So, um, I've just fully planned and prepped my first (of three) fall classes. 😬 To be fair, this is the class I've taught most often and I'm not changing much this time around, so recycling lectures and powerpoints is easy!

A thing I have noticed in the wake of the misogyny at the Olympics is that PWHL players are showing up at lots of men’s hockey games, usually with much fanfare by the hosting team. But what is NOT happening is men’s hockey players showing up at PWHL games.

Kelsey is my colleague! Look how cool and smart she is!

Clocking out for spring break and have also just achieved inbox ZERO. This is nothing short of a miracle!

This game is taking years off my life omgggggggg (I hope Canada wins!!)

Hey if your kid is taking an online class that uses Honorlock proctoring, please PLEASE complain to the school. It accesses the student's video, mic, and files, requires a photo of the student and A FULL VIDEO SCAN OF THE STUDENT'S ROOM for their AI. If the Epstein files teach you nothing else!

the Spectator accidentally recycled a subhed from a previous day’s article about Tehran

Happy birthday Tula-Tu! This petite party pachyderm is 1 today 💖

Hockey hack: when you remember you own a hot water bottle you can zip into your jacket 💪🏼💪🏼

1. Intro to Chimp Behavior (Science) 2. History of Jazz & Rock (Music) 3. Comedy Writing (English) 4. Playwriting (Theatre) 5. Protest (PoliSci)

Perhaps lost in all the other terrible news: Today the United States formally withdrew from the World Health Organization.

Fucking HATE it when a transphobe scores the first goal of the night against my team. 😒

The national archives finally sent the requested paperwork, and now, THIRTY YEARS after she was buried, my mother’s headstone will bear her military rank. Fucking finally!!

First day of the semester so of course I inexplicably woke up at 4am. Sure.

Former SOUTH PARK writer Toby Morton got an angry letter from Trump’s lawyers because he registered the Trump-Kennedy Center domain names (check out www.trumpkennedycenter.org 😃) and his response is 100% Pure 2026 ⭐️

Only time I’ve ever needed stitches was because of a paper cut. 🤣

I served a cucumber sandwich to Krist Novoselic when I was ~17.

The Seattle-New York game has been thrilling so far and we’re only through the first period!

That Boston v Ottawa finish was thrilling!

Spending my evening as our lord and savior Christine Baranski intended, by rewatching all my gay hockey boyfriends and their gay hockey boyfriends.

Okay, all my spring courses are prepped, lesson planned, and powerpointed, which means! I can take a beak! Until next year! And then come back and finish revisions on my book before the semester starts!!

The inspiration ➡️ the result. Been thinking about this one for several years and hyped to finally have it!

Okay, fall grades are in and I have a complete syllabus for one of my three spring courses (women's resistance literature). Now I get to do the fun work of lesson planning and powerpointing that course before moving to the next one!

It costs so little to believe in one’s students. And when students feel supported and encouraged, they do magnificent work. Seems pretty straightforward to me.

I cannot believe how cool this blogpost is. This post will end all posts. Everyone can stop blogging now

I’m a graduate of an arts program here and am alarmed by the new president’s actions. Please read, sign, and share!

Started my disability lit course today with the news about Alice Wong. 💔

A bunch of my students are on our women’s hockey team and I went to the season opener this afternoon and y’all—I think I love hockey now??

I don’t want to formulate words yet, but my friend Alice Wong, @sfdirewolf.bsky.social of the Disability Visibility Project, has passed. Here are the words she left behind: www.instagram.com/p/DREMDNBjnq...

A thing that I would love that I kind of can’t believe no one has done yet is for a Taskmaster contestant to wear the same outfit as Alex. 😏

Two small spots of good cheer today. Welcome in a year of darkness. 🩷

Word of the Day is ‘catchfart’ (17th century): an obsequious individual who sucks up to the boss and always follows the political wind.

Today is for catching up on marking. I've gone through about twenty assignments already, and I have another 99 left. Wish me luck!

Took the cats out for a walk with my brother and accidentally created a 90s Britpop album cover

Tula’s on the ball

Seems like it’s a good night for Dems. Nice to go to sleep with a spot of hope for a change. 🤞🏼

the password to the louvre surveillance server was "louvre" www.thesocialpost.it/2025/11/02/f...

Voted!

I suppose campaign text messages must work at least a little, but I have never ever not once changed my mind about whether or not to vote based on a text message. This skeet brought to you by living in a swing state and being annoyed by the constant texts. (Yes obvs I’m voting tomorrow.)

JKR.

It's my favorite assignment of the year—sonnets! This time around, my students wrote sonnets about being tired; a cake pop; coffee; an insistent, hungry cat; a favorite mug; crunchy leaves; mom's homemade food; a hamburger eaten for lunch; football; breakfast; and Taylor Swift. 🤩

Fucking RETWEET

Do y’all know about red eye flights and how absolutely terrible they are, especially when you have a connection in the middle???

It is raining sideways and the wind is a menace on the Oregon Coast this morning. What a day to bury my dad! 🙃

It’s my birthday! I’m spending it doing my least favorite thing, getting on an airplane! To go to my literal father’s funeral!! Send them good vibes!! 🙃

Not me writing out my dad’s eulogy by hand because I don’t have access to a printer and reading a eulogy off my iPad makes me feel like scraping my skin off. (Pls light a candle for my poor cramping hand.)