Redemptive Tweeting

Just when I thought that Twitter was utterly and permanently compromised, something came along and just made me smile.

The simplicity.

The brevity.

The on-brand messaging.

The truth.

Perhaps a subtle statement about its very social media platform vehicle.

But mainly, the middle finger to all you bright, shiny, smiley do-gooders out there during this holiday season.

Trash

— Oscar the Grouch (@OscarTheGrouch) December 13, 2022

Love it. Carry on.

Sunday Sesame Street Silliness

Basically, this is your NFL Sunday Open Thread. I've just thrown in this mildly entertaining Sesame Street graphic to fill space. Oh yeah, POST COUNT.

[Via the internetz]

This Week in G:TB Sesame Street Eulogies

A post count post about a Count? Dave, is that meta?

Anyhoo, sad news down on Sesame Street this morning, as the voice of a legendary character (and thus, in my mind, the actual character) has passed away.

Jerry Nelson, the puppeteer who taught innumerable children to count over the years as the voice of one of Sesame Street’s most popular characters, died Thursday in his Cape Cod home. He was 78.

Not only was Nelson the voice of the numbers-obsessed Count von Count, but he was the man behind Camilla the Chicken and Lew Zealand, two minor but terrific Muppets. The Count, er, Nelson's funeral is expected to be a star-studded affair, with Count Chocula, Vampira, the sparkly kid from Twilight, and Nosferatu just some of the luminaries expected in attendance.

Before we go...here's the Count, the Mets and I'm Keith Hernandez: