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Open Thread: I, Too, Was Fooled—Fooled!—By The False Spring 

Every Friday, we turn The Pickup over to the readers.

March 21, 2025

Admittedly, It’s A Rough Time To Get Obsessed With An Egg Dish 

Reader, I can’t stop eating the Two-Egg Soft Scramble at Maple Ridge Grocer

Open Thread: I’m Begging Someone To Talk To Me About Severance 

Every Friday, we turn The Pickup over to the readers.

March 14, 2025

My Brush With Immortality Involved A Small Mouse And A Lot of Borax

Boxing squirrels, piles of guts and more about taxidermy than you ever stopped to consider

March 12, 2025

I’m Watching Tulsan Britney Haynes Stage a Real-Time Takeover on “The Traitors”

There’s a new traitor in the turret, and I’m glued to the screen.

March 5, 2025

Barry Friedman Has Left The Building

Having a Barry with Barry in the Barry Booth at Mondo’s

February 26, 2025

Open Thread: Was There a Snowstorm or Something? 

Every Friday, we turn The Pickup over to the readers.

February 21, 2025

In Which I Review the Snowstorm Out My Window

It surprised me by actually becoming a snowstorm.

February 18, 2025

It’s the Valentine’s Day Open Thread! 

Let’s hear about love today.

February 14, 2025