Mastodawn

Cowboy Bert Feb 12

Brent Sleeper Feb 12

No wonder my Gen Z daughter is so judgey that a #Rickroll is cringe. Even my iCloud wants to impress its fellow kids.

Cowboy Bert Feb 12

Brent Sleeper Feb 12

I don’t recall which (mainstream) book publisher had this question on their “sign up for emails from your favorite authors” subscription form, but the range of incomes they anticipate says… something… about their hoped-for customer demographic.

Cowboy Bert Feb 12

Brent Sleeper Feb 12

It feels very strange to be faced with the fact that #BudCort (Harold) now was as old as #RuthGordon (Maude) then. You don’t have to guess to which end of that dyad I’m closer today. https://www.nytimes.com/2026/02/11/movies/bud-cort-dead.html?unlocked_article_code=1.LlA.P-qv.OR9RkwTcCl7m

Bud Cort, Who Starred in 1971’s ‘Harold and Maude,’ Dies at 77

The role, one of his first, made him a household name and a film idol of the anti-establishment 1970s. But it also limited his growth as an actor.

The New York Times

Cowboy Bert Jan 22

John M. Nipper (Ret.)Jan 22

One thing I do appreciate about #BariWeiss: normally it’s the men who fail up. https://www.status.news/p/bari-weiss-60-minutes-cecot-report

Bari’s Private Press Briefings

Hours before a delayed “60 Minutes” segment aired, Bari Weiss personally briefed several reporters about the fiasco, Status has learned—making comments that are not likely to sit well inside the newsmagazine.

Status

Cowboy Bert Nov 26

Brent Sleeper Nov 26

“#TheReplacements’ 1984 masterpiece Let It Be might be the greatest rock ’n’ roll album ever made about growing up, if not exactly getting old.” https://slate.com/culture/2025/11/the-replacements-let-it-be-album-androgynous.html