Love Can Last

21 June 1980

45 years

Backlit Archie

Morning

Evening

They Don’t Make Spokesanimals Like this Anymore

No Kings Protest, Alamosa, Colorado (pop. 9,888), 14 June 2025

Lynda Barry via Adam Westbrook via Robin Sloan

RIP, Brian Wilson

He shared beautiful gifts from a sad life and a tortured mind.*

Yes, my father used to beat the hell out of us… That is probably why I wrote those happy songs. I try to get as close to paradise as I can. I try to steer clear of heartbreaks.

– New York Times Magazine, 2024

*One might say the same of Sly Stone, may he also rest in peace.

All the Feels

Today is the 40th birthday of my first-born and the 78th anniversary of my parents’ wedding. Kind of dusty in here.

Dad & Mom

Today is the Anniversary of D-Day

I doubt that soldiers on Omaha beach could ever have imagined they were dying for this 81 years in the future.

Don’t feel great about this

“Following a review of performances and after significant reflection, the Club can announce that Ange Postecoglou has been relieved of his duties.” – Tottenham Hotspur (@SpursOfficial) June 6, 2025

In any case, waiting around this long is a very Spursy move. (Also, adiós, Christian Romero, best player on the club [except when he goes bananas].)

UPDATE: We shall see, but I sure feel better about Thomas Frank at Spurs (and Romero, too) than I did 6 weeks ago. ⚽︎

Ventura County in Shadow

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