I believe I have found the most Harvard possible person. He's been dead for sixty years and yet nevertheless the first thing he's told me is that he went to Harvard.
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This reminds me to put “Los Angeles City College educated” on my tombstone.
jul 25, 2025, 1:58 pm • 0 0 • view
Since moving to (the state of) Texas, it has struck me how similar it and Harvard are in this kind of way.
jul 25, 2025, 3:16 am • 8 0 • view
Andrew introduces himself at the neighborhood BBQ: "Hi. Harvard-educated Texan here; or, you prefer, Texan with a Harvard degree. Ha ha. Either one works . . . oh, yeah: and my name is Andrew."
jul 25, 2025, 3:23 am • 8 0 • view
You got it completely wrong! (That was at the taco truck.)
jul 25, 2025, 3:25 am • 6 0 • view
😂
jul 24, 2025, 9:42 pm • 0 0 • view
Pretty soon "Harvard educated" will be scrubbed from resumes everywhere.
jul 24, 2025, 11:10 pm • 3 0 • view
But to his credit he only mentioned it once. Within the first week of meeting a new boss they mentioned Havid at least six times, each more casually than the last.
jul 25, 2025, 5:16 am • 2 0 • view
“You can always tell a Harvard man but you can’t tell him much”
jul 24, 2025, 11:06 pm • 7 0 • view
Apropos of nothing @kenwhite.bsky.social; @mitchellepner.bsky.social
jul 24, 2025, 9:26 pm • 1 0 • view
The only person who will tell you they went to Harvard faster than someone who actually got a degree from Harvard is someone who got a certification from Harvard.
jul 25, 2025, 1:32 pm • 1 0 • view
My dad's favorite joke: "How do you tell a Harvard man? Don't worry, he'll tell _you_."
jul 24, 2025, 9:27 pm • 18 0 • view
Like an Irish session musician we met in Georgia who couldn't wait to remind you she played with Matt Malloy from The Chieftains. Once.
jul 24, 2025, 11:10 pm • 0 0 • view
The opposite can be just as annoying. Nobody ever says they went to Yale. When asked where they went to college they answer “New Haven” in a dismissive manner. If you don’t happen to know where the school is you feel a bit embarrassed/humiliated when you do make that connection.
jul 25, 2025, 12:37 pm • 2 0 • view
😁 Also 😁: the "Nicer Vegetable Garden."
jul 24, 2025, 11:17 pm • 1 0 • view
He doesn't list his house affiliation, though, so some minus points there.
jul 25, 2025, 3:29 am • 2 0 • view
AB 1903, so he predates the house system by a few decades. Also too early to make a sly reference to Elsie's. Leavitt and Peirce, however . . .
jul 25, 2025, 4:22 am • 3 0 • view
Good point. “Never change, Harvard” does come with the occasional slight adjustment after all.
jul 25, 2025, 5:44 am • 2 0 • view
And he would rollover in his grave if Harvard capitulated to a fascist orange rind.
jul 25, 2025, 12:04 am • 1 0 • view