Chris Jay

I write a blog, Stuffed & Busted, about North Louisiana food history. My latest post is about Shirley Faludi, whose cookbook I'D RATHER COOK is easily the weirdest #Shreveport cookbook ever published. This story gets really silly. 🍆 stuffedandbusted.com/prepared-with-…

Maya Angelou on the joys of being edited

Opened in 1975, Lemuria Books has become a go-to for the Jackson reader. "I wanted to create a store as it was a home." More Jackson coverage: ow.ly/GtA850YK2PZ

A top FEMA official is doubling down on his claims that he teleported to a Waffle House. @KFILE reports.

New York Times with an important update here:

The ‘bel’ in ‘decibel’ is for Alexander Graham Bell. Since the ‘B’ in 'dB' is a name-derived unit, it is capitalized when abbreviated.

@DAVID_LYNCH You can only post 250 items for sale each month, I think.

HOLD YOUR HORSES!!!!! eBay just notified the Estate that we've exceeded what we are allowed to post, and although not sure why, we are shut down for the rest of the month. WE WILL BE BACK on March 1st, so please continue to check us out for now while the rest of the auctions continue and then we see you again with new items in March!! ebay.com/usr/studiodavi…

Da snow is falling and da cookies are calling.

Attended a holiday party last night that turned out to be a genuine rager. Was awakened by our toddler demanding that we carve a pumpkin at 7 a.m. It’s going to be a long day, isn’t it?

Stayed at an @Airbnb for the first time in a couple of years last night and oh man I’d forgotten about the signs.

My mother just called a toddler a “bitch,” Merry Christmas everyone

This has been the longest week of Elmo's life.

Grading end-of-the-semester late writing work from freshmen and one just submitted the words "Busch Light" as an example of a "piece of text that has had special meaning in his life."

Do what, now?

Quantum particles can penetrate through barriers in a behaviour called tunnelling. But curiously, large objects can also display tunnelling behaviour – a discovery that earned three scientists the Nobel Prize in Physics 2025. Don't miss the physics lectures 8 December at 9:00 CST on YouTube and at nobelprize.org.

TFW you wake up at 8:15 am on Thanksgiving morning, you’re the only one out of bed, no one is in the kitchen, and there’s a 13-pound bird in the refrigerator.

Magic always happens on the drive from Shreveport to Central Texas, this time it was a stack of $200-$500 funk LPs including Kashmere Stage Band. Goodwill in Carthage. Crazy!

I wanna point out for any friends that still use this app: Wright Thompson is also a huge part of Lucky Palace getting national attention. Gotta read “The Barn” now.

72 years ago today Felix "Gene" Moncla and Robert Wilson took off from Kinrose airfield in northern Michigan to intercept an unidentified flying object They were never seen again.

NEW: Speaker Johnson tells me he’s “deeply disappointed” the Senate approved the Epstein files bill without making changes. He said he spoke to Trump about it tonight: “We both have concerns,” Johnson said. I asked if Trump may veto it: “I’m not saying that. I don’t know.”

Speaker Johnson to swear in Adelita Grijalva at 4pET on Wednesday