I'm hardly the first person to note this, but it's enormously instructive that our President and his followers saw the message "THE ONLY THING MORE POWERFUL THAN HATE IS LOVE" and understood it, correctly, as an attack on them

Ok, WAS that Pedro Pascal on the porch during the half time show, or am I going (more) insane?

Australian rage bait.

I get tired of saying it, but I’ll say it again: the nature of oppression in America is that they workshop it first on Black, Latino, Asian & Native people. But it is always, in the end, coming for everyone.

Got rid of snow. Now we need to get rid of ICE.

I'm taking a personal day on Friday (woo, curling), but I will be wearing blue all day after our game. Sending love and courage and support to Minnesota teachers.

I went and did it, and paid an exorbitant amount in ticketing fees via an agency. But we are going to Australia and Japan this year. In one trip. With a 6 year old. Thank you, Jeopardy.

Good reminder from this state highway!

Last night I fell on the curling ice, and got a tap on my head. Then had a lovely visit from the paramedics, who confirmed that yes I am fine. My pride is hurt. I was so mad that I did something so stupid that I lost it. May have chucked my broom at the boards. This thread is about teaching. 1/n

Video WHAT curling club?!?! [opens email with trepidation] Ohhhhhhhhhhhhhhh. Analysis. Perhaps we should workshop a new subject line.

Please, #curling clubs... Please. Don't use AI Slop for "try curling!" promotion graphics leading up to the Olympics. People we're trying to reach already know little enough about the sport without getting further confused by.... whatever AI thinks curling is. (Hockey with kettle bells, apparently.)

A reminder that the US killed 80 people in Venezuela, and it would be nice if the US media cared enough to think that the life of a grandmother in Caracas whose building is destroyed by a US bomb matters as much as the life of a person in the US.

Happy "The Americans Are Confused Because The Australians Are Wishing Me Happy Birthday And Now Don't Know When My Actual Birthday Is" afternoon into evening to me.

Dunno if anyone else here is that specific type of geriatric millennial who spent a lot of time in Japan, but Fukuyama Masaharu and Inaba Koshi just teamed up for a duet...

hey remember when a bunch of middle-aged drunk korean lawmakers climbed the locked gates to the national assembly to hold an emergency session after the president gave illegal orders to the military, all of which ended with said president being sentenced to prison

As the great Suketu Mehta wrote in the accompanying essay, "By 1643, only nineteen years after the first Walloon settlers founded New Amsterdam, 18 languages were already being spoken in the city—among a population of a mere 500." To hell with fictions of a homogenous past, linguistic & otherwise.

Catching up on the Rock and Roll Hall Of Fame Induction Ceremony and there have been some amazing performances and speeches. But I bawled through most of Cyndi Lauper's performance. I would ride into battle for that woman.

one fictional character who would have been a terrific poster, just hell on wheels on this website? pippi longstocking

We twa hae run about the braes, And pou’d the gowans fine; But we’ve wander’d mony a weary fit, Sin’ auld lang syne. May you all find some rest in 2026.

Our Solar System is orbiting the center of our Galaxy at about 220 km/s so in 2025 we collectively traveled something like 7 billion kilometers across the Milky Way. Once in a while, when you have a moment, it’s worthwhile to take a look around, see where you are, and appreciate how far you’ve come.

"Do you guys have a protocol if someone hits their head?" "Yeah... Did someone hit their head?" "Me." "Oh... You're ok though, right? Do you need, like an ice pack?" Wish me luck.

The wee one was given #curling homework: practice the slide position. I've realized she might be a lefty curler like her goofy-footed, right-handed Mum.

This week, the kid was introduced to the movie Elf, and the TMNT theme song. She has now mashed them together and is bouncing around the house singing, to the TMNT tune: "Cotton-headed ninny muggins" I am a proud parent.

Y’all might not appreciate it, but it took him 87 moves and 14 hours to get here

Fueling up for the next two days of hosting mayhem. Merry Christmas to you and yours.

When he first filmed #Jeopardy hubby hung out with a fellow contestant for much of their shared filming day. The same contestant got called up for Second Chance, too, and made it a point to find Eug while they were out there filming on different days. There are good people on Jeopardy.

Second anniversary of our Apple TV’s spectacular attempt to understand me asking for “Hercule Poirot’s Christmas”

All is calm, all is bright

Things you don't want to hear on Christmas Eve morning: - "My tummy hurts..." - feet running to the bathroom - retching - vomiting - crying We'll be spending our day, it seems, at pediatric urgent care.

My poor kid, aged 5, has had her heart broken by the #Mets for the first time. She has pledged her allegiance to Jeff McNeil, and insists she is now "for the Oaklands."

I got my shout out on #Jeopardy!

The #1 movie from when you were (turned?) 10 years old is how your 2026 is going to go.

The joys of being the parent who is NOT on #Jeopardy... The wee one asks a question. I give her the correct answer. She decides to go ask Dad the same question. Like... I know the date, ffs!

🎶 It's like raaaaaaaaiiiiaaaaaaaaiiiiin... 🎶

If you see this, we IMPLORE you to post a picture from whatever device you're using without explanation.

Let people be their true selves, as they know and understand them. Let children explore their identities. Celebrate difference and variety and the incredible spectrum of humanity. The only alternative denies an opportunity to celebrate the joy of human flourishing and is ultimately unspeakably cruel

"Aww this tea steeper is so cute! It's a little kitty!" One tea with hibiscus later... "Oh dear gods...!"

Is it a three hour loop of Paul McCartney's Simply Having A Wonderful Christmas Time?

It’s the most wonderful time of the year…

The spread. Happy Thanksgiving!

This week, I sat & made 28 individual thank you images saying why I am thankful for each of my students. Then spent yesterday individually emailing 27 families (siblings were a 2 for 1) the images. It took ages. But replies have been trickling in, & they are lovely. So it was time well spent.

Today my preschoolers did art. They were tasked with drawing food. Several kids drew potatoes. Potatoes. May I remind you, that these are POTATOES. The vegetable. Potatoes.

Two stories converge. 1. Kid has been introduced to Weird Al. 2. We were telling people on the weekend about her emotional terrorism. Her favourite Weird Al song is "I Lost On Jeopardy." Fun. Fine, right? Yeah, guess what her Dad did earlier this year...

Yay! D Event winners at the @njcurling.bsky.social Founders Bonspiel. Thanks, skip @katennp.bsky.social! It was a pleasure being your vice.

Plainfield Founders Bonspiel game recap so far: ✅ ✅ ❎ On the docket for today: 🎵 🥃 🥌 ❓ 🪏 D event final at 12:15.

I have more teacher conferences than ANY teacher in my district, and I dunno, I kind of want a gold star sticker or something in acknowledgement. Because I am at school long after the other teachers have gone. And I am exhausted.

I'm a crayon!

#SpookTober #Frankenstein