"Babak gets the suffocating feeling that this is the whole world, no one able to hear anyone else. Everyone with a different map for the same spot of ground." - Daniel Nayeri, The Teacher of Nomad Land

Actually Frankincense was the doctor.

These few hours before midnight on Christmas Eve are my favorite of the year. When the chaos of the world dims and we wrap ourselves in what Welsh poet Dylan Thomas called "this close and holy darkness." Merry Christmas y'all.

Not many people realize that Die Hard was originally a pagan movie.

REPORT: Every Present Under Area Christmas Tree A Book

Hobby Lobby Jesus has had enough.

Some you had parents who never had a carob phase and it shows.

What's your favorite Christmas movie that's not a Christmas movie?

It's only fitting that I'd find out about the new American Hunger Games from PopCrave

I can't really explain it but ... I kinda like the song "Last Christmas."

Wait for it

Wife: Is that what you're wearing to church? Me: What...this is my nicest Detroit Tigers t shirt.

Elf on the Shelf: Creepy af Normalizes the surveillance state Probably has a really squeaky voice Gnome in the Home: A delightful curmudgeon Dispenses sage wisdom Will read you a story

Rare color photo of Charles Dickens

Hello 911? Somebody has hacked my texts.

All I want for Christmas is to sit alone in a soaring, candlelit cathedral while a full choir and soul rattling organ play Lo He Comes With Clouds Descending

People on Facebook Marketplace after they ask if they can come pick it up.

I've dug into Edmund Fitzgerald lore for 30 years, so you can imagine how surprised I was each time I came across another "holy s***" moment in "Gales of November" by @johnubacon.bsky.social. An absolute tour de force. bookshop.org/p/books/the-...

An Advent reflection I wrote a few years back for the dearly departed Curator Magazine. www.curatormagazine.com/john-b-graeb...

Ohio State fans be like "It's a blizzard!" #GoBlue

I can browse kitchen shops for hours

Tony Romo's voice has seen some things.

Still undefeated

Remember while cooking today: you don't measure garlic with a recipe, you measure it with your heart

Detroit Thanksgiving Day Parade > Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade

These Michigan basketball subs better not let Gonzaga get back to within 40.

This is so satisfying

You will never convince me the @laclippers.bsky.social logo is not a cruise ship. #nbasky

tfw you purchase a @nytwirecutter.bsky.social rec

Monday of Thanksgiving week mood:

I regret to inform you - I have once again made plans. Why do I do this to myself.

11yo: What should I get sister and her friends for Christmas? Me: 🤷🏻‍♂️ 11yo: Should I get them all a big joint... Me: wat 11yo: ... present? Me: oh

It's about - the Cones!

18yo is talking to us about what hall she wants to be on at school next year and she told us her first choice has "chaotic grandma" energy.

Me reading this article:

"Woe to our society if to be human becomes a heroic act." - Elie Wiesel

I love it when Orion returns to the Autumn sky. * * * * * * *

So the strategy was to call as much attention as possible to the subsidy issue for 5 weeks, and then cave. Thus ensuring premium increases will not only be blamed on the GOP, but on your own fecklessness? I'm typically in favor of moderate deliberation, but this generation of Dems has got to go.

Probably good I was doing the Fitz live post the last couple days cause I woulda said things my mom wouldn't have been proud of, but I'll leave it at:

50 years ago, the Edmund Fitzgerald began her final voyage across Lake Superior. Less than 36 hours later she vanished. Five decades later "Why?" is still a mystery. Starting tomorrow, I'll tell the story of her final hours on the lake - as they happened.

The Edmund Fitzgerald is my Roman Empire.

Dude got out of there faster than George Costanza after smelling smoke.

10yo: Do you know any basketball players? Wife: Sure. Magic Johnson. Michael. Larry Bird. 10yo: Larry Bird! He was famous back when basketball first started being televised! 💀

Wow, unfollowing now, was a fan of the big lake they call Gitche Gumee. Didn't realize she never gives up her dead when the gales of November come early.

Next weekend is the 50th anniversary of the Edmund Fitzgerald's final sailing. The last few years I've tweeted along during her final voyage, exploring the storm, the Fitz's route across Lake Superior, and the fateful decisions that led to her disappearance. This year I'll be doing it on BlueSky.

The duality of "dad"

There is nothing quite like a World Series Game 7.

Like a good American I am rooting for the Blue Jays this evening.

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