I’ll often point out when teaching that the Atlantic slave trade ended in 1808. Illegally trade continued as the court records show, but in general African ancestry in many cases goes back to before 1808…anytime nativists trot out the “real American heritage” nonsense I think of this.

This game and its sequels were obsessions…I still get emotional when I go back to play them…and I can remember some of the dungeons i mapped out to this day.

You must be in Massachusetts.

I got shingles at 47. I was told again and again that I didn’t need the vaccine until 50. It was crippling. I had an “easy” case according to my doctor, but I still feel the burning on my side from nerve damage. I wanted the vaccine since I was 45 and told it was not necessary. Get the vaccine!

When I was a kid I could differentiate between Han Solo and Indiana Jones…this person would think Han Solo is beating up nazis incognito…also, show’s creator has said again and again there is no crossover.

There is also a SCOTUS where they look at the text and say…”yup, born here and you’re a citizen.” US v Wong Kim Ark

Instead they had freedom fried rice.

I want this book…I need this book.

When I think of naturalization ceremonies I always think of Craig Ferguson doing a piece for the late late show when he became a citizen…made me well up with pride:

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I mean, Oklahoma City maybe? SLC? But even those two are trending blue.

Radar has the beauty of being a palindrome…

I’m thinking through cities large enough to host a World Cup match in red states that aren’t already hosting whose city government isn’t blue? (Atlanta, Houston, Dallas, KC, and Miami all hosting)…

Elephant seal walks into a bar, asks the bartender “How much for a pint?”
Bartender says, “One fin.”