2025-05-01 The kerning on the pope’s tomb is a travesty It really is quietly beautiful. But atop that marble …
2025-04-28 John Oliver on RFK Yesterday’s episode of Last Week Tonight is worth watching if you’re …
2025-04-27 Habemus Papam Per recent news, I was reminded of this gem of a film: the winner of Best Film at the …
2025-04-19 Finished reading: Neoliberalism’s Demons by Adam Kotsko 📚 Neoliberalism is, in sum, a …
2025-04-10 Medicaid makes it possible.
2025-04-08 This is firmly in my bullseye: esoteric liturgical nomenclature and a solid pun. If only the …
2025-04-07 Shopify CEO says no new hires without proof AI can’t do the job Before asking for more Headcount …
2025-04-05 Finished reading: Careless People by Sarah Wynn-Williams 📚
2025-04-05 Finished reading: Between Heaven and Mirth by James Martin 📚
2025-03-31 Owls In Towels This website is a hoot.
2025-03-26 Excellent advice from the leadership.garden blog. Real listening requires something that feels …
2025-03-26 Erin Maguire on The Late Show with Steven Colbert This was a really great set from a terrific (new …
2025-03-17 The Trump Administration: More Catholic Than You Know I feel dumber after reading this scandalous …
2025-03-17 Heavy Metal Bioethics No one disputes that music is powerful and can elicit strong emotions. Can …
2025-03-14 A handful of hail. #stlwx
2025-03-14 Onomatopoeia Odyssey A fun website from the pudding that answers the question: How do animals sound …
2025-03-10 Finished reading: The Speed of Trust by Stephen M.R. Covey 📚 The more you trust, speed increases and …
2025-03-04 The Trump Administration Has Fired Pentagon Staff Working To Prevent Civilian Casualties …
2025-02-28 Trump-Zelensky Meeting Implodes, Threatening Hopes for Peace POTUS & V-POTUS are bullies. They …
2025-02-22 Musk Tells Government Workers to Detail Their Workweek or Face Termination It is mind-boggling to me …
2025-02-03 Finished reading: Hope by Pope Francis 📚
2025-02-03 Had to add a new readwise.io tag. #🦇💩🤬🦆
2025-02-01 How the world is reeling from Trump’s aid freeze “The first thought that came to my mind was …
2025-01-30 Finished reading: Thinking through Writing by John Kaag & Jonathan van Belle 📚
2025-01-29 Antiqua Et Nova New #Vatican document on #ArticificialIntelligence just dropped.
2025-01-27 St. Louis students will study the Holocaust through the music of one of its victims On this …
2025-01-20 Finished reading: Everyone Who Is Gone Is Here by Jonathan Blitzer 📚 This book is a must read for …
2025-01-06 We got some snow last night.
2025-01-03 Meta’s AI Profiles Are Indistinguishable From Terrible Spam That Took Over Facebook The AI …
2025-01-01 Books Read: 2024
2024-12-29 Finished reading: Mapping St. Louis by Andy Hahn 📚 Great read - I learned a lot about STL & …
2024-12-27 Finished reading: Debt by David Graeber 📚 This is a terrific book. I wish I could write more like …
2024-12-26 Finished reading: Small Things Like These by Claire Keegan 📚
2024-12-24 #MerryChristmas
2024-12-21 Finished reading: The AI Mirror by Shannon Vallor 📚 Soooo gooood! Thanks, …
2024-12-20 Finished reading: Artificial by Amy Kurzweil 📚 .embed-container { position: relative; …
2024-12-19 Christmas Presence
2024-12-15 Finished reading: Social Catholicism for the Twenty-First Century? Volume 1 by William F. Murphy 📚 …
2024-12-15 Whether or not this is a Christmas Cactus or a False Christmas Cactus, it is living into the whole …
2024-12-11 Finished reading: The White Stone by Esther de Waal 📚
2024-11-30 Finished reading: Unfolding the Mystery of Christ by Eliot Kapitan 📚 A helpful way to approach the …
2024-11-29 Finished reading: On Tyranny (Graphic Edition) by Timothy Snyder 📚 Snyder’s On Tyranny is …
2024-11-26 ‘Tis the season for “Great Pumpkin” concretes. 🤤
2024-11-19 I want to go to there: Our Lady of Sorrows Chapel, Nesvačilka, South Moravia This is beautiful. …
2024-11-18 Finished reading: On Becoming Exceptional by Mary Jean Ryan 📚
2024-11-17 Finished reading: Artificial Intelligence: A Guide for Thinking Humans by Melanie Mitchell 📚 Finally …
2024-11-17 Fire pit time on a pleasant autumn evening.
