Tom is Away

thing I’m glad I’m not currently doing: sitting on the runway in chicago for three hours in a hailstorm.

probably I should just save a template for airport-related messages. Today is a double-classic: wife stuck in Chicago due to unexpected bad weather, and PHL website is 100% inaccurate as usual, saying she will arrive within the next 10 minutes.

Rather than describing this thing, I’m just going to say I liked it and then link to it

dogs taking a 3.5 hour midday nap– time to get some grading done.

Junior Seau commits suicide. Subhead: NFL desperately hopes Junior Seau’s suicide is not related to 20 years worth of accumulated brain trauma.

I saw Skip Bayless on TV and got mad enough to write 1100 words about it.

Okay, look: of all the dumb internet things I’ve done, this is admittedly the dumbest, so no obligation to even pretend to think it’s funny:  Terrence Howard Reminders (Daily Whale followers will have noticed the cross-promotion today).

holy crap, dainius Zubrus is still around. (and he’s only 33??) Why does it seem like hockey players age in slow motion?

boy, is this Phillies season looking grim.

so, okay, I’m officially a person who thinks Juan Pierre is terrible.

Dawkins ovation disappointingly tepid. Although I did stand within about 4 feet of him as he sat to record a spot for the radio pregame.

Probably it’s acceptable to wear a Dawkins jersey to the Phils game tonight since he’s throwing out the first pitch, right?

the only good playoff outcome for the sixers is a sweep.

now to find out who all these new Eagles guys are so I can pretend to know what I’m talking about.

final student conference of the semester complete. On my way to final class of the semester. Feeling pretty okay.

I’m trying to envision a scenario that would involve me standing behind a presidential candidate during a rally and clutching a campaign sign, and I can’t think of any way that would ever happen.

Book Fight is now available in the Itunes store– downloads from there will be helpful, but if you get a minute also maybe think about rating it and posting a review?

watching a dog who wears a size 28 belt as a collar. He gets lazier every summer, which makes this job easier every summer. By next year I might have to brew him coffee just to get him out of bed in the morning.

Larry Andersen yelling at the Phillies to appeal a call

Reaing pretty much not a disaster, sold three books, disgusted no one.