Joel Calahan
@joelcalahan.com
Apprentice philologist. Poetry translation and history teaching. Chair-leg hero.
Emeritus: Signal to Noise, Chicago Review
reader-in-chief of Caliber, an occasional newsletter of translation and reading
[ask at calibernewsletter at gmail dot com]
Emeritus: Signal to Noise, Chicago Review
reader-in-chief of Caliber, an occasional newsletter of translation and reading
[ask at calibernewsletter at gmail dot com]
Logging in to blue sky
January 13, 2026 at 12:57 AM
Logging in to blue sky
He’s young and healthy, and Jerome is too / when the pres / orders as he says / what’s a fed chair s’posed to do?
January 12, 2026 at 6:37 PM
He’s young and healthy, and Jerome is too / when the pres / orders as he says / what’s a fed chair s’posed to do?
Had no idea that Mortimer Adler tried to keep the Great Books relevant with these annual updates, and not incidentally expose his whole misogynistic ass
January 10, 2026 at 8:58 PM
Had no idea that Mortimer Adler tried to keep the Great Books relevant with these annual updates, and not incidentally expose his whole misogynistic ass
A laserdisc of the shuttle repair
January 10, 2026 at 8:44 PM
A laserdisc of the shuttle repair
The thrift store is a citizen archive
January 10, 2026 at 8:38 PM
The thrift store is a citizen archive
Cybertruck owners are a special breed
January 10, 2026 at 3:58 PM
Cybertruck owners are a special breed
Thanks for sharing! They must have filmed right before I was last there. I spotted a Mildred Bailey record I bought as he was flipping through Lou’s collection.
January 9, 2026 at 5:49 AM
Thanks for sharing! They must have filmed right before I was last there. I spotted a Mildred Bailey record I bought as he was flipping through Lou’s collection.
“Plato? Aristotle? Socrates? Morons.”
January 8, 2026 at 3:58 PM
“Plato? Aristotle? Socrates? Morons.”
Lovely little mushrooms in the backyard, sadly not chanterelle
January 6, 2026 at 4:06 PM
Lovely little mushrooms in the backyard, sadly not chanterelle
![The section of Wikipedia on “Chad”:
Partially punched chad
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When a chad is not fully detached, it is described by various terms corresponding to the level of modification from the unpunched state. The distinctions are of importance in counting cards used in voting. The following terms are sometimes used when describing a four-cornered chad:
• Hanging chads are attached to the ballot at only one corner.
• Swinging chads are attached to the ballot at two corners.
• Tri-chads are attached to the ballot at three corners.
• Dimpled chads are attached to the ballot at all four corners, but bear an indentation indicating the voter may have intended to mark the ballot. 6] (Sometimes "pregnant" is used to indicate a greater mark than "dimpled".)](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:sfadmpuifdn2tc726b4aaowd/bafkreibhq6fbrz7h4nsw2g6p22zsk7tfuscs6fkhh6girqsfnncxp2kb6a@jpeg)
relentless strays for everyone involved lol
January 3, 2026 at 5:03 PM
relentless strays for everyone involved lol
Logging into pink sky
December 30, 2025 at 1:01 AM
Logging into pink sky
Massive haul with the xmas gift cards at Folk Arts Rare Records in San Diego.
December 29, 2025 at 12:17 AM
Massive haul with the xmas gift cards at Folk Arts Rare Records in San Diego.
This one made me laugh too
December 26, 2025 at 5:56 AM
This one made me laugh too
Logging in to blue sky
December 25, 2025 at 10:48 PM
Logging in to blue sky