Kirk Israel's commonplace and blog. Quotes and links daily since 2001.
2025.12.17
I have a list of people I don't want at my funeral. If they weren't there for me during life I don't want them there at death.... my funeral will have a bouncer.
Lynette
2025.12.16
"Scrambled eggs/Oh, my baby, how I love your legs/Not as much as I love scrambled eggs/Oh, we should eat some scrambled eggs."
Alleged first draft of lyrics for "Yesterday"
2025.12.15
They looked like a wet cat, which is to say refusing to acknowledge their situation with such rigid dignity that it almost feels foolish to bring it up.
prokopetz

cool design examples
JFC... RIP Rob Reiner and Michele (and possibly killed by their son, yiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiikes)


2025.12.14
2025.12.13
Mario and Luigi lizards via
2025.12.12

My mom recently got me back my childhood copy of "Scuffy the Tugboat" and mentions "Scuffy" was a nickname my dad used for me for a while... I weirdly remember this picture of a cow from it.
Also the back cover (the left version) - man Little Golden Books were ahead of the curve for that crossover-universe event stuff!
2025.12.11
amusing to no one but me, the little pile of stuff i often move from downatairs up to bed - laptop, ipad mini reader, phone (and today two ipads... i'm using the large one to read a PDF scan book that would otherwise be hard to read on a smaller screen) - I always think "my tech stack" and get that little glint of amusement

ahahah say what you will about Times New Roman vs Cabrini, Trump labeling "The West Wing" "The Oval Office" with titles bearing the name... reminds me of how with alzheimer's patients sometimes they put big labels on things like a drawer labeled "pants" or "shirts"