As a driver and a cyclist with thousands of miles on her road bike, I would humbly note the following facts:

Yep, TIA was the first thing that came to mind for me when I watched it. 

I must be having a very dense day, because I had to read that sentence like five times before it occurred to me that “big” should be “bid.” My brain just glitched five times straight. 

I cannot for the life of me imagine how it got out of development, let alone made it all the way to being a feature film released in theaters. It looks that bad. 

Never, ever give up the PJs. 

I saw the trailer before the Barbie movie last week and good heavens does it look dreadful. I mean just awful. If you can’t scrap together 3 quality minutes of film for a trailer, then what dreck much the actual movie be?

No, literally 50% plus a single vote (ie: a majority). 

Me too, neighbor! Huzzah for us!

I will say this, cautiously: While Republicans and their issues tend to do well in off-year special elections because of low voter turnout, that does not seem to be the case so far. Most counties are reporting brisk early voting, well outstripping the special election we had last year in August. There have not been…

Yep. If the abortion amendment had been polling at 61%, the Republicans would have set the threshold for amending the constitution in the August election to 2/3rds (63%) for sure. They absolutely picked their 60% number based on how abortion was polling and their confidence that the abortion amendment couldn’t win 60%…

If Issue 1 goes down in August and the abortion rights amendment passes in November, it will go a long way toward making me feel like a full citizen in my home state again. For a long time now, living here has been uncomfortable bordering on unendurable. To have my reproductive rights guaranteed in the constitution…

My wariness stems from two areas: 1. Undecided and “independent” voters in Ohio tend to skew Republican (lots of undecideds here are just Republicans who don’t want to call themselves Republicans) and 2. The historical trends on how other red states have voted on this issue. Even though abortion rights ballot measures…

I deactivated both of my (long dormant) Twitter accounts—one personal, one professional—when it became clear that the sale to Musk would go through. After a month they were permanently deleted. I regret nothing. 

“It seems unlikely that voters would pass Issue 1 to raise the amendment threshold, but if they somehow did, it appears that the abortion measure could also pass.”

And lame. So, so lame. 

“Six letter” companies. I like that. Will steal. 

Yup. This x100. She’s got “cool girl” syndrome. 

I honestly think his editors don’t have much sway. They are captive to whatever Martin produces, whenever he produces it. It doesn’t strike me as the sort of collaborative relationship that generally benefits good writers (ala Maxwell Perkins editing for Fitzgerald and Hemingway). I don’t think Martin consults with or…

One of the best things I picked up from spending too much time around British soccer fans. 

And last year he said he had 1,200 pages with *just* 400-500 to go. He is lost. So lost. A 1,600 page novel is punishing stuff. Just brutal. For the writer and the reader. His poor editors. If he really has 1,200 pages and yet cannot fashion that into a publishable book...I don’t know what to tell him. It’s not gonna…