I feel like another layer has just been revealed. Thank you.

VISITATION In a hall of clamor Around a table Talk of a flame From my youth. Long dead Talk of sex like bacon Pungent, bubbling Talk of a door Through which I pressed Nudged into a room Small. Still All shades of white Not antiseptic

I was 14, she was almost 13. We sat holding hands beside our friends on the extension abutted to the back of her parent’s garage. The sun baked us in place, asphalt shingles holding our embrace. On the deck, stealing a peck, nearing the edge, the small part five foot high, the full climb eight.

Thus convenes the Loyal Order of Roasting Chicken Hawks.

Do you ever wonder what casual and almost near acquaintances think when they see you? And does my asking condemn me as a narcissist?

An inadequately supported Army Reserve unit thrown into the maw of an ill-conceived, unpopular war in the Middle East. Déjà vu. www.cnn.com/2026/03/03/p...

happy to report that Cincinnati zoo has an orphaned opossum named Ellie as an animal ambassador and she is adorable

Never mind the jobs you had, tell me five classes you took in college: 1. African-American Literature and Composition 1 2. AALC 2 3. Morbidity and Mortality in History 4. Climate and Weather 5. Medieval Spanish History

For decades you declare, “This is not the hill I choose to die on,” and then, “Yeah, maybe.”

MENDOZA!!!# #iufb

Miami BOINK! #iufb

Rushing home to let my dog out and then realizing I'm really rushing home to see him because I miss him. And then remembering that which I can't really forget, which is that he died a week and a half ago. And fuck, I'm tired. So fucking tired.

While the kid is off attending Ohio State, her ball python and I have bonded over frozen rats and college football. #iufb

Enjoying a little Tennessee Mocha. 8 oz hot chocolate, 2.5 oz coffee, 2 oz George Dickel whiskey, big ol’ scoop of whipped cream. #cocktail #Nashville

Hoosiers!!!!!! #iufb

Sitting here, missing my recently passed dog, listening to Lana Del Rey, sipping excellent bourbon, and reading a new book about my first war. Outside, it is sleeting.

Scott Dolson looking like a recruiting genius. #iubb

Radicic, free meals at Nick’s for the rest of his life! #iufb

What part of late shift does this inept officiating crew not get? #iufb

damn it #iufb

Garbage officiating. #iufb

Everything Falling Apart, Reports Institute For Somehow Managing To Hold It All Together https://theonion.com/everything-falling-apart-reports-institute-for-somehow-1819569822/

Clarence Water Revival

NURTURE To be a plant In a pot With no cares Beyond dirt And the sun And the whims Of those who bring You water

It still messes me up that they changed the ability score order. The AC flip made sense, however. iykyk

I KNOW I know What it is to cast a stone So dense It folds in upon itself The glass half Cincy The house half prole

ON SECOND THOUGHT As a child I’d inhale Every single Strip Of Sir Galahad Misbegotten Conceptions Persimmons Trodden Rotten Misperceptions

What a shallow life it must be to be so deathly afraid of cities.

On average, how many times a month do you find the phrase, “before the pandemic,” coming up in normal conversation?

Does CharGen even know what a fucking half orc is? Asking for a friend.

I sometimes wish I’d been more aware in my 20s, my 30s, and my 40s; and then I wonder how aware I’ve been in my 50s.

Here’s the story of a man named Brady A poor mountaineer, Barely kept his family fed. Till the one day when the lady met this fellow And up through the ground came a-bubblin’ crude. They’re a page right out of history.

The singularity is awesome

From @TheAthletic: Walking is a “brain-changing power” that remains overlooked, says Shane O’Mara, an Irish neuroscientist. Former Apple CEO Steve Jobs and Ernest Hemingway were both famed for walking to fuel creativity. MLB's Bruce Bochy is also a huge fan. https://trib.al/QD1usUQ

Sad my Pacers lost. Glad that I don’t have to live in Oklahoma City.

This silo is getting cray

very struck by the fact that whenever i use this image people will show up to tell me that it is gross and immoral when they could just skeet "i am addicted to losing" and save us all some time

I’ve had a good turntable for awhile. Finally paired it with good speakers. May have to take leave tomorrow. #CocoonedInMusic

Hell on Earth.

Easter is the official start of Gibson season.

ANDERSON, INDIANA, 1982 Reagan’s first recession The one before Black Monday The one that hurt Real People The one a few years before General Motors swore They were with US For the long haul A few years more before They pulled out At Shadyside Park A sweaty night Just to be sure

It was a good run. Fall 2025 will be the first semester in almost 20 years during which I will not be teaching a class at Vanderbilt. Another victim of rippling federal funding cuts. I hope to return some day in the not-too-distant future.

I’ll lose every battle if that’s what it takes to win the war.

Stupid or evil? Does the distinction matter?

When you write the best things you've written and only a few ever know