OB
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I take an orange yacht to Manhattan daily. I took my cover photo at Coney Island pier in 2017. Basic hobbyist street scape photog, whiskey aficionado, Sacramento alumnus.
We never want USA to lose, but we’re having semi-mixed feelings over Trump’s meddling not leading to a result.
July 7, 2026 at 2:01 AM
We never want USA to lose, but we’re having semi-mixed feelings over Trump’s meddling not leading to a result.
Let’s be real: England got lucky. But for that successful penalty kick for Kane, with 10-men on pitch England should’ve lost or been hoping for extra time.
England can’t be that “weak” when playing against Haaland in the next match.
England can’t be that “weak” when playing against Haaland in the next match.
July 6, 2026 at 3:09 AM
Let’s be real: England got lucky. But for that successful penalty kick for Kane, with 10-men on pitch England should’ve lost or been hoping for extra time.
England can’t be that “weak” when playing against Haaland in the next match.
England can’t be that “weak” when playing against Haaland in the next match.
I really do wish phone manufacturers would eliminate speakerphones in future models - bc too many folks refuse to not use it on public transportation.
June 28, 2026 at 5:32 PM
I really do wish phone manufacturers would eliminate speakerphones in future models - bc too many folks refuse to not use it on public transportation.
So Ronaldo decided that, after Thierry Henry and sportswriters called him a “statue” and ruining Portugal’s performances, to show that he could still score goals.
I’m just happy he’s covering the spread.
I’m just happy he’s covering the spread.
June 23, 2026 at 6:11 PM
So Ronaldo decided that, after Thierry Henry and sportswriters called him a “statue” and ruining Portugal’s performances, to show that he could still score goals.
I’m just happy he’s covering the spread.
I’m just happy he’s covering the spread.
And a red on Ngoy.
Belgium with 10 men; Not Belgium playing like Arsenal without the goals.
My parlay is 23 minutes from losing.
Belgium with 10 men; Not Belgium playing like Arsenal without the goals.
My parlay is 23 minutes from losing.
June 21, 2026 at 8:33 PM
And a red on Ngoy.
Belgium with 10 men; Not Belgium playing like Arsenal without the goals.
My parlay is 23 minutes from losing.
Belgium with 10 men; Not Belgium playing like Arsenal without the goals.
My parlay is 23 minutes from losing.
I feel like every match a certain squad plays, they’re coming in like “We beat the Trump Administration with model airplanes, floaters and YouTube videos, so we can at least get out the group stage in this World Cup.”
Not Belgium 1, Belgium 0, 25th minute
Not Belgium 1, Belgium 0, 25th minute
June 21, 2026 at 7:26 PM
I feel like every match a certain squad plays, they’re coming in like “We beat the Trump Administration with model airplanes, floaters and YouTube videos, so we can at least get out the group stage in this World Cup.”
Not Belgium 1, Belgium 0, 25th minute
Not Belgium 1, Belgium 0, 25th minute
Lesson I learned today watching the World Cup:
Bet on Côte d’Ivoire to cover the spread.
(Germany ruined my whole damn Parlay.)
Bet on Côte d’Ivoire to cover the spread.
(Germany ruined my whole damn Parlay.)
June 21, 2026 at 12:17 AM
Lesson I learned today watching the World Cup:
Bet on Côte d’Ivoire to cover the spread.
(Germany ruined my whole damn Parlay.)
Bet on Côte d’Ivoire to cover the spread.
(Germany ruined my whole damn Parlay.)
Whomever it is Telemundo has doing Switzerland v Bosnia Herzegovina play-by-play is reminding me of the Micromachines guy in the 80s - but in Spanish.
I’m lovin it like McDonalds in the 00s. #SUIvBIH
I’m lovin it like McDonalds in the 00s. #SUIvBIH
June 18, 2026 at 8:44 PM
Whomever it is Telemundo has doing Switzerland v Bosnia Herzegovina play-by-play is reminding me of the Micromachines guy in the 80s - but in Spanish.
I’m lovin it like McDonalds in the 00s. #SUIvBIH
I’m lovin it like McDonalds in the 00s. #SUIvBIH
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If you watch the Obama Library, the World Cup, and the Knicks parade this afternoon -- and nothing else -- you can actually see the America we're supposed to be at age 250
June 18, 2026 at 6:33 PM
If you watch the Obama Library, the World Cup, and the Knicks parade this afternoon -- and nothing else -- you can actually see the America we're supposed to be at age 250
Bc Telemundo has me practicing my Spanish:
Pausa de hidratación - un idea estupida y innecessaria. Gracias a Telemundo por no mostrarnos anuncios - como Fox.
