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Trump should serve at least four terms

Trump clearly wants a third presidential term. Never mind the 22nd Amendment. It’s just ink on paper. And why not? I mean, he’s totally crushing it these first couple of months in his second term. Global alliances fostered over eight decades are...

March 31, 2025 toddneff #22ndAmendment, #DonaldTrump 0 Comments

UCLA Bruin Family Weekend II: The Wrath of Family Weekend

Three years ago, I wrote this post about my experience at UCLA Bruin Family Weekend. I have done this three times now, this year with a second Bruin daughter. It’s time for an update, ideally one helpful to future UCLA Bruin Family Weekend...

November 21, 2024 toddneff #BruinFamilyWeekend, #DeltaGamma, #KappaKappaGamma, #UCLA 0 Comments

Voting for Trump, are you?

So I hear you’re voting for Trump. No, that’s a good idea. If you want to stop immigrants from taking all our jobs because you’re dying to work in a slaughterhouse or atop a roof, no question, Trump’s the guy. If you’re from an hollowed-out...

October 27, 2024 toddneff #Election2024, #Trump 0 Comments

So you’re going to tour UT Austin (and Austin in general)

My daughter Maya was accepted to UT Austin. Despite eBaying a lot of University of Michigan garb (and wearing my old Michigan Soccer schwag), and despite the small “go blue” sticker on her car, and despite her deep distaste for Texas politics...

March 31, 2024 toddneff 1 Comments

Having principles vs. being principled

The caption of this New York Times story, found on its homepage today, Wednesday, Jan. 11, 2024, caught my eye. Not to pick on Jan Altena, a 69-year-old grandfather from Orange City, Iowa — he’s entitled to his opinions. But...

January 11, 2024 toddneff #Election2024, #Trump, #vocab 0 Comments

A few thoughts on AI (before it takes over)

I’ve been reading up on artificial intelligence – Time Magazine’s recent “100 Most Influential People in AI” and the Atlantic’s excellent piece on Open AI CEO Sam Altman among the many. My book, “The Laser That’s Changing the World,” is...

October 4, 2023 toddneff 1 Comments

My Trump Classified Presidential Issue Poll

Given today’s news about Trump’s classified docs case, I figured I’d share my Classified Presidential Issue Poll from 2020.

July 28, 2023 toddneff #classified, #confidential, #Trump 0 Comments

Another shooting at my daughter’s high school this morning

My daughter has said, without irony, that she thinks she’s going to get shot at school. Two faculty just did, and so did Luis Garcia just last month.

March 22, 2023 toddneff #DenverEastHS, #GunLaws, #schoolshooting 0 Comments

Nitto Tires: Positives and negatives

Having bought a set of Nitto tires, I thought I would share some positives and negatives about them. Positives: They are black. They are round. Negatives: They wear out as if made of some combination of vulcanized rubber and powdered sugar...

November 8, 2022 toddneff #Nitto, #tires 0 Comments

Looks like Trump’s Save America PAC stole from its own supporters

Most interesting was the oft-repeated “1,000% match.”

September 8, 2022 toddneff Save America PAC, Trump 0 Comments

Found writing

This ocean of improbability is a true measure of the tub of deep time.

September 8, 2022 toddneff #deepthoughts 0 Comments
How my daughter ended up figure skating with Nathan Chen in an Xfinity ad

How my daughter ended up figure skating with Nathan Chen in an Xfinity ad

The 2022 Beijing Olympics opening ceremony is happening now. My daughter is not an Olympian. But she recently skated with one in an Xfinity ad. It’s here: Lily 18, is in her first year at UCLA studying chemistry. She has been figure skating...

February 3, 2022 toddneff #Figure Skating, #Nathan Chen, #UCLA, #Xfinity #Lily Neff 0 Comments
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