cliffylippy.bsky.social
Public policy wonk. Professor. Curmudgeon. A soldier, once upon a time.
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Yeah, but so far in the playoffs they’re what, 4-1 on the road?
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When my mom passed 10 years ago, the nursing and support staff at the small home for the aged nearby where she had lived for several years held her hands with me, cried with me, and joined me in telling her she was loved.
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1991. Though you could argue we “won” the wars in Iraq (2003) and Afghanistan but lost the occupations. Not saying it would be a good argument.
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The governor of California says you should only care about tariffs.
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The goon-lazy Venn diagram is almost a perfect overlap.
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Looked at his 401k?
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I skipped almost two decades and then was a serious roady/cyclocross rider for a good decade and a half. Hope to start riding more again this spring. Still have some sweet rides (Merlin, Kelly, and Guerciotti) and a few nice pub crawlers.
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Ha. Nope.
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I saved up my paper route money for what seemed forever to by a Mongoose Supergoose.
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A stone gazebo
Built by the WPA
At Shadyside Park
A sweaty night
Just to be sure
Crashing a Mongoose
Down that drop-off
Behind the closed Delco plant
Will the last person out
Turn off the lights
Flirt
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My junior high
Social studies teacher laughing
At my Anderson, Indiana
Will the last person out
Turn off the lights
T-shirt
Sniffing gasoline
In a garage off Pitt
Or more
Watching friends whiff
Thinking, some, there must be
More
Don’t you want me
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I live in the city itself, so it’s a lot about that to me.
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Nashville is blue.
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Odd that none of the powerful alumni of these elite universities seem to be fighting back.
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Yet UNC was maybe 80
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Yet, still a better team than UNC this year. 🤔
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The Post helping to create the darkness in which democracy dies.
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Ultra white?
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... that I will bear true faith and allegiance to the same; that I take this obligation freely, without any mental reservation or purpose of evasion; and that I will well and faithfully discharge the duties of the office on which I am about to enter." Over 40 years later, I still honor this oath.
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🐆
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Looking forward to covering the Impoundment Act of 1974 in class this semester.
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Enjoy. It’s a blast most days.