the nation's nukes, and remind him of *his* unique responsibility to refuse an illegal order.
anyway King Cnut was probably very lucky that the population he conquered was mostly illiterate
An NPR investigation finds the public database of Epstein files is missing dozens of pages related to sexual abuse accusations against President Trump. n.pr/4qTItsU
Justice Department withheld and removed some Epstein files related to Trump
An NPR investigation finds the public database of Epstein files is missing dozens of pages related to sexual abuse accusations against President Trump.
n.pr
Two tough as nails snow-plow operators find each other during the 2026 Mid-Atlantic ice storm: Sleeted Rivalry
Two aging golfers/bird-hunting enthusiasts who love menswear: Pleated Rivalry
On the off chance that any of my followers are not bots and in Richmond, we’re playing at Northside Grille at 8:30 tonight
You will be visited by three spirits
you will be visited by three spirits
The Allman Brothers Band (1994) Tito Puente (1996) Tedeschi Trucks Band (2010) Wilco/Sleater Kinney (2021) Neil Young (2025) I actually wanted to include another show from 1997 instead of Puente, but a brief perusal of the internet can only confirm one of the bands my memory says was on the bill.
Jeff Buckley (1995) The Everly Brothers (2004) Bob Vylan (2024) An Iggy Pop tribute show with Clem Burke, Glenn Matlock, and on lead vocals Katie Puckrick (2024) Sir Willard White and the Brodsky Quartet (2017)
Well the South Side, of Chicago is the baddest place I’ve seen, and if you go down there you better just beware of a man named Leo Fourteen. (i realize I’m putting a [pope] hat on a hat here, but I can’t help myself)
The screen door slams, Mary's dress sways Like a vision she dances across the porch as the radio plays Roy Orbison's singing for the lonely Hey, that's me and I want you only Don't turn me home again I just can't face myself alone again
I was actually thinking after I commented, that you *could* make the argument that the overwritten prose is part of building up the shaggy dog nature of the full post leading to the twist. Given the dumbassery of the people involved I’m loathe to credit them for anything though?
On the small chance that any of my followers are a. not bots, b. in Richmond. We are playing at O’Toole’s tonight (we’re good, and may have a fun sit in or two)
Who’s your favourite Jedi? (Wrong answers only.)
Who’s your favourite Jedi? (Wrong answers only.)
Genuinely has anyone *ever* been owned so badly as a man who converts to a new religion as an adult and sorta makes it his whole thing only to see the literal head of that religion rebuke his entire deal and then they choose the NEXT head of the religion specifically because he doesn't like you
Inside you are two bass hits, one of them is an 18” Gretsch drum, the other is a very large violin.
Inside you are two towers. One has nasty little hobbitses, the other has an orc problem.