Okay, I might finally need to go back to grad school.

That was my impulse. "Who has the time?" But on a pretty easy 2nd thought, how much more time are this TA and her department losing now? I'm trying to anticipate how this behavior will trickle down to K-12 schools and prepare myself to intercede for colleagues. I just want to teach, you know?

I'll make my standard offer: I will gladly not coach Kentucky football for A TENTH of what you're paying Stoops to not coach. THINK OF THE SAVINGS, MITCH BARNHART!

So traveling with a more easily forged ID now comes with a convenience fee. See John Rogers on fines.

I'm listening.

Back in the D&D 3.5 days, they had a setting called Eberron, with a playable race called the warforged. Think magical robots, and you've got it. The warforged had a religion where they tried to collect artifacts with which to build their god. Apropos of nothing...

I named my fists Strunk and White because if we're doing this, there will be elements of style.

❌ learn to code ✅ learn to read

Yeah, I made this joke. Then Flacco turned up with class and professionalism, bringing high-level play including 470+ yards and four passing touchdowns against the Bears while I watched from the upper deck. He's been impressive. But just the same I was really glad to see Burrow back on Thursday.

Even though we're covering yet another attempt by a white male comedian to return to the industry that made him famous while he behaved horrifically toward those with less power than him, you can tell we're a serious publication. Look at our diacritical marks. Look at them!

Tom Stoppard has died at 88. I've used R&G in my classes for a decade, and I've enjoyed his screenwriting for even longer. What a legacy to leave behind. Peace and comfort to those who knew and loved him.

Introduce yourself with five concerts you've seen- B.B. King Bless Traveler Willie Nelson Alanis Morrisette Barenaked Ladies

I glance into my bedroom around lunchtime on a day off to find this. What actually happens when I'm at work, for crying out loud?

First time solving without mistakes or hints. I solved the daily Clues by Sam, Nov 26th 2025 (Medium), in less than 7 minutes 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩 cluesbysam.com

Suck it in suck it in suck it in If you're Rin Tin Tin or Anne Boleyn Make a desperate move our else you'll win And then begin to see what you're doing to me This MTV is not for free It's so PC it's killing me So desperately I sing to thee of love...

In Kurt VonnegutI'd final written speech (which he died before he could deliver), he labored to produce a universally agreeable American sentiment. His first attempt was: "Sugar is sweet." I'll argue that Annie has hit something we can agree upon every bit as easily.

I'm actually starting Macbeth with my sophomores this week (plus I just finished Othello and Richard III with my AP courses), so this looks fun! #SundayMacbethChat

STUDENT COMPLAINT FROM 2009: "All we do in this class is read the book, talk about the book we read, and then write about what we talked about from the book we read." MY RESPONSE: "The sign on the door says 'English Class.'"

Read this Yale report on AI. Don't ask your chatbot to read it for you. thenewjournalatyale.com/2025/10/insi...

Honestly, these jerseys should be exhibited in the Vatican Museum. As his papacy continues, the jerseys pour in from around the world, and suddenly there's this incongruous 21st-C sportswear room among all the marbles and such.

That's my Friday evening sorted.

I look forward to the day this trickles down to high schools and I have to call 130 sets of parents plus a handful of administrators every time a kid asks a question.

And then I, a high school English teacher these 17 years, learned about three-cuing.

Reminder for after work.

For some reason nobody asks me about the secret of the success of my AP Lit program (I know, Annie, I know). The secret is simple: we read books. Lots of them. We talk about them, write about them, and then we succeed on the tests (which aren't the point), even in my oddly-shaded red state.

Gremlins 3 is happening, there's a LEGO Enterprise-D, and Tuesday's elections happened. There's good in the world.

And punk rock is optimism. In this essay I will

For crying out loud, I was just a handful of hours away from a history minor concentrating mostly on classical and medieval Europe, and I was an English education major. Trust that I had plenty of coursework to occupy my time. Okay, that overlap might not be such a stretch...

I haven't watched a ton of the playoffs because I'm a Reds fan and now have the Bengals to disappoint me, but good grief was that Game 6 something to see. Looking forward to Game 7 tomorrow.

"Arts" =\= "Less than science"

How much plastic was in this stuff before???

Define irony.

Furthermore, you should read widely, fiction and nonfiction, crossing genres and disciplines. And for the love of whatever, let your students see you reading!

Thread.

I, a Kentucky alumnus, do hereby take back one or two ugly things I've said about you, UofL.

Me, to coworkers, friends, and family alike: Take care of yourself. You have sick days for a reason. Use them. Also me, sitting on more than nine years' accumulated sick leave: No, I'll be fine, there's too much to do right now.

I'm a teacher, not a lawyer, but if I catch you cheating on a test and I call you out on it, I cannot recommend "Bro, it was just one question!" as a defense.

My literature students are reading THINGS FALL APART, and I think I've just found them some supplemental context.

The Eagles could not be reached for comment.

Okay, Bengals, with Mark Sanchez in the hospital, I suppose your options were limited.

NOW LISTEN RIGHT HERE I only just got my wife back into eating pasta after she discovered it's not all the filler-stuffed dollar boxes and won't give her bloating and indigestion DON'T TAKE THIS FROM ME.

To be fair, Bilbo could've saved himself a lot of trouble by being less concerned with the plates and more concerned with the songs.

Okay, I have to remember this for the spring, when I usually do a Ship of Theseus lesson for my AP Lit classes.

If the headline is phrased as a yes/no question, you already know the answer.

Leaves from green turn gold, First hints of frost on the wind. The Pumpkin King stirs.

Say what you want about public schools, but I just had a ten-minute conversation with my 6th-grade son about the emergence of civilization in the Old World, based entirely on what he's getting in his social studies class, and the kid gets the broad strokes better than I did as a high school grad.

My doctors all of I have a history of high blood pressure. I answer, "Yes, I'm a Reds fan." #MLB #GoReds

...and everyone is writing a play.

In ten years of restaurant work I never saw a chef give an actual *chef's kiss*, but this gets one.

Some photojournalist deserves a Pulitzer. Because no alt-text: British King Charles III winces and turns his face from US President Trump, as Trump leans in to speak too loudly, maybe about how much Charles has grown.