David Boles

Here is Janna's latest article taking issue with "ASL is English" -- it isn't! bolesblogs.com/2026/04/22/my-…

Here's my latest Nebraska novel: bolesbooks.com/ideas/passage-…

Here's the average weight for Percy and Lotty, the -- BolesBrits.com -- over the last six months! If you haven't checked out our BolesBrits.com website in awhile, you should, because it has a whole new look (and so do all of our web properties!)

Here's my latest Prairie Voice article about old school Midwestern football and what it's become today with NIL and the lack of moral commitment to purpose: prairievoice.com/p/from-bugeate…

In the wake of the tragic killing of Rob Reiner and his wife by their son Nick, the knowledge before the act emerges as the cruelest part. The children saw what Nick was capable of. They felt the danger in their own bodies. And yet there was likely no mechanism available to them that could have stopped it. You cannot institutionalize someone for being frightening. You cannot compel treatment for an adult who refuses it. The law protects autonomy right up until the moment autonomy becomes lethal. So the children carry a specific kind of burden: not the guilt of ignorance but the guilt of accurate perception. They knew. They were right. And being right saved no one. That's a different weight than sudden, inexplicable loss. There's no refuge in "we never could have seen this coming." They saw it coming. They lived in the seeing for years, probably. And now they have to construct a life around the fact that their fear was prophecy, that their brother was exactly what they knew him to be, and that knowing changed nothing. Rob and his wife now lie in their graves, silent. The dead make no accusations. But they don't have to. The children will accuse themselves, asking forever whether there was some door they didn't try, some call they didn't make, some version of events where they acted differently and their parents lived. There almost certainly wasn't. But the mind doesn't accept that. It keeps searching for the moment where the story could have turned.

The killing of Rob Reiner has many specific, and tragic echoes across history. Here's my attempt to understand the turning of a son against a father: humanmeme.com/hand-against-t…

Our new ASL Consulting page is now live: hardcoreasl.com/consulting.html

Updating websites now to bring them into the world beyond Boostrap! davidboles.com is now re-alived!

Here's my latest Human Meme podcast about inclusion and language: humanmeme.com/marthas-vineya…

The "Best of Boles Blogs" is now available for this year! bolesblogs.com/2025/12/04/hey…

Here's my latest Human Meme podcast episode about truthful lying: humanmeme.com/pause-before-t…

@PATHTrain When there is an incident at 23rd why can’t PATH just run from 14th to JSQ and JSQ to 14th until the incident clears?

06:08 PM: PATHAlert: JSQ-33, HOB-33 suspended. PAPD responding to a reported incident at 23 St. We apologize for the inconvenience.

Here's my take on the adaptation of Wicked from stage to screen in my latest Human Meme podcast episode: humanmeme.com/wicked-the-bes…

Here's my latest Human Meme podcast episode about... string! humanmeme.com/how-long-is-a-…

Here's my review of the new Meta v2 glasses from Ray-Ban and Oakley! vimeo.com/1136287644

Here's my latest Human Meme podcast episode: humanmeme.com/every-word-cou…

A Boles.tv walk through the Jersey City Islands. vimeo.com/1134334570

Here's my latest Human Meme podcast! We cry because we can! humanmeme.com/the-liquid-lan…

Here's a live walking test of the Meta v2 AI glasses on the streets of New York City. vimeo.com/1133512095?fl=…