2024-11-17 Finished reading: Counting the Cost by Clemens Sedmak 📚 This book is a terrific exploration of what …
2024-11-05 After a long grueling campaign season, I’m taking this as a good sign.
2024-10-30 Let’s Expect More From Ourselves Paul Kafasis is on point here: The new Apple Intelligence …
2024-10-27 Neighborhood squirrels have rendered these gourds decisively less decorative.
2024-10-26 Today, I was able to attend a special exhibit at the St. Louis Kaplan Feldman Holocaust Museum: The …
2024-10-25 Finished reading: Dred Scott and the Dangers of a Political Court by Ethan Greenberg 📚 After reading …
2024-10-24 Dilexit nos New papal enciclical [sic] just dropped.
2024-10-21 Have I Got News For You I’m enjoying this show. 🤣
2024-10-16 Trump declares himself ‘father of IVF’
2024-10-11 This man is dangerous. He cannot be trusted to tell the truth or treat people with the dignity they …
2024-10-03 We’re fixin’ to make some red beans & rice.
2024-09-28 Technology for Good: The Poopcopter This is undoubtedly the best use of drone technology I’ve …
2024-09-20 One of my favorite things about academic conferences: getting to meet people I’ve admired …
2024-09-09 Finished reading: The Unaccountability Machine by Dan Davies 📚 This book was my introduction to …
2024-09-07 John Legend in concert with the Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra!
2024-09-06 This is a huge chandelier.
2024-09-05 JD Vance says school shootings are a ‘fact of life,’ calls for better security No, JD. You’re …
2024-08-31 God’s Grandeur A lovely graphic rendering of one of Hopkins’ famous poems, by Julian …
2024-08-24 My “Now” page After another trip around the sun, I’ve made some updates…
2024-08-24 Tangled Up In Blue “I don’t want to push the team to die over this,” Ms. Crawford told Mr. Musk at …
2024-08-22 What we learned in our first year of 404 media I am a paid subscriber to 404media.co. If you are in …
2024-08-22 How to Wheelie I wish there was a video like this when I was 10. This looks so fun!
2024-08-18 Roundup: Eric Schmidt says the quiet part out loud if nobody uses your product, it doesn’t matter …
2024-08-09 Someone just unironically asked me: Is the pope Catholic?
2024-08-07 Happy 100th Birthday, Brother Alberic! When asked about what drew him to monastic life he answered, …
2024-07-26 Turd, turd, turd. Turd is a word.
2024-07-25 In our increasingly algorithmic society, we should look to wisdom like this, from the James Beard …
2024-07-25 Anthropic AI Scraper Hits iFixit’s Website a Million Times in a Day “As per industry standard, …
2024-07-15 Counterpoint: The U.S. cannot be shocked. Gun violence has been a part of the U.S. landscape for …
2024-07-11 Caprese salad is my favorite salad.
2024-07-06 Finished reading: The Contagion of Liberty by Andrew M. Wehrman 📚 This was a great read! Wehrman …
2024-07-05 Viganò Excommunicated Quite a fall from grace for this former apostolic nuncio. Good riddance.
2024-07-04 Safe and Sane 4th of July
2024-06-30 Top five sodas
2024-06-29 I might have been glamping today.
