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I’m so happy. Just now my wife turned to me and asked what’s the proper way to spell “y’all.”

Well, this clears things up a bit:

Got an e-mail from O-Ring this morning, and he’s sort of encouraging me with respect to my abilities and contributions as a teacher. He notes how much is at stake, and tells me that “we cannot afford to become exhausted now.” To which I replied: It’s not exhaustion. It’s disgust.

The writer of this op-ed is Breea Willingham, the woman currently sitting in my old office at SBU. She has what you might call an informed take on the issues surrounding this week’s 10th anniversary commemoration of the original Million Man March, and in this article does a neat job articulating why all of us ought to care. My brother

I’ve heard a lot of folks in the last few years railing at the stupidity of the music industry, and hey, a lot of times I was one of those people. In particular, some savvy industry watchers have lamented the sheer unbridled idiocy that the labels have displayed in dealing with the new digital world. Piracy, downloading, electronic channels as

Sports fans may have heard that an umpire screw-up in last night’s game doomed the Angels. Oh, excuse me. I mean, you may have heard that there was a controversial call that allowed the eventual winning run to reach base. Is that neutered enough, or do I need to further excise the suggestion that a human may have been involved

Sam King, who I think is actively searching out stuff with which to bait me these days, this morning passed along the Bill of Non-Rights, a bit of self-righteous humor variously attributed to different “conservative” writers. So here’s my reply. ___________________ As soon as I get to this, I know I’m reading a moron whose idea of thinking is parroting

David Stolberg Meritorious Service Award The Stolberg Award, an engraved plaque, was presented in September 2005 at SEJ’s 15th annual conference in Austin to Denny Wilkins, the SEJournal workhorse who has copyedited SEJ material for free, for years. (Story.) Congrats to Denny for finally getting noticed….

My buddy Sam King (a smart, libertarian-leaning conservative type) pointed me toward this 1993 piece in Reason magazine on the question of kids and gun deaths (and attending legal/policy debates). To his ears, the author’s argument made some sense. I guess my take sort of steps to the side of the issue the author wants to talk about. ____________________________________ Of

I speak as a longtime Braves fan when I say that: Their 14-year run of division championships is amazing. But, When something happens 92.8% of the time over nearly a decade and half, you have to consider the possibility that something systematic is at work. I know it’s hard to mess with “success,” but here’s what I think the Braves

Those who know me will laugh heartily upon learning that: I Am A: Lawful Good Human Fighter Paladin

This is why more people should be subscribed to Bruce Schneier’s feed. Do it.

Furious South African women? I bet you could find South African men who’d object, too. Of course, the men who’d object the most would be the ones the device was made for, I suppose….