I sighed after reading this
09.03.2026 02:42
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I sighed after reading this
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I’m remember wondering if I’d be drafted in ‘91
me paying $30 in gas to buy imported things that have been hit with tariffs bc joe rogan is learning about politics at age 58
Lucky. We just have a dysfunctional Nextdoor
Demented clam
Kid: Mom, how’d you meet my dad?
Mom: Yeah. About that . . .
When my wife was pregnant with our daughter, we’d give names to our parents so they’d stop asking which names we were thinking of.
Perpetua and Felicity were at the top of that list
I then went through the Litany of the Saints.
there's a lot going on right now but did you know a massive amount of the world's fertilizer flows through the middle east, and did you know that that fertilizer needs to be shipped to the us *right now* for planting season, and uh did you know we are at war with iran
What’d she play?
the reverse version of those “evolution of man” drawings
I think this was a faux pas. He clearly should've worn his more somber, black cap. In that, the situation would've been elevated.
Magnificent beards on all of them
Saw a student this week wearing a shirt that said “Live. Laugh. Loathe.”
It spoke to me.
Few things piss me off more than people invoking religion to justify immoral actions.
1/ Anyway, this reminds me of a story I read about James Mattis in Trump's first term.
During a meeting in the Situation Room, Trump angrily ordered the military to assassinate the entire government of Syria.
Alamo survivor Madam Candelaria who died at age 113 in San Antonio. She claimed she had been born in Laredo in 1785. She moved to San Antonio, where she was the mother of four children and raised 22 orphans. She claimed to have been in the Alamo during the 1836 battle and to have nursed Jim Bowie.
‘Good afternoon, my name is Markwayne, this is my brother Darrell, this is my other brother Darrell…’
I wonder how many went of their own volition and how many were ordered to go
I remember working from a poor copy of a MS and was stuck for what seemed hours on what I thought was an abbreviation. Turns out, it was a blot the copier had made.
Exhibit A for why my love for the game is waning
Please make sure to cry away from your work when you can’t make sense of an abbreviation so you don’t stain your own paper.
Or was that just me?
Worse interview request: Chotiner or Ronan Farrow?
Be on the lookout for Italian cheese day. Should happen in just under a month.
Both students and I brought different samples
#ReliefWednesday - Sassanid relief depicting the triumph of Shapur I (r. AD 240-270) over Valerian at Naqsh-e Rostam, located 3 km north of Persepolis. It is the most impressive of eight Sassanid rock carvings cut into the cliff beneath the tombs of their Achaemenid predecessors.
Have you tried out the @yazagames.com "Scriptorium?" Despite not yet having much time to play with it, it looks great.
We finished reading a chunk of Virgil’s Georgics about bees and honey
So, we had a honey tasting in class. Very fun and the kids were shocked at how much the flower affects the flavor of the honey.
Next up: Columella on cheese making
I frame it to my students as I’d be disappointed in them and tell them I will call their parents and tell them I can’t trust their child anymore (which I do!)
I tell them no parent wants to hear that about their child
That seems to get to more of them
