Jacob Dunlap

In Alabama a man said "Roll Tide" to me as a greeting. Later that same day, the same man said "Roll Tide" as a goodbye. I asked a woman at the store what it means. She said, "Roll Tide." I asked what it means. She said, "It means Roll Tide, sugar." So I began collecting evidence. I kept a list. I am not embarrassed about the list. I have now heard "Roll Tide" used as: hello. Goodbye. Thank you. I am sorry. Congratulations. That is unfortunate. I agree. I disagree. And once, in a hardware store, as a complete set of instructions for installing a ceiling fan. I heard it said at a funeral. It was appropriate. It was the most appropriate thing anyone said that day. I began using it. Carefully at first, the way a man handles a borrowed sword. I said it to a cashier. She said it back. I said it to a police officer who had stopped me for a broken taillight. He looked at me for a long moment. He looked at my face. He looked at my taillight. Then he said it back, and nodded once, and did not write the ticket. I wish to be extremely clear that I am not claiming those two events are related. I am also not claiming they are unrelated. A man at a gas station heard my accent and asked where I was from. I told him Japan. He said, "Roll Tide." He meant welcome. I knew he meant welcome. There was no ambiguity at all. I have been in Alabama eleven days. I have one word. It has been enough for everything. I have started saying it in other states. It does not work in other states. I said it in a warehouse store in Oregon. One man turned around. He was from Alabama. He said it back. We did not speak after that. We did not have to. I say it anyway.

A look inside our copy of John Davenant’s Animadversions

i think it’s really interesting how a day and a year are obviously tied to the movement of earth and a month is roughly the length of a cycle of the moon but a week is a culturally-derived measurement of time

There’s literally a children’s board game whose whole premise is showing how free market capitalism ends with one person owning everything while everyone else goes bankrupt.

Today, Elon Musk became the world’s first trillionaire. 
It's a ridiculous amount of money for one person to be sitting on and comes as countless Americans are struggling to afford food, housing, and health care.   We need to tax wealth – immediately.

My original design left (taken a lot from BoT), the new cover right. Which is better?

I see a lot of people hating on this right now. I think Heiser does some very worthwhile things. He is worth a read as long as you don’t make his work your entire personality. As with most things, consider what he says while maintaining discernment.

The more you read about Woodrow Wilson, the more is revealed to you that the online hatred of him is patently ridiculous

Star Wars fans will talk about the Sequels and Prequels and which ones were worse or how Rogue One was kinda OK. But no one, and I mean NO ONE, ever brings up Solo organically. It’s like we’ve all cleansed it from our collective memory.