Sherman Dorn

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Sherman Dorn@shermandorn· Jul 2

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

Sherman Dorn@shermandorn· Jun 27

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

Sherman Dorn@shermandorn· Jun 17

Yes

Sherman Dorn@shermandorn· Jun 17

Randall Munroe is the only exception to this.

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

Sherman Dorn@shermandorn· Jun 15

😀

Sherman Dorn@shermandorn· Jun 12

For @mpolikoff.bsky.social @audreywatters.bsky.social and whoever else needs this.

Mean Girls <Get in, loser> meme: Get in, Loser: We're hate-shorting SPCX

Sherman Dorn@shermandorn· Jun 6

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%

Sherman Dorn@shermandorn· May 24

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

Sherman Dorn@shermandorn· May 22

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."

Sherman Dorn@shermandorn· May 12

And here's another Simon!

Sherman Dorn@shermandorn· May 7

And here in Arizona…

“Canvas is currently undergoing scheduled maintenance

Check back soon”

Sherman Dorn@shermandorn· Apr 28

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

Sherman Dorn@shermandorn· Apr 23

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

Sherman Dorn@shermandorn· Apr 14

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.

Sherman Dorn@shermandorn· Apr 14

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

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

Sherman Dorn@shermandorn· Apr 13

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

Sherman Dorn@shermandorn· Apr 13

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.