Ted Bauer

This is Joe's Pond in West Danville, Vermont. It is the largest body of water in Vermont still called a "pond." In the 1940s and 1950s, my dad (died August 2025), my grandfather (died 1982), my grandmother (died 1979), my aunt (died 2013), and my uncle (still among us) used

"Babe, it's pretty big. Are you almost done?" whatisevenhappening.substack.com/p/babe-its-pre…

Seems like a good person to enter law enforcement.

Imagine you leave your child to die in a public park. 27 years pass, and while no doubt you think about it, other elements of life have come and gone as well. And then, one morning you’re getting Dunkin’ Donuts and the cops ask if you have a second. whatisevenhappening.substack.com/p/when-the-mom…

“Gallup finds that companies fail to choose the candidate with the right talent for the job 82% of the time.” whatisevenhappening.substack.com/p/the-peter-pr…

Ben Shapiro and David Remnick. I bet you can guess who is who.

tedbauer.medium.com/gerontocracy-a… This is a pronounced case for younger leadership — people who are closer to what these issues mean, and might have young children they feel a bit more inclined to protect because they’re still new and cute.

Have we reached “family accident that needed to be covered up” here? whatisevenhappening.substack.com/p/is-the-nancy…

Some narratives around relationships, how they fail, how they recapture passion, and more. whatisevenhappening.substack.com/p/got-time-to-…

Let’s meet Brianna and Manny. whatisevenhappening.substack.com/p/man-more-bab…

Got this comment on something I wrote. It's obviously very broad-brush, and each person's situation with "society" and their own parents is different, but it's definitely not untrue either. Yes/no?

a good job and three children (both of which he had), feel some kind of “validation,” I suppose. I doubt they will ever get it, but hey. whatisevenhappening.substack.com/p/eyes-wide-sh…

I used to work over at a WeWork with a guy who, I shit you not, was convinced that Tom Hanks was on the flight logs. He talked about this possibility at least three times/week. I do want to see people like that, who seemingly have very little of interest in their lives despite

The sad, sad story of Whitney Temple. #truecrime whatisevenhappening.substack.com/p/the-worst-hu…

“Ashleigh, baby, come get the iPad while mommy nukes some dino nuggets.” whatisevenhappening.substack.com/p/the-sloppy-m…