jboggess

You're not going to make any money doing this and no one is going to read it, so you must hope for a secret third thing to happen

I was obsessed with I Was a Teenage Exocolonist for a couple months when it came out. Must’ve played through it five or six times.

You may be surprised to learn that the overwhelming majority of the responses to this include the phrase “podcast meat”.

The first time I ever heard “Where It’s At”, I thought it sounded kinda like the Law and Order theme.

Douglock

A screenshot of Rachel Dratch from SNL. She's a white woman with short dark hair and blue eyes, and she's making an awkward expression that implies, "Sorry I have to tell you this and ruin your good time. But also I'm kind of not sorry about it." I've added a subtitle that reads, "That's AI."

an updated debbie downer sketch but it's friends showing her funny videos and she has to respond like this to every single one like this:

Nancy 2/22/26… 🪱WOIMS🪱

One of the things that personally drives me crazy in the U.S. is how youth sports/athletic activities went from a part of the public good (municipal leagues and fields! rec centers! public parks!) to a privatized, expensive, highly competitive, highly structured pursuit for wealthy kids’ résumés

NBC ran a piece where Mary Carrillo went to Norway to find out why they're so good at the Winter Olympics and i was yelling BECAUSE IT'S COLD THERE

then she went to a little tiny ski jump for kids and was like "it's free, equipment is provided, & they don't emphasize results"

and i was like.
oh!

I don’t know who needs to hear Jesse Jackson leading the kids on Sesame Street in this beautiful call-and-response reminding them that every child is somebody, but here it is

The conch was blown at 5:00am. The 2026 Barkley Marathons begins in one hour. #BM100

There are some Star Trek fans weirdly obsessed with “decorum” and they really fixate on how Holly Hunter sits in the captain’s chair on STARFLEET ACADEMY. One guy left a comment on the official FB whining about it and so Captain Janeway herself responded to drop the hammer

Every single one of these would be a top tier senior yearbook quote.

If it’s in four, but swung, is it actually in three?

I realize that this outs me as an old person myself, but there’s a pretty good Doonesbury comic about 40th birthday parties.

One of my earliest memories is Jesse Jackson leading some of the Sesame Street kids in his “I Am Somebody” chant.

With a cane to the sky

Do you have an inventory in Highguard?

marketing email from Greyhound with subject line "Want a weekend adventure to brag about?"

NO

I just woke up from a nap and somehow while I was asleep, everyone on the bus has figured out we are not going to the right place

Do you have a take on the ones who never shut up about earlier eras of strips, like Pogo or Little Nemo?

Neil Cicierega - Wow Wow - Kinetic Typography YouTube video by Droobix

Neilc is one of those sadly all too rare instances of someone with immense talent finding the thing they are so talented at. And then getting to spend years practicing it.

Anyway, I really like this kinetic typography video someone did for Wow Wow.

youtu.be/YFX3V1qVWeo

Sigur Rós?

Love a good Unnecessary Clarification gag.

merchants and farmers bank, columbus, mississippi, 1986

merchants and farmers bank, columbus, mississippi, 1986

(Bjork voice)
And if you complain once more

In addition to these, I really like Fun With a Pencil. I doodle little Loomis-style cartoon heads all the time because of it.

When you get the reputation of being the guy with the encouraging words on New Year's Eve, it can start to come through as a little pressure -- what if the situation on the ground is worse than usual? what if people are more scared than they usually are, and with cause? what use are good vibes then?

It took me over a decade to properly appreciate Fitter Happier.

Plus one Lutheran, but the spectrum of doctrines for churches that call themselves Lutheran is wiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiide, so ymmv.