Fun time this afternoon at the annual Wofford vs Furman football game! Merianna (a Furman grad) was foolish enough to marry me at Wofford 12 years ago in Mickel Chapel at Wofford. Rev. Skinner would be proud that all of our children pull for the Old Gold and Black!
You don’t have to burn books to destroy a culture. Just get people to stop reading them.
-Ray Bradbury
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I kind of love it.
In the context of notebooks (also my favorite being Field Notes that I use almost religiously… and I don’t take that adjective lightly), but also my experience as a 47-year-old rounding the bases…
You should absolutely buy that stupid thing:
Let this be a lesson: you should absolutely buy that stupid thing you want to buy on a whim. It will totally work out.
I’ve been beating this drum for a couple of decades now, but you shouldn’t rely on corporate entities for your personal expression. Get a blog (on a hosted server) and make your own thing on a reputable server where you can express yourself. Happy Constitution Day.
Had a blast this morning with these two and Merianna!
Trying out GPT-5 for the first time while doing some work on a paper about AI and integal ecologies… I’m blown away. This is transformative and exciting and scary all at the same time. Talk about ontological shock 👊
Time indeed does “fly” when it comes to your children. I can’t believe we’ve already had two years to celebrate Lily’s life and adventures and can’t wait to see where the next few decades take her.
…it’s not too late.
I was cleaning up my inbox this morning and realized that I had built up about 21 years of muscle memory working in GMail (was an ardent Eudora fan before that) since 2004. Amazing to me how quickly that span happened.
… new personal best. Such an addictive game!
Coffee Golf – July 2
9 Strokes – Top 1% 🏆
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Happy Bobby Bonilla Day to you and yours!
Fun day around NYC and learning subway etiquette!
(That last picture is Socrates).
Great location on 125th in Harlem! Highly recommend.
Thinking of Edith Stein while in The National Gallery of Art today.
We made it to the Lincoln Memorial as well as the Vietnam and Korean War Memorials last night for our first evening here in the D.C. area.
I was particularly struck by the number of barriers and fencing that has been “deployed” all over the National Mall (I’m guessing in preparation for the “parade” on June 14). I’m sad that even getting a glimpse of our White House is buried behind rows of police and security lines like something out of a dystopian future-movie (compared to just a decade ago).
We’re heading off to the Smithsonian Museums and then the Capitol this morning. I’m hoping that I the barriers we’ve erected don’t just strike me as something that we should strive to have no need for in our Nation’s capitol in the very near future, but something we resolve to do in our collective consciousness.
Big props to Del Ray Pizzeria here!
My ongoing “cultivation” of the bamboo grove on the property (not developed) behind the fence there is going well… it’s been a long process, but there’s definitely been progress!
Northern Cardinals, trees, and The Lord…
The more I read Plotinus as a 46-year-old PhD student, the more I want to focus on Plotinus and spiritual ecology (and meld in some Maurice Merleau-Ponty and Edith Stein).
Ben is having a blast at our new baseball stadium here in Spartanburg… Let’s go, Hub City!
It’s the last day of Lily’s school and her first day facing forward in her seat. Time is such a strange concept.
Got to see the Pine Warbler that’s been hanging out around our home this morning. It’s currently my favorite bird (and the Pine Grosbeak on the cover of my current Field Notes notebook is a close representation). I’m an old man 👴.
From the black walnut tree in our backyard…
Can believe this was 3 years ago at TSA! Such great memories with my students there!
