A Staircase Update

It's gone.

Good Evening:

I was gratified on Friday’s show at the Greek Chorus’s resounding vote of no confidence in my ability to build a staircase at the cabin in the woods. I am unable, as of yet, to show you pictures that will prove ya’ll wrong and show that I am absolutely capable of building a staircase. I am, however, ready to show you pictures demonstrating my ability to remove a staircase.

This staircase is no more.

The next images I post will be a detailed design for the staircase to come.

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Here’s the #DogsShirtTV schedule for the next week:

A few items of note. MARA Book Club events will take place both tomorrow evening at 5:00 pm with Ari Ali on her film “Ben Between Africa” and on Jan. 11 at 6:00 pm with Stephen Marche on his book “The Next Civil War.” All such events are for paid subscribers only.

Also, there will be no show on Tuesday of this week. Consider yourselves duly warned.

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Friday on #DogShirtTV, I tried to persuade the estimable Holly Berkley Fletcher that she should charge more for her artwork. Then I recounted my travails listening to the eight hour deposition of Jack Smith:

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Today’s #BeastOfTheDay is the monkey, seen here attempting to teach appropriate leaf crushing technique to an incompetent human:

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In honor of today’s Beast, add some herbs to your dinner tonight.

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Tell Me Something Interesting

In Thursday’s post, I—EJ Wittes—posed some questions I found interesting and asked you all, beloved readers, to answer them for me. The estimable Jeff and the estimable Andrew Steele came through for me.

So, why do laser guns make a “pew-pew” sound? Jeff informed me that it’s because Star Wars sound designer Ben Burtt did this: