Exactly one year ago today:

I hope my Southern Illinois friends enjoyed Herrin and Festa pitching back to back in the Cardinals game this afternoon.

Technical difficulties in the hot dog department

I'm saying it now so that maybe it doesn't happen, but I'm concerned that this is the season Jordan Walker hits like 53 HR, and then he never has another season above 25.

Did Nathan Church just play himself into a car ride to Memphis?

Vaughn Joy - Black and White and Read All Over Vaughn Joy is an independent researcher, author of Review Roulette, and the site creator, designer, and administrator of Black and White and Read All Over.

A regular reminder that I am still looking for a job!

I've applied to teaching positions from adjunct to assistant professor, admin roles, publishing positions, and more, so if you hear of anything open in film, Am studies, public history, etc. please let me know!

My CV is at the link below.

Did Zach Braff host at some point?

The shared excitement over NASA’s recent mission compared to the general indifference to SpaceX missions speaks to the power of something seen as the product of communal human effort rather than just the ego and avarice of one obnoxious dork.

the backside of the moon as seen from the Artemis II with the words Mystery Science Theater 3000 written on the moon like the image from the program's opening credits.

The Not-Too-Distant-Future has arrived.

Ah yes. The Josh Lyman rule.

For the first time since Dish Network dropped Fox Sports Midwest, I am sitting and watching a Cardinals telecast in my home.

In our line of work, you persist in your weirdness until you're celebrated for your weirdness.

Who are they going to get when Morrissey cancels?

Greg Amsinger dropping the Tommy Herr comp for JJ Wetherholt on MLB Network. (For defense and base running. He comped Robinson Cano for his hitting.)

SESAME STREET EXEC 1: kids love bright colours, so how about a bunch of humanoid puppets in red, green, blue, orange, yellow

SESAME STREET EXEC 2: ooh what if the yellow one had a head like a banana?

SESAME STREET EXEC 1: I love it, yes. banana head

DIVERSITY HIRE GOTH: there should be a vampire

I've had my students watch Strangemen's play The Woodsman in their intro class for years, and now I can tie it back to Project Hail Mary for them starting in the fall.

Director John Waters at the No Kings rally in Provincetown holding a sign that reads "*#%&# ruined bad taste"

Legend

Occasionally, I wake up, get ready, and drive to work and don't look at the clock.
That's how I'm sitting in my office at 5:45 in the morning.

Had to figure out which Max Muncy was which.

Yay for you! I'm glad to hear it's productive. I'm planning to do one or something like it next Spring.

Post from Andrew A.N. Deloucas @aandeloucas.com: In line with discussion about the job market, the latest majors being closed at Syracuse University: Nine majors "sunsetting": • Classical civilization • Classics (Greek and Latin) • Digital humanities • Fine arts • German • Latino-Latin American studies • Middle Eastern studies • Modern Jewish studies • Russian ALT

The First University in the Nation to Build a Center Dedicated to the Creator Economy Syracuse University is creating something that doesn't exist anywhere else in higher education. The Center for the Creator Economy is the first academic center of its kind on a U.S. college campus. Led jointly by the S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications and the Martin). Whitman School of Management, the center reinforces Syracuse University's commitment to bold, forward-looking academic leadership. By aligning strengths in entrepreneurship, media, communications, athletics and digital infrastructure, the University is charting how higher education can prepare students for the 21st-century economy.

Another university getting rid of things you could only ever do at a university and replacing them with stuff a 13-year-old can do on a phone

Here’s your regular reminder to wash your water bottle. Those things get gross fast so go give it a good scrub & stay hydrated!

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Due to high geopolitical tensions, sports fans are temporarily required to contextualize their posts, for example:

❌ OH GOD OH NO OH FUCK
✔️ OH GOD OH NO OH FUCK how did he make that basketball go in the hole

Harpo Marx and Teller.

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"Only at the WBC can you see a Dodger catching a Giant."
Except for, you know, the All-Star Game.

Meanwhile, Bill and Ted have been waiting around on Broadway.

I'm sitting at a flute workshop for my daughter and damn it sounds like Spring in here.