The Current Situation

Florida campaign ads for Governor

Is it just Florida, or do campaign ads for Governor in other states feel like sketches from Tim and Eric…

1 month ago

House Rules

1 month ago

Star Trek, meet Lake Ontario

Need context? The Star Trek: Deep Space Nine reference The news

2 months ago

Wrong city, Independent…

The teaser image for this article in the British online newspaper The Independent about the U.S.S. Abraham Lincoln’s approach to Thailand…

2 months ago

A picdump of Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool memes

Bonus picdump! Here are 99 pics, comics, and memes about the current algae-infested state of the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool.…

5 months ago

After the final “Late Show with Stephen Colbert,” a tale of two videos

Trump’s video You’ve probably heard about the AI-generated video that Trump posted to Truth Social, where he interrupts Stephen Colbert’s…

5 months ago

Happy Mother’s Day 2026 — from Shaft!

It’s that time of year, and this is that kind of blog, so here’s the 2026 edition of my traditional Mother’s…

6 months ago

The sad horse arrived!

Last month, I wrote about a manufacturing mistake that became a hit for the Year of the Horse: the Sad…

8 months ago

Happy St. Patrick’s Day!

Adding potato would also be acceptable.

8 months ago

It’s the Year of the Sad Horse!

Today — Tuesday, February 17, 2026 — marks the start of the Lunar New Year, and this year is traditionally…

9 months ago