Brian Spears
@briankspears
Senior Poetry Editor at The Rumpus (Ret.), author of A Witness in Exile (Louisiana Literature Press, 2011) and Another Poem to Love I also crochet stuff.
Years ago now one of my kids changed my Netflix name to Daddy and if you’re wondering why I never changed it back it’s because occasionally I get emails like this that fill me with delight.
One of my kids adopted the last one and named it Gary. The other kid wanted one with different colors. No name yet.
With all these guys on the case we’ll figure out who did it in no time.
Thinking about getting one of these for my work laptop and seeing how long it takes my students to comment on it.
Saw this in the grocery store and yeah, I find it believable that Trump might cause cancer.
They should do a deal with the Sugar Land minor league team and become the Space Cowboys, thus closing the loop. I mean, look at that logo.
Isabella Pawsolini helps me celebrate Father’s Day by keeping me from getting up and doing dishes.
They’re definitely two things I need access to when I’m in an airport
I am not saying this whiskey is what I am going to miss most about Japan when I come home to the US tomorrow, but I am going to say that it’s under 1,000 yen for a 700 ml bottle and drinkable and you should check the exchange rate to get where I’m coming from on this.
I really regret not buying these because there’s just something enticing about getting hammered out of a My Melody shot glass.
There’s so many dumb problems with this AI-generated image posted by the Dept of Education that it’s impossible to list them all, but the thing it absolutely nailed was the mediocre dude confidently in charge.
Hiding files in cakes is a time-honored practice in the world of subverting law enforcement
I was so busy following the blue dot on the map on my phone that I walked directly under the thing I was looking for and didn’t find it until I was up two floors on an escalator and looked down. It’s Louise Bourgeois’s Maman Spider at Moro Tower in Tokyo
I flew into Japan today. I’ll be here for a month doing a study abroad course and then some sightseeing with my family. But the books I brought with me to read are very much focused on the US. I’ll let y’all know how it goes.