2024-06-26 My latest UX challenge: unsubscribing from a newsletter and accidentially finding the hidden submit …
2024-06-20 Trolley Problem Variations For Dads Dear McSweeney’s, You’ve done it again. Thank you. …
2024-06-17 Finished reading: The Problem with Change by Ashley Goodall 📚 A nice chaser to Managing Transitions. …
2024-06-16 Happy Father’s Day, Y’all!
2024-06-11 A few highlights from the 2024 Catholic Health Assembly in San Diego, CA.
2024-06-05 No. That is NOT what I meant.
2024-06-01 Everytime I’m in Montréal…
2024-05-31 If you make a carving of me, please use this pose. Thank you.
2024-05-20 Scarlett Johansson Says OpenAI Ripped Off Her Voice for ChatGPT Johansson’s statement, relayed to …
2024-05-17 Ethicists Can Proactively Prepare for AI Systems A human will always be best suited to facilitate …
2024-05-16 Good morning to the 2024 graduates of Saint Louis University College of Public Health and Social …
2024-05-07 Pope Francis Appoints Father James Mark Beckman Next Bishop of Knoxville “I am blessed and honored …
2024-05-07 Just saw my first c*bertruck “in the wild.” #Meh
2024-05-01 Finished reading: Managing Transitions (25th anniversary edition) by William Bridges 📚 Transition …
2024-04-28 Finished reading: Listening Together by Timothy Radcliffe 📚 Lots of good guidance & …
2024-04-23 Life is…
2024-04-19 🎶 We gonna rock down to salami avenue 🎶
2024-04-18 We Need to Make Cities Less Car-Dependent 💯! via Scientific American. This is a public health win …
2024-04-17 If you make a statue of me, please use this pose. Thank you.
2024-04-08 Initial Thoughts on "Dignitas Infinita"
2024-04-07 The Next Frontier? Philosophy in Space. Yes! 💯! Interdisciplinary scholars in space – including …
2024-04-07 In Battle Over Health Care Costs, Private Equity Plays Both Sides There are many problems with …
2024-03-31 I used my TAL decoder (c. 2000) for an Easter egg hunt. Caap rybot!
2024-03-30 Easter Vigil Mass clocking in just under three hours – 2 hrs. 55 min. from holy fire 🔥 to Hallelujah …
2024-03-30 Matisse and the Sea at the SLAM
2024-03-28 Quite nice to receive this spring newsletter from @devontechnologies@devontechnologies.com featuring …
2024-03-26 Finished reading: All the Kingdoms of the World by Kevin Vallier 📚 In this critique of anti-liberal …
2024-03-12 🚨MS Outlook just notified me that I have no new notifications. 😐
2024-03-11 Something You Play Catholicism is not an exercise in saying the same thing over and over and over …
2024-03-09 Finished reading: The Highest Poverty by Giorgio Agamben 📚 Thinking about the project begun by …
2024-03-09 Finished reading: Bizarre Bioethics by Henk A.M.J. ten Have 📚 This book contains a welcome call to …
2024-03-02 Fort Collins bookstore pays people to sit down and read quietly The reader-in-residence doesn’t …
2024-02-26 Finished reading: Syllabus by William Germano 📚 As I continue working my “side hustle” …
2024-02-21 Finished reading: Dynamic Lecturing by Christine Harrington 📚
2024-02-19 Finished reading: The Four Agreements by Don Miguel Ruiz 📚 A quick read & nice reminder of a few …
2024-02-12 A Teenager's Parent
2024-01-31 My Heart Is Full
2024-01-29 new ai executives Hottest Job in Corporate America? The Executive in Charge of A.I. I am a health …
2024-01-29 who am I Swallows, Moles, and other Animal-Philosopher Typologies I think I am best described as a …
2024-01-26 Finished reading: The City and the Hospital by Daniel Skinner 📚 This should be required reading for …
2024-01-21 This afternoon, I saw people walking across the frozen pond in Tower Grove Park.
