- A child might ask, “Why is the sky dark at night?” Astronomers asked that for centuries, but it took a poet to answer it. And you’ll never guess which one… – via @thebadastronomer
- “What’s a first down?”: Meet Tobi Haastrup, the accidental superstar and coveted recruit – via @austinflack
- There have been a few articles lately about the terrifying amount of deadly recycled plastic in black kitchen utensils, so we got rid of ours and replaced them with this gorgeous beige silicone set. Highly recommend.
- For ages the only copy I had of the 1989 Kon Kan hit “I Beg Your Pardon” was a cassette recording I captured from local FM radio, so any time I hear it I am reminded of Casey Kasem explaining how cool it was that they sampled the theme song from “The Magnificent Seven”.
There’s a Threads account that is posting album covers recreated with LEGO and it’s wonderful.- My superpower is not being able to stop thinking about an apostrophe error in one of the fake newspaper headlines in the 1994 Nicolas Cage/Bridget Fonda rom-com “It Could Happen to You”. – via me, Dec 27, 2021
- Serious question: Why aren’t Moonlighting and Remington Steele on just as frequently as Law & Order?
- Literally any task can be made dramatically more complicated with the simple addition of a six year old narrating your every move on a karaoke microphone set at maximum volume. – via me, Dec 28, 2021
- “To say that we’re losing the war on plastic is to flatter ourselves with a lie. The fact is that we’re not even fighting it.”: How Plastic Liberated and Entombed Us
I used to watch Temington Steele as a little kid (I thought my dad looked like him ????????) and for a brief while they showed episodes daily in the early 2000s. I had a pet rabbit that knew the intro music and every time he heard it he would zoom into the tv room and plop down in front of tv to watch with me. Cutest thing ever. Named my next bunny Remington Steele lol. #bringbackrs