I spent a few months as the Acting Superintendent of Little Bighorn Battlefield National Monument back in 2023. It’s a beautiful, haunting, and important site. This is very disheartening.

Quote 5 jobs that you've had. 1) Caddy (on a ritzy LI country club) 2) Supermarket deli dude 3) Bookstore dweeb 4) UPS truck loader 5) Ace copyeditor

40 years ago today, STS-51-L, the Space Shuttle Challenger, was boarded by Francis R. Scobee, Commander - Michael J. Smith, Pilot - Donald McNair, Mission Spec - Ellison Onizuka, Mission Spec - Judith Resnik, Mission Spec - Gregory Jarvis, Payload Spec - Christa McAuliffe, Payload Spec

Finally deactivated my Twitter/X account. Hadn't posted/reposted/replied there in nearly a year. Didn't bother DL'ing my stuff either. #SeeYa

My favorite local news weather forecasts are always the ones where the main weather person tag teams with one of the others on their team. "It's too much weather for me to share all by myself, but weather flunky No. 2 is in our weather center with a closer look...Jim, over to you..."

If you see this, post a bridge.

So, only one of the three NFL playoff games this weekend went the way I was hoping. Oh well.

One thing apparent from this football weekend is that /every/ team would do well to work on ball protection this off season.

#2016trend I skied Big Sky! Plus Killington, Sugarloaf, Sunday River & Stratton Road tripped across Texas &New Mexico The NPS100 campaign had me visit ~41 NPS units (incl Big Bend, Guadalupe Mtns, Carlsbad, & Congaree) Work sent me to Vancouver Six MiLB ballparks SF, LA, and Cleveland NFL games

Two of my favorite travel maps--in fact--my favorites with no pins. The one on the left shows my cumulative road trip routes through the years, and the one on the right is the mob-rule creation based on counties I've passed through.

I shook hands and said "Great show" to Glenn Tillbrook after a show on Long Island.

Goodbye 13-game road losing streak, 9-game losing streak, and, yeah, perhaps the No. 1 pick. I'll take it. #nygiants

I've said it before and I'll say it again...there ain't nothing like the doink of a kick bouncing off an upright. Anyway, NE is up by 39 over the Jets late in the third...can we please flip to another game?

The gauge says 9", and it doesn't lie. It was just one day late for Christmas snow. 🤷🏻🎄☃️ Anyway, got the deck cleared and will fire up the snow thrower shortly...

Merry Knicksmas!! What a game!

Big congrats to Eric ( @mountainscalling.me ) on his remarkable accomplishment of visiting all 63 National Parks. With a hat tip to him, here are pictures from my first and last (56th) new national park visits: Badlands, 9/12/1991 Voyageurs, 8/11/2024 #ParkChat

1st National Park - Haleakala 3/7/08 63rd National Park - American Samoa 12/23/25 17 years 9 months 16 days 63 National Parks Quest COMPLETE! ✅️ #NationalParks #ParkChat

Welcome winter! My favorite solstice is upon us...

A power outage before was just enough to require resetting clocks and the outdoor timer. The timer's reset, but the strings of lights won't stay steady-on: they blink, flash, fade, etc. It's pouring, and my first attempt to fix it failed. I'm content to let my neighbors think my lights are drunk.

A tale of two mornings from my yard. A beautiful sunrise yesterday and a snowy start to today (4", which was a bit more than the trace-to-1" predicted).

I shoveled the driveway, the front steps, the deck and so forth...and my not-so Smart Watch thinks I have 6500 steps to go to hit 10K? Sigh, fitbit would have had me well over that... 🤷🏻

My Giants are on a bye, which means a nice stress-free weekend of football viewing...

So, so awesome. #ParkChat

Thank you, Mr. Snowplow Man, for seeing me clearing my driveway, and then altering your path down the street to push that heavy hump of compacted snow and ice near the curb out of the way. That would have been a fair amount of heavy lifting for me... #gratitude

The Whiff was worse. youtu.be/WzhwSIuA5XQ?... That was a playoff game! There have been so many bad plays, bad collapses, etc., this season that this bizarre FG will blend in with the rest. #NYGiants

That doink! No other sound like it in sports. #BillsVsSteelers

I just renewed my "America the Beautiful" pass for 2026...well, it's good through November 2026. My local NPS site still has some of this year's cards so I'm spared the ignominy of carrying one around with /his/ face on it. If I manage any NPS travel in Dec 2026, I'll pay out of pocket.

Happy Thanksgiving!! Enjoy this old throwback of me, I believe after being "thrown out" of the kitchen and asked to keep my grandmother company. 😂

So, suppose one has a fresh cherry pie that looks and smells scrumptious, and then proceeds to cut a small slice out. Can one work the pie height down a bit, smush the gap closed and smooth over the edges, and thereby hide any signs of the removed slice? Asking for a friend...

Q3 Please tell us about a favorite pre-dinner or post-Thanksgiving hike or park visit. Was it a new hike or park, or an old favorite? #ParkChat

The #NYGiants had that 10-pt road lead, and I almost posted about how maybe today could end with them actually holding on to it. Before I could type it out, the lead is down to 3 with plenty of time left Sigh.

These are the seven National Parks I haven't visited yet. 2025 was the first year since 2014 where I didn't get to a new one or two. Or four. I hope to shorten this list a bit next year.

These are most--if not all--of my Randy Jones baseball cards. Growing up in New York, he was one of those players I wish I got to see more of.

Introduce yourself with the last 5 concerts you saw. Hmmm...if I recall correctly (and I'm pretty sure I'm forgetting one or two between these...) Frank Turner Richie Havens Glenn Tilbrook Gordon Lightfoot John Entwistle

I've caught myself transposing letters when typing on a full keyboard, and it's usually my right hand hitting a key before one that my left hand should've hit. Next thing I know, I'm googling typing sites and find a left-hand words typing test. I hit 63 WPM. I'll take it. 😂

Yes, it's #NationalHikingDay. Throwing it back to my June trip, which included this stop and hike at the Buffalo National River.

Another fourth quarter lead blown, but at least this one was under 10 points...that's all I've got. It ain't easy Bleeding Blue... #NYG

Ya know, Bobby Witt had a great season last year and of course Cal Raleigh had a great one this year, but I think they got the voting right each time, and I'd like to think I'd feel that way if I didn't bleed pinstripes...

Ask the Chefs: What’s Your Favorite AI Hack? scholarlykitchen.sspnet.org/2025/11/13/a...

That was incredible! A lot of fun to watch, with some crazy, sensational and gutsy plays. Best World Series I can remember in a long time. Congrats to the Dodgers and their fans.

Burl Ives, The Ventures and Johnny Cash all did fine versions of "Ghost Riders in the Sky", but the Outlaws might be my favorite one...

Q10. Halloween candy, pumpkin spice this or that. And pies! Connect any NP site to seasonal food or beverage. #parkchat

Q9. Howling and growling creatures. Wolves, coyotes, bear, mountain lions—Share a story or picture of an encounter with one of these critters. The scarier—but not too scary—the better… #parkchat

Q8. Caves are dark with some very tight spaces. I got a demo of the total darkness in Jewel Cave NP. That didn’t bother me. But, the thought of squeezing into a really tight crevice or passageway does. Who has or would brave cavern areas beyond the main chambers? #parkchat

Q7. Did you really think there wouldn’t be a cave question or two? I mean, come on, that would be batty. How many of the caves/cavern sites have you been to? Any on your bucket list? Bonus points for bat pictures. #parkchat

Q6. Many of the National Historic sites feature very old buildings and homes. Tell us about a visit to one of these sites with squeaky floors or that in some way gave you the creeps. #parkchat

Q5. No doubt, some of the Civil War battlefield sites feel haunted. Do any stand out to you more than any others? #parkchat