winston

the only bumper sticker i've ever put on a vehicle says "John Prine is pretty good." a true king

family movie night tonight is The Lost City, because sandra bullock and channing tatum are so hot (and it's so funny)

Phoebe Bridgers - That Funny Feeling (Live @ Greek Theatre) YouTube video by Cabrit

can't hear the name steve aoki without this song getting stuck in my head www.youtube.com/watch?v=jHij...

when i get the @blackhartstp.com Saint Paul Liberation Front shirt to wear under my cool dad corduroy Saint Paul jacket, that's gonna be it for me, right? nowhere to go but down from there

don't ask me if you should get divorced if you don't want honest answers lol (same goes for whether you should have kids or not)

today my oldest kid sent me a youtube video a friend sent her, that she thought was funny

it's starting

i'm so excited

Can we general strike the time change

random memory of the time a coworker and i did a karaoke duet of I'm Just Ken from the Barbie movie at the company offsite and fucking killed it. we were hailed as gods. or at least given some nice compliments i guess.

twitter?

good for Pastor Glen, he deserves this big break. the real passion play was the media he made along the way I guess (y'all need to watch Letterkenny and Shoresy if you haven't)

the new season of Shrinking apparently has a scene with Jason Segal covering REM's Nightswimning, excited to know in advance something that will make me sob (i adore that song)

yayyyyyyy! it's so delightful!

his latest, Javelin, is gloriously sad

sufjan has an immense library of beautiful songs and i have emotional connections to so many of them but the one that seems to remain eternally relevant is "I Want to Be Well" with the profound lyrics

"I'm not fucking around (well, I want to be well, I want to be)"

and like, yeah, that

Notes From the Twin Cities I'm struggling to capture what it feels like in Minnesota, but here is a small attempt.

i believe i ended up typing out something instead of hand writing it, it became this post. but god "Wha" feels accurate.

www.winstonhearn.com/wrote/2026/n...

mostly blank dot grid notebook, with a handwritten date of 1-10-26, a title "Notes from an Occupation" and the sole body text of "Wha"

i am stubbornly trying to develop a writing practice amongst all of the bullshit life is throwing at me, and to help focus and think i do longhand drafting. in early january i sat down to write and managed this lol.

i think an under appreciated ways of showing up for your friends is holding grudges for them even when they have chosen to move on (because your grudge validates their experiences, while not requiring them to be stuck)

this might just be me being a capricorn, but i stand by it

love to live in a country that denies gender affirming care while it pursues gender affirming war

i really fucking love being a dad. had a nice afternoon of connection with one of my kids and it just brings me so much joy to get to know them as they explore & evolve. having a bit of a cry about how wonderful it is lmao

anyways random nostalgia moment. that bar was a critical part of me putting myself back together after a really fucking awful period.

TMoms was great because it had happy hour every day from 5-7 and then a BONUS happy hour 10-11 (or was it 9-10?) and at least once a week i would just keep reading at the bar from one to the other. the bartenders all knew me and often would comp me beers (i tipped very well).

when i was recovering from a terrible divorce and still in my alcoholic era i was a regular at Tattooed Mom's, a dive bar on South St in Philly. I do not miss that era at all; I much prefer my current era as a non-alcoholic active dad to my kids. But I do miss having a regular spot.

in a functional country when the president claims powers that don't belong to him he gets impeached, but i guess that ship sailed last january huh

two months at a cabin in the woods with a bunch of books and good writing utensils and premade meals and no real work and also no mosquitoes while i'm dreaming would fix me

Oh my god some beautiful souls covered the rest of the need last night. I don't even know the family directly but now they are caught up on rent and can focus on the next challenge. ❤️‍🔥❤️‍🔥❤️‍🔥

keep thinking of running for political office mostly because i want to use all my tech knowledge for regulation not surveillance expansion

but also i don't really like our institutions

also i like swearing

I just heard from the organizer, including direct donations we are at $2k of $3900 needed to catch them up on 3 months of rent (the GFM did not include March)! I would truly love to go to bed knowing they are staying housed. Can you help?

If you live outside the Twin Cities, can you pass this along and ask your networks to chip in $10 or $20 or more? The only way our neighbors can rebuild is if they have stability, and they can't have that if they are evicted.

Donate to Join Me in Supporting This Sweet Family :), organized by iseli centeno hello friends :) there is a sweet minneapolis family i know who is behind on … iseli centeno needs your support for Join Me in Supporting This Sweet Family :)

Between the GoFundMe and private donations, we've covered about one month of this family's 3 month need. Can you help a family that's trying to avoid eviction after the federal government forced them into hiding? <3 www.gofundme.com/f/join-me-in...

Donate to Join Me in Supporting This Sweet Family :), organized by iseli centeno hello friends :) there is a sweet minneapolis family i know who is behind on … iseli centeno needs your support for Join Me in Supporting This Sweet Family :)

Help me pay a family's rent! The organizer running this gofundme is someone I trust, and they are directly connected with a family that's 3 months behind on rent. Stated goal is $2600, but $3900 is needed. I'm in for $100, quote and share please! www.gofundme.com/f/join-me-in...