Nerd Work, Page 2

Happy birthday 101 Pat-Downs!

Drum roll, please… It’s officially book day!! What started in Cactus Land 11 years ago and finished in Sacramento during a pandemic is …

When I wrote my “20 Goals for 2020” last New Year’s day, I had no idea how prescient some of my plans …

It’s been a long, strange year. Like many, I’m damn delighted to see it go. Like counting the minutes until midnight and …

Amid the debates about whether we’re starting a new year or a new decade, I saw a Twitter thread last week about …

If I were a basketball coach, they would’ve sacked me mid-season. They would’ve blamed the lack of chemistry, the apathy, the mediocre …

Ask any educator. August is a month full of intense ambivalence. The last vestiges of summer feel tinged with anxiety over to-dos …

We spent part of New Year’s day with a dozen people piled in a busted pick-up truck, rumbling down a winding 4-wheel-drive-only …

Me: “But it’s 100 degrees outsideeeee.” Mr. T: “Yeah, and you’ll go from air conditioned house to air conditioned car to air …

I wasn’t supposed to be in the office that Tuesday morning, but the deadline for a conference paper was looming, and I …

Friend who’s staying over this weekend for airshow practice: “What are you up to today?” Me: “Writing my section of a joint …