Noah Weiss (he/him)

Nebraska should play ISU in the regular season again sometime!

I got to hear it on my commute home from work today, and really enjoyed it!

Women athletes to watch going into Winter Olympics' second week - The World from PRX With 16 sports across eight locations, keeping up with the two-week Milan Cortina Winter Olympics can be overwhelming — even for the athletes themselves. Award-winning sports journalist Sarah Spain ca...

Thanks to NPR’s The World for having me on to talk about some of the biggest international stories we’ve covered here at the Olympics for Good Game with Sarah Spain.

Shoutout @biancahillier.bsky.social for connecting colleagues past and present!

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Image of the Yeti in the skiing Windows game SkiFree eating the player

Breaking: Tragedy at the Winter Olympics

Reviving a zombie thread that is still fun!

"Torn" by Natalie Imbruglia.

Yikes. As so many have said, autism is NO excuse.

All of my Sickos Poll votes used the official names of the schools too 😄

Boring: "Cone of shame"
Fun to say: "Frustum of frustration"

Under full \hbox badness 10000.

Man instantly regrets telling autistic woman to smile more A neurotypical man is being treated for shock after an autistic woman who he told to “smile more” actually did, emergency services have confirmed. Gavin Monks, 52, told stranger Emma Bernard, 30,…

Gavin Monks, 52, told stranger Emma Bernard, 30, that she would be a lot prettier if she turned that frown upside down. According to eyewitnesses, he immediately found out that this was not, in fact, the case.

And that's the big thing: unrealized wealth is such a loophole.

Six New Year’s Day songs Wow, it’s been two months since I last blogged! I won’t necessarily resolve to blog more, but will hopefully do so anyway. Since music has been such a big part of my blog, I’ve go…

A new year starts with six songs and finally a new blog post! noah121weiss.wordpress.com/2026/01/01/s...

Somehow managed to daven Psalm 150 loosely to the tune of "The Boxer" in today's minyan. #BoxingDay

Captive audience: deliberately dragged to #Whamhalla by my own wife! Thanks a lot!

#U00ATM doesn't have the same ring as #M00N.
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Me: hmm, blood pressure's pretty low today
Me: *hears 2 seconds of Christmas music*
Me: ah there we go

Runzas are sold in the arena. I had one too!

Kansas
Gary Puckett and The Turtles
Dave Koz & Friends
Jared Rabin Band
Styx

Don’t forget to take a sticker.

[O.C.T.O.B.E.R. XIV-30] 9.2/10 Not enough water This post’s title is a tale on a similar review, but after I mention what the review was, I’ll explain what today’s post means. When Pokémon Ruby & Sapphire were released, one…

The opposite of an infamous review!
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[O.C.T.O.B.E.R. XIV-28] Listen to the wind blow… … Down comes the night. I heard the song with those lyrics in a cover version this afternoon. I recalled a concert in Evanston where I heard the cover, featuring Ren Patrick and Jared Rabin. …

Windy days seem to accompany my Lied Center ticket! noah121weiss.wordpress.com/2025/10/28/o...

[O.C.T.O.B.E.R. XIV-27] Alternative journaling This month, my diary journal has fallen by the wayside due to me having a lot of evening work to stay afloat, hanging with the family in the evening, and perhaps also distractions due to the TV and…

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[O.C.T.O.B.E.R. XIV-25] Double features This could mean a lot of different things, but here I am going to the music side. There are three things I will cover here through examples: true double features, false double features, and missed …

New blog post about music double features!

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Its Pickup Ability is handy!

[O.C.T.O.B.E.R. XIV-15] Like a Monday Ooh! Touched for the very first time. Just joking, and apologies to Madonna! This semester, I have had or will have different days feel like Mondays.

Happy Monday... oh, wait.
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[O.C.T.O.B.E.R. XIV-13] Family dinner Oftentimes, my parents host family dinner at their house on Sundays. Tonight was not Sunday, but I chose to host. Why? Gotta do Pizza in the Hut once during Sukkot! Ironically (maybe in the Alanis …

Hosted local family for a Sukkot dinner!
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[O.C.T.O.B.E.R. XIV-9] Lesson learnt Meeting a milestone today, I have learnt something about my preferences for subsequent Fall semesters. Of course, I will have a little bit of a factor as to what I learnt.

A stressor is about to fade! noah121weiss.wordpress.com/2025/10/09/o...

At my wedding, I had a male best man (my brother), and my other attendants were women (my sisters and my best friend from grad school). But my brother couldn't make the wedding due to COVID. My wife was perfectly fine with this.