And the devil took him to the mountaintop, where all the kingdoms of the world could be seen, and said, "All of these things I will give you if you shut the fuck up about Star Wars for five goddamn minutes."
But he was not listening. He was thinking about Star Wars.
I occasionally pop back here to catch up on conversations I'm linked to in other contexts and then I have to leave because I can't talk to random commenters' parents about what a bad job they've done.
Hey @Snapchat, you know when I hit the button marked "Dismiss" on a notification about a friend's Snapchat story, it's okay to let it *stay* dismissed, right? You don't have to keep reminding me the thing is there when you asked the first time and I pushed the Nah button.
It'll be my 10 year anniversary of moving to Seattle tomorrow. I've got the day off. Reckon I'll take myself out to lunch, enjoy some sights, finish with drinks with friends.
It's been quite the decade. I'm grateful for this place, and the friends and community I've found here.
#GloriousFriday, comrades. Open up the good stuff. Tomorrow isn't promised, but we can make promises towards it. And to be the versions of ourselves that keep them, we must needs remind ourselves of our worthiness and quality.
So, open up the good stuff. That's not a request.
#BraveMonday, comrades. You're already worth and worthy of the care, of the effort, of the dream. Still, limber up, eat up, kit up.
*hands you your helmet and smacks you on the ass*
There's always work before us to prove equal to. Let's be about it.
As we sharpen and aim our words tonight and over the next foreseeable period:
Always be sure of your target and what's behind it.
As best as you possibly can, avoid committing friendly fire.
As best as you possibly can, avoid catching friendly fire.
*repeats alarmist suggestion about western states spinning up their state guards from cadre strength and deploying their National Guard units on training assignments to keep them from nationalization activations*
"We're withholding our endorsement because our owner is frightened of government retaliation if Donald Trump wins" is a more forceful and eloquent statement than any newspaper editorial ever written.