My most bizarre musical fantasy is that I wish The B-52's had released an album of covers of songs by Interpol. Every time I've listened to an Interpol song (for almost the last twenty years) I've imagined how Fred Schneider and Kate Pierson would divide up the vocals, and it makes me happy.

We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness.

How does Aaron Judge only have four intentional walks so far this season? Why would anyone pitch to him right now?

I saw a Maserati SUV today, and I can't work out in my head the thought process of someone looking to buy an SUV and settling on Maserati as the brand they would go with.

So here's a fun thought experiment: if the executive branch is doing obviously illegal and unconstitutional things going on the rationale of "Who's going to stop us?", why should we actually pay attention to any of that?

Things I am thankful for:

I am a straight white male born in America into a middle class family with two loving and supporting parents who are still married to each other today. They did well enough and were supportive enough that I graduated from college debt-free.

For about two weeks in the spring and three weeks in the fall, our Japanese maple looks about as spectacular as any tree you'll find.

A thing I learned today: the Principality of Andorra (a tiny sovereign nation jammed between France and Spain) is actually a co-principality, with two princes acting as heads of state. Those two princes are the local Catholic Bishop and the President of France, whoever those two people happen to be.