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  • Goodbye, South Dakota

    At 12:55 pm CDT on Friday, May 27, my status as a lifelong South Dakotan ended. I crossed the state line en route to the city in which my wife and I now live. Two of our three daughters and our granddaughter live in the university town larger than Sioux Falls. Family was the […]

  • Biweekly Edition: 4-9

    Latest innovative pro se pleading Motion requesting “you all go fuck yourselves“ Nonbookish Linkage “Cancel culture” is an empty vessel Skepticism as a way of life An interesting look at the makeup of QAnon believers (I repeat: our country is full of idjits) The impossibility of history Portugal has an Anchor Cemetery And did you…

  • Biweekly Edition: 3-26

    Bulletin Board There’s a couple new items in Curmudgeon’s Gallery Most Obvious Headline New Research On Trump Voters: They’re Not The Sharpest Tools In The Box Nonbookish Linkage Two years of Covidiocy The right’s slant on religious freedom is a slippery slope When I practiced law, I wholeheartedly agreed that this is a total waste…

  • Loco Lawsuits: The woeful tale of Leo, the Bichon Frise

    On February 11, 2000, Sara McBurnett was driving to the San Jose airport to pick up her husband. Their 19-pound Bichon Frise dog, Leo, slept on the front seat. A black SUV with Virginia license plates passed her on the right shoulder and cut in front of her into the lane to her left. McBurnett…

  • Biweekly Edition: 3-12

    Most Amusing Headline Are Polar Bears Altruistic or Just Bad At Math? Most Depressing Headline Idaho Lawmakers OK Legislation That Could Fine, Jail Librarians Most Obvious Headline On Top of Everything Else, Nuclear War Would Be a Climate Problem Nonbookish Linkage “National narcissism is strongly tied to the spread of COVID-19 conspiracy theories.” The long,…

  • Biweekly Edition: 2-26

    Nonbookish Linkage You just can’t tell the truth about America anymore Grain’s impact on World War I There’s no “we” in baptism The etymology of “god” How to summon a demon Tbilisi’s underground city The jackalope, which keeps watch over local bars, tourist traps, junk shops, greasy spoon diners and dimly lit pool halls Bookish…

  • Goodbye, South Dakota

  • Biweekly Edition: 4-9

  • Biweekly Edition: 3-26

  • Loco Lawsuits: The woeful tale of Leo, the Bichon Frise

  • Goodbye, South Dakota

    At 12:55 pm CDT on Friday, May 27, my status as a lifelong South Dakotan ended. I crossed the state line en route to the city in which my wife and I now live. Two of our three daughters and our granddaughter live in the university town larger than Sioux Falls. Family was the […]

  • Biweekly Edition: 4-9

    Latest innovative pro se pleading Motion requesting “you all go fuck yourselves“ Nonbookish Linkage “Cancel culture” is an empty vessel Skepticism as a way of life An interesting look at the makeup of QAnon believers (I repeat: our country is full of idjits) The impossibility of history Portugal has an Anchor Cemetery And did you…

  • Biweekly Edition: 3-26

    Bulletin Board There’s a couple new items in Curmudgeon’s Gallery Most Obvious Headline New Research On Trump Voters: They’re Not The Sharpest Tools In The Box Nonbookish Linkage Two years of Covidiocy The right’s slant on religious freedom is a slippery slope When I practiced law, I wholeheartedly agreed that this is a total waste…

  • Loco Lawsuits: The woeful tale of Leo, the Bichon Frise

    On February 11, 2000, Sara McBurnett was driving to the San Jose airport to pick up her husband. Their 19-pound Bichon Frise dog, Leo, slept on the front seat. A black SUV with Virginia license plates passed her on the right shoulder and cut in front of her into the lane to her left. McBurnett…

  • Biweekly Edition: 3-12

    Most Amusing Headline Are Polar Bears Altruistic or Just Bad At Math? Most Depressing Headline Idaho Lawmakers OK Legislation That Could Fine, Jail Librarians Most Obvious Headline On Top of Everything Else, Nuclear War Would Be a Climate Problem Nonbookish Linkage “National narcissism is strongly tied to the spread of COVID-19 conspiracy theories.” The long,…

  • Biweekly Edition: 2-26

    Nonbookish Linkage You just can’t tell the truth about America anymore Grain’s impact on World War I There’s no “we” in baptism The etymology of “god” How to summon a demon Tbilisi’s underground city The jackalope, which keeps watch over local bars, tourist traps, junk shops, greasy spoon diners and dimly lit pool halls Bookish…

  • Goodbye, South Dakota

    At 12:55 pm CDT on Friday, May 27, my status as a lifelong South Dakotan ended. I crossed the state line en route to the city in which my wife and I now live. Two of our three daughters and our granddaughter live in the university town larger than Sioux Falls. Family was the […]


  • Biweekly Edition: 4-9

    Latest innovative pro se pleading Motion requesting “you all go fuck yourselves“ Nonbookish Linkage “Cancel culture” is an empty vessel Skepticism as a way of life An interesting look at the makeup of QAnon believers (I repeat: our country is full of idjits) The impossibility of history Portugal has an Anchor Cemetery And did you…


  • Biweekly Edition: 3-26

    Bulletin Board There’s a couple new items in Curmudgeon’s Gallery Most Obvious Headline New Research On Trump Voters: They’re Not The Sharpest Tools In The Box Nonbookish Linkage Two years of Covidiocy The right’s slant on religious freedom is a slippery slope When I practiced law, I wholeheartedly agreed that this is a total waste…


  • Loco Lawsuits: The woeful tale of Leo, the Bichon Frise

    On February 11, 2000, Sara McBurnett was driving to the San Jose airport to pick up her husband. Their 19-pound Bichon Frise dog, Leo, slept on the front seat. A black SUV with Virginia license plates passed her on the right shoulder and cut in front of her into the lane to her left. McBurnett…


  • Biweekly Edition: 3-12

    Most Amusing Headline Are Polar Bears Altruistic or Just Bad At Math? Most Depressing Headline Idaho Lawmakers OK Legislation That Could Fine, Jail Librarians Most Obvious Headline On Top of Everything Else, Nuclear War Would Be a Climate Problem Nonbookish Linkage “National narcissism is strongly tied to the spread of COVID-19 conspiracy theories.” The long,…