I briefly had a teacher like that in elementary school. He wore sunglasses in class so you couldn't see his eyes and always spoke w/a condescension that had the subtext, "I asked for the gifted kids but they gave me you dull little fuckers instead. You know y'all are beneath me, right?"

Molly Goldapple from third period algebra, right?

What bothers me about Smoltz is that his affect varies from flat to chiding to bored and is always joyless.

Neither is winning postseason series!

Future Yankee Stadium attendees note: the Brewers' bullpen catcher waited until Turang's fly balls was well over the wall before attempting to catch it.

Or when it will be your turn, or that of someone you love.

The Empire Strikes Our Lives. The World is Not New, Pussycat Support Your Local Shaggy Dog A Few Good Bannanas Herbie Goes to Forbidden Planet Kraven, Queen of the Desert

This has always been the weird inconsistentcy of antisemitism. Jews are simultaneously inferior subhumans AND so sneaky and clever that they secretly control everything.

🧵 Attention, Fellow SFF Artists and Authors -- here is my response to Must Read Magazines, after they presented an Asimov's art contract expecting me to waive all Moral Rights and Copyright to my art. And, I would strongly advise the following to my fellow pros…. 1/

AI doesn't think much of my back-catalogue, but that's not really what this is about. Rather, it's about the things seen during the game that are distractions from the game itself-and also Sam Fuller's tribute to ye olde newspaper biz, now captured/domesticated/marked for extinction.

Arthur Brisbane (1864-1936). As distinct from just being down on yourself and getting depressed. Of course, some of us have mastered doing both at the same time.

Old chum, so come to the cabaret?

Why should he be any different from the rest of us?

I had the same thought! "Oh, hello, America 2026, intruding on baseball as usual! Will the announcers duck the implications?" (They ducked the implications.)

One of only a few Dylan albums where "Tonight I'll Be Staying Here with You" wouldn't sound like a threat or an imposition. Sure, he's lit, but it's a mellow high.

The rationalization for the Yankees ia going to be, "Well, we didn't have Judge" when the question all season long has been, "Why didn't you have anyone else?"

Or maybe... a whimper AND fan interference!

He's a Wander Franco reference away from hitting the trifecta.

I believe this. I also just gave my credit card and social security number to a stranger on the subway.