Adam Bonin

There is so much to say about this. One heartening change to the show is how it's eliminated person-on-person strength/violence challenges and shifted to things involving balance, patience, puzzle-solving, etc.

I also think even pre-New Era they've improved on highlighting women for strategy.

"Corey, who or what is Damocles?"

That's not true. But Mike Brady took the whole family to Hawaii not to supervise a construction project, or for Greg to attempt competitive surfing, or for the kids to learn the lore about enchanted tiki dolls, but just to avoid an interview with Chotiner.

I would delete this image.

Blessing v Freestone on January 6, 1997, case dealing with private rights of action under Section 1983. I worked on an amicus brief as part of my law school clinic work.

Case was argued for our side by Marsha Berzon and Patricia Millett which, in retrospect, wow.

I've watched the first episode of TOP CHEF: REALLY, THE CAROLINAS? on Peacock, and my reactions are (1) really, the Carolinas?, and (2) there are episodes which are heavy-handed and obvious as to who's going home, and there are ones which are designed as shockers, and this is one of those two.

Chotiner: Dr. Agnew, you had heard of Dr. Joseph Lister and his work, correct?

That’s not true, but James Garfield rejected Charles Guiteau for a presidential appointment knowing it would ultimately lead to his assassination to avoid an interview with Chotiner

Today is the 16th (oops above) day of the 22-day cycle during which candidates for major party nomination in PA can gather signatures to qualify for the ballot.

Each day I'll share a bad one: today, just an insane kitchen table job by a 2022 congressional candidate. The rotation of authors is, wow.

She says we need to unite behind Talarico. She's right.

The primary is over. And when people are campaigning, expectations are different.

It's a stealth remake of DELIVER ME FROM NOWHERE. Jabba's abusive parenting leads to years of repressed trauma for Rotta, who is uncomfortable with fame, channeling that depression into a series of moody lo-fi acoustic songs about serial killers in Mos Eisley and desperate strivers on Tatooine.

It calls to mind a particularly embattled judge here who I can imagine not being meek about running for DA himself. In which case, yikes.

Every single one of us would have understood it if @crockett.house.gov had remained in Texas for a while after putting everything she had into her Senate campaign. Taken some time to recover, rest, and heal. She's earned it.

And instead she's right back at work in DC today. For all of us. Wow.

Scream: Now You Don't

Remembering Isaiah Zagar on my walk this morning. (Bainbridge and Reese Sts.)

I think he was gone by that point.

Huh. Noem keeps calling the question "garbage." But she never says that the answer is "no."

I would love to know what percentage of Chotiner's interview subjects do respond with "Sorry, wrong number, I've never heard of anyone with that name [click]."

Inside a managing master class: Dave Roberts breaks down a World Series Game 7 for the ages “The pressure points in that World Series,” Roberts said. “There were so many different things. It's unbelievable when you unpack it.”

This @tylerkepner.bsky.social tick-tock of how Dave Roberts managed WS Game 7 last year just brings back all of my "wow, baseball's pretty awesome" emotions from last October.

I don't see any need to speak negatively about Crockett or her supporters today.

Tot Pass Rk Year ▲ TO FL Int 42 1 1985 38.2 16.7 21.5 2 1986 36.1 15.4 20.8 3 1987 35.5 16.2 19.3 4 1988 34.5 14.7 19.8 5 1989 35.0 15.1 20.0 6 1990 31.8 14.6 17.1 7 1991 32.2 14.8 17.4 8 1992 32.7 14.2 18.5 9 1993 30.4 13.7 16.8 10 1994 29.7 12.8 16.9 11 1995 30.6 13.5 17.1 12 1996 30.6 12.6 18.1 13 1997 28.6 12.7 16.0 14 1998 28.7 11.7 17.0 15 1999 30.7 12.6 18.1 16 2000 30.1 13.0 17.1 17 2001 29.9 12.4 17.6 18 2002 29.0 12.5 16.5 19 2003 28.5 11.7 16.8 20 2004 28.3 11.9 16.4 21 2005 28.0 12.2 15.8 22 2006 28.0 11.8 16.3 23 2007 28.7 12.0 16.7 24 2008 24.8 10.3 14.5 25 2009 27.3 10.8 16.4 26 2010 26.9 10.9 16.0 27 2011 25.3 9.5 15.8 28 2012 24.9 10.3 14.6 29 2013 25.4 9.8 15.7 30 2014 23.7 9.6 14.1 31 2015 23.3 9.7 13.6 32 2016 21.9 8.9 13.0 33 2017 22.1 8.6 13.4 34 2018 21.8 8.7 13.1 35 2019 22.2 9.4 12.8 36 2020 20.8 8.4 12.3 37 2021 22.1 8.3 13.8 38 2022 22.2 9.1 13.1 39 2023 22.9 9.5 13.4 40 2024 20.6 8.5 12.1 41 2025 19.7 7.8 11.9

21 2005 28.0 12.2 15.8 22 2006 28.0 11.8 16.3 23 2007 28.7 12.0 16.7 24 2008 24.8 10.3 14.5 25 2009 27.3 10.8 16.4 26 2010 26.9 10.9 16.0 27 2011 25.3 9.5 15.8 28 2012 24.9 10.3 14.6 29 2013 25.4 9.8 15.7 30 2014 23.7 9.6 14.1 31 2015 23.3 9.7 13.6 32 2016 21.9 8.9 13.0 33 2017 22.1 8.6 13.4 34 2018 21.8 8.7 13.1 35 2019 22.2 9.4 12.8 36 2020 20.8 8.4 12.3 37 2021 22.1 8.3 13.8 38 2022 22.2 9.1 13.1 39 2023 22.9 9.5 13.4 40 2024 20.6 8.5 12.1 41 2025 19.7 7.8 11.9

Teams were at 2 turnovers/game as recently as 1992. Quickie @sports-reference.com chart on turnovers, fumbles, INTs per-team per-season since 1985 The declines are remarkable, even factoring in the start of the 17-game season in 2021.:
www.pro-football-reference.com/years/NFL/

Today is the 16th (oops above) day of the 22-day cycle during which candidates for major party nomination in PA can gather signatures to qualify for the ballot.

Each day I'll share a bad one: today, just an insane kitchen table job by a 2022 congressional candidate. The rotation of authors is, wow.

Raskin: Based on what you know today, were Renee Good and Alex Pretti domestic terrorists?

Noem: What happened was an absolute tragedy.

Raskin: Were they domestic terrorists?

Noem: My condolences to their families

Raskin: You lied about them.

FWIW, it's a unanimous reversal of a unanimous PA Supreme Court opinion which had found NJ Transit protected from liability under sovereign immunity. You can read that decision here: scholar.google.com/scholar_case...

Does Newfoundland celebrate "the day the plane people left" day in mid-September?

Remembering Isaiah Zagar on my walk this morning. (Bainbridge and Reese Sts.)

I have no idea. I saw a rack of St. Patrick's Day cards at CVS the other day, and was, like, "Do people send these?"

Happy Easter?

It helps me understand how Vaughan Meader won the Grammy for Album of the Year and Best New Artist in 1963.