Jack Lynch

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Extinguished Perfesser of English at Ruckers–Nork; mooseophile; wine guzzler; author of many books, some of them readable; harmless eccentric.

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Was feeling a little insecure about a claim I’ve published in the past; went to Wikipedia for confirmation, and discovered it backed me up; followed the citation link, and realized I’m the source for the claim that I’m now twice as insecure about.

SUMERIAN HAS A FRUSTRATIVE MOOD If English had a frustrative mood I think I’d speak in nothing else.

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Academic department chairs have absolute immunity for their official acts.

SPOT THE BIRTHDAY GIRL CHALLENGE Clementine, who turns one today, is cleverly concealed in this photo. Can you spot her? 90% WILL GET THIS WRONG

It’s not so much “testing the boundaries” as “gleefully pissing all over them.”

"And if elected, I promise a moose on every corner!"

‘No chain stores, but moose on every corner’: as Colorado herds thrive, clashes with people risewww.theguardian.com After being introduced to the state in the 1970s, there are now more moose attacks than puma and bears combined. Has the species become just too successful?

MY NUMBER WAS SELECTED AFTER A SPIN BALL Time to tell the dean I’m quitting to live off my winnings.

My eBay search for books printed before 1700 turns up this. I’m skeptical, but with ESTC still down, I guess there’s no way to know whether it’s authentic.

Spare a thought, &c. &c. &c.

Today’s major service disruption shouldn’t be confused with Friday’s major service disruption, Thursday’s major service disruption, or Tuesday’s major service disruption. It’s enough to make a guy grateful he’s been laid low by a fever the last few days.

New Jersey Transit Service Disrupted for Fifth Time in Two Monthswww.nytimes.com Rush-hour commuters at Penn Station faced a shutdown of close to an hour, followed by extensive delays, after Amtrak investigated a report of a problem with overhead wires.

From now on I'll buy only perfectly sizded shirts.

ChatGPT, give me 50 cheap-shot jokes about the nightmare of AI that behaves like PhDs.

ARE YOU FREAKIN’ KIDDING ME?!?!?! (This morning’s complete shutdown of the busiest rail line in the country should not be confused with yesterday’s complete shutdown of the busiest rail line in the country.)

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THE HELL YOU SAY

Power Failure Brings Amtrak and N.J. Transit Trains to a Haltwww.nytimes.com Amid a heat wave, the shutdown affected all service along the Northeast Corridor, between Philadelphia and New Haven, Conn.

nbd, just the busiest rail line in the country completely shut down from Philadelphia to New Haven, stranding me in NYC and resulting in a $150 Uber ride to get home before midnight.

Two thousand years ago was a very good year in Spain, so I’d suggest giving this a few more years of bottle age.

Oldest wine ever discovered in liquid form found in urn with Roman remainswww.theguardian.com Reddish-brown liquid found in untouched 2,000-year-old Roman tomb is a local, sherry-like wine

YES ELMO PLEASE TAKE MY CREDIT CARD AND BANK DETAILS BECAUSE I CAN THINK OF NO WAY THAT CAN POSSIBLY GO WRONG

Colorless green ideas sleep furiously

If you look really closely, you'll notice that the moose between John Lennon and Ringo Starr is actually a cleverly disguised Paul McCartney, who turns 82 today.

Johnson’s House has a new website.

Home | Dr Johnson's Housewww.drjohnsonshouse.org Dr Johnson's House is a charitable foundation focused on Samuel Johnson, a professional writer in a new age of print who became one of the greatest literary figures in the English language, redefining...

A crooked New Jersey politician? Now I’ve heard everything!

In which Bryan Garner and I talk dictionaries.

Firebarn Chats, Episode 2 – The authors of “Hardly Harmless Drudgery” |WCNYwww.wcny.org What's interesting about the history of our dictionary? Plenty! And it can be a lot of fun too, as we find out in this edition of Firebarn Chats, the radio spin-off of the popular Strathmore Speakers ...

I remain skeptical.

If you’re wondering, my birthday is in September. www.finebooksmagazine.com/fine-books-n...

$1.8m Auction Estimate for Blake's 'Songs of Innocence and of Experience'www.finebooksmagazine.com Sotheby's New York will be offering the Rothschild copy of William Blake's Songs of Innocence and of Experience, an extremely rare example of the earliest artist books, and one of the most valuable bo...