how long do you think until my new-ish colleagues realize that the classical music I play in my office ... is just the lord of the rings soundtrack

Old twitter would have been really funny in the age of disaster lettuce. But now we have horror foods and no chaos twitter to at least make it funny

Walking through campus today after learning that Dolly Parton died - I saw / was part of faculty huddling together to talk about losing her. I saw students yelling to each other that Dolly Parton had died - and how sad that was- in the chaos between classes.

Trudy and I are on the same page about the start week 2 of the semester

first day of the semester. email from one of our new MA students has the best email sign off that I have ever seen. "May your tea never be lukewarm"

Googled how to make the florescent lights better in a friend‘s new apartment. May I present the google results:

Bought buttons for me and the bestie. No lies told.

"final reminder that you must post your syllabi by Aug. 9" Cool. you know what I love? being reminded that summer is almost over with a side of please post your syllabi so the public can judge you and what you are teaching. cool.

there is nothing weirder than finding a thesis students who writes notes to themselves... in the exact same manner that you do to yourself.

look I may be bad at mail (opening, sending etc.) but a friend just found something she meant to send me in... 2005. The letter wishes me luck in undergrad. I am now a professor.

Reviewer #2, but make them obsessed with indie music. and grammar mistakes that not even the journal editor could find. This day in peer review is an odd one - even by normal standards.

Hundred Years War. Round 2

my MA student just sent me her thesis ideas in a document titled "thoughts (and prayers suggested before reading)" A+ on the name alone

i’m sorry but ‘literally died of hard heartedness’ is the most hack writing yet in an already weak season

Phil Lewis@phillewis.bsky.social · 2mo ago

WASHINGTON (AP) — Lindsey Graham died from aorta rupture stemming from hardening of arteries: preliminary finding from medical examiner.

plan for work. Step 1: look at grant material. Step 2: get overwhelemd. Step 3: look at puppy and remember that puppies exist. Step 4: return to step 1.

manuscript dog

there are many problems with AI . but have we considered that it is also trying to make me into an adult (negative)

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when you co-write an article while you have a concusion (dictating your part out loud to a friend cause you can't look at a computer screen) rereading the article years later means it can be a bit of a surprise to learn what you wrote

medievalists of the internet. There has to be an online paleography training tool right? right?? any one have any suggestions

home from kzoo and incredibly excited to read this new-to-me gem @lauramorreale.bsky.social

ok y'all this paper at @kzooicms.bsky.social by Thai-Catherine Matthews of @skidmorecollege.bsky.social is INCREDIBLE. Chaucer and bell hooks in a digital humanities project?? what an actual dream

thrilled to start off the second full day of @kzooicms.bsky.social watching @rittigers.bsky.social 's Dr. Katie Albers give a paper

Ok Chicago Pope!!!! 📚

Rich Raho@richraho.bsky.social · 4mo ago

Pope:”Reading nourishes the mind, helps cultivate a conscious and well-formed critical sense, guards against fundamentalisms and ideological shortcuts.” Reading is “an antidote to closed-mindedness which manifests in rigid attitudes and reductive views of reality.” www.vaticannews.va/en/pope/news...

yesterday @eagatti.bsky.social and I found a book chapter we co-wrote (and edited by @lauramorreale.bsky.social ) out in the wild at @kzooicms.bsky.social . so we obviously took some very normal pictures with the book.

Thrilled to be at @kzooicms.bsky.social and attending a panel on medieval manuscripts in the midwest organized by the @peripheralmss.bsky.social Peripheral Manuscript Project. Honestly, what a dream start to the conference.

considering banning my dogs from my home office because they are too cute and way more interesting than any work

The thing about going to a coffee shop in the last week of classes is that even half an hour away from campus, somehow everyone in there is a student on the verge of a mental breakdown.

Three days before the semester ends (and first year on the new job)- and same: