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Just so you understand, this is as if you prepared for argument in front of a panel that included Cookie Monster, and Cookie Monster asked you a question about cookies, and you had not thought about cookies in advance.
GORSUCH: Do you think Native Americans are birthright citizens under your test? SAUER: Ah, I think ... so. I have to think that through.
Steve Fischer reposted
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"Norms and Duct Tape". An apt description of the preservation of America... bsky.app/profile/mcop...
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Not Me, But… I can totally relate. No Kings....
Proud Papa Our daughter Danielle graduate from Georgetown last weekend. The night before, we attended the Senior Ball, a swanky affair at Union Station. It was a wonderful weekend. We are so proud of her.
A Tree Falls in Brooklyn Nothing profound, just a half block away. Thankfully missed the parked cars...
The First 100 Days Obviously via the New Yorker..
End of an Era I retired at the end of last year, but we had a lease on my WeWork office until the end of April. So I finally cleaned it out. I spent over ten years in a Brooklyn WeWork somewhere (Dumbo and Brooklyn Heights). WeWork served me very well, all jokes about the original founder aside.…
San Juan Pelicans A group of them were fishing. So much fun to watch.
Beclowned This word seems to be having a resurgence lately. I see it everywhere. Couldn't have anything to do with our current president...
Kevin Drum RIP I think? If you follow the blog closely, Kevin Drum is an old school political blogger. His politics match mine quite well. And he's been bloghing forever, in the old school way where you learn about his family, interests, etc. He's been fighting health issues for a long time.…
Are we the bad guys? This was really bad... The president of the United States ambushed a loyal ally, presumably so that he can soon make a deal with the dictator of Russia to sell out a European nation fighting for its very existence. It Was an Ambush
My Cheeks Hurt An odd statement, but trying to play trumpet after many, many years means building up long unused muscles. And these are small cheek muscles. Think of how you feel after smiling too long and multiply by ten. So with my new horn I'm practicing a lot because it's fun, but man I'm…
New Horn I am the proud owner of this: Much to my wife's relief, I did not get the one formally owned by Max Schlossberg for a mere 32k.
Amy Sherald 2 Regarding this post, via Kottke...
Betrayed From Germany's most influential weekly. “BETRAYED. First Zelensky, Soon Us? The radical departure of the US from its allies.”
Trump v Selzer I can't improve on this comment. Anyone who quotes The Princess Bride is solid in my book.
Am I Blue? Interesting site that tests where your personal boundary between blue and green is: Is My Blue Your Blue?
A Boy and his Dog I was away for a bit so when I got back the first thing I did was take Charlie for a nice walk in Brooklyn Bridge Park. The sun was playing interesting shadow games.
The Dreaded Cone Charlie just got neutered, so he's stuck with the cone for two weeks. He's not a fan...
Waymo Way Easy What does a tech guy have to try in San Fran? A Waymo taxi of course. You need the app, but after that it's like Uber or Lyft. The car pulls up. When you get in, you have to actually click a button on the car screen or your app to start the ride. Then the car pulls out and you get a…
Amy Sherald I'm in Oakland visiting my brother in the hospital, but in the morning he gets tested, cleaned, poked and prodded. ("injected, inspected, detected, infected, neglected and selected", if you get the reference). Anyway, I can't really go visit before 2 PM, so with a morning to kill (and…
Three Brothers (Part 2) We all looked better in the picture from the earlier post, but at least we are back together again. Me, Jim and Tom Jim seems to be doing well, he's talking and walking. The doctors believe they got all the cancer. There's no specific timeline, he's just healing right now.
Puppy Effect My Fitbit app today: I really haven't pushed it that much, but 8 walks a day does add up...
SNL Music If you haven't seen this, watch it right now. Whoever edited this deserves an award. The mashups, the way they combined songs, and just the incredible talent is spectacular. The greatest music video ever.
Three Brothers This is the name of a Serbian restaurant in Milwaukee. I'm actually amazed it's still open. Getting burek there was a big treat when I was a kid like 50 years ago. Layers of super thin filo dough with beef or cheese But that's not what this post is about. I have two older brothers.…
Friends You never know when you will need a favor. Having a network of friends/colleagues/etc. who actually like you (or fake it well) comes in handy when you least expect it. When you make that request and the response is "of course!", it just feels great.
22 Pounds He's growing fast. The blog needed a Charlie picture...
Hamilton, Wow Our daughter was back from school for the weekend and has wanted to see Hamilton forever. So I got tickets for a father/daughter outing. I was wondering what the talent level drop would be from the original cast, but it was still excellent. The current Washington, in particular, was…
Miltary? C'mon, don't you have staff with access to a spell checker?