Okay, a few notes before we get to the links. There are so many links this week. And a video compilation of Wile E. Coyote getting wrecked by the gravity in various ways. That one’s at the bottom. Don’t scroll just yet, though. We have some housekeeping to do.
— This is not, technically, the official one-year anniversary of this blog. The one-year anniversary was two weeks ago. But we’re celebrating it today for a very important reason, which is… uh, that I forgot to do it two weeks ago. I suspect this does not come as a big surprise to anyone who has been reading this sucker for the last year. It’s been a weird one. I started doing this newsletter last fall in a fit of creativity and ambition after a scary health thing, just a fun little side project in addition to my day job. Then I lost my day job and this became my primary source of income. Which was… not ideal. But even with that kind of bummer origin story, doing this has been a blast. I wrote about putting Reacher into various television shows. I wrote about the 9-1-1 beenado trilogy. I got weird. I wrote about driving my wheelchair-accessible minivan with a joystick. It’s been one of the most rewarding experiences of my professional typing career and I’m so happy to have all of you along for the bumpy ride.
— To celebrate, I’m offering a 20 percent discount on paid subscriptions from now through the end of next Sunday. A paid subscription gets you access to my full Friday newsletter and the ability to contribute to the Reverse Mailbags and also my undying gratitude. Solid deal, really, depending on how much value you put on undying gratitude.
— There will be no Friday newsletter this week due to Thanksgiving. Yes, I do realize how stupid it is to do a big discounted subscription push the same week I’m not offering anything specifically tailored to paying subscribers. Yes, this is also how we ended up doing a one-year anniversary celebration two weeks after the one-year anniversary. The subscription gets you the blogs but I throw in the chaos for free.
Thanks again. We’ve had fun and we’ll keep having fun even if things get weird. That’s the Type Click Type guarantee.
— my Friday newsletter, which investigates the new Walton Goggins Goggle Glasses, and yes, I will post the GIF again
— god I love holiday charity drives and treblaw’s work with One Simple Wish might be my favorite
— Vince Mancini called Gladiator II a himbo movie and after seeing it I must agree with this assessment, lovingly (Vulture added some good shark journalism on this movie, too)
— Wicked reviewed by 9 and 7 year old superfans
— here is what happens when you take a 150mg weed gummie and blog about it
— Alan Sepinwall reviews A Man on the Inside, the new show from Mike Schur where Ted Danson goes undercover to investigate a jewel theft at a retirement community, which already gave me this screencap
— useful list of notable cheese crime
— the mini-fridge-sized $1 billion emerald that may or may not be cursed is heading back to Brazil (background here)
— “Lonely dolphin in Baltic Sea found to be talking to himself”
— “Police chase diaper-wearing baby kangaroo down city street”
— I read every single article about how Inside the NBA moved from TNT to ESPN
— I have also read every article about the upcoming crossover between Abbott Elementary and Always Sunny
— Elsbeth is a fun show because sometimes Wendell Pierce says stuff like this
— burglars stole the royal four-wheelers
— Pizza Hut tomato wine, imagine that
— Albert Burneko’s pierogi blog made me so hungry
— the Avengers of cheesesteaks
— Helen Rosner’s holiday gift guide always delivers
— good chat about social media here from Pablo Torre’s podcast
— incredible story about Conan O’Brien and Robin Williams
— “Pokémon Go Players Have Unwittingly Trained AI to Navigate the World”
— “NYC priest who let Sabrina Carpenter shoot music video in church stripped of duties”
— the voice of Milhouse is retiring
— there is no video of Wile E. Coyote wipeouts too long for me
Okay, that’s it for this week. Please subscribe and share and… honestly, just thanks for reading
