Brian Spears

I hesitate to say this was the dumbest possible outcome because this administration takes that as a challenge but good freaking lord.

Shield of the Americas

Wish I could be there!

When I was a teenager, I once had dinner at the Louisiana Governor’s Mansion with Edwin Edwards and Willie Nelson (and a lot of other people).

Free idea for hotels: small bottles of distilled water for people with CPAP machines in the rooms. That’s something that’s challenging to find when you’re not staying in a place for long.

On my dad’s side: journeyman carpenter and handyman who played fiddle in south Texas, drank metric tons of beer. Mom’s side: Navy vet in WWII and Korea, became a draftsman after leaving the service.

Way back when I was in grad school in northwest Arkansas, near where Walmart was founded, I was so happy when a Target opened. This was like 2001/2. Because it wasn’t Walmart. That’s all it had to be. And they threw away 20 years of brand loyalty with me over that.

An extreme version of imposter syndrome maybe?

Personally I’m on my way to Cleveland for the 4C’s conference and I’m planning to look for them there.

Anybody know if Grammarly has a booth at AWP this year? Because I imagine some writers have some questions for them.

Sometimes a therapist needs to give you a kick in the ass. No LLM will ever do that.

Allegedly is doing a lot of work there

A computer monitor with Teams open, a blurred background with me taking a picture with my phone and my orange tabby cat looking into the laptop camera

My teaching assistant, Isabella Pawsolini, has decided to join in the video conference portion of today’s office hours.

Text above a black, red, yellow, and green diagonally striped background reading “Celebrating Historical Black MA-06 Voices”. This background extends for all posts.

We don’t need just a month to celebrate great people. Let’s talk about the great Black figures who lived in Massachusetts’ 6th congressional district. These heroic figures helped shape our towns, our countries, and the world we live in today.

If I could combine the let them fight gif with the Sickos guy in the window, that would be me.

Every time this joint fails to load I’m hoping that it’s because it finally happened and the place can’t handle all the joy.

One day, y’all. One day.

Every time this joint fails to load I’m hoping that it’s because it finally happened and the place can’t handle all the joy.

One day, y’all. One day.

So it’s the movie Brewster’s Millions but not funny and with guns.

In case anyone thinks this is an exaggeration, here’s the link to the Grammarly “expert review” page. The video in step 4 is basically a tutorial on how not to write your own work and also includes examples of AI’s built off the work of living authors. www.grammarly.com/ai-agents/ex...

Most everyone I know on here who’s talking about conferences is talking about AWP this week, but on the off chance, is anyone else going to 4C’s in Cleveland? Somehow I find myself on a panel there this year on Thursday.

Coco or Up.

Also, if you ever feel like you need to just get it all out at once, do them as a double feature.

I posted this before I saw any of the latest news. Helly is judging the conservatives on the Supreme Court.

Me with my chicken Helly, who is looking into the camera judgmentally

Helly is judging you.

This is what happens when you ask Chat GPT if bombing Iran is a good idea.

Barney Miller is a classic

I’m very fortunate that I’ve had the same pharmacists for the last 14 years now and they’ll work with me if I forget to get the request in on time.

Making myself a sandwich and realized I’m out of mayo and then it hit me how bad a burn “sad as a white man all out of mayonnaise” would be.

On top of the depravity, it’s just a crooked market. A market that doesn’t stop insider trading has two kinds of customers: insiders and suckers.

Whereas Threepenny Review, thanks to their proprietary time travel technology, could reject you before you even pressed submit.