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Kansas-Texas isn’t a particularly noteworthy college football series on its face. Dominated by the Longhorns for almost its entirety since 1996, the record sits at 17-2 Texas post-World War II. Conference championship implications rarely ride on a KU-Texas matchup. Hell, in Kansas’ unforgettable 2007 campaign, the programs never played. Ditto 1998, meaning Heisman Trophy winner Ricky Williams had no stats accrued against a lackluster Jayhawks defense to pad his resume. I associate Kansas and Texas games far more with winter and excellent Big Monday basketball contests; with Kirk Hinrich and TJ Ford captaining the Jayhawks and Longhorns to the 2003 Final Four.

If you haven’t read my article about the rowing competition (‘Contextual Metaphors’) yet, I recommend reading that one first and returning to this one afterwards because that’s the order in which these two posts should be read. The article below is PART 2 of a two-parter. I think the first time I noticed there was something interesting going on with the water on the show ‘Young Royals’ was when I first watched the rowing scene in episode two of season one:

Welcome to To Vegetables, With Love, a celebration of a vegetable life, less ordinary. My book Tenderheart is available from Books are Magic, Kitchen, Arts and Letters, Book Larder, Bold Fork Books and also here or here. Give a gift subscription The other day I asked google, are split peas a good source of protein? Google answered, Split peas are a great source of plant-based protein, plus they come with many additional health benefits.

Do you have a favourite condiment? One that you gravitate to for just about everything? Maybe sriracha, tabasco … maybe a squeeze of lime? If you ask this question to Thai people, you’ll likely get one answer: Prik Nam Pla. Prik nam pla is our answer to all dishes that need a seasoning boost. And you can’t buy it, because it’s too easy to make. I definitely judge Thai restaurants here based on whether the server knows what I’m talking about when I ask for prik nam pla!

Well, gang, my book Modern Friendship came out one week ago. Thank you for all your messages, DMs, videos, and words of encouragement. Writing and publishing this book has been a dream come true. And welcome, new readers! I’m so excited to have you here. Here are some pics from my book release party last week. I wore a flowery dress with pockets which was a great decision all around. I tried to match my lipstick to the book’s title font color #girlboss

Mom and Dad, maybe don’t read this one—you’ll think it’s gross (and honestly, I do too). Cheating scandals are decidedly in right now—YouTubers are doing it, news anchors are doing it, and now, there’s a cop cheating scandal involving six men and one woman, all current or former officers of the La Vergne Police Department in Tennessee. At the center of the controversy is one Maegan Hall, whose face you’ve probably seen by now on a raunchy meme page or the Instagram story of your favorite quasi-libertarian guy from high school (hi Jeep!

At 3:15pm on Thursday afternoon, Thanksgiving Day, Charles Peters took his last breath, at his home in Washington and in the presence of his wife, Beth. He was 96 years old and had spent 66 of those years married to Beth. The Washington Monthly, the magazine Charlie founded in 1969 and into which he poured his energy, ingenuity, and passion, announced his death yesterday evening, in a notice written by me on behalf of the magazine.

Hi friends, Well, it turns out there is an old familiar accusation on the prowl. And so I have dug out my trusty old soapbox, wiped off the dust, and crawled on up because uggghhhhhh. “Jezebel spirit.” Your mileage may vary but for me, growing up in third-wave charismatic churches, this was the silver bullet of patriarchy, the guaranteed way to silence or sideline or shame women: just accuse her of having a Jezebel Spirit.

Just a quickie today, before I take off for a week in Florida with my mom: Last week, in the Los Angeles Times, Wendy Lee posted an update to the story of author Gabe Hudson’s passing. It’s the first time since he died on November 23rd, 2023 that I’ve seen an official cause of my friend’s death: Hudson, 52, had undiagnosed diabetes and a contributing factor in his death was chronic kidney disease, according to the death certificate from the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.