In Michigan. On the hill. By the lake. In front of the cottage. The size of two softballs. Emerging from the ground where another fruiting body stood last year. What a “great” way to celebrate the fourth of July!
Yearly Archives: 2025
Tyler State Park
Fri, 4 Jul 2025, 09:46 AM (-06:00)
At Tyler State Park in North Texas on the first overnight on our northward trek. … Ants and Bee I was sitting in a folding camp chair. On the ground in the dappled sun nearby, there was a flash of some sort. A fly or maybe a solitary bee was flopping in the dirt. Wait… […]
Abraham’s Smirky Smile
Sat, 26 Apr 2025, 06:12 PM (-06:00)
1. Precalculus Abraham came to class every day, always on time. He paid close attention from his seat at the back of the room. He took notes. He wasn’t afraid to ask questions. He did the practice problems and meticulously showed his work. Still, his test scores were mediocre. He was putting in a huge […]
Attendant Contagion
Thu, 17 Apr 2025, 08:46 PM (-06:00)
There is perhaps good news in this unambiguous appeals court rejection of the White House. Written by seasoned conservative judge J. Harvie Wilkinson, each sentence burns with quote-worthy language suggesting that we ought not abandon hope, that the judicial branch might yet say no, recent tentative facilitating wishy-washy-ness from the Supreme Court notwithstanding. I reveled […]
Leadership. Courage.
Wed, 26 Mar 2025, 06:53 PM (-06:00)
John Gruber on the difference between leadership and the Washington Post and The Atlantic: If it had been a Washington Post reporter who was inadvertently included on the Trump national security team’s Signal group chat, would they have run the story? No fucking way with that abject lickspittle coward Jeff Bezos running the show.