you fucked around and now the Episcopalians are doing memes. are you happy now. are you

Got a new job advocating for classical Greek architecture

I'm a columnist

Just got a new job managing a province this side of the mountains.

I'm a cis admin

Still think Nathaniel Hawthorne deserves better attention than 8th grade me could give him.

Our education system is structured in a way that requires most people to read Great Literature before they have the reading skills or life experience to make any sense of it.

You would think that New England would be better about that. You would think.

I know you said it was horny, but dayum.

The noble frog's reclamation from fascist pervert associations is so long overdue

cry havoc and let slip the frogs of war

This lamb is both jauntier and cuter than I’d expect.

I took for granted my ability to consume leftover spaghetti at my desk without making a scene. those days are gone

twice a year the entire U.S. press becomes a marketing extension of a single billionaire-owned retailer, and nobody in any position of editorial power thinks it's weird or gross

A university is not a marketplace of ideas. The study of reality is not obligated to produce a product that pleases you.

Increasingly settling on a definition of conservatism as the belief that everything important is already known and understood.

I disagree.

As you get older, try to keep an open mind for what younger people enjoy, and engage with it how you can. This is easier the more you do. You'll enjoy a wider band of stuff, younger people who need you will find you more approachable, and you won't turn into a "in my day" grump.

But there’s a way to age gracefully, and then there’s a Meta app”

Thanks for sharing this. First time I've seen the actual letter.

I wish more (ha, any) of the political reporters were covering it as clearly as you and The Phones Website.

Would really simplify one-bag packing. Hmm.

Really not a great defense against bribery charges to talk in specific percentages about how big a pay cut you're taking to work for the government.

There's a truism in one-bag packing for travel that you pack your fears. It is WILD to watch preppers minutely catalog their mental distortions and intrusive thoughts.

"Contrary to the advice about looking for holes... good research...often begins either with an intense but unfocused curiosity about why some event or process has happened or with a sense of sputtering indignation at the patent idiocy of some particular argument advanced in the literature." - Geddes

Actual LOL.