Pippin played in the mud, so he got a bath. Now that he’s air dried he has hundreds of cowlicks. #dogsofbluesky #goldenretriever

Roses are red The ocean is wet I love you all-in Like my Jeopardy! bet

UNC UNC”d so hard.

Too many Duke fans on this site.

Punxy Phil is a demigod. Show a little respect.

Tonight this guy had a breakthrough seizure lasting over 3 minutes. His regular vet moved to Mongolia (yes really) last week and the semester starts tomorrow so it’s really A++ timing there buddy.

Weeks of nothing to read followed by every hold I put coming in at once. I wish my public library would let you pause your holds when your turn comes up so you could keep your place in line and get the book when you're ready without having to check it back in and then become #24 again.

The OP was deleted but in a nutshell it suggested that in difficult times it’s a good thing to find a community with whom you share interests.

On that note… join the Hemingway Society. Open to all writers and fans, not just academics.

Happy New Year from the “mushroom capital of the world.” Kennett Square #pennsylvania

His crimes are getting more audacious and it’s probably obvious why we don’t have a Christmas tree skirt. #dogsofbluesky #goldenretriever

Retrievers gonna retrieve. All the livelong day. Whether you want them to or not. #dogsofbluesky #goldenretriever

but seriously if you want to know how the Trump Kennedy Center Honors went here’s my report from the night-of

News from my hometown: Stubhub marketed a spiritual concert (Lamb of God) as heavy metal show (different, more famous Lamb of God). I'm disappointed that the error was caught early, honestly. Chaos almost ensues doesn't have the same ring.

Life Writers of BlueSky (biography, memoir, and spaces in between): If you would like to zoom into my graduate seminar this spring to discuss method, craft, ethics, business, or any other aspect of the work, please get in touch here or via my Penn State email.

December me would like to have a word with November me about her signup for the Holiday Concert cookie table.

Colleges: don't use AI in your application essay. Also Colleges: * uses AI to evaluate application essays * Professors: don't use AI in your work Also Professors: * use AI to write syllabi, slides, & grade * Students: * also using AI this whole time anyway * Am I already dead? Have I gone to hell?

I really am going into this horrible future kicking and screaming, but this isn't ravioli ya clankers.

LEGO’s use of AI is going great so far 🤣

I was elected president of the Hemingway Society, and celebrated with my favorite Creamery flavor. (OK so I ran unopposed, but any excuse to eat Peppermint Stick, a seasonal flavor available only 2-3 weeks of the year.) #pennstate

Penn State's head coach search reminds me of filling a TT role in an academic dept. WHO O WHO CAN FILL THIS ROLE? How about the highly qualified and experienced adjunct who has been here forever whom everyone already likes and who wants the job? AGAIN, WHO O WHO CAN IT BEEEE? *dramatic flailing*

The only medication that has ever helped my migraines was discontinued in 2017 because it was so old it pre-dated FDA efficacy tests. I ASSURE YOU IT WAS EFFECTIVE. Anyway, I've been in pain for three days but seem to be coming out of it now.

When the kids go sledding wifout you. (Even stealing a glove did not prevent this sad turn of events).

Pippin stole and chewed the pompom off this Santa fascinator and his punishment is having to wear it while being publicly shamed.

Someone in a Reddit thread made a reference to “purse-flavored gum” and suddenly I’m 8 years old again. Just like in that Proust fella’s long book.

In a 1959 piano book I flipped through tonight. Headphones were just about to become a thing too. Family togetherness is cooked.

Saw Wicked: For Good seated beside a lesbian couple, one half audibly sobbing, the other kept holding up her arms to show her date (and me?) her actual goosebumps and did a good job not noticing when I almost drank her drink instead of mine.

Losing streak + students already gone for break = dirt cheap seats. Ended up being a big win with the crowd chanting “Terry! Terry!” #pennstate

Hot Ones is my guilty pleasure. As a person who can't even eat a jalapeno w/o crying, I love to watch celebs run that gauntlet. The new one w/ Winona Ryder is wonderful as an interview too though. I didn't know she was a book collector. My 8th grade delusion that we could be BFFs has been revived.

Join me in Toronto next summer for the International Biennial Hemingway Conference. Proposals accepted through 30 November. Share widely--especially with grad students. Student travel funding and discount student housing available: hemingwaytoronto2026.com

10 months ago I braved the cold to eat some bagels at the grand opening of a new campus building that went kablooey yesterday--gossip consensus is steam in a pipe exploded. The building cracked & shifted & thankfully no one was hurt, but the $125 mil building is unusable for the foreseeable future.

Mostly cloudy in Centre County but I got a small peek of the aurora through the clouds. #aurora #northernlights

Get to know your Mutuals, list 10 random things you like: When bees sleep on my flowers The quiet when it’s snowing Cherry pie Poodles Catching a fish Steve Martin Small town festivals Bass clarinet solos David Mitchell’s character Marinus Yard sales

First snow of the season. Button bush has pretty spring flowers, but I like it best for its long-lasting fall foliage. #pollinators #bloomscrolling #snowday #nativeplants #pennsylvania

Facebot just rolled out a new AI feature in the group I admin that I promptly switched off. This one is a "Quiz" bot posting the world's easiest trivia. The thing is, this happened in the LearnedLeague group. GTFO. Thanks to the member who reported the post. Have now turned that feature off too.

Among the other good news, in my local school board race the woman who homeschooled her own kids and who supports private armed guards in schools and the dude who has no idea how public schools work except that he kind of recently attended one both got trounced by qualified candidates.

If I was a Republican member of Congress watching the results tonight, I’d ask myself if I really wanted my legacy to be: Guy who helped an aging pedophile suspend the constitution so he could enrich himself and his friends.

W/o any spoilers, can someone tell me if Orbital gets around to having a plot? So far we've circled the earth 3x, someone did a workout & we've named various countries the sun has shone on or not shone on. If there is a plot I will keep reading but if this is it I'll use my own orbits differently.

OK which one of y’all was it?

Pretty sure this cartoon imprinted on me as a child and that’s why I became a modernist.

It’s like when my h.s. basketball team went all the way to state and fought a good fight against Ray Allen. Still the hardest I’ve ever taken a sports loss.

One very strong but low-stakes opinion of mine is that Halloween costumes should work WITHOUT a carried prop. You need arms free for eating, drinking, carrying a tired kid, holding a dog leash, etc. At a party, parade, etc you’re going to put down your prop, so your costume still needs to work.

It's giving Robert Frost. Two roads diverged in a yellow wood... but nothing gold can stay 😅. (And yes, Zelda is too fat for her blaze orange vest, so she wears it as a collar).

Sure, replace the curriculum with AI. (fwiw, I was trying to find any extant correspondence between EH and Cushing on the auction market).

Anyone else have a big dog but also an even bigger dog so you think about your big dog as a little dog?

I was standing in this bucolic setting in line for a hayride amidst these colorful gourds when a murmur suddenly went through the (not pictured but very present) crowd. Franklin out. The chatter on the hayride was about how he’ll now get $48 million to do f—k all. #pennstate

I made a Ralph Ingersoll and Martha Gellhorn appreciation meme.

Meanwhile, MLB: whY d0N't KiDs WatCH baSebALL anYmOre?

It’s a girl! See alt text for how to tell. #butterfly #pollinator

45 min later! Happy birthday!