Pausa de hidratación - un idea estupida y innecessaria. Gracias a Telemundo por no mostrarnos anuncios - como Fox.
June 18, 2026 at 8:33 PM
Bc Telemundo has me practicing my Spanish:
Pausa de hidratación - un idea estupida y innecessaria. Gracias a Telemundo por no mostrarnos anuncios - como Fox.
Pausa de hidratación - un idea estupida y innecessaria. Gracias a Telemundo por no mostrarnos anuncios - como Fox.
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The "hydration break" really is a perfect American capitalist innovation: a nakedly commercial play to insert more ad revenue into a game that doesn't have ads anywhere else in the world, all under the guise of some humanitarian interest in the players' wellbeing.
June 17, 2026 at 8:29 PM
The "hydration break" really is a perfect American capitalist innovation: a nakedly commercial play to insert more ad revenue into a game that doesn't have ads anywhere else in the world, all under the guise of some humanitarian interest in the players' wellbeing.
A hill I’ll die on:
The people who use speakerphone on public transit are the people who REALLY should keep their conversations off speakerphone.
The people who use speakerphone on public transit are the people who REALLY should keep their conversations off speakerphone.
May 14, 2026 at 9:09 PM
A hill I’ll die on:
The people who use speakerphone on public transit are the people who REALLY should keep their conversations off speakerphone.
The people who use speakerphone on public transit are the people who REALLY should keep their conversations off speakerphone.
I like how this Lyft driver said he’s hard of hearing when I booked him just so he didn’t have to talk to anyone.
Probably why he got 2200 rides and a 5.0 rating.
Probably why he got 2200 rides and a 5.0 rating.
December 20, 2025 at 9:41 PM
I like how this Lyft driver said he’s hard of hearing when I booked him just so he didn’t have to talk to anyone.
Probably why he got 2200 rides and a 5.0 rating.
Probably why he got 2200 rides and a 5.0 rating.
Never a fan of Bernie as POTUS, but I’m in love with the idea of Bernie as Senate Dem Leader - if he’d rejoin the party again.
#SchumerMustGo #SchumerResign
#SchumerMustGo #SchumerResign
November 10, 2025 at 1:50 AM
Never a fan of Bernie as POTUS, but I’m in love with the idea of Bernie as Senate Dem Leader - if he’d rejoin the party again.
#SchumerMustGo #SchumerResign
#SchumerMustGo #SchumerResign
Something I’ve been saying a lot recently: the churches have become “The World” they warned us about - bc now greed & immorality are its virtues & empathy and good & selfless works are now sins.
It’s why 2 Tim 2:15 is a verse to live by - churches & licentious preachers will mess your life up.
It’s why 2 Tim 2:15 is a verse to live by - churches & licentious preachers will mess your life up.
October 24, 2025 at 1:03 AM
Something I’ve been saying a lot recently: the churches have become “The World” they warned us about - bc now greed & immorality are its virtues & empathy and good & selfless works are now sins.
It’s why 2 Tim 2:15 is a verse to live by - churches & licentious preachers will mess your life up.
It’s why 2 Tim 2:15 is a verse to live by - churches & licentious preachers will mess your life up.
Since Trump & Co decided, as conservatives usually do, to not leave folks who don’t like them alone, here’s how to block the Trump Admin’s BlueSky pages easily.
October 17, 2025 at 10:43 PM
Since Trump & Co decided, as conservatives usually do, to not leave folks who don’t like them alone, here’s how to block the Trump Admin’s BlueSky pages easily.
I didn’t post it on Zuck’s app, but I just had an aneurysm on my aorta removed.
PSA: if you smoked, binge drank, and/or have family history of aortic aneurysms, go get checked. Better to remove it now than to EMTs can get to you quickly if it bursts. (Mine was elective - not emergency.)
PSA: if you smoked, binge drank, and/or have family history of aortic aneurysms, go get checked. Better to remove it now than to EMTs can get to you quickly if it bursts. (Mine was elective - not emergency.)
October 14, 2025 at 5:01 PM
I didn’t post it on Zuck’s app, but I just had an aneurysm on my aorta removed.
PSA: if you smoked, binge drank, and/or have family history of aortic aneurysms, go get checked. Better to remove it now than to EMTs can get to you quickly if it bursts. (Mine was elective - not emergency.)
PSA: if you smoked, binge drank, and/or have family history of aortic aneurysms, go get checked. Better to remove it now than to EMTs can get to you quickly if it bursts. (Mine was elective - not emergency.)