2024-01-19 Vatican's AI Expert The Vatican’s top expert on Al ethics is a friar from a medieval …
2024-01-14 Not sure if this is helping…
2024-01-12 Current mood:
2024-01-09 Finished Listening: Me Talk Pretty One Day by David Sedaris 📚 🎧 This audiobook ends a Sedaris …
2024-01-05 Getting ready for our Epiphany party!!!! 👑 🎉
2024-01-04 Finished Listening: Let’s Explore Diabetes with Owls by David Sedaris 📚 🎧 It seems that …
2024-01-01 Finished Listening: Happy-Go-Lucky by David Sedaris 📚 🎧 I do enjoy David Sedaris’ sense of …
2024-01-01 Finished reading: Ethics in Epidemiology and Public Health Practice by Steven Scott Coughlin 📚
2023-12-31 Finished reading: The Utopia of Rules by David Graeber 📚 This book brought some structure to many …
2023-12-29 One of my favorite pieces in “The Culture” exhibition at the St. Louis Art Museum.
2023-12-28 Finished reading: Sure, I’ll Join Your Cult by Maria Bamford 📚 I’m so glad there are …
2023-12-27 Finished reading: Unreliable Narrator by Aparna Nancherla 📚 This is a terrific read. I picked the …
2023-12-26 On Hope & Medicine
2023-12-25 🎧 Currently listening: Happy-Go-Lucky by David Sedaris 📚
2023-12-24 Christmas Eve dinner theme: food-on-a-stick.
2023-12-23 Grilling Sharpies - a family delicacy - on Christmas Eve Eve. (Hot dogs, stuffed with sauerkraut …
2023-12-20 Joe Biden & Conan O’Brien on Empathy This clip from Conan O’Brien Needs a Friend is …
2023-12-16 I’ve been enjoying the Creole Beat cocktail lately. Lemme know if you do, too.
2023-12-14 New papal statement just dropped. #AIEthics #Francis
2023-12-12 I remember seeking out these “pick of the week” cards at Starbucks. Not only did they …
2023-12-08 NunBun Nostalgia
2023-12-06 Grading a lot of papers…
2023-12-05 Perusing videos on the Johnny.Decimal filing system. youtu.be/xC1bTRHFX…
2023-12-04 I learned a new word today: semiquincentennial
2023-12-03 ‘Twas the occasion for visiting the local Christmas tree lot/frozen custard shop.
2023-12-03 Currently reading: Sure, I’ll Join Your Cult by Maria Bamford 📚 I’m a huge fan of Maria …
2023-12-02 Just heard this quote in an advertisement at the top of an NPR podcast. Let NPR become your entire …
2023-12-02 Finished reading: Bottoms Up and the Devil Laughs by Kerry Howley 📚🎧 This was a great listen. Howley …
2023-12-02 I’m really not sure what this popcorn flavor will taste like.
2023-12-01 A Printable One Page Annual Calendar I love small web-based tools like this. A narrowly defined …
2023-11-30 A November to Remember
2023-11-29 Currently reading: Bottoms Up and the Devil Laughs by Kerry Howley 📚 Started the audiobook today. 🎧
2023-11-29 Here’s a link to my favorite local iconographer: kellylatimoreicons.com/blogs/new… I am …
2023-11-28 Someone is dispensing important life lessons out of the break room at work.
