Catch a show while you're in town. I find Absinthe to be a nice blend between Cirque du Soleil and crass Vaudeville comedy.

@adef.bsky.social I'm really happy to see a return of the science segment at GDQ with @rubiehart.bsky.social. Even just a simple demo like showing how turning a crank lights up an LED can work wonders in renewing interest in science, math, and the natural world. Nice work, please keep doing it.

Dollars to doughnuts that when the nude scene came up, the teacher held up a manila folder or that big green gradebook in front of the screen to censor it in real time from your delicate, impressionable teen eyes.

Rahm Emanuel, age 65, born 1959. The Boomers simply cannot fathom anyone younger than them running things. Ever.

Any friend of MWL is a friend of mine. Conversely, any enemy of MWL is an enemy of mine.

It pays to know good people.

I still think back fondly on a line from a little piece of Doctor Who fanfic called "Look and Remember" that hit me like a diamond bullet between the eyes when I read it 20-ish year ago: "He loved her the way an astronomer loves a star: all distance and brilliance and impossibility."

Does Bo Koltnow have an e-mail address? I feel Bo should Kolt-know the name of the podcast is not "The Geological Podcast". They say any publicity is good publicity but sheesh.