See: Haynes, Leary, et al., “Some Dispute over T-shirt Sales.”

Jon is definitely Daenerys’s chief of staff now. Yowza!

Les Déplorables.

I saw it with my dad in Lebanon, Tennessee. Clouds swept in around the start of partiality, but the dimming light must have cooled the air and dissipated them in time for totality. There were still some clouds on the horizon, so we could see them darken from the West to the east. Our view of the corona had three…

Flying to St. Louis tomorrow morning to meet my dad. We’ll head west to the path of totality and keep an eye on the weather. We’ll have water, food, cash, camping gear (including toilet), and maps. We don’t know what to expect as far as traffic, infrastructure, or accommodations, but it’ll be an adventure.

Kinjapocalypse.

In Pittsburgh’s Squirrel Hill neighborhood, I used to pass by a cleaner’s with a backlit window sign that said “DROP PANTS HERE FOR SERVICE.” I think they were in on the joke.

Avatar/comment near-synergy!

“…Five FIVE-pointed stars.”

And had the decency not to name it after himself.

Obama.

Mayo-American.

Monticello has been very open about the Hemings family (and Sally in particular) in recent years. I took a Hemings family tour this summer in which the guide, a historian, described Jefferson’s enslaved butler bidding on various household items while his family was auctioned off elsewhere on the grounds. They didn’t…

My wife and I first lived together for a summer ten years ago in Charlottesville. I lived there by myself the following year because I loved it there. For our fifth wedding anniversary this year, we returned to the area and walked familiar paths along the Downtown Mall and UVa.

Interpol and Deutsche Bank.
FBI and Scotland Yard.

Sunday Morning Aftershock Treatment Bound for the Floor Boards of Canada Dry Hump Day

I saw somewhere in these here comments that “covfefe” was probably a typo of “coverage.” In context, that makes sense: “Despite the constant negative press coverage…”

Oh, I heard that show on Night Vale Community Radio this morning!

I was going to say that he’s a gentleman that’s goin’ ’round, turnin’ the joint upside down. However, that was Kid Creole with one D.

Avenged Sevenfold guitar player = More considerate than Anthony Scaramucci.