I am thankful that Ricky Arnold and Joseph M. Acaba have been able to honor the Challenger crew and Christa. Three decades after Challenger, McAuliffe's lessons finally to be taught - CNN cnn.com/2018/01/26/hea…

I support Pearl Jam’s commitment to raise a million dollars to fight homelessness in Seattle with these concerts. It is a steep challenge: One million dollars would buy less than 1.25 houses at the current median price here.

Every Breath You Take comes on the radio. TRYGG: This is a weird song if you really listen to it. ME: Yeah. [Pause] ME: It could be about God... TRYGG: Yeah. [Pause] TRYGG: Or Santa.

Thank you they/them for this incredible resource!

I would welcome the opportunity to someday name a mosquito. If the occasion ever presents itself, I would name him “Moscato.”

tonight I ordered a hot lava sandwich w/ jalapeños. Afterward, picking up stuff at Target, my lips were burning like they were on fire. Theresa suggested I swish with a little hydrogen peroxide, which helped immediately. But then I lurched around the aisles foaming and dribbling

TRYGG: I am not finding joy. Shopping at Target. anymore.

ARI: Can we take turns changing in the tent? ME: Yes. But also when camping the regular rules like privacy and washing your hands all the time don’t always need to apply. ARI: ... Daddy I’ve never heard you say things like that about rules before and I don’t want to again.

Trygg was introduced to the Monte Cristo sandwich today. Asked how it was, he replied, “It was all over so quickly!”

ME EARLIER TODAY: I hope I’m not being rude by not pursuing further conversation with my Lyft driver. ME LATER TODAY: No, sir, it hadn’t occurred to me that the idea for Men In Black may have been implanted in the filmmaker’s brain by aliens while he was asleep....

I fell asleep before I could work on my opening remarks for the Summer Institute in the Arts and Humanities 2018 Symposium tomorrow morning. I just woke up. I dreamed I decided in lieu of a speech I would simply interview Ariana Grande.

One of my fondest Aretha Franklin memories: About 20 years ago I’m stopped at an intersection in Northeast Minneapolis. NPR is doing a special piece on the song R-E-S-P-E-C-T. The refrain plays and I look across the intersection to see drivers in their cars strongly singing along

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ME: What is Billy Idol’s song “White Wedding” actually about? THERESA: I’d say it’s less about semantic meaning and more about phonetic appreciation.

Should the roof of the mouth be called the ceiling of the mouth?

5 years ago, I crashed while biking (I swerved b/c a guy wandered into my path). Cracked my helmet. Got concussed. Took chunks out of my left shoulder and hand. Today I’ve just got some shiny pink scars, mostly faded. If I hadn’t been wearing a helmet, I might not be typing this.

To “jaywalk” is to make a bad or foolish decision crossing the street against the rules. “Jay” is a 19th-century term referring to a dope, a yokel, a bumpkin, or a bad amateur actor.

Friends, I’m taking a social media break. Not deleting accounts, just going dormant for a bit and seeing how it goes. Thanks!