Glad they figured out a Qline streetcar weighs more than 88 pounds.

How long it takes me to mop my kitchen, dining area, foyer and stairway floors: Four ... no, make that five months of putting it off because of grading, service, grant writing, and class prep, a week of procrastination, 30 minutes of decluttering, 10 minutes of sweeping, and 30 minutes of mopping.

Seen on this evening's walk in the Pointey Woods. Being up the road from the Edsel and Eleanor Ford estate means seeing a lot of glorious old rides like this Ford Galaxie 500.

My God, is this me. Research says people who grew up without a parent who said they were proud of them often develop a habit of moving the goalposts on themselves the moment they get close share.google/1mQZCvOQXrrk...

My childhood neighborhood Taco Bell is now a used car dealership. What happened to yours?

Another annual checkup and another clean bill of health for the Linen Pumas! Looie was his usual chill sociable self while Mila's theme song seemed to be the Rolling Stones' "Gimme Shelter." They're home napping now. I declare Caturday Plus Two!

When I was researching my book "Yankee Reporters and Southern Secrets," I examined ledgers chronicling the 1860 sales of thousands of surplus carbines from federal armories to the governments that went on to form the Confederate States of America. This is giving that.

Just finished end of academic year fridge cleanout. I must say that getting all the adjustable shelves at just the right level is an underrated pleasure.

Scarface Jones said it's too late to quit ...

And now your moment of Mila, who wishes you a happy summer break.

Congratulations to this year's Blanchard Dissertation Prize Winner Claire Rounkles and honorable mention winners Meshari Thamer Alotaibi and John-Erik Koslosky! Learn more about their dissertations here: tinyurl.com/ypkzp4d7

And now your moment of Mila, who is rooting for these tomato seedlings to thrive. Happy Caturday Plus One!

And now your moment of Mila and Looie-loo, who gently but insistently request a sample of your salmon or yogurt, whichever is freshest. Happy Caturday!

Canvas blackmail fallout: Administration urges faculty to contact students and share course docs via email and OneDrive with students until Canvas is available again. BUT someone had the bright idea of moving course rosters into Canvas and taking away faculty access to rosters in Academica.

And now your moment of Mila and Looie-loo...and burd! I declare Early Caturday!

I have started using this reply to political fundraising texts, though it's probably ignored: It would be much better form if you told me about your platform before asking for money as part of your introduction. Here's a secret:

And now your moment of Mila and Looie-loo. Happy l Caturday Plus One!

My view at Wayne State University Commencement seven years ago today. Yes, that is Jack White being introduced as recipient of a WSU honorary doctorate. Yes, he shook hands and offered a word of congratulations to everyone who graduated that day. Yes, my university is cooler than your university.

An AI system never hallucinates because all of its responses are correct. (pause for freak-out. Continue:) That is, correct for what it is designed to do. Which very often is wrong for what we, humans, want to do and what we expect from it.

So this happened last night. I'm nowhere close to retirement, but receiving the Distinguished Graduate Faculty Award from Wayne State University feels like a pinnacle moment. The teacher is incomplete without students,

Happy Birthday to Mila and Looie-loo, who turn 11 years old today! And happy Caturday Eve to all!

Film you’ve watched more than six times with a gif. Hard mode: no Star Wars/Trek, HP, LOTR, Marvel.

And now your moment of Looie-loo, who gets a little standoffish when Travis Bickle the Neighbor Kitty pays a visit. Happy Caturday to all!

There's a steamer trunk that's been in my basement since I bought my house. I have never opened it.

My editor at the St. Cloud Times recommended me as a guest speaker in a public relations writing class at St. Cloud State University, and it was kind of a blast. That was about a year out of college.

And now your moment of Looie-loo. Happy Caturday Eve! I know I'm biased, but isn't he the most charismatic microfauna ever?

What are we watching Thursday nights now that The Pitt Season 2 is over?

So, 1923 is basically Gangs of Montana?

Among the stuff I bought on Record Store Day is a best of Allman Brothers. Whole thing feels like being hugged by a warm spring Georgia afternoon. Guitar notes dance like butterflies in the air, bass bubbles like a mountain stream, piano sounds pounce like pumas. Cannot help but relax hearing this.

Happy Record Store Day to those who celebrate it! My #RSD2026 haul

French man, 86, issues historic apology for family’s role in transatlantic slavery

I kinda need a hug after watching the season finale of "The Pitt."

This is worth considering. I'm much more likely to use this than the presidential elections checkoff on my income taxes.

WHAT IF: Larry Fishburne in "Apocalypse Now" is the backstory for Larry Fishburne in "King of New York" is the backstory for Larry Fishburne in "John Wick" ?

And the angles were ALL WRONG. Ran submarine finds unknown structures in Dotson Ice Shelf - Earth.com share.google/yhhU6TFSO0E5...

Happy Caturday Plus One! Out cleaning up a garden bed to sow peas today, I solved a great mystery of the winter: Why was Travis Bickle the Neighbor Kitty so intently hanging out in one specific bed? He was enjoying catnip that slumbered beneath the fallen leaves!

CONFESSION: While watching the Artemis II re-entry and splashdown, I hummed the theme song for "I Dream of Jeannie." But it was purely self-soothing since they were in what I could only assume was tremendous peril.

Not me smiling and crying over here about Artemis 2's safe return! I'm filled with awe. Welcome home!

Dear Conference Organizers, Please for the love of all things, provide an easily printable agenda. These weird web interfaces to build your own and apps are just not it. I'm sure you could find better ways to spend our conference fees. Maybe on more coffee? #AcademicSky

IN THE FUTURE, private businesses will also pester employees for rebates the way that universities do for "annual giving day."

In light of the conversation about how hard it is to promote your own book: Post a link to buy your book here and I’ll boost it cause you destroyed yourself to get it done, your publisher won’t help you sell it, and you deserve cheers and admiration for your accomplishment.

And now your moment of Mila and Looie-loo, hanging out with me in the basement while we wait for the tornado danger to pass. Wayne, Oakland and Macomb counties are all under tornado warning.

COLLEGE ADMISSIONS ESSAY HACK: At the beginning, tell the committee it's intended to be read in the voice of Morgan Freeman.

Damn, what a week. To quote Warren Zevon, "It's tough to be somebody. It's hard not to fall apart. Up here on Rehab Mountain, we all learn these words by heart."

It's a little late to test Academic Senate at-large election slogans, but I kind of like "Fuhlhage offers you his protection."

You know the soliciter general who argued that birthright citizenship case before the Supreme Court today? Why does he sound like he's trying to explain the psychology of a Kaiju?

Affirmation: It's OK to rest. Especially if your body (or mind) is a little beat-up. I am relearning that this week.

So, this happened on campus today. Fire at the Maccabees Building contained to the 11th floor. No injuries, but I can only imagine the mess.

Am I the only one hit by a tidal wave of Democrats whose first text to me was a request for money and not an introduction to who they are and what they stand for yesterday because of a "critical end of quarter deadline"?

Seen on today's walk in Grosse Pointe. No zombies, so they did their job, but the mailbox is overflowing , so I hope they didn't succumb.