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Jays broadcast: bases are loaded, the pressure is on the pitcher Me: not when the damn Jays are hitting it ain’t

Quote with a ridiculous movie you think people should watch.

Maybe I’ve just been lucky, but my experience of academic Q&A, peer review, etc., hasn’t been anything like as mean as some folks are saying is normal.

“You can keep the books.”

Considering how big and empty outer space is, “hitting the Moon by accident” seems like a special kind of incompetence.

So. Gonna be a lawsuit or what?

About once a year people start talking about new game consoles, and I think “maybe I should buy a game console of some kind at some point” and then I see the price and go holy mackerel and then that’s it for another year

“Especially if you harvest it fresh off the roadside. Very affordable.”

Right, I’ve got all my texts ordered for Fall term. Only thing to do now is fill out the syllabuses, but that can wait until *checks calendar, shrieks in giggly panic* August.

Brooding today on how many people — including some I regarded as mentors — were taken in by the anti-“snowflakes” campaign of what, ten or so years ago now? Seems like that moment was the unlocking of a seal.

Apropos of nothing: one of the first things I always tell students is that you don’t get to follow your essay around going “oh no, *this* was what I meant.” Well then why didn’t you say that?

Brain will not brain today