Theoden asked great questions… very much enjoyed doing this

Unfortunately, I cannot execute my 3-part surefire plan for joy and enlightenment ™️ this evening.

I encourage others to do so, and then lord it over me later:

1) Tommy Tomlinson @ Malaprop's
2) Quick dinner at Vivian
3) @greyeaglemusic to hear Chris Smither

#wnc #avl

(rodeo clown stubs out cigarette, sighs)
“Just when I thought I was out … the damn zebras pulled me back in.”

'We domesticated dogs, and they domesticated us,' Tommy Tomlinson writes. wapo.st/4aLZFZX

UGA has a terrible basketball history but they could run out an all-time starting five of Ant, Dominique, KCP, Vern Fleming and Nic Claxton. No titles but a League Pass must-watch.

'From the gray wolf by the ancient fire to a coifed Pomeranian prancing around the show ring, dogs have been with us nearly as long as we have been human,' Tommy Tomlinson writes. wapo.st/4aIzhQQ

Thank you, Boswellians!

Just a master class in reporting and storytelling by Michael Kruse on Trump’s terrifyingly competent chief adviser, who grew up learning to cope with a problematic authority figure.

politico.com/news/magazine/…

“By any measure, I loved my mom more than our dog. If I could bring one back, I’d pick her 100 times out of 100. So why, in the moment of their passing, did I cry for him but not for her?” Tommy Tomlinson writes: theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/…

Every damn game Jokic does something no one has ever seen before

Panthers need a corner. TJ Tampa, ranked #46 overall by ESPN, is available tomorrow when the Panthers pick at #101. You don't always have to trade the pick.

Well, this is very kind.

The shoes and I had a falling out back in '76. We haven't spoken since. I don't like to talk about it

Once again, thank you for the material David Tepper!

In some bars, you take a man's hat off and you exit the bar horizontally

Morning, everyone ... here's a little essay I did for TIME on spending time among the purebreds ... and how it made me appreciate mutts.

time.com/6970961/westmi…

Honored to see this lovely and thoughtful review of DOGLAND by Melissa Holbrook Pierson in the The Washington Post.

washingtonpost.com/books/2024/04/…

I hope the Panthers let him do a weekly 2-hour podcast where he talks about whatever he wants