John Norwood

“Be excellent to each other.” - Bill S. Preston Esquire and “Ted” Theodore Logon

[John Norwood @OG_Houston78]

I’m sure the rest of you have already figured this out but Yellowjackets is really about the lasting effects of trauma. Specifically, 90s style Gen X trauma. It’s about why we are the way we are.

[John Norwood @OG_Houston78]

Given the current circumstances in Minnesota, every other president in my lifetime would be trying to lower the temperature and de-escalate the tension. This president has never seen a fire he didn’t throw gasoline.

[John Norwood @OG_Houston78]

@McMattRadio The 1987 movie was actually pretty good. I watched it a few years ago with the boys. Funny, solid action sequences.

[John Norwood @OG_Houston78]

If it’s not from the queso region of Houston it’s called “cheese dip”

[John Norwood @OG_Houston78]

@Bezner @WhitStillman @PeachBasketPoet I will need your confirmation of this assessment.

[John Norwood @OG_Houston78]

@LauraRbnsn @ZachWLambert A friend of mine is writing a book on this. The God that the new atheists don’t believe in is very specifically the evangelical God.

[John Norwood @OG_Houston78]

@BarackObama Trump is now “ham-hands”. Make it happen internet.

[John Norwood @OG_Houston78]

To cook, or be cooked? That is the question.

[John Norwood @OG_Houston78]

Bronson Pinchot sighting! This is an all hands on deck situation. The great comedic actor Bronson Pinchot appears in as a pastry chef (a bit part) in the first episode of the Netflix series, The Residence.

[John Norwood @OG_Houston78]

@RichardERoeper But was it good?

[John Norwood @OG_Houston78]

@Bezner Aristotle is great but some of what he wrote about magnificence and magnanimity regarding virtue is downright anti-Christ. Even if it is very much in line with how our values are currently trending.

[John Norwood @OG_Houston78]

Banana Republic

[Edward-Isaac Dovere @IsaacDovere]

Thursday: Trump officials fire hundreds at the National Nuclear Security Administration

Friday: moved to hire them back

“Sources told CNN the officials did not seem to know this agency oversees America’s nuclear weapons.”

https://t.co/p2oYedTo8J

[John Norwood @OG_Houston78]

I know “We Built This City” has a “worst song of all time” reputation but I’ve always disagreed. It rocks. The joy in that song will not be denied.

Also, if you’re not watching Paradise, what are you even doing?

[John Norwood @OG_Houston78]

When I was in 8th grade at a private Christian school I learned that, in addition to the earth being 6000 years old, it was once surrounded by a canopy of water that allowed people to live to up to 900 years old. That was in science class. Anyway, school vouchers are a bad idea.

[John Norwood @OG_Houston78]

I love this team.

[Danielle Lerner @danielle_lerner]

Talking to Reed Sheppard after shoot and asked him about Amen Thompson, who was within earshot.

“Amen’s OK. Amen can’t really shoot but he wears pink shoes so he thinks he looks cool,” Reed said.

“They’re fuschia!” Amen retorted and then jokingly threw a ball at Reed.

[John Norwood @OG_Houston78]

The thing I just can’t get over is that in 2016 and 2024 there were good honorable men and women running in the Republican primary. But so many people in this country didn’t want good or honorable. They wanted the bigot.

[John Norwood @OG_Houston78]

I’ve always imagined film versions of C.S. Lewis’ Space Trilogy wherein Ralph Fiennes plays Ransom and Gary Oldman plays Weston. As these actors age this idea just gets better.

[John Norwood @OG_Houston78]

If you want to understand the mind of a terrorist, read John Updike’s novel: “The Terrorist.” You’ll see that immigration has almost nothing to do with it and that religion is, at best, a secondary concern.

[Tim Miller @Timodc]

The suspect is a US Army vet born in America carrying an ISIS flag.

In general the president (elect) should probably wait until they know what happened before deciding which group to demagogue.

[John Norwood @OG_Houston78]

@artflunky https://t.co/jHwnIYQW6H

[John Norwood @OG_Houston78]

In an actual public square, people measure what they are about to say against what the public response will be. They consider how their words will be received by the people in front of them and what the social consequences for speaking those words might be…

[John Norwood @OG_Houston78]

I have no expectations that it will be a true public square. But maybe it will be a tool for connecting me to things I’m interested in.

[John Norwood @OG_Houston78]

No online platform can be a true public square. The anonymity available to each participant prevents that. Twitter once maintained some semblance of a public square. “X” has devolved into a glorified Reddit comments section. Blue sky… is fun so far…