Evan Birnholz

Lol, what?? It has this actual dialogue:

Van Damme: "Offense gets the glory."
Rodman: "But defense wins the game."

DOUBLE TEAM [1997] | Official Trailer YouTube video by Sony Pics at Home

Man, that film looks bad. I still haven't seen it. But who cares? I was walking in the shoes of a legend at age 16. www.youtube.com/watch?v=-LBl...

I must have rolled my ankles like ten times wearing those damn Van Damme shoes which means I probably sustained more injuries in them than Van Damme did while filming that movie, which seems hard to do considering he was doing stunts with Dennis Rodman who I imagine tried to fight him for fun.

I have walked in Jean-Claude Van Damme's shoes. Literally. My parents bid on a pair of shoes that he wore in the film "Double Team" at a silent auction and got them. I, being a dumb high schooler, wore them all the time even though they were super-uncomfortable (because, again, dumb high schooler).

A Diary of a Crossword Fiend commenter named Frank says, "WaPo: Anagrams. Senseless anagrams. The last refuge of those with no real ideas," on Jan. 24, 2021.

A Diary of a Crossword Fiend commenter named Frank says, "NYT: A joyless slog. Anagrams don't belon in crossword puzzle. Ever," on April 10, 2022.

A Diary of a Crossword Fiend commenter named Frank says, "I'm usually a fan of BEQ puzzles, but I can do without anagrams," on Feb. 5, 2026.

A Diary of a Crossword Fiend commenter presumably named Frank says, "Universal: Sorry, not a fan of anagrams," on March 3, 2026.

There's a guy on Crossword Fiend named Frank who I don't think comments very often but pretty much every time he does it's to say nothing more than he hates anagrams. Like, sorry that one of the most basic forms of wordplay in all of crosswords is weirdly upsetting to you, Frank.

Whenever a liberal in 2026 says something about how they miss George W. Bush, just show them this article about how the Iraq war was a religious mission for him. Same playbook that the Trump administration is running now. www.theguardian.com/world/2005/o...

Journalists increasingly seem to be submitting inaccurate and poorly sourced articles. What could be accounting for this trend? Here's what ChatGPT said:

Rashida Tlaib and Ilhan Omar can stay, though, they're cool.

Is there anything in the Constitution that says we can't just replace all three branches of government with cats. They would be way less destructive than anything people do.

June 2025 tweet from Chuck Schumer that says "If TACO Trump is already folding on Iran, the American people need to know about it. No side deals."

Ongoing shout-out to history's most effective opposition leader Chuck Schumer, a guy who definitely thinks war with Iran is bad.

Really starting to think Trump might have lied about not wanting war, shocking turn of events from a guy who has no documented cases of lying.

Nov. 29, 2011 tweet from Donald Trump that says "In order to get elected, Barack Obama will start a war with Iran."

There's always a tweet.

Enough is enough, our brains have been bought by Big Vegetable and Squat Industries for too long.

Oh so what you're saying is that if you get a good night's sleep you feel better in the morning than you did the past three days when you got like three hours of sleep a night? Pfft, okay, whatever you say, brain.

Amazing! Congrats, friend!

we finally reached the end of this calendar event i accidentally made 12 years ago

Maybe it makes up clues for whatever fake grid it hallucinates?

XWord Info just launched an AI Analysis tool on its website. Personally I think it's about time we had a tool that can only tell you how many A's and I's are in a New York Times crossword. Scrabbly letters have had it far too good for far too long.

I was led to believe that a hockey victory involves a player pointing to his boyfriend in the stands who then comes out onto the ice and they kiss. When does that part happen?

Black text on beige background that says “these puzzles fund abortion six: coming soon” with a list of constructor and editor names

😍WOW, what a roster!

These Puzzles Fund Abortion 6 will be released in March.

This all-star lineup has been hard at work making an incredible pack of crossword, cryptic, and variety puzzles, and we can’t wait for you to solve them 🤩

#tpfa6

I am afraid “never learn a hockey player’s politics” is as ironclad a law as “never learn a baseball player’s politics”

Kinda amazing both the women's and men's hockey gold medal final matches featured the same two countries, same final score, same winner, both won in overtime. This is my deepest analysis since I'm not the biggest hockey fan, but sudden-death overtime is always fun to watch. #MilanoCortina

In conclusion, hockey.

New York Times Sunday crossword paper-solving time of 8:27.7 on the Feb. 22, 2026 puzzle.

I don't keep careful track of my solving times but I believe this is a Sunday NYT paper-solving personal best? Sub-8.5 minutes. Always nice when you can mostly ignore the theme clues entirely.

Mortal Kombat watches on while deadpool beats up Kung Fu Panda

Imagine trying to explain this image to your coworkers #MilanoCortina2026

Watching my favorite Winter Olympics event, the Freestyle Kung-Fu Panda Magical Knockdown of Sub-Zero and Deadpool.

I Create Puzzles for The New York Times – Drexel Magazine

Here's a Drexel alumni magazine article about the puzzle constructor Ian Livengood, his work with the NYT (and Pips specifically), narrated by him: drexelmagazine.org/story/winter...

There's another word for the "real estate" that you're referencing: a "job." What you're essentially saying here is that you wish I didn't have a job writing crosswords for the Post. Gonna disagree with you on that, pal.

Thanks, my wife and and son's needs come first. That's what I'm going to do.

Have a nice day.