Jennifer Johnson

I always said “INtegral” but apparently it’s now (always was?) inTEGral so now I’m just not saying it.

I only like the rye chips in the Gardetto's snack mix so I buy the bags that are just rye chips without all that pretzel nonsense because I turn 49 next month and THERE IS NO TIME TO MESS AROUND

Feeling seen (so to speak) by the number of Oscar award winners who need reading glasses to read their speeches.

2025 America in one photo

People do not seem to realize that their opinion of the world is also a confession of character.
– Ralph Waldo Emerson

Tennesseans, you are allowed to drive faster than you talk.

There seems to be a lot of confusion on the difference between facts (especially facts you don’t like the implications of) and opinions.

I lifted weights twice this week so I am now the strongest girl in the world. Or I will be when I can move again.

If you’re not willing or able to have hard conversations, you’re not a leader, regardless of your title.

For the first time in years, we owe a chunk of money in taxes. Think I'll wait.

#OnwardToWeekFour #GoBirds

All cruelty springs from weakness. - Seneca

Estoy aprendiendo español.

It’s a great time to be a 1

May I someday have the confidence of a twenty-year-old who is completely unaware of traffic in a busy parking lot.

For Christmas we promised to take the kids skiing on February 8 which is why it will be 71 degrees Saturday. You’re welcome.

February 3, 2025 I’m going to start tonight by stating the obvious: the Republicans control both chambers of Congress: the House of Representatives and the Senate.

Musk is attempting to destroy the federal government from the inside while admitting that he is doing so. Typically excellent summary from Heather Cox Richardson.
heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/february-3...

This has all been a very interesting application of that 2 Chronicles 7 verse.

I ran two miles after not running for five years and I felt powerful. Slow, but powerful.

There will be more running.

Thinking about watching the Challenger explosion on this morning in 1986 and a girl in the lunch line after saying it couldn’t be real because they would never show that on television if it was real and I want to be in fourth grade again getting ready to eat rectangular pizza and corn.

“The obscure we see eventually. The completely obvious, it seems, takes longer.”
Edward R. Murrow

Opinion | The Long Shadow of Fraud in Alzheimer’s Research (Gift Article) Fraud in research needs to end.

This is heartbreaking.

www.nytimes.com/2025/01/24/o...

I’ll tell you what I really needed today was to start receiving tax documents in the mail.

Day two of the Alda Center Science Communicator Seminar. Such great stuff. It’s ostensibly designed to help scientists explain complex topics to a general audience, but it’s really just principles of good communication. Every preacher should do this.

If I’m eating salads for lunch every day and I’ve gained four pounds since Christmas, I think we have to at least ask why I’m not just eating onion rings.

31 stray copyeditorial thoughts [because, they tell me, people like lists]

All of these + stop using utilize. benjamindreyer.substack.com/p/31-stray-c...

I am never more optimistic about my potential than when I consider subscribing to The New Yorker. #StillSixUnreadIssuesOfTheAtlanticInMyLivingRoom