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Miriam Elizabeth Burstein @miriameburstein.bsky.social · 3d

For some reason, TV shows dramatizing the life of department chairs always omit the part where you have to proofread the published schedule for next semester's classes.

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Miriam Elizabeth Burstein @miriameburstein.bsky.social · 5d

I really dislike those online submission portals, but I *do* appreciate being able to track my article’s progress through refereeing and whatnot.

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Miriam Elizabeth Burstein @miriameburstein.bsky.social · 11d

Distracting myself by working on some 1:12 books for the dollhouse (3d printed core, heavy cardstock covers, then sealed).

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Miriam Elizabeth Burstein @miriameburstein.bsky.social · 20d

Has anybody taught J. H. Newman's LOSS AND GAIN in a (grad) literature course? If so, how did it go?

(I wanted to get the two Mrs. Wards into a head-to-head in this course, but it looks like HELBECK OF BANNISDALE has gone out of print again.)

Miriam Elizabeth Burstein @miriameburstein.bsky.social · Sep 19

ME, SADLY: I just don't like how this book is going.
MOM: What chapter were you working on?
ME [describes C. Bronte trying to rearticulate her Anglicanism in Belgium while becoming more attuned to suffering and spirituality]
MOM: ...you sounded completely enthusiastic there.
ME:...I did?

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Miriam Elizabeth Burstein @miriameburstein.bsky.social · Sep 14

[We have just seen a play and are waiting for our ride.]
MOM: I should have brought a book with me!
ME: Oh, I've got one! [roots around in my purse] Here.
[I hand her John Mahoney, SJ's THE MAKING OF MORAL THEOLOGY.]
MOM: ...no?

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Miriam Elizabeth Burstein @miriameburstein.bsky.social · Sep 13

I have journeyed all the way back through 2003 (!!!) and re-inserted the inadvertently-deleted material originally hidden below the fold. The site is not yet Google-indexed, but I've checked that everything that has been cited elsewhere, like the Rules for Neo-Victorian Novels, is up.

Miriam Elizabeth Burstein @miriameburstein.bsky.social · Sep 13

Given Typepad's imminent demise, I contacted the owner of Pagecord, who kindly ported The Little Professor over there (thelittleprofessor.pagecord.com). I still need to proofread and edit, as anything "below the fold" did not make it into the ported version; I've made it back to 2011 so far (!).

The Little Professor

Victorianist and inveterate book buyer.  

thelittleprofessor.pagecord.com

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Miriam Elizabeth Burstein @miriameburstein.bsky.social · Sep 5

Ah, the signs of coming autumn. The days growing shorter, the leaves beginning to change their colors, the--
[The CATS are STARING POINTEDLY at a BASEBOARD. I INVESTIGATE. There are SUSPICIOUS SOUNDS coming from the WALL.]
--the mice moving in to escape the cold... #UninvitedGuests

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Miriam Elizabeth Burstein @miriameburstein.bsky.social · Sep 4

ME: Surely I have formatted this submission correctly for this journal’s unique requirements.
JOURNAL: You have not.

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Miriam Elizabeth Burstein @miriameburstein.bsky.social · Sep 3

After years of spending nearly $450 per contact lens (as in lens, singular), the experience of buying a nice pair of TOTALLY NORMAL bifocals (so I don't have to keep taking my reading glasses on and off in class) gave me sticker shock in a good way. #PostSurgicalOptics

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Miriam Elizabeth Burstein @miriameburstein.bsky.social · Sep 2

This tiny kitchen is somehow more cluttered than my real one. (Lower cabinets are a kit build; upper cabinets were purchased bare & then stained; I 3d printed the mat and the colander.)

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Miriam Elizabeth Burstein @miriameburstein.bsky.social · Aug 30

I have once again failed to learn the lesson that I should not lecture immediately after recovering from even the most minor illness. #Voiceless

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Miriam Elizabeth Burstein @miriameburstein.bsky.social · Aug 27

ME: Perhaps I should just go back to blogging?
TYPEPAD: We’re shutting you all down, sorry!

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Miriam Elizabeth Burstein @miriameburstein.bsky.social · Aug 25

On page 20 of a new monograph from a UP, & have already counted four words missing from sentences, at least one grammatical error, and some mucked-up accidentals. What are we doing here? (The content deserves better!)

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Miriam Elizabeth Burstein @miriameburstein.bsky.social · Aug 25

The old expectation was that we would write those expenses off on our income taxes--which is no longer possible at the federal level!

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Miriam Elizabeth Burstein @miriameburstein.bsky.social · Aug 17

Yes—I know at least three people who had shingles and so had the shots as soon as I qualified…

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Miriam Elizabeth Burstein @miriameburstein.bsky.social · Aug 16

On a scale from “bumped shoulder against a door” (flu vax) to “my arm appears to be broken” (2nd shingles vax), I rate the pneumonia vax “punched hard by annoyed 6-year-old.” #ow

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Miriam Elizabeth Burstein @miriameburstein.bsky.social · Aug 10

“This Victorian religious novel actually has characterization,” I observe in wonder. #AllertonAndDreux

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Miriam Elizabeth Burstein @miriameburstein.bsky.social · Aug 1

Campus deer enjoying the summer quiet

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Miriam Elizabeth Burstein @miriameburstein.bsky.social · Jul 24

Recent antiquarian purchase: 1817 edition of Elizabeth Sandham’s THE TWIN SISTERS.

The Twin Sisters title page and frontispiece

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Miriam Elizabeth Burstein @miriameburstein.bsky.social · Jul 22

RIP Allan Armadale.

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Miriam Elizabeth Burstein @miriameburstein.bsky.social · Jul 19

Please think some good thoughts for this floof, who was diagnosed with a massive tumor today. Ultrasound on Monday will determine next steps 😞

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Miriam Elizabeth Burstein @miriameburstein.bsky.social · Jul 16

“Only I could get this excited about getting a great deal on a three-volume fictional exposition of Anglican liturgy,” I remarked, ruefully.

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Miriam Elizabeth Burstein @miriameburstein.bsky.social · Jul 14

Farewell, contacts! Hello, reading glasses! (Or: cataract surgery #2 complete.) #AcademicLifeWithBadOptics

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