Month: June 2019

by Ugh It's SCOTUS Armageddon this week, where we learn if we can keep it.  Good on ya', CJ Roberts (probably the incorrect turn of phrase). USWNT won today, although likely didn't deserve it.  Nevertheless, woo! I watched Brightburn and it needs a sequel (in fact the concurrent credits scenes are some of the most … Read more

by wj I have been reading, with some bemusement, the calls from several (most? all?) of the Democratic candidates for free college for all. I’m bemused because I just don’t see this as a Federal issue. An issue nationwide, to be sure, but that’s not really the same thing. Let me be clear, I absolutely … Read more

by JanieM I’m reading a book called “How to Do Nothing: Resisting the Attention Economy,” by Jenny Odell. Perhaps ironically, it was brought to my attention via the weekly email newsletter from hello hello books in Rockland, Maine, which is owned by one of our old babysitters. I’m only a little way into the book, … Read more

by Doctor Science The Scripps National Spelling Bee Thursday night ended in an 8-way tie, when the competition ran out of sufficiently challenging words. “We’re throwing the dictionary at you. And so far, you are showing this dictionary who is boss,” they told the contestants. The eight final-round words were: auslaut, erysipelas, bougainvillea, aiguillette, pendeloque, … Read more