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Video wrangler, journo, cocktailian, flâneur, shutterbug, quizzer, semi-pro New Yorker, fitful writer, cognitive diffident. "Tired and emotional." (Opinions solely mine. Reposts/likes ≠ endorsements, sillypants.) He/him.

glass on a table. "George Glass"
A group of people sitting around a table, reading in companionable silence.
Four people sitting in a booth at a bar, making the "we're #1" gesture.
Egyptian statuette of a ram
Museum display with two carved stone animals. The placard reads: Pig in Recumbent Position Eastern Han dynasty (25-220) 1st-2nd century Dolomite
Elongated latticework thing with bells around the base, in a museum. The label reads: Baton Handle or Penis Sheath (?) Vietnam, Viet-Han period, 1st-3rd century
Guy sleeping in an airport terminal. He is wearing a red hat and he is using a Spanish flag as a blanket. He has matching shoes beside him. Also beside him is a suitcase wrapped in the Spanish flag with a World Cup trophy replica on top.
Image from TMBGareOK. The Official They Might Be Giants tumblr Yard sign reading: "IN THIS HOUSE, WE BELIEVE: WE DIE ALONE WE DIE AFRAID WE LIVE IN TERROR WE'RE NAKED AND ALONE AND THE GRAVE IS THE LONELIEST PLACE"
Samuel Pepys @samuelpepys.bsky.social To Mr. Bland's, where Mr. Povy and Gauden and I were invited to dinner, which we had very finely and great plenty, but for drink, though many and good, I drank nothing but small beer and water, which I drank so much that I wish it may not do me hurt. ... Samuel Pepys @samuelpepys.... They had a kinswoman, they call daughter, in the house, a short, ugly, red-haired slut, that plays upon the virginalls, and sings, but after such a country manner I was weary of it, but yet could not but commend it.
A man asleep in a lounge chair in an airport terminal. He is using a Spanish flag as a blanket, is wearing a matching red cap, and next to him is his roll-aboard suitcase wrapped in the Spanish flag with a replica of the World Cup trophy atop it.
A time lapse video of the corridor between Concourses A and B/C at DTW's McNamara Terminal.
Sunset out an airplane window, showing the DTW control tower.
Marble machine in CLE C-concourse.
Gate B6 at CLE, boarding Delta 4957.
An ostrich gazing in through the window of a bus door
A Père David deer buck, calling (sounded like a belch.) he's got some weeds wrapped around an antler and is sitting in muddy water.
Four unsuccessful bingo cards.
A Taco Bell restaurant in Green, OH, shot through the windshield of a passing car.
A large plastic takeout box with maybe a dozen Red Lobster biscuits.
Delta gate at LGA, for a flight to CLE.
Post from the Catholic League reading: "Lindsey Graham: Champion of traditional moral values" and a big picture of Graham.
Tweet from @Erling showing him stepping off an airplane, carrying a taxidermied raccoon clutching an empty gin bottle, with the caption "It followed me home"
Bison on a road, very close to the camera (pic shot from a car's driver's window.)
White guy with beard and glasses and baseball cap selfie. T-shirt reads "sometimes violence is the answer". Steve Keene painting of 7 train in the background.
Image of IRCM on #1 engine pylon of a VC-25A.
Ruben Bolling's Tom the Dancing Bug comic, entitled "A Busy, Busy Fourth of July", in the Richard Scarry Busytown style. Shows satirical look at Fourth of July celebrations in Washington, with figures labeled things such as "vandal" touching the Reflecting Pool, "traitor cosplayer" carrying a Confederate flag, and dumpsters full of "shredded pedophile evidence."
Fake X screenshot from "Herman Cain" saying "I spoke to my old friend Mitch McConnell this morning, the senior Senator from Kentucky."
Dunkin Donuts cup with a brown beverage on ice, held near an Amtrak window.
The Trenton Makes The World Takes bridge.
A drink (lemonade, gin, bitters) next to a bottle of Muff Liquor Company gin.
Steamed crabs on a table.
A blue crab escapes before being reunited with its brethren (and some Old Bay.)
