I’m also mad at him because he didn’t decide to apply until October, at which point it was too late for an excuse to take a trip back to RDU

I just snagged an interview with the Duke alumni office for my son.

Early decision ~2000, of which 800 are taken. Now they know the demo of half the freshman class.

Regular app ~50,000, from which the other 800 are taken. To everyone’s point effectively a lottery defined by the demo of ED accepts

Christmas (TM)

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Sorry @e4002.bsky.social - more votes than I’ve ever gotten tho! 😊

Simpsons and Seinfeld were masters of the B plots - one of the best alongside an equally incredible main plot:

Unrelated, but this is an absolutely deranged time for a conference. My team would revolt if we were asked to attend something on December 18th-21st.

Outsourced this one to the wife and <chef’s kiss>

Totally get it! Honestly don’t know why Cameron Winter works for me. I’m trying really hard to listen to new music and I surprise myself a lot for good and bad.

I hear them as a Gen Z Pavement and that’s locked in my 47yo ass. I seriously doubt they’re on Drew’s list of favorites, either

How much of this is ultimately willingness to market liberal arts a little differently? Wouldn’t courses in linguistics, logic, even foreign language/culture etc. be a solid prep for a career in (shudder) building AI prompts?

This was shocking to read (that Babbo is still open)!

Alton Brown’s recipe is my go-to (gotta chill after every step - I usually cheat by cutting the fat in with my food processor then overnight in the fridge) altonbrown.com/recipes/sout...

Nice

I don’t agree with my result, but also - nice (my 17yo also got this result despite listening almost exclusively to hip hop)

The Scorsese series on Apple is what clinched this idea for me - he and Robertson spent a year after this in a house doing nonstop coke!!!

Got to see American Utopia in January 2020, COVID could have taken me after that show.