The 3rd Wheel

As a life-long (& long-suffering) SD Padres fan my new nightmare is they get to the WS & win (OMG!yay!!) and then get invited & actually go to trump’s WH (WTF?! Kill me now!) I will write so many sternly worded letters to the Padres front office I will go broke from the postage.

Heather Wixson is probably the most important (and likely the most readable) historian of the craft of film special effects today. The lack of support for her work is sad. Her writing is clear, engaging, enthused, precise & thourough. Critical reading for genre fans & well worth supporting!

Drink this bad boy Election Night 2026 or wait till he dies? I don’t know my champagne from Sprite but the internet is telling me it’s a pretty good one.

My #Padres sure played the #BrewCrew tougher than the LA Billionaire Boys. It’s ALWAYS a pleasure to see the #Dodgers embarrass themselves. Hope the sting lasts a while.

How many Battlestar Galactica actors are in the new Carrie? I think I’m up to 6. Holy frak!

Being a San Diegan for 90-something % of my life & a scumbag traitor wishes my city & everyone in it destroyed I certainly should be able to legally voice my hope that he dies a horrible, grisly death sooner rather than later, right?

Maybe he did but I don’t recall Hoffy ever choking to this degree. Mason Miller does not appear ready for knighthood. More like chased out of town by pitchfork. #Padres #SanDiegoSportsCurse

Ty France definitely needs to be resigned by the #Padres #AztecForLife

Scoring off Miz early and showing he’s not unhittable is going to be huge for the #Padres in this series

Got my batch of GOTV postcards from momsrising.org yesterday and I’m going to get started tonight. Every little bit helps, right?

My Aztecs can’t even beat the mumps 😔 San Diego State football hit by mumps outbreak with 14 confirmed cases ahead of Pac-12 opener

Fernando Tatis Jr. slides in safely to the team photo 😂 #NoTimeLikeOctober

Thank you, Tatis! We (the San Diego fans) do deserve it! #Padres

Jackson Merrill might be rocking an Ed Whitson hair situation in a few years.

No Bill Murray sightings tonight at Petco? Did last night’s rout change his mind? I might sell a kidney to sit next to him for a full game. #CubBusters #FriarFaithful #Padres

Soon as I crack open a Sculpin there’s some HOLY Sheets action? Obviously it was the catalyst! #HolySheets #Padres #CubBusters

This is going well so far 😁 #FriarFaithful #Padres LFGSD!!!

My household in a nutshell: the kid and I watched the new Jackass and then went right into the new season of Great British Baking Show

LFGSD!! #Padres

I’ve loved everything Sharon Horgan has done so I’m not surprised her new show Youth on HBO is not just good but fucking great. Her wit just blows my mind (& if you’ve seen the 1st ep you’ll know it’s the only thing she’s blowing)

It’s almost comforting in a masochistic way knowing #Aztecs football will always be disappointing

Besides bringing 5! Sombrero burritos home from her trip back to San Diego my daughter brought home some of my favorite beer. I raised a good kid. #beersky #Padres

My daughter is visiting our hometown & wanted to see a #Padres game (tonight vs the Yankees) while there. Dang, I miss San Diego.

Because I read Legacy of Heorot so long ago I didn’t realize there were 2 more books! Guess I got busy or something. Anywho, I love the fucking library 📚

youtu.be/vbJxMd3Pls8 I’m glad Joey Ramone didn’t live to see what kind of absolute nutjob Maria Bartiromo turned into

Frenemies till the end #blueskycats #caturday Turn sound on to hear Simmons’ engine running

This expensive little old lady (inoperable non-malignant tumor on neck & hyperthyroidism) wanted to pause my Nazi-killing (Sniper Elite 4) so I could give her some love - which she most certainly deserves.

While I’m drinking & sharing I do believe (because I’m alternative to the bone) this cover by one of my fav bands is without question superior to the original. 😁😅 Yeah, I said it! 😁

Hi I’m a swimming pool & this 7 year old doesn’t know how to swim & his mom is off drunk somewhere in this house that’s not theirs …also… Hi I’m Crohn’s disease & because you’ve not had proper med care I’m going to swallow you whole & shit you out of your own body

In ‘91 I got dumped by my girlfriend/boss at the theater we worked at & Bob Mould’s Black Sheets of Rain was the cathartic “lunch” break I took in my ‘82 El Camino. I’d work up a nice sweat sing-screaming along to the perfect music for how heartbroken I was. And then back to work!

Can Alan Ritchson (Reacher) do a passable Russian accent? #PiotrRasputin #Colossus

Leia may be 14 but if something new is in the apt (loaned to us while AC gets fixed) she’s all over it…& turning it off accidentally with her big fluffy mitts

Leia taking a well-deserved break from being cat-lazy elsewhere #caturday

This actually works better than the HVAC unit maintenance just removed 🤣

youtube.com/watch?v=cRIf... The kid & I stumbled onto bardcore the other day & now we’re both a little obsessed. This shit is amazing!

I’m pretty sure Republicans would be cool with digging up the corpse of Joe McCarthy and running his red scare playbook.

I’m related to #Dodgers manager Dave Roberts through some convoluted stepfamily history. Haven’t spoken to him since we were both teenagers in San Diego. I already despised the step-side of the family he was marrying into but now I can easily add him. #friarfaithful #fucktrump

David Jonsson as the new Black Panther is fantastic news! Great job, Marvel!

As a long-suffering, lifelong #Padres fan it’s always been easy to say Fuck the Dodgers but, man oh man, it could not be easier to say (& more warranted) after seeing them bend the knee to a fascist traitor…FUCK the #Dodgers #fuckla

I had a 20 minute conversation with the #Padres offense today and unlike Mitch they’re alive. That WILL change their next game out I’m sure.

Wha? Sleeping? I wasn’t sleeping. I was just resting my face. Late for #caturday but whatevs

I want to know what Mark and Tom did in San Diego that won’t them go back to San Diego. Did they start a cult and coerce their followers to kill themselves? Did they release a kaiju on San Diego? Did they become co-mayors and outlaw Mexican food? Was Tom right about UFOs? I need to know!

Quick Tip: "Don't speak ill of the dead" means dont demean, or spread lies, or speak malicious untruth about dead people, who cant defend themselves Accurately describing someone's life and legacy is not "speaking ill" It's the truth - which is self justifying in that it is the truth!

The price of groceries everywhere is driving people crazy

This cute little old lady set me back $453 yesterday at the vet. She needs to get her ass a job. Maybe a greeter at Walmart?