Just finished up some grading! W00t! W00t! It wasn't the very last assignment, but I'm getting there!

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My house is just _almost_ back to normal.

I'm really enjoying the new Men Without Hats album: On the Moon! Really fun! #ILoveThe80s

Friendly reminder that dishwashers made after 1995 or so are so water and energy efficient that even if you ran them twice fully loaded it would still use less water than handwashing the same load. So many "green" things feel like sacrifices. Dishwashers are not one of them.

Having a blast at the Original Lilly Conference on College Teaching! Just did a session on skills educators need in an age of AI. Here I am with other plenary speakers and colleagues Mary-Ann Winklemas and Megan Kohler and colleague and conference organizer Gregg Wentzell!

If anyone is looking for a show, #SlowHorses is so good. I can't believe I haven't watched it before now, but I've done a good binge and caught up.

Longshot question for my network. Is anyone in Hong Kong? I am looking for a book, and one copy exists in the world, in a library in Hong Kong. search.worldcat.org/title/513774... They won't even photocopy the table of contents for me. #FindABook #iTeachMath #LostBooks

Felt like I was working "scattered," so I went to close some docs. Friends, I had 27 Word docs open. Totally normal, right? Right?

Very rarely, I need to use my phone as an actual phone. When this happens, I typically have to stop for several beats and stare blankly: Now, where did they hide the part that calls? It's a brief moment of traveling back in time.

Good night, friends. ⭐️

I was quiet, but I was not blind. ~ Jane Austen Mansfield Park

The most important thing in writing is to finish. A finished thing can be fixed. A finished thing can be published. A finished thing can be made into a movie. An unfinished thing is just a dream. And dreams fade if you don't hold on tight enough. So finish the thing.

I had to be away from my computer all day today. As it turns out, I get an email every six minutes.

W00t! W00t! Second edition of Qualitative Research: The Essential Guide out today!

In honor of spooky month, share a 4 word horror story that only someone in your profession would understand: APA perfect. Sources imaginary.

How fragile we are, between the few good moments. ~ Jane Hirshfield

My kiddo turned 21 today. Where does the time go?

Not sure where this is from, but I am feeling it today.

It's 67 degrees in Alabama. Time to drag out the fleece.

Halfway through the week, and somehow my to-do list has doubled. Math isn’t mathing.

“Nine-tenths of education is encouragement.” ~Anatole France #TeachingTipTuesday #HigherEd #Teaching

I see pieces like this a lot, often w/ a spin of lamenting cultural degeneration, but reading is a LABOR issue, it’s declined because so many people are working overtime or two jobs & employers expect after hours work. France has Earth’s highest reading rate b/c long lunch breaks & labor protections

'Books have souls,’ repeated the cat softly. ‘A cherished book will always have a soul. It will come to its reader’s aid in times of crisis.' Sōsuke Natsukawa, The Cat Who Saved Books #BookWormSat 💙📚 🎨 Eva Fialka

If I’m overwhelmed, please don’t add more whelms.

This goofball says hi! #Caturday #CatsOfBluesky

Have a lovely weekend, friends! #TGIF

“I've never known any trouble than an hour's reading didn't assuage.” ― Arthur Schopenhauer

It's Friday, right? Right? (I feel strongly that it should be Friday)

I am pretty well convinced that I would have to do email full time just to break even. Where do I opt out? #unsustainable

Am writing. Or at least making prolonged eye contact with the blinking cursor. #Amwriting

fly you fool

Instructor presence is contagious. Be fully there, and students are more likely to be too.

I love that I can say hello to this magnificent creature multiple times a week day and night. This time coming from teaching and with kiddo on the bike from soccer practice (she took the photo). A good familiar face to greet you #Naga

Good night, friends. ⭐️

You shall not pass!

Her heart was a secret garden, and the walls were very high. ~ William Goldman The Princess Bride

I have a system. For every compliance training email reminder, I do exactly one of their trainings. I figure I'll get done way ahead of deadline this way.

Monday morning. My weekend evaporated. Where do I file a complaint?

Sunday: the comma between two long sentences that thinks it’s a full stop. #Sunday

A-pear-antly

#TGIF #FRIDAY

My latest column for the Chronicle of Higher Ed is now live. It's an argument for including AI-critical voices in campus conversations and policymaking workgroups, and I'm proud to get this dissenting piece into the mainstream genAI/higher ed discourse. Please read and share if you're so inclined 🙂

Ok, so does anyone out there have good suggestions for discouraging student AI use? I'm looking for any strategies at all, from simple to more innovative/ elaborate. Anyone? Anyone? #teaching #highered

Saturday morning view

Big day at UA: @jamesmlang.bsky.social is speaking with us about teaching and learning and distraction. His books and talks have guided so many of us. I'm excited to hear what insights he brings to campus today. #Teaching #HigherEd

Writers friends, do you feel this? So much of writing isn’t inspiration, it’s negotiation. The draft vs. the dream. Progress vs. perfection. It’s messy, but that’s the heart of it. #Writing #AmWriting

Midweek check-in: how’s everyone doing? I’m reminding myself that Wednesday isn’t about big leaps, it’s about steady steps forward. #Midweek #Progress

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