A few more links to pieces some of you may be interested in.
I love thinking about how this will delight some Star Wars geeks, and make others super angry.
The Phony Physics of Star Wars Are a Blast
Sadly I didn’t find this recent interview with Bob Mould until after I saw him last week.
What are your feelings right now about the state of the country?
It’s the end of an era, this great experiment we put together. I don’t know how we get out of this. I’m 64. I’ve seen a lot. Nothing like this. I don’t even know where to start. Every single person, whether you stand up against the MAGA movement or whether you’re part of it, you’re going to feel it, unless you’re in the very tippity, tippity top of the one percent or maybe the top two percent of income earners in America.
‘THIS IS WAR’: BOB MOULD ON AGING INDIE, HIS MUSIC’S LEGACY, AND WHERE THE U.S. GOES FROM HERE
The headline for this piece is hardly an original thought – I’ve had it many times over the past nine-ish years – but there’s never a bad time for giving Carl Hiaasen some attention and props. So many of his books are similar – if still enjoyable – that I haven’t read a new one in years. I’ve added his most recent to my list.
Yet even the most detestable characters are more complicated than they appear at first glance: Hiaasen aims to create, as he once put it, villains whom “people don’t want to shoot right away.”
We’re All Living In A Carl Hiaasen Novel
Perhaps this should be a launching point for a longer piece by me, but I figured it’s better just to link to the article and share a couple thoughts about Myles Turner. It’s hard to believe he’s been in Indy so long. His career has been odd, as mentioned in the piece. But a funny thing happens when a player hangs around long enough: they become beloved. That he’s in the center of the success of the current edition of the Pacers is as satisfying as it is surprising.
Myles Turner made me cry: On his decade-long journey with the Indiana Pacers
Fantastic news! Although this begs the question as to why NBC even exists anymore if they are going to hide this on Peacock.
Amy Poehler, Mike Schur Reunite for Peacock Comedy ‘Dig’
I feel seen.
THIS FIVE-HUNDRED-WORD BUMPER STICKER ON MY TESLA EXPLAINS WHY I’M NOT A BAD PERSON