I'm sorry for David's disappointment. Rejection sucks. But he's going to go to Duke, it's no Vanderbilt, but it's a pretty excellent school that's going to provide him with amazing opportunities.

I am excited to share that Iowa State's hiring a game design professor. Please share as widely as you can: isu.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/IowaStateJobs/…

1. Walz is from Nebraska, that's not the Midwest. #comeformeifyoudare; but letting that slide; 2. Midwestern German American identity has as much to do with German politics as a Renaissance Faire has to do with the Schmalkaldic League.

My son: "I don't have the same history feeling as you do. I don't want to make my life about that." Me: "Oh honey, I don't want this life for you."

Cozy co-authors.

Here in Ames, I've helped organize a Zoom speaker series on the Israel-Hamas War with a goal of educating our community more fully about the context of the conflict. It features scholars and experts from across the Midwest. Here's the flyer for our first, Ari Ariel Iowa History

New acquisition: first edition, first German translation of “Cthulhu: Ghost Stories from H.P. Lovecraft.” 1968. Maybe I collect things now?

Things I got The GSA | @thegsa.bsky.social: 1. Great feedback and ideas for my research 2. Renewed and enriched connections with friends and colleagues 3. A first edition, first German-language translation of H.P. Lovecraft 4. A head cold (COVID-negative)

Our new Game Design Major is live! Still some tweaks to the text to be made, but we will be accepting students for Fall 2025! design.iastate.edu/academics/unde…

This week in Ames, I've helped organize a Zoom speaker series on the Israel-Hamas War with a goal of educating our community more fully about the context of the conflict. It features scholars and experts from across the Midwest. Here's the flyer for this week's, Nell Gabiam.

PowerPoint Designer is a real sad player. Title of my slide, "Weimar". Suggested "designed" slide: a Weimaraner wagging its tail as the background.

If it walks like a duck, if it talks like a duck; it MIGHT be a guy in a duck costume. But the real question is, “why is that guy pretending to be a fascist?”

New professional bio drop: