“Like prime, but with human beings”

Breaking: Trump puts 10,000% tariff on 60 Minutes Episodes imported from Canada.

"I'm shocked the royals are kinky sex perverts," says man who has never read one damn page of British history. www.yahoo.com/entertainmen...

I want the Bears to win, of course, but I ask the Big Guy to make it a 4th quarter comeback as often as it practical. It's much more fun to beat the Packers in overtime.

New Light Through Old Windows was in my CD Player frequently back in the day. And "Driving Home for Christmas" is one of my top 5 Christmas songs ever. He was a really underappreciated talent. www.theguardian.com/music/2025/d...

My quest and efforts to save an old family recipe. tensecondcynic.blogspot.com/2025/12/gran...

Just saw a recipe for crock pot hot chocolate so yeah, civilization's best years are behind us.

Rudolph the Red-nosed Reindeer was released in 1964. It would be almost 40 years until Will Farrell answered the film's most puzzling question.

Rudolph and Hermey are unfairly excluded from opportunity for a long time based on who they are. Eventually, of course, others realize that not only are they talented, but that the success of society depends on including them. This concludes today's lesson in DEI.

You've heard of Elf on a Shelf. Have you heard of

The view out the front door.

This re-post is off the record.

I'm strangely satisfied when none of my people on Facebook get the joke.

Of all the awful, vile, stupid, lying, racist, narcissistic, fascist stuff he's posted in the last decade, why is this one suddenly getting a lot of attention?

How many people were fired because they didn't show sympathy for Charlie Kirk?

I want to see the research that says having a Manning brother on your company's commercials will increase sales.

It just won't be Christmas at The Boeckenstedt House if we can't get cane rat and porcupine for the big family dinner.

I'm just going to assume that "fired for cause" means losing to Ohio State.

It would have been nice to have seen a link to or at least a mention of the Class Action research that is being cited in this paragraph in a @nytimes op-ed about early decision. I don't want to be petty, but for a new organization links to our work can be really helpful.

Probably just a coincidence that all those rage posts on Truth Social happen in the middle of the night

The Department of Education shared data today on IHEs where, 4 years after earning a credential, graduates earned less than peers with only a high school diploma. What ED didn't shout out was just how many of those institutions are for-profits. So I got the data. jamessmurphy.com/2025/12/09/w...

The German word for that little inside corner of your thumb that is always the first to crack in winter.

IS YOUR IQ 185?

Turning Point USA sues the CFP Selection Committee for religious persecution after leaving BYU and Notre Dame out of the playoffs. (I regret to inform you that this is a joke.)

I was hoping Notre Dame would make the playoffs because the tears of Notre Dame fans are sweeter if allowed to ripen a couple extra weeks.

You could pay every Division I football coach $100 M per year and it would not be as bad as they guys are making it.

Franklin enrolls in the SEC and is excluded from Fraternity Rush and "encouraged" to go back where he came from because of the color of his skin.

Olivia Nuzzi getting fired by Vanity Fair comes as no surprise to people who who have never heard of either.

Nothing like the NY Times forgetting to mention that "this commonly accepted view" is, in fact, encoded in the United States Constitution.

I'm sorry, I was informed that every university needed to reinvent itself.

Even if you believe that every little piece of academic research, no matter how arcane, adds to our understanding of the world around us, you have to admit that some research did not need to be conducted.

Can't wait

You didn't really a need a reason to love Costco any more than you already do, but sometimes the gods are generous.

Mr. Knight, there's a guy on the phone named Dan saying he needs to talk to "Uncle Phil." And he says its urgent.

If you melt your cheese at a high enough temperature, the metal melts with it, so don't worry about the recall. Just enjoy the subtle steel and aluminum undertones in your pizza.

Notice how no one has been talking about the Epstein files since Pete Hegseth committed war crimes? Something finally worked.

No, I did not forget. In its current state, it sucks. But thanks for the reminder.

I can barely read the review, so imagine how bad the book must be www.newyorker.com/books/under-...

Step 1: Defund a public good because you don't want to pay the taxes Step 2: Shift payment burden to students Step 3: Make the value of education a right-wing talking post Step 4: Success

In order to fight income and opportunity inequality, Michael and Susan Dell give 25 million kids an electric scooter from FAO Schwartz for Christmas.

There were two pieces of leftover pizza and I issued a "No Quarter" order on them.

When you get a foot of snow overnight.

"I hear there's someone back here who doesn't believe Jesus was a refugee. I'd like to have a talk with him."

Torn: Should I send a sympathy card to colleagues who make a million dollars a year, or should I ask the NY Times if their graphic artists may have watched too many Disney movies growing up?

So many people booing in Philadelphia I thought Santa Claus must be in the crowd.

I am slowly learning why I never made it as a comedian.

I will donate to any charity or buy insurance from any agent that promises not to send return address labels at the holidays.

Why am I wasting my time doing higher ed consulting when there is a much more lucrative opportunity in Hollywood staring me right in the face?

The more MS Word tells me I'm using "effect" incorrectly the more I'm going to use it. I hope I can effect some changes in their model.