Mitch's Blog

My employer is rolling out a new HR system and they are asking us to provide selfies for the company directory. I couldn’t find a recent selfie that I like and I did not want to spend a lot of time looking so I just used this. I am entirely satisfied.

2026-10-30

I am tempted by the new iPad mini, but I cannot justify the expense after all the money we’ve dropped for vet bills recently. So it’s appropriate that the dog is named Minnie.

2026-10-30

What John Goodman Knows About Fear (The New Yorker /Michael Schulman)

Goodman “discusses Tom Cruise, the Coen brothers, and his lifelong quest to feel at ease in his own skin.”

You were a Boy Scout? Did you pick up any kind of skills?

Smoking. How to hide it. Where to bury the cigarette butt. A pretty good slew of dirty jokes. Misconceived sexual information. And basic canoeing.

Also:

I was fifty-five years old when I got sober. I was really immature, and I just sustained that immaturity. I wanted to live in “Animal House” the whole time.

2026-10-30

“It’s a not-so-wonderful life for George Bailey when a horde of flesh-eating ghouls come to town on Christmas Eve.” I love this.
“It’s a Wonderful Night of the Living Dead.” youtu.be/AGsB9eJUr…

2026-10-30

2026-10-31