Aaron Morey
@aaronmorey.com
"We could never weep so comfortably as when our tears fell on our sandwich; we could never laugh so heartily as when we choked with sandwich"
See my writing and other things of interest at aaronmorey.com
See my writing and other things of interest at aaronmorey.com
Q: How many aphorists does it take to change a light bulb?
A: A lot of them, because "many hands make light work"
A: A lot of them, because "many hands make light work"
November 27, 2025 at 1:37 PM
Q: How many aphorists does it take to change a light bulb?
A: A lot of them, because "many hands make light work"
A: A lot of them, because "many hands make light work"
The world really is charged with the grandeur of God, Gerard Manley Hopkins nailed that one
November 27, 2025 at 3:04 AM
The world really is charged with the grandeur of God, Gerard Manley Hopkins nailed that one
Bumping this question again for the Christmas gift list
Bike nerds: I have a bag rack on my bike that doesn't fit my saddlebag. It needs that "W" shaped pipe to be like 6 inches taller. Is there a part I can just swap out? Or do I need to buy a whole new rack?
November 26, 2025 at 5:16 PM
Bumping this question again for the Christmas gift list
Tolkien and Auden died within days of each other. I guess I think of them as basically contemporary, but Tolkien seems to be part of such a different England I also can't believe they lived in the same century
November 26, 2025 at 2:50 AM
Tolkien and Auden died within days of each other. I guess I think of them as basically contemporary, but Tolkien seems to be part of such a different England I also can't believe they lived in the same century
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Charles Burchfield, from the journals
November 25, 2025 at 6:25 PM
Charles Burchfield, from the journals
I get how Kermit/Bob Cratchit and the rats felt closing up the shop before Christmas when I go through my calendar and cancel the recurring meetings that fall on the upcoming holiday
November 25, 2025 at 2:47 PM
I get how Kermit/Bob Cratchit and the rats felt closing up the shop before Christmas when I go through my calendar and cancel the recurring meetings that fall on the upcoming holiday
Q: Do you have a personal manifesto?
A: Funny you should ask
A: Funny you should ask
charles dickens expounds upon the sandwich
November 25, 2025 at 1:10 AM
Q: Do you have a personal manifesto?
A: Funny you should ask
A: Funny you should ask
You better believe I keep that thing locked and loaded
November 25, 2025 at 1:05 AM
You better believe I keep that thing locked and loaded
New evil insurance thing: my wife gets a kind of threatening text saying basically "Your medical bill is due, either pay up or set up a payment plan." We call the hospital because we haven't gotten any bills lately. They redirect us through the call center where no one knows anything.
November 23, 2025 at 6:23 PM
New evil insurance thing: my wife gets a kind of threatening text saying basically "Your medical bill is due, either pay up or set up a payment plan." We call the hospital because we haven't gotten any bills lately. They redirect us through the call center where no one knows anything.
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We went to see the local witch, about the sheep you see, and she offered the whole crew a drink when we arrived. I said "I'll do fine without your fiendish brew magic woman", but now it seems like they were just beers. The vibe is pretty loose and fun, I keep finding myself eyeing the fridge.
August 2, 2025 at 8:07 PM
We went to see the local witch, about the sheep you see, and she offered the whole crew a drink when we arrived. I said "I'll do fine without your fiendish brew magic woman", but now it seems like they were just beers. The vibe is pretty loose and fun, I keep finding myself eyeing the fridge.
She wasn't joking en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Eng...
November 23, 2025 at 6:25 AM
She wasn't joking en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Eng...
Nants ingonyama bagithi Baba
🎶 One breaaaad, one bodddddyyy, one Lord of Allllll 🎶
November 23, 2025 at 3:48 AM
Nants ingonyama bagithi Baba
The dentist recommended a toothpaste for tooth sensitivity and it really has worked wonders. He's going to love it when I come back in a couple of months like "Hey thanks, Doc, I'm back to eating fistfuls of Sour Patch Kids again"
November 22, 2025 at 7:25 PM
The dentist recommended a toothpaste for tooth sensitivity and it really has worked wonders. He's going to love it when I come back in a couple of months like "Hey thanks, Doc, I'm back to eating fistfuls of Sour Patch Kids again"
Back to back in my RSS reader:
November 22, 2025 at 6:22 PM
Back to back in my RSS reader:
GQ just named me "the world's most sheveled man", but I think they were being sarcastic
November 21, 2025 at 3:35 AM
GQ just named me "the world's most sheveled man", but I think they were being sarcastic
The law of conservation of mass does not apply to rice
November 20, 2025 at 11:47 PM
The law of conservation of mass does not apply to rice
"We're losing so much money on this asset that we refuse to sell, and when we do sell we make 10x profit. Unfortunately I can't show you, because we aren't legally required to open our books"
MLB might not really want a salary cap just yet with so much at stake, but the nonsensical leaks of money they won't prove they actually lost have started anyway. It's CBA season, baby, here's my latest for @baseballprospectus.com
It Begins | Baseball Prospectus
A small item tucked away in an offseason column is the first salvo in what will eventually be a contentious, public labor battle.
www.baseballprospectus.com
November 20, 2025 at 10:47 PM
"We're losing so much money on this asset that we refuse to sell, and when we do sell we make 10x profit. Unfortunately I can't show you, because we aren't legally required to open our books"
I got sent straight to consonant hell for the second day in a row. Screw this, man
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November 20, 2025 at 2:40 PM
I got sent straight to consonant hell for the second day in a row. Screw this, man
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People always ask if you'd want invisibility or flying if you could pick a superpower, but they neglect "speaking and reading every human language fluently"
November 19, 2025 at 3:47 AM
People always ask if you'd want invisibility or flying if you could pick a superpower, but they neglect "speaking and reading every human language fluently"
The Nobel Committee has never made a mistake before, so I assume this is going to be great
November 19, 2025 at 12:03 AM
The Nobel Committee has never made a mistake before, so I assume this is going to be great
When your time in college comes to an end, you won't think "I should have spent more time at the library", you'll think "I should have gone to that nasty local post-party slop food spot more"
November 18, 2025 at 8:26 PM
When your time in college comes to an end, you won't think "I should have spent more time at the library", you'll think "I should have gone to that nasty local post-party slop food spot more"
I firmly disagree with everyone who's in the comments defending Braun. But on the other hand they do live in Milwaukee and it's so hard to make new friends as an adult…
Since Braun's use (and admission) is post-2004, I treat that very differently than 90s/early 00s use, though I believe that's a factor to weigh, rather than a binary disqualifying one. it would be enough to knock me off a coin flippy choice if I thought he was closer to Berkman.
November 18, 2025 at 2:04 PM
I firmly disagree with everyone who's in the comments defending Braun. But on the other hand they do live in Milwaukee and it's so hard to make new friends as an adult…
I don't want to tell Cloudflare how to do their jobs, but that's a pretty important aspect of running an Internet company
November 18, 2025 at 2:00 PM
I don't want to tell Cloudflare how to do their jobs, but that's a pretty important aspect of running an Internet company
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I always like it when PBS says that viewers like me.
November 17, 2025 at 1:02 AM
I always like it when PBS says that viewers like me.