Andy

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Mostly just here to amuse myself

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What the hell are people celebrating tonight? Getting their money’s worth??

Just watching a live clip of The Jam playing “Going Underground” and trying to imagine being in the crowd and seeing that firsthand.

I totally forgot that I drove behind a “driverless” car when I was in Vegas a few weeks ago. A tad unnerving.

Priscilla, Queen of the Desert, but make it MAGA

long island, baby

I heard the Jackson 5/Mick Jagger song “State of Shock” today, probably for the first time since around the time it came out *googles* 40 years ago?! Anyways, not that it was a great song to begin with, but it certainly doesn’t hold up.

Saw a TikTok of some kids twerking to Linger by The Cranberries

… “Jacob Rees-Mogg standing next to man wearing a baked beans balaclava after losing the election”

Wow…that is one good looking family at Number 10. #analysis

Fireworks *and* woo-girls?! This is too much.

“…an elegant chunk of porn.”

iykyk

I thought Keir Starmer was the guy that wrote all of those Scandinavian murder novels

Last time I tracked a UK election was when Tony Blair won. They were showing the results at the Uptown Bar.

God dammit, Perkins. Why you gotta go and change like that?!

Yes, I can see how my job as a low-level civil servant would appeal to a Minister

These colors don’t run

4th of July fireworks at Lake Harriet, 1911 (via MNHS)

Lunatics

Tech couples are working out their issues with off-sites, performance reviewssfstandard.com A number of San Francisco couples have turned to tech tools to optimize their relationships. From marriage off-sites, to mental unloading apps, they’re making it work.

As a kid who was raised on copious amounts of pro wrestling, why did I only find out yesterday that Rick Derringer performed Hulk Hogan’s “I Am A Real American” theme?

You’ll never guess which decade this is from

I haven’t taken pictures of alleys in a good while. Got back on the bike for a bit this evening.

Forcing my unhinged-looking ass out of the rat’s nest for a spell

I had a dream the other night where, in order to graduate from high school, I had to play along to a newly discovered John Lennon song on the ukulele. I still have the tune in my head.

The President must drive his semi-truck cross country to Las Vegas where he will compete in an arm wrestling contest to try and win back the trust of anonymous aides and donors.

Breaking news: President Biden and his senior team said they accepted the grim ultimatum they’ve been hearing from almost all quarters of the Democratic Party — to demonstrate his fitness for office or face a significant effort to force him to step aside.

Biden and aides concede he needs to quickly demonstrate his fitness for officewww.washingtonpost.com Critics have been shaken by his relative inaction to directly address the panic ignited by his halting debate performance last Thursday.

Wonder what kind of mates I’d attract if I dusted myself in Old Bay

I don’t know which drugs people are on collectively to think that I’d pay $600 for a Soul Coughing ticket.

Four day weekend starts now! Can’t wait to…uh…hmmm…maybe…. Well, at least I’m not working.

Of course it was too good to be true.

The sirens mean you aren’t allowed to talk about the e-bike rebates anymore.

Without hyperbole, one of the best albums of all time.

Sources vary, but most seem to agree that on this day 40 years ago, Minutemen’s Double Nickels On the Dime was released. I could write a book about what this album has meant to me, the many portals it has opened. How so many the values and aesthetics I treasure in art can be traced back to my (1/?)