Rare day without the baby at home so I caught up on horror. Just watched Obsession, Weapons and Backrooms all in a row. Still pinning down exactly what I mean by this, but my overwhelming initial emotional takeaway from the experience is: "man, Mouthwashing was so good. Everyone play Mouthwashing!"

I keep seeing the Rashomon joke singled out as the Simpsons' most concise/subtle, and may I suggest a contender?

In case anyone missed the Caprica 250 event last night, they archived the fireworks display.

It's like they know how sad the ending actually is for Main Kiddo.

The goddamn tragedy of this kid they specifically showed using his science and engineering smarts to great effect all movie instead devoting his life to WATCHING HIS FRIEND play a game and excitedly describe it. What a time. What a movie. What a lot of sand it truly was.

fuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu Also one kid's ending is "he got really into the 60's and no one saw him again." Fuck does that even MEAN???? AHAAHAHAHHHHHHHHH

Exclusively how I initiate sex from now on:

"So...my ONE great accomplishment in life will be recovering this baseball at age 12 from a neighbor's yard? Can I...reroll or something?"

They say this frame inspired Shawn Stussy to draw "the cool S" in a never-ending chain that ultimately drove him to madness.

Trying to rewatch all the Mission Impossible movies on my second monitor while I work.

Given the rest of his career it's disturbingly easy for me to imagine hard cutting right from this to stepdad Denis Leary smacking the crap out of the main kid.

Happy 4th of July 2026 in America, friends. There's a smashed apple pie just out of frame.

Oh snap he's mentioned this huge pickle four times, it's finally time for the mystery pickle jar to open.

haha now it's also trying to be a Stand By Me, which I've been waiting for. Gotta have a vomit legend scene that totally shows it even though no one wants that yet here I go weeeee!

"ummmm, wow. actually we're all transitioning together? That's what the hats are about? Man, you guys are as bad as Wendy said. Fix your hearts or die, Sandlot kids."

I'm gonna have to rewatch Lucas after this to cleanse my palette.

"ah, so you're with Wendy then? There goes that dream"

Oh hey, I'm watching a 4th of July fireworks seq while a real one happens out my window! Stimulus!

Ok at this point I knew it was coming but still the final shot showing "she secretly liked it" makes me wanna go back in time and slap these writers around. prev line - "He had kissed a woman, and he had kissed her long and good." WHAT like WHAT

WHAT. IS. HAPPENING. This is the ADULT narrator reflecting on it later! Holy shit.

Straight-up premeditated sex assault in public in a kids' movie. Really takes me back. Slap bracelets, gak and rape culture man. The 90's was xtreme in myriad ways.

Genuinely tense and worried for Wendy Peffercorn. If these boys take her into the sewers to fight a clown I'm bailing.

holy cow what an upsetting sequence through modern eyes! lmao, some real Revenge of the Nerds shit. Squidman would be proud (ACAB includes Squidman Palledorous)

Wait. Are they seriously just gonna move on like this is a name you're allowed to have?

“Come over. We’re gonna go sumpin’ in my basement and drink it. The Lagunitas way baby!”

Wow, ripe sequence re: logging on potential.

This feels like a good time to promote my alt/concept account @logonlog.bsky.social, where I just post the words "logging on" alongside moments like this one. It's great fun.

This Mom is bullying her kid for being smaret pretty hard. Jeez Mom. Lay off, Mom.

It's like Field of Dreams for kids! "If you build it they will come, if you don't build it some kids will play pickup in the lot that's there. Pretty much baseball everywhere and you have no choice - America."

now watching - The Sandlot for - Frame Rate guest - Sarah Griffith