This afternoon, I fled the house to grab some quality writing time at one of the few tables still available at the local Barnes and Nobel cafe. I was taking notes on a book about 18th century schools for “feeblemindedness.” Truly fascinating. Besides the fact that they used fun words like “morons,” “defectives,” and “abnormal,” some of those schools don’t sound terrible. I’ll write it up for you soon.

Two of my favorite politics questions of the day: Did BLM, AOC, and socialism hurt the Democratic Party down ticket? Will we ever get Trump out of the White House?

I am completely addicted to the instagram accounts of the British Royal Family. I love their long princess coats, their wrinkly faces, and their solemn processions. Not in those accounts, but in the gossip blogs, Prince Harry was really upset not to be a part of the latest procession – he wanted someone to lay a wreathe for him as part of Remembrance Day, but the court people told him that he wasn’t a working royal anymore, so… no…. — so he and his wife staged something by themselves in LA and called in a professional photographer to watch them looking sad.

The top books of 2020 lists are starting to come out. Fun!

A few days ago, I wondered why colleges like Drexel email us marketing information every day, sometimes twice a day, but we get nothing from the local community college. Dean Dad answered my question.