I watched the video 10 minutes ago.
Dunno why conservative and Ammosexuals want to live in a society where that - a Charlie Kirk - could happen to them. Not a single good guy with a gun found the skilled guy with a sniper rifle - including Utah police.
#NowIsTheTimeToTalkAboutThis #GunControl
Dunno why conservative and Ammosexuals want to live in a society where that - a Charlie Kirk - could happen to them. Not a single good guy with a gun found the skilled guy with a sniper rifle - including Utah police.
#NowIsTheTimeToTalkAboutThis #GunControl
September 11, 2025 at 1:03 AM
I watched the video 10 minutes ago.
Dunno why conservative and Ammosexuals want to live in a society where that - a Charlie Kirk - could happen to them. Not a single good guy with a gun found the skilled guy with a sniper rifle - including Utah police.
#NowIsTheTimeToTalkAboutThis #GunControl
Dunno why conservative and Ammosexuals want to live in a society where that - a Charlie Kirk - could happen to them. Not a single good guy with a gun found the skilled guy with a sniper rifle - including Utah police.
#NowIsTheTimeToTalkAboutThis #GunControl
James 5:16: The effectual fervent prayer of a righteous man availeth much.
I’m guessing that all these Evangelicals’ and Ammosexuals’ thoughts and prayers aren’t availething much - since these mass shootings keep happening.
This is why the rest of us like gun control laws.
I’m guessing that all these Evangelicals’ and Ammosexuals’ thoughts and prayers aren’t availething much - since these mass shootings keep happening.
This is why the rest of us like gun control laws.
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Minneapolis mayor says children are dead after a shooting at a Catholic school.
August 27, 2025 at 4:54 PM
James 5:16: The effectual fervent prayer of a righteous man availeth much.
I’m guessing that all these Evangelicals’ and Ammosexuals’ thoughts and prayers aren’t availething much - since these mass shootings keep happening.
This is why the rest of us like gun control laws.
I’m guessing that all these Evangelicals’ and Ammosexuals’ thoughts and prayers aren’t availething much - since these mass shootings keep happening.
This is why the rest of us like gun control laws.
Tomorrow I’m 45, and I realized that I’m old enough to remember when Taco Bell Tacos were 99¢, and old enough to remember this happened AND not remember WHY it happened:
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August 22, 2025 at 2:50 AM
Tomorrow I’m 45, and I realized that I’m old enough to remember when Taco Bell Tacos were 99¢, and old enough to remember this happened AND not remember WHY it happened:
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I think my fave thing about Star Trek SNW and Celia Rose Gooding as Uhura is we’re finally getting to see who Uhura was since TOS and the movies never gave Nichelle Nichols’ Uhura a spotlight outside the mission.
#StarTrekSNW
#StarTrekSNW
July 19, 2025 at 12:42 AM
I think my fave thing about Star Trek SNW and Celia Rose Gooding as Uhura is we’re finally getting to see who Uhura was since TOS and the movies never gave Nichelle Nichols’ Uhura a spotlight outside the mission.
#StarTrekSNW
#StarTrekSNW
The choices were a felon white supremacist promising to destroy everything, or the Black Lady who wasn’t.
White people chose destruction.
Meaning the default stance of white swing voters is pick “harm” unless convinced not to.
Dunno why you’re dissecting her campaign instead of focusing on that
White people chose destruction.
Meaning the default stance of white swing voters is pick “harm” unless convinced not to.
Dunno why you’re dissecting her campaign instead of focusing on that
Since he ended up quitting anyway, the options are:
1) He shouldn't have quit.
2) He quit at the right time.
3) He should have quit earlier.
1 is deranged nonsense that only Joe and Jill believe, 2 is arguable (blame Kamala, shoulda run a better campaign), 3 is correct.
1) He shouldn't have quit.
2) He quit at the right time.
3) He should have quit earlier.
1 is deranged nonsense that only Joe and Jill believe, 2 is arguable (blame Kamala, shoulda run a better campaign), 3 is correct.
This is nuts. wapo.st/3YLpWUo
May 15, 2025 at 4:01 PM
The choices were a felon white supremacist promising to destroy everything, or the Black Lady who wasn’t.
White people chose destruction.
Meaning the default stance of white swing voters is pick “harm” unless convinced not to.
Dunno why you’re dissecting her campaign instead of focusing on that
White people chose destruction.
Meaning the default stance of white swing voters is pick “harm” unless convinced not to.
Dunno why you’re dissecting her campaign instead of focusing on that
