Rocks in our heads
A fifth-grader corrects a textbook.
Orange Crate Art
Today’s Saturday Stumper
“Tangible trifles.”
In beta
An all-purpose explanation for typos: the post is in beta.
Mack McCormick’s Robert Johnsons
Biography of a Phantom, an edited version of Mack McCormick’s never-finished biography of Robert Johnson, is now in print.
A dictionary and a prison
The man who made violent threats against Merriam-Webster last year over its definitions of “female” and “girl” has been sentenced to a year in prison.
“All-In”
A look at the conditions of teaching and striking at a regional university in Illinois: “All-In.” It’s a point of view, of course, but it’s one that grounded in fact.
MSNBC, sheesh
Chris Jansing, earlier this afternoon: “The Washington Post reports that Jack Smith is honing in on Trump’s post-election fundraising,” &c.
Cloud-stuff
From Steven Millhauser’s From the Realm of Morpheus.
Recently updated
A poem to go with the Vekkia book light.
E.g. , i.e. , etc.
The Chicago Manual of Style explains their use.
Thimbles
From Steven Millhauser’s From the Realm of Morpheus.
Vekkia book light
Small, sturdy, just right.
A triple double
The double-negatives in a row.
Make Something Wonderful
Steve Jobs in his own words, in speeches, interviews, and correspondence.
The passionate surfer
Christopher Marlowe meets Brian Wilson.
A bitters thought
Does it mean anything that Kendall Roy orders bitters and soda?
Some books are to be tasted, &c.
Edible books. From Steven Millhauser’s From the Realm of Morpheus.
Little moments of Succession
A New York Times interviewer asks Brian Cox if he thinks there’s any goodness in his character Logan Roy.
NYT, sheesh
“His lawyers’ own foibles are seldom disqualifying, so long as they defend him in the manner he desires.”
63rd Street Super Market
A corner in Bensonhurst.
Benjamin Ferencz (1920–2023)
The last surviving Nuremberg prosecutor.
Today’s Saturday Stumper
“Work (out).”
“Thank you for all,” &c.
As a retired faculty member, I am long familiar with “Thank you for all you do.” Those words mean little or nothing to faculty who are underpaid.
Another country
In the latest installment of Letters from an American, Heather Cox Richardson asks a pointed question: The Supreme Court, Congress, and the Tennessee statehouse. What would you say if you saw today’s news coming from another country?
The dogcow
At 512 Pixels, Stephen Hackett presents the life and times of Clarus the dogcow.
Friends blogging, blogging friends
Fresca improved a paragraph by Adam Gopnik. Slywy found an abandoned general store, and its history.
Mystery actor
Who?
“Dreamers all”
From Steven Millhauser’s From the Realm of Morpheus.
The Scream?
A Time cover by Edel Rodriguez.
Making HTML links with Alfred workflows
I finally found a good use for ChatGPT: I had it write two workflows for the Mac app Alfred. It took the bot about a half dozen tries over several days to produce workflows that work. Thanks, AI.