Brad Stanhope
@bradstanhope.bsky.social
Former sports writer, Bay Area fan, still believe Milli Vanilli got robbed, will fix this bio later.
Dear Toronto, you were soooooo close to finally earning my forgiveness for trying to steal the Giants when I was 13. Alas, there's still work to do. #neverforget
November 2, 2025 at 4:20 AM
Dear Toronto, you were soooooo close to finally earning my forgiveness for trying to steal the Giants when I was 13. Alas, there's still work to do. #neverforget
The list you didn't know you needed: Ranking the Bay Area's best professional team sports owners. bradstanhope.blogspot.com/2025/08/eddi...
Eddie, Lacob, Finley? Ranking the top Bay Area sports owners
It's easy to be a solid professional sports owner. For the rich people who buy the teams we love, there are three requirements: Spend your m...
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August 19, 2025 at 8:28 PM
The list you didn't know you needed: Ranking the Bay Area's best professional team sports owners. bradstanhope.blogspot.com/2025/08/eddi...
"Semantic satiation" is the process of repeating a word over and over to the point where it temporarily loses meaning to the person saying it, who then perceives it as meaningless. A not-so-deep dive: bradstanhope.blogspot.com/2025/08/spoo...
Spoon, known are the epitome of semantic satiation
Spoon. That was the word. Spoon. The longer my friend Liz studied it, the more wrong it looked. And sounded. Spoon . Is that really a word? ...
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August 17, 2025 at 3:08 PM
"Semantic satiation" is the process of repeating a word over and over to the point where it temporarily loses meaning to the person saying it, who then perceives it as meaningless. A not-so-deep dive: bradstanhope.blogspot.com/2025/08/spoo...
An AI program that identifies animal speech? Amazing! Hear what some animals near me said, including a hilarious turkey joke! bradstanhope.blogspot.com/2025/02/talk...
Talking turkey: How AI may help us understand animal speech
I don't like artificial intelligence language models. While they're effective for helping people write emails or memos – particularly those ...
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February 3, 2025 at 9:03 PM
An AI program that identifies animal speech? Amazing! Hear what some animals near me said, including a hilarious turkey joke! bradstanhope.blogspot.com/2025/02/talk...
More than two weeks of sleeping in a kitchen chair, multiple rounds of antibiotics, a scary visit to the ER and more. DRAMA IN REAL LIFE (or "here's how sick I was"). Read on. bradstanhope.blogspot.com/2025/01/begi...
Beginning of 2025–sleeping in a kitchen chair, ER visit, appreciation for breathing
I knew I was really sick long before I was in the emergency room with concern about congestive heart failure. The realization came on the fi...
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January 27, 2025 at 5:56 PM
More than two weeks of sleeping in a kitchen chair, multiple rounds of antibiotics, a scary visit to the ER and more. DRAMA IN REAL LIFE (or "here's how sick I was"). Read on. bradstanhope.blogspot.com/2025/01/begi...
"We rarely buy a single banana. No, you want a bunch. You want four or five. You don't want Tito Jackson; you want the Jackson 5." See what a banana study teaches us about humanity. Kind of. bradstanhope.blogspot.com/2025/01/groc...
Grocery store study shows need for connection in bananas
Want attention? Act sad, which will make people more likely to choose you. At least that's the conclusion based on how we treat bananas. Ser...
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January 20, 2025 at 2:06 AM
"We rarely buy a single banana. No, you want a bunch. You want four or five. You don't want Tito Jackson; you want the Jackson 5." See what a banana study teaches us about humanity. Kind of. bradstanhope.blogspot.com/2025/01/groc...
My biggest concern about the new emphasis on "masculine energy" in the workplace is that I hope it doesn't jeopardize my ability to explain the latest "Bachelor" episode to female co-workers who don't watch the show.
January 17, 2025 at 7:26 PM
My biggest concern about the new emphasis on "masculine energy" in the workplace is that I hope it doesn't jeopardize my ability to explain the latest "Bachelor" episode to female co-workers who don't watch the show.
How toilet paper math is confusing, with some side trips to New Math, Common Core and the words "roll" and "ply." Read and "learn." bradstanhope.blogspot.com/2025/01/toil...
Toilet paper equations make no sense in any math style
When I was a kid, adults railed against "new math," which focused on students showing their work and using their deductive skill...
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January 16, 2025 at 5:38 PM
How toilet paper math is confusing, with some side trips to New Math, Common Core and the words "roll" and "ply." Read and "learn." bradstanhope.blogspot.com/2025/01/toil...
