“I had never heard such bullshit in my life. I opened my mouth and said, “I have never heard such bullshit in my life.” ― Percival Everett, Telephone I’m still basking in the glow of my work being acknowledged… Read More ›
Education
The Benefits of Being Snowbound
“Listen to your customers, not to the HiPPO,” HiPPO being short for “highest paid person’s opinion.” ― Pedro Domingos, The Master Algorithm: How the Quest for the Ultimate Learning Machine Will Remake Our World This week’s winter storm brought… Read More ›
Snow Day Rumination
“Your Honor, years ago I recognized my kinship with all living beings, and I made up my mind that I was not one bit better than the meanest on earth. I said then, and I say now, that while there… Read More ›
The Band Is Back Together, Lets Hope They Don’t Go On Tour
“Wait for the real problem, Your Excellency. Don’t borrow trouble that doesn’t come to you on its own.” ― Arkady Martine, A Desolation Called Peace The 113th Tennessee General Assembly gaveled back into session this week. As expected, Speaker… Read More ›
Time to Get Back to Making the Donuts
“It’s that wounded-poet crap, that soul-pain shit, that too-much-of-a-tortured-genius-to-wash bollocks. Brush your teeth, you little bastard. You’re not fucking Byron.” ― Robert Galbraith, The Cuckoo’s Calling That’s a wrap. Just like that the 2023 holiday season is over, and… Read More ›
Christmas Cheer from the Tennessee Department of Education
“Wisdom and foolishness are practically the same. Both are indifferent to the opinions of the world.” – Joseph Campbell, “The Joseph Campbell Companion” I am forever struck by the inherent hypocrisy of being a parent. We curse like sailors, yet… Read More ›
Gotta Be A Better Way
“Isn’t Heaven reward enough, without needing to see the damned punished?” ― Michel Faber, The Crimson Petal and the White Tennessee’s upcoming election is going to be a pivotal one. I know, everybody says that about every election, but… Read More ›
A Simple Request for a Level Playing Field
“Fighting monsters is the easy part. Back home is where the really scary stuff is.” ― Noelle Stevenson, Lumberjanes, Vol. 3: A Terrible Plan The relentless march towards Christmas continues, even as I fail to engage. It’s a strange… Read More ›
Objects In the Mirror May Be Further Away Then They Appear
“If it’s a choice between a difficult truth and a simple lie, people will take the lie every time. Even if it kills them.” ― Paul Murray It’s been a difficult week, but not for the suspected reasons. This… Read More ›
What’s Behind The Curtain
“I believe it is worth writing to remind ourselves of what we can’t know. To remind ourselves that certainty is dangerous. That factual knowledge of the world casts only a small light. Fiction is necessary because it seems to me… Read More ›
Dad Gone Wild 