I know it’s rather a consolation price given the current situation, but I find some solace in May’s near-constant humiliation. (If only she and Don decided/were forced to clutch to each other’s hands again and walk off into a sunset of the unwanted, though.)

I forgot about that Jared Harris story. Just re-read it and holy shit.

The year Partchett died, I gave everyone on my holiday shopping list a Pratchett book. Not all of them Discworld, but most of them, and every recipient save maybe one (my wife) had never read any of his work as far as I know. I tailored the specific book to the recipient, using my knowledge of which are good “entry”…

Small Gods. It’s a standalone story in his Discworld series. You can jump right in.

“... right-wing media figure “Sheriff” Joe Arpaio.”

I’ve recently been reminded of an old joke.

Neal Stephenson’s Baroque Cycle, which is partly about the Renaissance and the Glorious Revolution, and the world changing from superstition and ignorance to knowledge, from absolute monarchies to more democratic models. And also pirates.

Look, if you’re not going to snark at us in your reply comments, then I don’t know why I’m even here!

Welp! Lots of broken links and lots of lost user discussions. Like just 20 minutes ago I was reading great commentary on the penultimate epsisode of this season’s The Americans. All gone now.

There’s only 88 posts at the time of posting this and two things pop out immediately

Is there a setting where I can load more than, like, five comments at a time? It’s pretty annoying to be constantly hitting the more comments button.

Were my old Disqus comments supposed to disappear?

Loading more comments sure is swell.

It’s nesting for me.