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[Seth Says] New Essential Thanksgiving Songs!
November 28, 2024
(By which I mean, they contain the essence of Thanksgiving. Think essential oils, rather than medical essentials, which is to say you don't need them and...
[Seth Says] I Also Hate It
November 15, 2024
So yeah, here we are, this is the world and this is the country. Not great, Bob. But also, I'm sure you, like me, have already read/watched/eaten far too...
[Seth Says] Who Gives A Damocles?
November 2, 2024
Q: Why don't theatre companies ever stage the story of Damocles? A: Too much overhead. I was originally going to title this week's newsletter "MF...
[Seth Says] Do the Needful
October 18, 2024
It's the hot new dance trend that's sweeping the nation! Do the Needful! Well, okay, it's not sweeping the nation. (For that matter, it's not even a hot new...
[Seth Says] Settling For Happiness
October 4, 2024
I know, weird concept, right? Isn't happiness one of those unattainable sky-high goals? Don't you need things to be going much better in order to be happy?...
[Seth Says] Snoop Loggy Log
September 20, 2024
Greetings Friends, Readers, Countrymen, I come not to bury Snoop Dogg, but to praise him. (He's not dead, sorry, just realized that could worry people)(Well,...
[Seth Says] In Which Seth Gives A Speech
September 6, 2024
Hello Friends (and Very Committed Enemies), Thanks for tuning in to another episode of Blatherton Court, the place where we court blather. (The judge's...
[Seth Says] Part of This Complete Breakfast!
August 23, 2024
The other day I was chatting with a friend about following through on inspirations. Inspiration is as natural and important as breathing, which is probably...
[Seth Says]Bad Link
August 10, 2024
What, he’s not even gonna rescue Zelda or fight Ganon? Apparently the link to my column in today’s email was incorrect — here’s the correct link to The...
[Seth Says] Olympic Fever!
August 10, 2024
Or, as it's commonly known, "Covid". ("Jesus, Seth, can't we get a single sentence into your newsletter without something depressing? Don't you like humor?"...
[Seth Says] Comedy= Tragedy+Time
July 27, 2024
I'm a math head. Still better than using Sethamphetamines, but I do tend to overdo it on math sometimes. What can I say, I derive pleasure from applying...
[Seth Says] Courting Disaster
July 12, 2024
It's really the only appropriate way to treat disaster. What, you just want to show up, wham, bam, thank you apocalypse? No, where's the respect? Where's the...
[Seth Says] I won the National Press Club Humor Award!
June 30, 2024
No burying the lead here -- we wouldn't want it to get into the groundwater! Yes, I am delighted to say that I have won the National Press Club's 2024 Humor...
[Seth Says] NOW That's What I Call Madness!
June 14, 2024
If you remember the 80s, which were a mere 20 years ago, 20 years ago, you may remember an avalanche of TV commercials for music collections. Before everyone...
[Seth Says] Bonus Content!
May 31, 2024
I mean, arguably, the whole newsletter is bonus content. (Or malus content, depending how much you enjoy it.) But my column this week comes with some bonus...
[Seth Says] A Delicious Bowl Of Wrong Flakes
May 16, 2024
Because breakfast is too early in the morning for eating humble pie. Yes, I make various pronouncements in my newsletter to the best of my knowledge, but I'm...
[Seth Says] The Most Dangerous Game
May 2, 2024
As protests rage across college campuses, some administrations are threatening to expel the student leaders of the protests, while in other locations police...
[Seth Says] National Poetry Month!
April 19, 2024
There's something that I may have threatened to do,and will actually do it this time.And that's for this newsletter, all the way through,I'm writing the damn...
[Seth Says] Clippy's Revenge
April 13, 2024
Tonight we feasted on various kinds of frozen (well, unfrozen and then steamed) shumai, and it occurs to me that dumpling should be a gerund. Dimpling sort...
[Seth Says] Ready, Set, Godot!
March 22, 2024
Wait for it... Although if you're waiting for actionable advice, go do something. INDEPENDENT THOUGHT Confession time: Thought Leadership is a style of...
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