Screenshot of Google Maps showing my train approaching Four Seasons Total Landscaping.
Madison Square Garden early on Sunday morning
Lots of people losing their shit for that Cape Verde goal
Amity Mayor Larry Vaughn, in his spiffy anchor jacket, exclaims "For Christ's sake, tomorrow is the Fourth of July!"
President Trump Inspects Ongoing Painting Of Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool Basin WASHINGTON, DC - MAY 07: U.S. President Donald Trump's motorcade drives across the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool basin as he inspects the ongoing painting on May 07, 2026 in Washington, DC.The repairs are part of President Trump's "Safe and Beautiful" campaign to clean up parks and monuments in the city. (Photo by Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)
Snatches of Pink - Send In The Clowns (Chapel Hill band with Sara Romweber of Let's Active); Connells - Darker Days (Black Park Records version, before they signed to TVT); Muddy Waters - I'm Ready (one of his '70s Blue Sky records, produced by Johnny Winter. White label promo); Shearwater - Fellow Travelers (their covers album. Sub Pop Loser edition on yellow marbled vinyl); The MacManus Gang (Elvis Costello) - A Town Called Big Nothing (from the "Straight To Hell" soundtrack); Elvis Costello and the Attractions - Armed Forces (white label promo, includes Live at Hollywood High 7") And I went to Walmart, which was a far less good record store but was an easy way to pick up the Angine de Poitrine and Willie Nelson Greatest Hits albums.
Five people sitting around a table at a bar. Four are making the "we're #1" gesture.
enormous mural of granite carvings, incorporating a child's drawing, other texts, and gigantic letters reading: YOU ARE A CHILD YOU ARE SUITABLE TO BE AWED
So a billionaire can come in and rent a venue that sits atop the busiest train station on a jam-packed holiday weekend replete with other events, causing disruption and hassle? Not to mention incur vast amounts of NYPD overtime that we taxpayers will foot the bill for? I would hope that her immense wealth could be used in a way to benefit the city she claims to love, or at least lessen the burdens imposed by her choices.
Manhattan-bound N/W departures from 30 Av in 1 minute, 3 minutes, 16 minutes, and 18 minutes.
MTA app showing that Manhattan-bound N/W trains from 30 Av are expected in 10 and 12 minutes.
St. Bart's Episcopal Church in Manhattan, with US and Pride flags flying.
Gerhard Richter, Grünes Feld (Green Field), 1969
Shot of a McDonalds restaurant on West 23rd St in Manhattan with a Pride flag flying above it. The flag is defaced with at least four small Golden Arches.
Ceiling panels rippling in breeze
Closeup of the Lincoln Center fountain
Two "I Voted" stickers, one commemorating the Knicks' victory, one commemorating 125 years of the NYC BOE.
Stormy dancing to Superchunk's "Break the Glass" at the Hurricanes' Fan Fest in downtown Raleigh on Feb. 17, 2023.
Stormy on a fan's shoulders, as Superchunk plays "Learned to Surf" at the fan fest in Raleigh in Feb 2023.
SAM 28000, a VC-25A used as Air Force One.
Gmail screenshot with Conde offering Vogue for $1/month to New Yorker subscribers.
Three incoming Gmail messages from The New Yorker, offering Wired for $2/month, Bon Appetit for $3/month, and Vanity Fair for $4/month because I subscribe to The New Yorker.
Trump in the Oval holding a ridiculous bullshit poster comparing the length of the reflecting pool to the heights of skyscrapers
gift wrapped with a Barack and Michelle Obama card atop it, but Barack's face has been replaced by a white guy with a beard and glasses
Scalzi landscape pic and Rothko painting, showing similar composition but v. dissimilar colors
Luigi Mangione supporter working for far-left DC mayoral candidate likened to Mamdani Makia Green posted the call on Threads in the days after UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson was killed By Michael Ruiz Fox News Published June 16, 2026 11:00am EDT
Google suggested stories page with a CBS2 story about WABC's Bill Ritter stepping down due to Alzheimer's, but the art is a big picture of CBS's Dick Brennan.
30 Rock lit up orange.