Tom Ferguson

Unlike the church in Laodicea that is condemned for being lukewarm (Revelation 3:15-16) the writer of Revelation would love airplane temperatures. They are always freezing or sweltering, no in between. (Don’t @ me that the gif gets the name of the book wrong, that’s on the Simpsons.)

About to get my bish on

Hey is this is true it better go both ways -- I got a lot of s**t I'm dying to say to a lot of historical figures.

Mended a sweater today. Thankful for my no-nonsense grandma, taught me simple sewing like small tears and replacing buttons when I was 12 so that in her words “I don’t grow up to be some idiot adult man who either doesn’t know how or thinks it’s beneath you.” Choose purple thread b/c Prince.

Hiking in New Hampshire in the fall is like living in The Shire (even tho leaves past peak) ...Whitten Woods Trail today.

Dog assisting with yoga.

First yoga class in my 50+ years how can I be so sweaty and everything hurts from 20 minutes of breathing deeply and stretching

Infinite Dad Jest

Why are we getting only the crappy things from the past returning, like public executions and measles? Why not cool things that never should have gone away, like the smell of mimeograph paper, MTV TRL, slap bracelets, Trapper Keeper, and the Voting Rights Act?

“Do not…seek…the treasure.”

Do people realize that despite how weird it is right now we haven’t even entered the “Samson pulling everything down out around him out of spite” phase of this presidency which will begin on November 4?

Ok everybody it’s Skubalon Sunday where Paul uses a nasty word translated as “Rubbish” but which means something much cruder. If your minister doesn’t preach on “poop”, walk out.

It’s a tough job but somebody’s got to do it

For no particular reason was thinking about how nearly all the monuments built to Stalin or things named after him were all torn down and renamed within a few years after he was no longer in power.

Or as Homer put it…

Had a dream last night Eusebius of Caesarea emailed me and said he wanted to talk about some of the things I said about him in my book and so we arranged a meet up and he walked in and that’s when I woke up How’s your day so far

The conference I am attending had team quiz competition for fun night. Our team was named the Samuel Seabury Shanties. The topic: Episcopal History. We won.

I was in Manhattan on 9/11 so I don’t post pictures of that day. Here’s me contemplating the first changing leaves of the season as I went a long walk and listened to Springsteen’s “The Rising” album this morning.

Strong Krusty trying to bribe his audience vibes… www.bbc.com/news/article...

Yep. The rest of the country granted concession after concession and the slaveholders were infuriated that they weren’t just being tolerated they insisted on being affirmed.

Now let’s hold all the AI companies accountable for their massive violation of copyright laws and the theft they have engaged in for years to train their chatbot slop. www.theguardian.com/technology/2...

I'll be honest: Never understood how anyone can listen to Whitney's "I Will Always" after hearing Dolly's. The tender, vulnerable, sad yet hopeful original which isn't about romantic love at all is from a different planet than the cover which while impressive vocally always left me cold and empty.

A great loss for us all. A light in our darkness, a talent like none other. Rest in song and mirth, Dolly. The heavens have a new star among them.

How does this even work and what do any of these definitions mean I have cousins in Northern Ireland and as far as I can tell there's, like, at least half a dozen Northern Irish accents alone in a place the size of Connecticut.

the 5 simpsons lines i’ve uttered most off the top of my head 1) he's embiggened that [original was "role", insert any example] 2) In theory, Marge! In theory communism was a good idea! 3) I, for one, welcome our new insect overlords 4) there's a "New" Mexico? 5) Don't blame me, I voted for Kodos

More dispatches from dystopian US health care landscape: multibillion dollar for profit publicly traded insurance company refuses to pay for generic medication prescribed for chronic lifelong condition, only will cover exact same medication under brand name that costs 5x as much.

Which is more likely cause: 1) fortune cookie writer going through existential crisis and lost passion for the job; 2) fortune cookie company invested $5 billion in AI to produce this result ?

Dog cloaking device activated. (I did not leave the pillows like this.)

The Episcopal Church was historically one of the more socially conservative denominations for much of its existence: had remarriage laws as strict as Catholicism into 1950s, was heavily segregated north and south into 1960s, was last mainline Protestant denomination to ordain women as clergy

I feel if more people studied the cultural and sociological development of tent revivals/camp meetings, it would provide really important context for the things like national party political conventions, large scale pop concerts (TSwift, Springsteen), even Trump rallies.

Was asked to design asynchronous trainings for faculty & staff on Episcopal Church Title IV disciplinary process, FERPA protection of student records, with multiple choice quizzes, and it was the best afternoon I have spent in a while. Best/weirdest/saddest part? Didn't have to make up questions.

SECURE MESSAGE from massive dystopian health care agency: "We are reducing all therapy sessions from 60 minutes to 45 minutes." Me, clicking reply: "I am assuming you will now be charging me 25% less for the session." REPLY(24 hours later): "Your reply has been forwarded to relevant department."

Barely employed immigrant treated little better than a serf living in a basement to stoke coal furnaces heating buildings in Boston while they deduct my rent from my salary because I have to live in the basement to do my job. Also I’m functionally illiterate. But yeah tell me how great the past was.

I have watched Dazed and Confused over 100 times easily

Coming soon to a theater near you: The Rock brings the waste to The Waste Land. Co-starring Tilda Swinton as Madame Sosostris and Kevin Hart as the Fisher King. Tag line: "Stuff Gets Unreal Next April"

Saw Nolan's "Odyssey", my review is mixed. Visually stunning, wonderful cast but don't know what it was trying to say. War is bad? Homer says that over and over. Removed the gods, cut Odyssey's hubris which is his downfall, did not do much with Circe and Calypso. Sea people references were cringey.

Watching Nolan's Odyssey and getting emotionally ready for when disguised Odysseus sees Argos and the bestest boi recognizes him when no one else does...

Saw Weird Al tonight - the man is a national treasure and puts on a hell of a show. Weird Al for Super Bow Half time show!!

“Stop being an overly dramatic Luddite,” people sneer at me when I express concerns about AI. As Jules said in Pulp Fiction, “Well, allow me to retort.” www.theguardian.com/technology/2...

-When I hear the Filioque -When someone says only reason Anglicanism exists is Henry VIII wanted a divorce -When Americans say “this is not who we are” - Whenever I see Aaron Boone (2003 ALCS Game 7)

What I would have given for just a muppets and Shakira halftime show #worldcipfinal

So we really are going to spend years stubbornly stupidly relearning in slow motion why gambling was so tightly controlled for a century…

Angus Lockbox. Holy cow this thing works (in terms of an Old Timey Pitcher name generator)