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- NYT: ‘Why Does No One Care About the World Cup This Year?’
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- The Workplace City: John L. Smith and the Lives Behind Las Vegas
- The Man on the Floor: Peter Berg and the Cinema of Competence
- Who Governs: The Work of Taylor Sheridan
- Ben Mezrich: Mythographer of Disruption
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- Carl von Clausewitz: An Intellectual Biography
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Category Archives: Personal
Clothes Make The Man
I’ve never earned over $50,000 in a year and I usually choose freedom of expression over conventional employment paths. As a result, I’ve never developed expensive tastes. I’ve never gotten into clothes. My sister came through town a few weeks … Continue reading
Street Parking Mommas
Luke: “Did you find parking?” Woman: “On the street.” Luke: “My momma warned me about women like you, brazen hussies, street parking mommas. She told me to save myself for a nice girl with reserved parking.”
When you’re young, you fear death. When you’re old, you fear life.
When I was young, I feared death. I knew many people who had died, including a friend my age. The outside world seemed like a frightening place. I knew I had some reckless tendencies and they scared me. As I … Continue reading
Rodger Jacobs, RIP
The coroner’s report shows that Rodger drank himself to death on July 5, 2016. He was 57. I never met Rodger Jacobs in person but he was in my life for a decade (from 1998 to 2005, he was in … Continue reading
Friend: ‘What’s going on with you Saturday nights. Your output has shrunk considerably. Are you cheating on us?’
I want to drift off into sleep. Getting too energized posting is not good for my sleep. Only when I have strong compulsions do I post a bunch Saturday night. When it is hot Saturday night, I feel sleepy and … Continue reading
How Not to Name Your Child
My parents had no idea I would convert to Orthodox Judaism when they named me “Luke Carey Ford.” They feared the other kids at school would call me “Elsie” (LC), but that never happened. I think Luke Ford is an … Continue reading
Marry Me
* I fear retweeting is damaging my brand. I should be more original my friends say. * Why are all and I do mean ALL of the Trump women so hot and the average Democrat woman so un-hot? * Why … Continue reading
Finding A Wife
Friend: What are you doing to attract a wife? Luke: Hagbah Tweeting Friend: No women present I hope u have followers on Twitter, not many in fb. Maybe if you stopped wasting your time on Shtuyot, and went to social … Continue reading
Chaim Amalek: “Micah X” is a kick-ass name, one that I predict will be selected by many a black woman for her son.
Chaim Amalek writes: “Were there specific trigger events associated with specific dates that led you to go from writing mostly about porn to writing mostly about the Jewish world to writing mostly about race? Your readers would find this interesting. … Continue reading
If the homeless killer does not stop soon, all our streets will be safe, clean and pleasant places to walk. Sad!
Chaim Amalek: “First the came for the cats. But I do not own a cat so I said nothing. Then they came for the homeless, but I am not homeless so what business was it of mine? And then they … Continue reading