I'm visiting family to help my mom out, and my brother and I are at the bar with this 95 lb mass of excited cuddles who wants pets from every kid half his size. Ghostie!

This is what Bill Murray whispered to Scarlett Johansson at the end of Lost in Translation.

It is with profound sadness and unmeasurable grief that we share the unfathomable news that Bill Hart-Davidson has passed away. When he wrapped up his 12-year term on our Executive Committee in 2018, we gifted him an ATTW cycling jersey (thanks to Jim Ridolfo for the suggestion). #techcomm

it's such a hackneyed observation, but looking at what is happening at so many campuses right now, i cannot but think about all of the public opining about the importance of free speech, dangerous ideas, and liberal values on campuses, and where all those guys are at now

College students can either be inept over sensitive blue haired snowflakes with useless liberal arts degrees or they can be a force that merits deploying 500 paramilitary police officers to combat, not both

Sports gambling should be legal, but it should be treated like cigarettes. It should be illegal to advertise, and it should be hard to get/do. I am constantly bombarded with podcast ads about sports gambling for apps that take 10 seconds to sign up for. That's not sustainable.

I got to do an actual hike in the woods for the first time since I hurt my back in late September. My back is doing so much better, and Peaches is a big beneficiary.

I have some serious doubts that there are dudes out there hanging out and casually referring to postmodernism as 'the grandaddy of all parasitic idea pathogens'

I just read about Saudi Arabia's planned megacity NEOM, and it's truly one of the dumbest ideas I've ever seen

My college posted a story about a volunteer workshop I'm leading for SC Guardian Ad Litems that combines my tech writing background with my experience as a Guardian Ad Litem for a teenage boy in the foster care system. I'm grateful to be able to help. news.clemson.edu/this-clemson-p…

I love Boban so much it hurts

This is literally the opposite of what happened in both previous world wars.

Academia has a real problem when books published at the largest publishers in the world aren't considered 'academic' enough for tenure, but books published at tiny academic presses are.

Who are we writing for? Each other?

Looks like President Biden has single-handedly stopped the conflict from getting broader by stopping Israel’s planned response

nytimes.com/live/2024/04/1…

Scoop: Biden told Netanyahu the U.S. won't support an Israeli counterattack on Iran. My story on Axios
axios.com/2024/04/14/bid…

Shogun is a show about why it's a bad idea to drink at business meetings

I sometimes wonder what percentage of Americans realize that Arabs and Persians aren't the same. I bet it's very low.