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Erik Visits an American Grave, Part 2,192

By Erik Loomis

In General

On July 22, 2026

This is the grave of Erving Goffman. Born in 1922 in Mannville, Alberta, well, wait a minute. If there's one thing this blog has proven, it's that nothing good can come from Alberta. Anyway, Goffman grew up in a Jewish immigrant family. His parents had...

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Erik Visits an American Grave, Part 1,930

By Erik Loomis

On July 26, 2025

This is the grave of Robert Park. Born in 1864 in Harveyville, Pennsylvania, Park grew up in Red Wing, Minnesota, where the family moved shortly after his birth. I only.

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Erik Visits an American Grave, Part 1,614

By Erik Loomis

On April 29, 2024

This is the grave of Talcott Parsons. Born in 1902 in Colorado Springs, Parsons grew up in an intellectually elite family out in that still young state. His father was.

Anatoli Smorin Bluesky user Jorts the Cat foretold the future on November 14, 2024.
Arsonist comes out against fire · August 11, 2026
wo_qanil The only thing we should hand them is their heads.
Arsonist comes out against fire · August 11, 2026
Jean Crespin I think that's UEFA funds no? Now that UEFA is against him, they've got all sorts of shit on Infantino from his time running UEFA. On the other hand, almost all of this shit is already out...
What Will Become of Gianni Infantino? · August 11, 2026
Jean Crespin They already had a system for hydration breaks if the weather demanded it, called by the ref. These were a system for inserting ad-breaks into the game-- eg the Mexico-England game, played at 14...
What Will Become of Gianni Infantino? · August 11, 2026
Tehanu That would ruin a perfectly good piano. I vote for an anvil; his skull won't even make a dent in it.
Arsonist comes out against fire · August 11, 2026