Ok, here's my top 5 TSP operations in Madison. Notes on each to come starting with #5
5. Peer-to-Peer (Univ. Ave.)
4. East Washington & North
3. East Washington & Mendota
2. Cap City Square Coordination
1. Mineral Point & Whitney Way
Insane but true fact: making US roads as safe as Canadian, Australian, or European roads would save more lives than eliminating murder from the US.
Get plunked!
Brewers Radio Network bumper music update: The subtle suggestion to Blake Snell in the bottom of the 8th is from the Red Hot Chili Peppers, "Give It Away"
Brewers Radio Network bumper music update: "Voodoo Child" leads into Jacob Misiorowski's postseason debut
Happy Kitrick Taylor Day to all who celebrate. www.latimes.com/sports/story...
Brewers Radio Network bumper music update: "Hit Me With You Best Shot," Pat Benatar
Brewers Radio Network bumper music update: "Turnin' Up the Heat"
Beaver heaven?
Got some at Superette (attached to Mint Mark?) around the holidays. Went over v. well as gifts.
I have to find some time to figure this out, too. Hoping I've saved something to Pocket about similar services.
band width
Definitely one of those days when you are deeply jealous of a science writer colleague at another university. Way to run with this, @joshuaebrowncom.bsky.social. www.uvm.edu/uvmnews/news...
Monkey see #footupfriday ...
" ... Unfortunately, the world is now acting in such a way as to eliminate that courtesy -- among many others. So, I can only ask your forbearance."
Alan Furst, from "Dark Star":
"Polite people avoid certain topics. Experience shows the wisdom in that. Like one's dreams or medical condition, it's just better to find something else to talk about. ...
An image clipped from a news story, which reads ... "Last year, it became the first Australian company to win the Golden Lion for Lifetime Achievement in Theatre at the prestigious cultural festival, the Venice Biennale, and in 2022 was awarded the International Ibsen Award, an accolade considered by many to be the Nobel Prize of theatre."
From a news story headlined "Back to Back Theatre co-chief to step down," which qualifies this for a prize known by many as the Nobel Prize of ~drama~.
Image clipped from a news story that reads ... "Dubbed the “’Nobel Prize of the Teaching Profession, the Global Teacher Prize celebrates educators who have made significant contributions to education and society."
They say those who can't Nobel ...
I bet it's warm at Madison Sourdough today, where every delicious purchase benefits Lowell Elementary School down the street.
My favorite video game ever is a promo version of a text-based NBA game in which I could only run the '94-'95 Magic against the '94-'95 Suns or vice versa.
I'm not looking. I'm not looking.
Definitely a positive I remember from my school-board covering days. Kids have prepared a statement, and they can't even imagine saying one word they haven't thought out carefully. Can you imagine.
A few years ago, I wrote a story without *any* em-dashes. I still think about framing that thing.
this is so petty lmaooo
We need to plan and build so many regional walking/cycle tracks in every metro in this country:
(The 606, Chicago)
📷 Jason Thorne
You don't have to be better in 2025. You can be worse.
