Short answer, "yes" with an "if"; long answer, "no," with a "but"

Please count me in on any mob violence we might be organizing around here. Killing an IT goon is on my bucket list.

Mrs. Maitland, Architect and I went to Alhambra for lunch on Saturday at this ramen/hot pot place she knew. It was pleasant and quite filling. Then we hit up a bead store in San Marino to which Mrs Maitland, Architect had won a gift card almost a year ago.

It would be easier just doing their science homework.

Don't post shit like this when I'm too busy to do anything with it!

I was just in the parking lot with a half-dozen millenials watching the eclipse. It was fun being part of that.

The A.V. Club became Upworthy so gradually we didn't even notice.

Maybe we could institute means testing for underwriting Secret Service protection.

It is welcome to come by and remind us of when Elvis Costello was good, though.

If the chronic severe onanism hasn't done it by now, what chance does a stupid eclipse stand?

Part of me is nonplussed, given that the eclipse isn't going to be terribly spectacular from Southern California. But then the part of me that still vividly remembers seeing Halley's Comet shakes its head in disappointment and makes the first part feel bad.

I'm going through various forms of apoplexy right now, so I'm going to keep this brief: Aaaaaaaarrrgggggghhhhhhhhhhhh!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I'm feta-p with these puns.

I can't believe I forgot Philip Johnson!

Dammit!

Lyndon comes to mind.

Shit, man. I didn't know about your jury service. I can't imagine how rough that must have been. Thanks for doing your part.

Yup. It's run out of Mozza on Melrose.

My wife was talking about that yesterday. I hadn't known that.

The only monument in my home state, Massachusetts, is a marker for 13 POWs who died on a prison island in Boston Harbor. It was dedicated in 1963, so fuck that shit.