Stades Farm near Johnsburg has very good apple cider donuts. Just had some last week.

One of the weird consequences of moving out of the south was that I didnt celebrate Juneteenth for like 4 years...then suddenly remembered “why is there never a Juneteenth pageant in Providence, RI?”

You should acquaint yourself with the Huang family. They’re a delightful bunch.

Trump visited Puerto Rico today, and it went about as well as one would expect. He talked a lot about party affiliation of Puerto Rican officials (the Mayor of San Juan and the Governor of Puerto Rico are both Democrats, but the non-voting Congressional Representative is Republican) and who is praising him, said that…

One of the most apt descriptions of Petty’s catalogue I’ve read in the last 24 hours is that it is “essential American driving music”.

I first became aware of Petty when the video for “Don’t Come Around Here No More” got heavy video rotation on MTV. About 5 years after that, I saw Silence of the Lambs in the theater and instantly recognized Petty’s voice even though I’d never heard “American Girl” before, and realized hey, this guy’s been around for…

So when I hear “American Girl” I think “It shouldn’t help the man with his arm in the cast put the couch in the back of his van.”

The correct answer is “Mary Jane’s Last Dance.” It’s also my pick for the best music video, ever.

It’s a toss up between American Girl which I associate with my very early tween/teen years and Free Fallin’ which just makes me feel like everything’s right with the world when I listen to it.

Why would anyone think Ramona was a cat? They don’t smile or get super excited when they see other cats.

Tom Petty was always one of those effortlessly cool guys. He didn’t really have a persona or a gimmick, he was just himself and was awesome and didn’t even try.

Shit, just this morning Into the Great Wide Open was on the radio. I thought to myself how a lot of his songs are semi-autobiographical. Except for Last Dance with Mary Jane since his last joint will be the one he has before he dies. I didn’t realize that had probably already happened.

I wasn’t a huge fan either but I always appreciated that he seemed more genuine, bullshit-free, and easygoing than just about any musician of his generation. His music is so direct and simple (in the best possible sense of the word).

Fuck, man. I wasn’t even that huge a fan, I just loved the hit singles. But those singles were so great and ubiquitous that you assumed that he’d always be around to play them. Too young for a legend like him. Horrible day.

Somewhere, at any given time, there’s an unhappy working stiff humming “I Won’t Back Down” to himself, or a Hollywood road trip sardonically scored by “Into the Great Wide Open,” or a classic rock dad trying to learn the tab to “Refugee” in his garage, or a tipsy mid-western coed hollering along to “American…

I am not ready for this. 66 is entirely too young. I just saw him play at Wrigley and it was one of the best shows I’ve ever seen. RIP Tom, you will be dearly missed.

This is bullshit. I live a stone’s throw away from McDonald’s main headquarters outside of Chicago and none of the McDs in this area are gonna have the sauce.

You also need to add that when the shooter is a white, male that he always without fail have “mental health” issues. And the NRA followers will argue that the issue is there and not with the fact that he had easy access to a semi-automatic weapon.

I was about to say something about gun control in America...but then I remembered Sandy Hook and realized if that didn’t change anything, I doubt this will. I really hope I’m wrong about that.

The first 5 minutes of this episode is among the most hilarious things I’ve seen on TV, playing off the entire first season of character development while allowing new viewers to understand just what’s going on. “Meet your soul mate, Tahini.” Mindy walking in on them while she’s masturbating. Clowns on conveyor…