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Historian of religion and politics, researcher for award-winning podcasts, Auburn fan, and herald of woe.
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I love the idea of golf. A fun but challenging activity that can be done while soaking in some nature either alone or with a couple of friends? Excellent! Unfortunately my bank account almost had to shut itself down due to laughing so hard at how much green fees, clubs, etc. cost.

If you are being invited to Jewish Passover this weekend DO NOT BRING FOOD WITHOUT ASKING FIRST Flowers, Kosher Wine (look at the bottle make sure it has a kosher label) and juice (kosher candy if kids are involved)

This is why I take the time to explain bureaucracies to my students. They’ve only ever heard it as a bad word, but haven’t stopped to think why they exist. Any organization of sufficient size, I tell them, requires a bureaucratic structure in order to function.

Me reading that tweet: 1st Part - “Okay.” 2nd Part - “… Okaaaaay….” 3rd Part - “For fucks sake!”

It’s the Mechanical Turk all over again! en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mechani...

Was at a charity event and it started hailing, and I gotta say… nothing kills the mood of a fun murder mystery dinner than the THUNK THUNK THUNK of golfball sized hail on the roof.

Wrote a song while proctoring an exam, it goes: I’ve had too much coffee, And not enough food. I’ve had too much coffee, And not enough food. I don’t mean to seem angry, Or come off as rude, But I’ve had too much coffee, And not enough food.

Trump is like a kid playing a video game, spamming buttons and pretending he knows what he’s doing.

Yup.

Ok, yea, the announcement of suspension of tariffs for 90 days shortly after posting this? It’s looking more and more like this is what’s going on.

I know this is very much not the point of the post, but I’ve gotta say that “Rusty Grills” is the most “Post-2000 Southern State Politician” name I think I’ve ever seen.

Gotta say, it seems like my strategy of being in so much debt that I can’t afford to invest in the stock market is really paying off!

Hey fam, I know everything sucks right now……. That’s it. That’s the whole post.

Trying to think of what the remedy for the Supreme Court ruling is. Because clearly any window dressing of giving enough time to file a habeas petition will be roundly ignored. All I can think is Congress must revoke the AEA, and I think there’s fat chance of that happening with this Congress.

Reporting from small town Alabama Facebook: They have bought the “reciprocal” tariff lie hook line and sinker.

A St. Patrick’s Day shirt with Pinhead from Hellraiser wearing a leprechaun hat. The words under him read: “Pinch Me. Please!”

Well done, @booker.senate.gov. We could all use more like you!

Hoping Broome’s elbow can get a sweet sponsorship deal from “Twice the Ice.”

Let’s go Auburn! War Eagle!

Down in front! (War Eagle!)

My wife made this cheese board /charcuterie board for her friends yesterday, and I will be thinking about it until the end of time. (Just in case you needed a delicious timeline cleanse.)

One thing that frustrates me is when someone on the right will believe the most batshit insane Q-Anon-type conspiracies but is somehow incapable of seeing how RW policies can/will lead to the very things they fear. Like, you can connect THOSE dots, but not THESE that are right in front of you?!

Tell me about it, sis, this shit is violent

Watching the Auburn game, and could we please not watch entire possessions with that opposite end of the court angle please??

There’s a simple phrase that we need to start embracing and repeating over and over to start to unwind RW ideology. It’s a bit reductive and is likely not going to win any elections. But no one has been willing to say it since long before I was born: “Government spending is good.”

Yo, I missed this, but also this is what should have happened from the beginning!