@chipblake

I have a new hero.

My class about writing about birds is always a hill of fun, and there are two spaces left in the one I’m about to teach (starts 4/24). If you’re interested, learn more at chipblake.com/classes, or email me at chip@chipblake.com.

Very sad to learn of the death of my friend Steve Silberman. He was one of the brightest people I've known, and one of the kindest too.

The news that Lamborghini and Ferrari will no longer be making cars with manual transmissions makes me more certain that we are close to the end times.

"It's like I'm this marvelous gift to myself I get to keep unwrapping." (Tom Crawford)

@The_Big_Quiet I have more hair on my back than I need. Maybe we could figure something out.

@The_Big_Quiet 63 and stalled out at 26.

@The_Big_Quiet Wait, what?

@2008Philz Sorry to issue a correction to this amazing thread, but they were 59-97 in 1972. My first year as a fan.

1972: 50-97, last place. The Phillies make a franchise-altering trade prior to the season, sending Rick Wise to St. Louis for Steve Carlton. Carlton’s 1972 stats: 27-10 (on a 50-win team!), 1.97 ERA, 0.99 WHIP, 30 CG, 8 SHO, 310 K. Rookie Mike Schmidt shows up in September. He plays in 13 games, bats .206, and hits the first of 548 career home runs. Bowa wins a Gold Glove.

Here's the entire history of the Philadelphia Phillies franchise (1883-2023) in one thread:

You know you're getting older when your eyes go right to the "healthy choices" section of the menu.

Please join me for a 6-week online writing class, beginning Sept. 14. The focus of the class is “slow writing" -- we will use the class as an excuse to slow down, recharge, and bring our lives back into alignment with nature. rowecenter.org/slow-writing-w…

"Reality has a well-known liberal bias." (Stephen Kolbert)

@rgay @readyposter @swansabout @blacklionking73 @FnpMarieOH Imagine having 7 followers on Twitter and challenging Roxane Gay.

Yeah, that was rude as Hell . Like Jennifer couldn't stand Regina saying she was a native Los Angeleno...she might tell herself she was just curious but ...yeah that ain't it chief .

Faith is not trusting things will one day be better. Faith is trusting things could never be better. (Teddy Macker)

@noctambulate Too long.

@chipblake I figured. Still: been a long time since we’ve seen you.

Last night, met friends at our old northwoods hangout Trailways, which had become sedate, even a bit bloodless under new ownership. The dining room filled up, but people didn’t linger over their meals and the bar itself was empty with none of the raucous bonhomie of decades past.

@noctambulate JK

@noctambulate To which I was never invited.

"What is clarity of mind?" a monk asks a master. "If two thousand people call to you," he replies, "and you don't look back." -- Teddy Macker

Information that makes humans look small in the grand scheme of things: There are 3600 species of mosquitoes.

This is dead on.