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Aaron van Dorn

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Sometime writer and (mostly) analog photography | Award winning chili maker | Baltimore via Jersey City, Kurdzhali, Bulgaria, and Ohio | Friend to cats | He/him

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Analyzing Willem Dafoe in American Psycho
Analyzing Willem Dafoe in American Psycho YouTube video by R Raffrody

I think about the fact that Mary Harron directed Willem Defoe to act like he believed Patrick, disbelieved him, and didn't know in separate takes, and then freely crosscut between them all the time.

08.03.2026 04:58 ๐Ÿ‘ 4 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

We've already done the first two floors, and we just finished installing this floor in a space that's never been finished, so I'm not unaware of what I got myself into, but still venting.

07.03.2026 22:45 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I'm going to keep the floor fresh by holystoning it

07.03.2026 22:34 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Ty, ty

07.03.2026 22:24 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

"Fuck This House With Aaron van Dorn"

07.03.2026 22:19 ๐Ÿ‘ 7 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Where is my home improvement show, HGTV

07.03.2026 22:19 ๐Ÿ‘ 3 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

In other words, beer o'clock.

07.03.2026 22:16 ๐Ÿ‘ 4 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Anyway, three passes down, two or three to go.

07.03.2026 22:16 ๐Ÿ‘ 3 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Using this orbital sander is a lot more difficult to control than the usual drum sander, but since these are new boards, that would be total overkill. The orbital takes a lot of core muscles to swing it around. It's a pain.

07.03.2026 22:15 ๐Ÿ‘ 3 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
An orbital floor sander laying in its back in an attic with a newly installed but as yet unsanded pine floor

An orbital floor sander laying in its back in an attic with a newly installed but as yet unsanded pine floor

The thing about sanding floors is that it sucks

07.03.2026 22:15 ๐Ÿ‘ 21 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 5 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I agree with OP, but only in the sense that I tend to keep TV's longer than the usability of whatever built in generation of smart features. I've got a new Roku TV with an Amazon Fire dongle because I wanted the Amazon features.

07.03.2026 19:58 ๐Ÿ‘ 3 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I eventually ponied up the extra $20 because the idea of having the book cover on the lock screen became appealing to me aesthetically. I actually mildly enjoyed the ads, it would occasionally be something interesting.

07.03.2026 19:56 ๐Ÿ‘ 7 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

First time someone used high frame rate and I thought, "This is a genuine innovation from a thematic and storytelling perspective.

07.03.2026 17:52 ๐Ÿ‘ 2 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Petty big mistake! But 40% is still high enough that you'd think a significant overlap of Mamdani voters would still be cross pressured on this.

07.03.2026 15:56 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Imagine watching "Train Dreams" and then being like, "Well, I guess I'll check out this 'Days of Heaven' situation"

07.03.2026 06:25 ๐Ÿ‘ 2 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

For sure, and at the beginning of our term is the tiem to do it if you're going to do it (first best time is at the end)

06.03.2026 22:43 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Komanoff Dissects New York City's Car Baby Boom - Streetsblog New York City U.S. Census data confirm what we suspected: New York City's car population exploded in the past decade, even more than that of the suburbs.

Yeah, this one has a much lower number as well, so I might be wrong on the Bronx. But even still, I think the idea that car ownership is a 1:1 with "voted for Cuomo" is definitely incorrect.

06.03.2026 22:37 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I lived in an apartment similar to this one in Kurdzhali, Bulgaria. Rila 5, cold in the winter and hot in the summer.

06.03.2026 22:29 ๐Ÿ‘ 2 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Restricting interactions made this place a whole lot more pleasant for me.

06.03.2026 22:27 ๐Ÿ‘ 2 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Donald Trump, winner of the First Annual Ayatollah Ali Khamenei Memorial World Peace Prize

06.03.2026 22:27 ๐Ÿ‘ 3 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Yeah, it's a weird idea that a car is some sort of crazy unaffordable luxury. In Manhattan, sure.

06.03.2026 22:24 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Must have been a hell of a year

06.03.2026 22:21 ๐Ÿ‘ 6 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

My aunt has done it ... eight or nine? One of those.

06.03.2026 22:19 ๐Ÿ‘ 5 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Good god five months

06.03.2026 22:18 ๐Ÿ‘ 2 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

www.hunterurban.org/wp-content/u...

06.03.2026 22:17 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I think this is almost certainly not true, street parking is an issue that would absolutely divide Mamdani's coalition. Most car owners live in Staten Island, but 63% of households in Queens own a car and 61% in the Bronx. It's absolutely terrible politics.

06.03.2026 22:17 ๐Ÿ‘ 6 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 3 ๐Ÿ“Œ 1

Good thoughts

06.03.2026 22:06 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

It sure seems like after less than a week Trump has managed to get himself into a place where his only winning move is total capitulation and trying to walk away like a cat who just knocked a vase off the table.

06.03.2026 22:06 ๐Ÿ‘ 37 ๐Ÿ” 8 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 4 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Bringing in the weekend by imagining Jigglypuff wrecking house on Trump

06.03.2026 22:02 ๐Ÿ‘ 4 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

We need to put Trump in the Smash select screen

06.03.2026 22:01 ๐Ÿ‘ 15 ๐Ÿ” 2 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0