I feel like there should be some sort of law against this. Not even a societal law. A universal, physical law. If you put both a Michigan AND an Ohio State sticker on your car, the car should explode.
Nick Moran
@nemoran.bsky.social
Man, oh man, you must have the metabolism of a bumblebee.
~2 months out from the half, time to dial up. Popeyes 6-piece this morning (so really 7 and mad about it)
"Why is everybody under the age of 30 these days dressed like an actual lunatic?"
Opinion | Gen Z-ers Dress Like They’ve Never Worn Clothes Before
It used to be that you could tell goths from preps by the look of them.
nytimes.com
"At the bar, a regular named John was having a drink and working through a pack of Marlboro Reds. When the topic turned to the data center, he yelled, 'You ever hear of Chernobyl?!'"
The ‘Country Hicks’ Who Refused $26 Million from an AI Data Center
A Kentucky mother and daughter turned down a life-changing offer for their farmland. The ensuing drama has left the town divided.
wsj.com
"Asked 'What sound or noise do you love?' he said, 'Someone who’s close to me belching.'"
Eulogy: James Gandolfini
“He’s drinking more, not just some rowdy nights but something closer to gone, way out there, disappearing for longer and longer.”
thesmallbow.com
The appropriate amount of graham cracker in a key lime pie pint. Take note, all other ice cream makers.
You can set your watch to it, like the tides.
Nick Moran@nemoran.bsky.social · last yr.Today’s beach spot. Had to set the tone early against the other beach dads.
“Where’s your sketch pad?” I asked. “I gave that up,” Kay said. “I wasn’t very good, so I changed my major.” “To what?” “To pre-med, then psychology, then English lit, then history.” “I like a woman who knows what she wants.”
“'I asked myself whether the mountains were just graves full of dead skeletons,' he wrote then, 'or whether they were pregnant bellies popping full of life.' Then the years pass, and we see that books are just like mountains.”
Deeper Than Cool
By Meaghan Garvey
southwestreview.com
I really don’t think YOUR jerk chicken and pit beef plug is commenting on your personal Instagram photos like this, and that’s just what makes us family.
"The 'Jackass' films don’t aspire to the level of art, but they possess art’s ability to change the way a person sees the world."
Johnny Knoxville, America’s God of Mischief
What moves the star of “Jackass” to risk his life for our entertainment? A very serious investigation.
newyorker.com
obsessed with the font on IKEA's clam chowder packaging. this is what's in the freezer on the Nostromo
My two daughters each prefer different pizza places in town, which is a logistical complication but a parental point of pride: I’m raising girls with taste.
"It was a stunning plate of food, very sensual but austere. Tripe parcels stuffed with minced tripe. Almost like science fiction it was. Like Tarkovsky’s Solaris."
Will Mester of The Wren in Baltimore
If you could teleport to eat tripe right now where would it be:
garethstorey.substack.com
These days it’s imperative for one’s mental health that you commit to MitchumMaxxing
"...this is the issue with making Odysseus essentially a Catholic: why?"
How Should an Odysseus Be?
Quick thoughts on a confused film
janefeinsod.substack.com
“There comes a point when you try Tullamore, and you damn near forget that Jameson exists,” Guerra says.
16 hours in an Oakland dive bar
Very few Oakland establishments open before noon. Club 2101 in Dimond is one of them. For patrons, it’s a second home.
oaklandside.org
"Diners are still, just about, America’s secular churches."
The ordinary sublime of the American diner
Pecan pie, Pecan pie, Pecan pie
commonreader.co.uk
