The work week hasn’t been bad. It’s kind of nice that most of the office was shut down for most of the time I was out. There was a whole lot less email to dig through on my first day back, for instance. But, since I slept in just about every day of my 11-day vacation, my body has not been happy about getting up to go to work!
Welcome to my Friday Five: Only the top five (IMHO) stories of the week and videos (plus notable obituaries and a recap of my blog posts).
Stories of the Week:
Fort Smith Mosque Forgives Its Vandal, Paying His Debts.
Where Do Ex-Evangelicals Come From?
Rich People Are the Worst at Relationships, Say Scientists.
It’s been one year since N.J. ditched cash bail. Here’s how it’s going.
Local Climate:
Seattle Sets New Rain Records.
In Memoriam:
Louis Collins, a titan of the antiquarian books scene, has passed away. “For a bookseller who made his name as a kind of human Google in an analog time, Collins adapted surprisingly well to the computerized age of bookselling.”
Washington Booksellers Remember Louis Collins, “One of the Best Bookmen in the Northwest”.
Things I wrote:
Weekend Update: Is 2017 over yet?
Confessions of an equivocator with delusions of ruthlessness.
Videos!
Everything Ellen Knows About #DeepState and Eric Trump:
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LISTEN TO URSULA K. LE GUIN ON CELEBRITY CULTURE AND FICTION VS. FACT:
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Our President Never Planned On Being Our President:
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Winter Storm Grayson Brings Snow To Tallahassee, Florida For The First Time In Years:
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54 Years of Doctor Who in 2 Minutes:
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