This was objectively the funniest way for me to learn that the Pope had died. (I turned off all of my news alerts at some point during the last election.)
FWIW my daughter, who will be 3 in June, is amazed when anything she wears has pockets, or when she notices the pockets on my pants. Honestly she’s just jazzed on pockets as a thing despite really only carrying small stones
Happy to report that good dieticians/nutritionists agree that of course salsa counts as a vegetable, that's what it's made of! (Racists sometimes disagree.)
"Last week, a little girl (about four years old) in our neighborhood wanted to say hi to Maggie the pug, and afterwards she was extremely thrilled to show us that her dress had pockets. I hadn’t realized how early that starts!!!"
and this:
"The Pope died over the weekend or today depending on what time zone you’re in, and I will not be making jokes about that because while I don’t believe in hell, I also don’t enjoy people telling me I’ll go there online for a week straight. Plus, it would hurt my feelings if Catholics said mean things when Mel Brooks (the closest thing my people have to a Pope) died."
Years ago I was in Austin for a literary festival. I walked down the street from my hotel and in every store--or so it seemed--was a "Fuck Y"all I'm From Texas" T-shirt in the front window. I wanted to get one that said,
A. Though I am not Roman Catholic, I do know that Papal infallibility is not a simple, straightforward thing. There's a lot of "if, ands, & buts." It has only been used seven times in 2000, and one of them was about the Cubs.
2 "Have all the nation's 24-year-olds descended Von a five-block strip to get blackout drunk?" What's with the "Von?" Is that supposed to be a Hindenburg/German thing, or a Jewish thing?
This was objectively the funniest way for me to learn that the Pope had died. (I turned off all of my news alerts at some point during the last election.)
WOW hahaha.
When my kid was 2 and riding in a backpack, they were suddenly discovered to be eating a carrot.
"Baby, where'd you get that carrot from? "
"PAH-kets!!"
Stashed there from the last snack time I guess??
FWIW my daughter, who will be 3 in June, is amazed when anything she wears has pockets, or when she notices the pockets on my pants. Honestly she’s just jazzed on pockets as a thing despite really only carrying small stones
Love this!
Happy to report that good dieticians/nutritionists agree that of course salsa counts as a vegetable, that's what it's made of! (Racists sometimes disagree.)
So much fun hanging at Moontower, man. And thanks a million for coming to my show. Always great seeing you!
So great to see you! I hope we get to work together again soon!
dear josh,
great piece as always!
some notable parts that i loved include this:
"Last week, a little girl (about four years old) in our neighborhood wanted to say hi to Maggie the pug, and afterwards she was extremely thrilled to show us that her dress had pockets. I hadn’t realized how early that starts!!!"
and this:
"The Pope died over the weekend or today depending on what time zone you’re in, and I will not be making jokes about that because while I don’t believe in hell, I also don’t enjoy people telling me I’ll go there online for a week straight. Plus, it would hurt my feelings if Catholics said mean things when Mel Brooks (the closest thing my people have to a Pope) died."
oh, and this:
"Some of the greats and also me, in Boston!"
YOU ARE GREAT!
love
myq
Thank you, Myq! YOU are great!
I'm on a mission for Pkew Pkew Pkew to become the official band played whenever there is some Pope-related news. When we have a new (fresh) Pope, please keep this banger in mind for the newsletter: https://open.spotify.com/track/39iAdLPnh2ZhLJaZpLakFM?si=48a6722689054708
Oh, we here at That's Marvelous Enterprises have been aware of Pkew x3!!! https://joshgondelman.substack.com/p/30-several-television-shows-and-you
Years ago I was in Austin for a literary festival. I walked down the street from my hotel and in every store--or so it seemed--was a "Fuck Y"all I'm From Texas" T-shirt in the front window. I wanted to get one that said,
"Y'all Are Fucked If You're from Texas"
you are lithium and rainbows in human form
Two things:
A. Though I am not Roman Catholic, I do know that Papal infallibility is not a simple, straightforward thing. There's a lot of "if, ands, & buts." It has only been used seven times in 2000, and one of them was about the Cubs.
2 "Have all the nation's 24-year-olds descended Von a five-block strip to get blackout drunk?" What's with the "Von?" Is that supposed to be a Hindenburg/German thing, or a Jewish thing?
I'm new here, so please advise.