2023-11-27 The new Gethsemani Farms catalog arrived today. I LOL’d when I got to this page. Shout out to …
2023-11-27 The images of reunited loved ones in Israel are amazing. At the same time, my heart breaks for those …
2023-11-26 Finished reading: Made to Stick by Chip & Dan Heath 📚 A pretty good book to help understand some …
2023-11-26 Reasons I did not like The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes Murder & Violence …
2023-11-25 As we are officially past Thanksgiving, here are a few of my favorite Christmas albums: Christmas …
2023-11-24 Starting a new project with my spouse. We have a puzzling relationship. 🧩 🤣 #DadJokes
2023-11-23 Currently reading: Made to Stick by Chip Heath 📚
2023-11-23 A little fowl humor for you today. 🤣 #DadJokes
2023-11-22 Why couldn’t Beethoven find his piano teacher? Because he was Hayden. 🤣 #DadJokes
2023-11-21 Currently reading: 2030: How Today’s Biggest Trends Will Collide and Reshape the Future of …
2023-11-21 Trump’s Dire Words Raise New Fears About His Authoritarian Bent Trump is off the rails. His …
2023-11-20 I could go for a good joke about bread. I’ve got a rye sense of humor. 🤣 #DadJokes
2023-11-19 Enjoying a birthday party for a good friend. 🎉🎂
2023-11-18 The biggest immediate lesson from the OpenAI meltdown The fact that the governance of one of the …
2023-11-17 When does a regular joke become a dad joke? When the punchline becomess apparent. Update: It’s …
2023-11-16 One of my students emailed me to request an excused absence from class as her nanny was unable to …
2023-11-15 Despite my introvert tendencies, it is very nice to see colleagues in person every now and then. ☺️
2023-11-14 The Puzzmo Manifesto
2023-11-13 A Tired Haiku
2023-11-12 Army Ammunition Plant Is Tied to Mass Shootings Across the U.S. “A Defense Department …
2023-11-11 Texas Bishop Loudly Critical of Pope Francis Is Removed “The Holy Father has relieved from the …
2023-11-11 Sweeping Raids, Giant Camps and Mass Deportations: Inside Trump’s 2025 Immigration Plans Mr. Miller …
2023-11-10 The BeReal notification happened right before class yesterday.
2023-11-09 Attending my local comedy festival!
2023-11-08 Mourning Richard Gaillardetz, an exemplary Catholic theologian, mentor and friend Hearing this news, …
2023-11-07 My download speed should be much higher than 11.46 Mbps.
2023-11-06 As Gaza Hospitals Collapse, Medical Workers Face the Hardest Choices From an academic perspective, …
2023-11-05 Can Humanities Survive the Budget Cuts? Full disclosure: I have multiple degrees in the humanities. …
2023-11-05 An Old-Fashioned With Brandy? This Must Be Wisconsin This article demonstrates the divisive era in …
2023-11-04 Enjoying a fire on the anniversary of my father’s death. #RIP
2023-11-03 Finished reading: Black Health by Keisha Ray 📚 I recommend this book to anyone interested in public …
2023-11-02 Separating Fact From Fiction on Social Media in a Time of Conflict Useful guidance from Bellingcat …
2023-11-02 After Babel: Digital Theology and Contextualities The upcoming conference will explore the …
2023-11-01 Internet Artifacts This was a delightful stroll down memory lane. The use of the word …
2023-05-11 I occasionally struggle to remember that I should assume good intentions. I came across this …
2023-05-09 An Examen for Former Graduate Students
2023-04-20 Learning to code isn’t enough This was an interesting read about the history of computer …
2023-04-18 Fox, Dominion reach $787M settlement over election claims This is a significant settlement. Dominion …
2023-04-18 100 Million Proton Accounts I am proud to say that I am a Proton subscriber. I’m also glad …
2023-04-18 Apple Rankings Your guide to the iconic fruit. I found it both affirming and challenging. I aspire …
2023-04-17 Sloosha’s Crossin’ an’ Ev’rythin’ After It’s not everyday that …
2023-02-26 When We Are Comfortable, We're Not Learning
2023-02-14 An Anniversary No One Wants
2023-02-10 World Day of the Sick 2023
2023-02-07 Augustine and XAI
2022-11-24 Reflecting on Notifications
2022-09-28 Update–Fall 2022
2022-05-09 Publication: Catholic Health Care & AI Ethics
2022-03-05 Hierarchicalism and Accountability
2020-10-25 Remarks on Commitment Weekend
2020-08-30 On My 20th Anniversary of Leaving the Seminary
2020-07-26 John Lewis: In Memoriam