woof. "theater critic for political actors" is an absolute bar.

NYT: Okay but in our defense, all you ag schools are miles away. We only visit flyover country for diner interviews. Rutgers: Our ag school is very well-known, a 40-min train ride from Penn, and located in the diner capital of the universe. NYT: Ugh, like we'd ever set foot in /Jersey/.

There have been a spate of articles recently that use HR as a metaphor for all the Bad Stuff going on. HR is a corporate function that is overwhelmingly female, with a high percentage of Black women. This framing is not an accident.

One of the [many] issues behind what's happened to journalism and politics - and maybe other workplaces too? - is that these professions are now filled with people who want to *have* the job instead of people who want to *do* the job. It's why Mamdani is such a breath of fresh air.

thatsthechicagoway.gif meme begging us: "please, please, my pixels are wearing out; I can't handle a whole papacy like this."

Shrimp lo mein. And the same rule applies to Jersey diners: 1. Tuna salad club with hard-boiled egg + bacon on white toast, fries. 2. Two eggs over medium, corned beef hash, home fries. I will look at the entire menu, and it is always one or the other, depending on mood.

That evergreen org psych classic: The folly of rewarding A while hoping for B.

Me back in 2005 to obsessive fans of her mediocre and bigoted - enslaved race of elves? antisemitic goblin bankers? - claptrap: