Doctor, Thursday: take it easy and keep off your foot [probable strain/1% chance of tiny fracture]. Me, today: does laundry, deep cleans, multiple rounds on the step ladder, and wonders why her foot hurts. I have the "itchy feet" my of my Italian grandmother.

What is woth Dr.'s offices having TVs on with loud volumes? I'm worried about being able to hear mu name when it's called. I cannot image how people with sensory issues feel in this environment.

To be clear - this means 7.6 million more of our neighbors, our friends, our coworkers, our parishioners, our community that will not be able to get the medical care they need. This does not mean that magically they’re making more money and don’t qualify anymore

Human Arm Hanging Limply Out Of Food Delivery Robot

Monday: Freezing cold outside and I'm somehow burning up. Today: Decent temps outside (55F/13C or so) and I'm freezing. Will someone make my body make sense?!

Study Finds Intermittent Fasting No More Effective Than Conventional Eating Disorder https://theonion.com/study-finds-intermittent-fasting-no-more-effective-than-conventional-eating-disorder/

Greetings from my colleague who is both a great music theorist and an awesome pianist, but sadly terrible at counting.

I don't think I've ever said this before, but times are changing: Go New Jersey!

(Happy?) Ash Wednesday everyone. I look forward to at least one of my not Catholic students telling (very politely, I might add) my Catholic students that they have something on their forehead. Happens most years and it's always a sweet interaction.

A donkey reading a book about donkeys. In this print of circa 1799, Francisco de Goya mocks the obsession with #genealogy in his day and time. #skystorians

From the bestskeeting author of the Bluesky-famous six-week Bad Bunny 101 comes this essential close reading of the halftime show! 🧵

Scene: Monday morning Student: Nooo. The groundhog saw his shadow! Me: Oh no, the prophecy rodent!

Blocked in by an idiot. I don't want to be THAT neighbor, but I would like to go to work.

Added Yakety Sax to that video from Minneapolis

Some of our UofL students (art majors?) made some EPIC snow sculptures.

Assuming this is real, I can imagine getting the states mixed up or having an off day etc. What I cannot imagine is emailing someone else before I did a search on my own.

One snow day and now two days of remote instruction. Not thrilled that the first hour of my Pedagogy class was canceled (2/3 students had internet issues) but I am SO happy none of them were online when I got the "remote learning" message. Nothing says "pedagogy" like yelling "f***" into the aether.

Remote teaching tomorrow. Planned lesson: partnered peer editing of a recent writing assignment. Asynchronous online it is.

My neighbor, a student athlete at Bellarmine U., just shoveled my entire driveway, on his own. The only reason I knew about it was because I walked out to shovel (and helped with the last six inches of snow). I am seriously about to cry.

Liam’s scared little face beneath the blue floppy ears. Renee’s brilliant smile. The soul-burdening weight of these images.

The lampshade on my head in my profile pic is my "Derby hat." This year, I hope to find something even more ridiculous. If I ever get invited to Derby, I'll get a real one. Maybe. The lampshade does look good though...

Good news: the assoc in charge makes it right quickly. Hilarious/sad news: totally expected this to be an Onion article at first.

This is a more accurate metric of impending bad weather than the Waffle House Index

The sheer number of times the villain in a musical makes their victims sing is reframing my thoughts on my skills classes. (Am I the baddie? No, its the musicals who are wrong!).

A greeting card for my Bluesky friends

Just asked my therapist to switch our appointment to telegram (instead of telehealth). Good to know my phone thinks is 1896.

You know what? We all need a laugh. Please enjoy the..shorts[?] I found at the store yesterday. What occasion are these for exactly?

Honestly, the aspirin is the least of our worries.

There's a conference paper (at least) in "flute accompaniment."

BEEP BOOP THIS IS NORA'S AUTOMATED STRETCH CHECK. today is Friday. everyone do your stretchies. 💪🤖

I'll take it.

Grinding dried maize, just to meal something.

Still meeting the neighbors. This one is cute, makes beautiful noises, but for some reason Mr. and Mrs. Squirrel are leary around him.

Local library is killing it with their sign.

Emergency appointment with my surgeon at 3-weeks post-op. (I had what should have been an internal stitch sticking out--but that's another story) She fixes the issue, looks at me and says: "Wow! You're a good little healer!" It was adorable.

I'm a gritty detective solving a disproportional number of murders in a village and rambling over the moor with my dog Clive. My housekeeper wonders why I've never gotten married. (It's was one of the Sergeant Cluff books--working my way through British Library's crime classics).

A warning from the lawyer representing the unjustly fired Oklahoma TA! Beware of GFM scams: her client is NOT crowdfunding at this time.

Make a Bond movie academic: From Russia with Interlibrary Loan.

Happy Christmas to all who celebrate!

Reposting for the niche reference.

"Even after accounting for the upfront costs and delayed benefits, enrolling marginal applicants to public universities generates substantial net returns for society, the marginal students themselves, and the government budget." Public Universities FTW!

It's going to be in the 80s here today and tomorrow. Happy Christmas everyone--time to break out my shorts.

Blue Books were not something I ever dreaded. Blue Books meant I had a chance to 1) show what I knew, 2) think creatively with that I formation, and 3) explain my points and ideas for (generally) as long as needed.

I love all the Robert Schumann references, but this wins for me.

Just in time for Christmas! I’m excited to finally be holding a copy of my book, Structural Multistabilities and Listening Experiences in Minimalist Music. I’ve been working on it for so long, so I’m proud to announce that it is published! Thanks so much to everyone who helped make this possible!

@wesflinn.bsky.social every time I see a ham post, I think of you.

Was reminded last night of why I keep my email on my phone: writing inspiration hit at 11pm when I was in bed. Grabbed the phone, went into drafts where I keep an email to myself. Wrote down enough mediocrity for Future Me, and went back to sleep. Didn't even turn the light on.