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Thomas Elrod @thomas-elrod.com · 14h

Next Friday I’ll be at NYCC for the day. Mostly just hanging out and wandering around, as I’ve never been before. Any other authors around and want to meet up, or if anyone wants to do any interviews or anything, let me know! 🪐📚💙 #nycc

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We should ban the death penalty, of course, but at the very least lethal injection ought be to unconstitutional under the 8th amendment.

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Me when I can’t even experience the joy of victory because I am already contemplating the fact we have to win again tomorrow

Luthen: “I'VE GIVEN UP ALL CHANCE AT INNER PEACE.”

Tied up heading into the 9th but not feeling great about it

Mon Mothma: “I stand this morning with a difficult message. I believe we are in crisis.”

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Me when back-to-back homers tie it up

Kino Loy: “There’s only then and now. There’s only one way out.”

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Me when Sanchez is still pitching with 115 pitches thrown and the bases loaded and Harper dropping balls

Stormtrooper to Andor: “You look like you’ve been sweating.”

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What's your personal "Choosin' Texas", the thing you think everyone knows about but actually many people don't? For me I think it's the fact that Flyers mascot Gritty punched a kid and got away with it. There was a whole investigation by the Philly PD and everything. This is core Philadelphia lore

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Jerry’s most despicable moment might be right after the kidnapping when his father-in-law’s partner asks him how Scottie is holding up, and Jerry seems to suddenly remember that he even has a son who might be affected by all of this. Macy’s delivery of “Yeah…Geez…Scottie” is enraging and so sad

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I told the captain to set sail without me. I still have business on shore

Scoping out some whaling vessels in need of crew and about to disembark for a long journey

Which is more embarrassing: to be the Phils and possibly make the playoffs only because of a DBacks loss, or to be the AL West division champ with a losing record?

I finally looked up the song and it’s fine, whatever, but I am tired of our cultural discourse insisting that the consumption of very popular things is the same as having taste. This is not a new problem but I think something about social media is making it worse

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Thomas Elrod @thomas-elrod.com · 26/09/2026

Phillies, you can’t save your starters for the postseason if there’s no postseason

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If the Phillies blow it I may just take to the sea

Thomas Elrod @thomas-elrod.com · 25/09/2026

The real question is: what *is* the food or drink item a person could bring into an interview that would immediately cause you to go, “Nope”? I think if you walked in with a pan of hot lasagna, that’s probably a dealbreaker for me.

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I don’t know what Meghan Ellison is up to these days but I hope she enjoyed spending what part of her father’s fortune she could before he put a stop to it. (Also none of this is a defense of the Ellisons. They don’t deserve credit for the good art that accidentally got made with their money.)

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Paul Thomas Anderson’s THE MASTER, about a bad man who builds a cult of personality around himself by conning insecure people into thinking he’s a genius, exists because of this family’s money. Just one of those weird things I think about sometimes.

Yeah I’m already like “This is the best movie of the year, maybe decade” and I’ve only seen the trailers. Gotta calm down before I overdo it

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Glad you’re enjoying it!

This is my AVENGERS: DOOMSDAY

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Thomas Elrod @thomas-elrod.com · 22/09/2026

A headline perfectly crafted to give me a stroke

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The worst part is that when they feed me some impossible-to-get exciting job, I do stop and think every time, “You know what? I *could* be the Sixers beat writer for the Philadelphia Inquirer!” before later coming to my senses.

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Jump scare down thread with the sudden appearance of Matt Gaetz

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Release the Andor Season 2 4K, Disney.

True for music, too, of course

Thomas Elrod @thomas-elrod.com · 19/09/2026

I realize this is one my most stereotypical elder millennial opinions, but that doesn’t mean it’s not true

Drake reaction gif

Panel one with Drake turning his head away: “Streaming movies and TV shows online”

Panel two with Drake looking happy: “Buying physical media and not worrying on having to watch commercials”

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And when he did work with Spielberg twice he seemed to have completely alienated that working relationship.

Thomas Elrod @thomas-elrod.com · 18/09/2026

Narnia is far from my favorite fantasy series but I think we, as a culture, have done reputational damage to it by flattening it to *just* a Christianity allegory. This dude’s attitude shows why. It’s better than that and deserves better. Looking forward to Gerwig’s take

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Thomas Elrod @thomas-elrod.com · 18/09/2026

Pablo, when you guys invented Grogu how many souls were you hoping to turn away from the Creator? Did you achieve your expected targets?

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Thomas Elrod @thomas-elrod.com · 17/09/2026

Love my graduate alma mater’s football team, which always brings joy and dignity to the university’s community.

Thomas Elrod @thomas-elrod.com · 15/09/2026

In a real way Harry Potter is the text with the most destructive legacy over the last 50 years.

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Thomas Elrod @thomas-elrod.com · 13/09/2026

Talked to a guy who refused to register a Philly SEPTA card for using the train because “they” could track him. He has a smart phone of course. Many such cases

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Barnes & Noble’s online bookstore for books, NOOK ebooks & magazines. Shop music, movies, toys & games, too. Receive free shipping with your Barnes & Noble Membership.

B&N is running their preorder sale through tomorrow. 25% off if you’re a member. You can preorder the paperback of THE FRANCHISE (out in April) or my next book, WE USED TO BE HEROES (out in May). No cover or description online yet, but it’s a portal fantasy about about middle-aged millennials! 🪐📚💙

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We Used to Be Heroes

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The premise is pretty much set, and has been for fifty years. You can do anything with the “putting on a variety show” setup, why is this so difficult for executives to understand

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Barnes & Noble’s online bookstore for books, NOOK ebooks & magazines. Shop music, movies, toys & games, too. Receive free shipping with your Barnes & Noble Membership.

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We Used to Be Heroes

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Also was a confirmation that the zoomers are actually going to be OK. There are right-wingers as in every generation but they are not somehow uniquely conservative as many were saying post-2026 election

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Christopher Buehlman celebrates THE THRICE-BOUND FOOL on October 12 at 6pm

This is cool: I’m going to be talking to Christopher Buehlman on Oct 12 at the Barnes & Noble in Philadelphia about his new book, THE THRICE-BOUND FOOL. Should be a fun night!

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Join B&N Philly for a discussion and signing with Christopher Buehlman on Monday, October 12th at 6pm!

Me wondering if I should take the cookies out of the oven yet: If it be now, ‘‘tis not to come. If it be not to come, it will be now. If it be not now, yet it will come. The readiness is all.

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Another Pro: Sesame Street Another Con: Sesame Street after they fired Gordon, Bob, and Maria

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Con: cable news, reality television, Paw Patrol, hours upon hours of copaganda shows (including Paw Patrol), streaming starting a chain reaction that destroys the entire entertainment industry, Young Sheldon

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Pro TV arguments: sports, Star Trek, The Twilight Zone, Deadwood, Buffy, many sitcoms from before the streaming era, “The Pine Barrens,” “The Suitcase,” the moon landing

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