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Sherman Dorn @shermandorn.com · 03/10/2026

They are not used to this in October. Neither are we in Arizona tbh, but it’s not as much of a change.

Los Angeles forecast temps, highs 97-101

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Sherman Dorn @shermandorn.com · 29/09/2026

You have earned the Jejune Badge shermandorn.com?p=3858

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Sherman Dorn @shermandorn.com · 26/09/2026

There is no truth to the rumor that Dr. McMillan Cottom and her spouse's backyard look anything like this. (This house in Prescott is Simon & I chilled after the spring semester. The truly gigantic boulder in the yard has only a portion of it appearing in the corner of the photo.)

Small dog lying in spatious yard with fake turf, bricks, benches, gravel, and giant boulder.

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Sherman Dorn @shermandorn.com · 21/09/2026

Daughter and I are ripping apples and peaches from their branches. We will then eat those we don’t share. Yes, apples and peaches grow in Arizona. At 4000 ft

Man and small wagon full of green apples and peaches

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Sherman Dorn @shermandorn.com · 20/09/2026

Our frightened rescue pup from 9.3 years ago now has a predominantly-gray muzzle.

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Sherman Dorn @shermandorn.com · 16/09/2026

Simon has a ritual way of getting off his stroller/sedan. It must be through his magic gate. @weratedogs.com

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Sherman Dorn @shermandorn.com · 31/08/2026

Working this afternoon at an indie cafe, Where U Bean. Also...

Giant “mug” with plant in it. On the aide: “I’ve cut back to just one cup of coffee a day!”

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Sherman Dorn @shermandorn.com · 29/08/2026

I haven't had the time/energy to update Figure 2, which last appeared on Xitter in 2022

Figure showing increasing number of voucher programs in U.S., 2012-2020, and declining selected NAEP scores. Title: "Figure 2. Also a Stats Lie, with Different Conclusions"

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Sherman Dorn @shermandorn.com · 09/08/2026

I love big buttes and I cannot lie... And yes, that was exactly my thought when taking this image a few days ago. I am the reason why America is a declining nation.

Buttes in the Grand Canyon, from south rim

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Sherman Dorn @shermandorn.com · 07/08/2026

Yesterday, someone asked the crowd sheltering during a thunderstorm how looking at <waves> all this made them feel. I said, "Young." Today, I wanted to recapture that feeling and purchased Emily Wilson's translation of The Odyssey.

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Sherman Dorn @shermandorn.com · 05/08/2026

Welcome back! Here's Simon, hoping you had a wonderful time lying on a patio enjoying ... well, he doesn't understand infant care.

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Sherman Dorn @shermandorn.com · 03/07/2026

Simon needs to be sedated on occasion for exams, and we have his nails done when that happens.

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Sherman Dorn @shermandorn.com · 27/06/2026

Here's an example from a match in progress: NZL, white border = white jersey. BEL, red border = red jersey.

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Sherman Dorn @shermandorn.com · 17/06/2026

Randall Munroe is the only exception to this.

Footnote on p 183 of "What If?": "Assuming a spherical immortal human in a vacuum...

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Sherman Dorn @shermandorn.com · 06/06/2026

I just can’t wait to repeat eventually the heady days of September 1981, when a young one’s heart turned to 10-year T-bill yields

Chart, 10 Year Treasury Yield (1962-2026), highlighting Sept 1981: 15.32%

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Sherman Dorn @shermandorn.com · 24/05/2026

Summer reading list is always a tsundoku, sometimes a multiple-pile tsundoku.

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Sherman Dorn @shermandorn.com · 22/05/2026

And lo, a sign appeared in the heavens. Okay, not the heavens. A wall in my gym. Next to a bunch of leg press and squat machines.

Sign on wall with images of peaches: "Be a badass with a good ass."

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Sherman Dorn @shermandorn.com · 28/04/2026

Now available to me: a reward at the end of the semester.

Cat begging: "I can haz 'The Public Scholar' now?"

image of e-book cover: "The Public Scholar: A Practical Handbook" by David M. Perry

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Sherman Dorn @shermandorn.com · 23/04/2026

It's a little more narrow than that -- from his NYU page. 😅

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Sherman Dorn @shermandorn.com · 14/04/2026

My fellow historian of ed Crystal Sanders won the outstanding book award from the Association for the Study of Higher Education, and is having a fireside chat on April 27. Registration: www.ashe.ws/events/oba-2...

Outstanding Book Award Fireside Chat

Monday, April 27, 2026
9:00am-10:00am Pacific

The ASHE Outstanding Book Award recognizes a book that makes a significant contribution to the study of higher education. The award is open to any book published within the last year that advances theories, knowledge, practices, pedagogies, and/or policies in the field of higher education.

In this fireside chat, 2025 ASHE Outstanding Book Award recipient Crystal R. Sanders discusses "A Forgotten Migration." Her work explores Black southerners’ pursuit of graduate education under segregation, the state-sponsored out-of-state scholarships used to maintain “separate but equal,” and the enduring debt owed to historically Black colleges and universities today.

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Sherman Dorn @shermandorn.com · 14/04/2026

I think you have two options, at least according to Yelp.

Map of Knoxville, TN, area, with two exorcists.

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Sherman Dorn @shermandorn.com · 13/04/2026

I did get from LAX to my AERA hotel in an hour during rush hour on Metro. This is progress!

Bearded man in front of Metro route board

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Sherman Dorn @shermandorn.com · 13/04/2026

What if Trump decided to start criticizing Pope Leo for something he's actually vulnerable on, at least for those of us who understand what the One True Pizza is.