A revolutionary goal for 2025, inspired by Don Henley and Jesus. Not in that order, though. bradstanhope.blogspot.com/2025/01/an-a...
An ancient, revolutionary goal to make 2025 a memorable year
Why will we remember this year? I have a bold proposal, but first, let's set the stage: Today is the first Sunday of a year for which we'll ...
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January 6, 2025 at 10:07 PM
A revolutionary goal for 2025, inspired by Don Henley and Jesus. Not in that order, though. bradstanhope.blogspot.com/2025/01/an-a...
Survey says . . . men are dopes who think they would have a job as a professional athlete or as the lead singer of their favorite band if only they had a fair chance. My column: bradstanhope.blogspot.com/2024/12/surv...
Survey of why we don't have dream job reveals men are simpletons
Never really getting a shot at your dream job – being the lead singer of a rock band or playing professional sports or being a m...
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December 30, 2024 at 4:49 PM
Survey says . . . men are dopes who think they would have a job as a professional athlete or as the lead singer of their favorite band if only they had a fair chance. My column: bradstanhope.blogspot.com/2024/12/surv...
The holiday column you didn't know you needed. Where did masking tape end up? What is the true GOAT tape? My groundbreaking rankings. bradstanhope.blogspot.com/2024/12/mask...
Masking? Electrical? Scotch? Ranking the top eight types of tape
As we near the end of Scotch tape season (Christmas, the high holiday for the Scotch tape industry, is Wednesday!), there are two things I'v...
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December 24, 2024 at 10:28 PM
The holiday column you didn't know you needed. Where did masking tape end up? What is the true GOAT tape? My groundbreaking rankings. bradstanhope.blogspot.com/2024/12/mask...
My column about an important probability theory, Air Supply, Mickey Dolenz, Bananarama and more. Read and "learn." bradstanhope.blogspot.com/2024/12/infi...
Infinite monkey theorem debunked, so a monkey typed my column
The old adage says that if you give typewriters to an infinite number of monkeys and give them enough time, they will eventually re-create t...
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December 10, 2024 at 6:30 PM
My column about an important probability theory, Air Supply, Mickey Dolenz, Bananarama and more. Read and "learn." bradstanhope.blogspot.com/2024/12/infi...
Christmas music? Hanging lights? Egg nog? Kids meeting Santa? It's my top-10 list of Christmas traditions!!!! (including using four exclamation marks) bradstanhope.blogspot.com/2024/12/best...
Best Christmas traditions, from hanging lights to movies and more
Thanksgiving is behind us and so is Black Friday. We've already gone beyond Small Business Saturday and Cyber Monday is looming....
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December 3, 2024 at 11:50 PM
Christmas music? Hanging lights? Egg nog? Kids meeting Santa? It's my top-10 list of Christmas traditions!!!! (including using four exclamation marks) bradstanhope.blogspot.com/2024/12/best...
Why don't we put the new toilet paper on the roller? Why not immediately empty our suitcase? It's a mystery! My column:
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Teenagers aren't the only people who don't finish the job
It was a recurring problem when our sons were teenagers. After taking a ridiculous amount of food into their rooms to eat – cere...
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November 26, 2024 at 4:21 PM
Why don't we put the new toilet paper on the roller? Why not immediately empty our suitcase? It's a mystery! My column:
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Scott Erickson, Navin Johnson, Visa cards and me. An exploration of things that might not be connected. bradstanhope.blogspot.com/2024/11/why-...
Why we don't need to give our autographs anymore
In the early 1990s, I was working as a Daily Republic sports writer, covering an Oakland A's-Minnesota Twins baseball game at the Oakland Co...
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November 18, 2024 at 7:02 PM
Scott Erickson, Navin Johnson, Visa cards and me. An exploration of things that might not be connected. bradstanhope.blogspot.com/2024/11/why-...
You deserve a break today (GET IT???), so read about a shocking lesson I learned as a young McEmployee. bradstanhope.blogspot.com/2024/11/an-i...
An invaluable lesson learned as a young McDonald's employee
The good folks at McDonald's say that one in eight Americans will work at one of their franchises at some point of their lives. ...
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November 13, 2024 at 7:29 PM
You deserve a break today (GET IT???), so read about a shocking lesson I learned as a young McEmployee. bradstanhope.blogspot.com/2024/11/an-i...