In 35 minutes I get to enter into an extraordinary privilege, wholly undeserved: I'll celebrate Mass on the 25th Anniversary of my ordination to the priesthood, here in the Chapel of St. Augustine in Graham Family Hall with some residents and dear friends. There is much joy and

Scenes from an evening stroll.

This makes no sense. Why would this Daniel fellow post DMs he was not in? Preposterous.

When you've already typed something twice and your phone autocorrects it again.

Julius Caesar knife block.

None of this would be possible without the real MVP, beloved New York icon James Dolan

Insane levels of chokesmanship

BTS footage of Siskel & Ebert recording a tv spot for an upcoming episode 😂 The petty annoyance between these two is really what made them so special

He was exhausted. Had played all but one minute. Among the many coaching failures in that game.

The problem with calling last night's NBA game an all time great is that's only true if you're a Knicks fan. It was 3 quarters of terrible one-sided basketball by the Knicks followed by a monumentally stupid collapse by the Spurs. There was very little classic competition.

Well, the Cavs were outdone.

Barcelona, you win. Sagrada Família. Just incredible. Watch the whole thing with the sound on

When the over eager intern tries to ask the CEO for a coffee chat on day 1 of internship season

We must imagine Sisyphus in the Order of Christian Initiation of Adults…

I never met Gordon Wood, but I have a story about him. In one of my grad school seminars, we read Wood’s Creation of the American Republic. The sheer erudition and evidentiary depth of the book bowled me over. Back then, before kids and before life accelerated to warp speed, I used to call my mother every Sunday to catch up. Lots of times, we ended up talking about what I was reading that week in my grad seminars or for leisure. Mom had an omnivorous mind, and she was always looking for something else to read. She was a true intellectual—curious about almost everything, always eager to integrate new arguments or ideas into her existing schemas of how the world worked or to have those schemas challenged and changed. When we talked that particular Sunday, I think I tried to describe to her part of Wood’s argument about the relationship between the state constitutions during the Articles of Confederation era and the federal Constitution. Maybe I was tired, maybe I didn’t completely understand her questions, but the end result of the conversation was that Mom had questions about Wood’s argument that I didn’t answer satisfactorily. I told her that she should probably just read the book, and we said goodbye. She did eventually read the book, but the next Sunday, Mom started our conversation by saying, “Well, I had a lovely conversation with Gordon Wood this week.” For a split second, I thought she was joking, but then I remembered who I was dealing with. I started to sweat. “How?” I asked. A whole variety of unlikely scenarios in which the foremost historian of the American Revolution and my mother, who lived in Wichita, Kansas, might have met ran through my mind. “Oh, I just looked up his office phone number on Brown’s website and called, and he picked up!” Mom said. I decided I would have to find another profession. As it ended up, Gordon Wood spent about an hour on the phone with my mother answering her questions about the Constitution. Ever since, I’ve had a soft spot for the man when I imagine him picking up the phone in Providence and finding Becky Elder from Wichita on the other end of the line. His generosity in that moment spoke very well of him. Rest in peace, professor.

No, this isn’t a Real Madrid match in Bernabéu stadium It’s 80,000 Catholics with Pope Leo XIV

After (what I personally think is a brilliant speech), Pope Leo XIV received an almost 7-minute-long standing ovation in the Spanish Congress. And they stopped applauding because he left. It was a combination of Catholic social teaching, Spanish history, and current political debates. Worth reading in full once posted to vatican.va

There has long been a "replication crisis" of sorts in the humanities, in that if you try to "replicate" an argument by reading sources or following logic, you find that the sources say something different or the logic leads somewhere different.

Enron executive Lou Pai completes the sale of 340,000 shares of Enron stock, cashing out $250 million and formally leaving the company. His reasoning is unknown.

RT @DennisWieboldt: Happy to share the final version of "American Providentialism: A Reappraisal," my review of Steven D. Smith's new book…

After Michael Jordan scored a career-high 69 points in one game, Stacey King said: “I'll always remember this as the night that Michael Jordan and I combined to score 70 points" Amazing sense of humor. Stacey, you will be missed so much.