Geoff Clegg
@geoffclegg.bsky.social
Director of Professional Writing. Needs a kidney transplant. All posts guaranteed to be terrible.
Reposted by Geoff Clegg
People seemed to enjoy my first "Very Good Music Fun Facts" post, so it is time to empty my brain once again...
“A Boy Named Sue” was written by Shel Silverstein.
“Blue Monday” is the best-selling 12-inch single of all time.
Many more new gems here...
www.gojeffgo.com/more-very-go...
“A Boy Named Sue” was written by Shel Silverstein.
“Blue Monday” is the best-selling 12-inch single of all time.
Many more new gems here...
www.gojeffgo.com/more-very-go...
December 10, 2025 at 12:42 AM
People seemed to enjoy my first "Very Good Music Fun Facts" post, so it is time to empty my brain once again...
“A Boy Named Sue” was written by Shel Silverstein.
“Blue Monday” is the best-selling 12-inch single of all time.
Many more new gems here...
www.gojeffgo.com/more-very-go...
“A Boy Named Sue” was written by Shel Silverstein.
“Blue Monday” is the best-selling 12-inch single of all time.
Many more new gems here...
www.gojeffgo.com/more-very-go...
There are elves about on campus.
December 4, 2025 at 8:49 PM
There are elves about on campus.
It’s too nice outside in the PNW. Let’s cancel classes.
March 26, 2025 at 4:10 PM
It’s too nice outside in the PNW. Let’s cancel classes.
My first-ever story for Rolling Stone went live this weekend. On a Friday night in January (also my birthday, coincidence) I hung out backstage of MSG with the cast of Dimension 20 to chronicle their moment playing the biggest live game of Dungeons & Dragons. www.rollingstone.com/culture/rs-g...
March 3, 2025 at 5:17 PM
My old department in Texas cut out the Diverse Voices class from the curriculum.
February 3, 2025 at 11:03 PM
My old department in Texas cut out the Diverse Voices class from the curriculum.
At some point I should make some friends. No rush though.
February 2, 2025 at 4:33 AM
At some point I should make some friends. No rush though.
Dry but a fun read.
January 29, 2025 at 8:34 PM
Dry but a fun read.
I kind of miss the highs of finding/reading new material in my MA program. The world seemed so wide open and experimental. 12 years on, it just seems duller.
January 28, 2025 at 10:55 PM
I kind of miss the highs of finding/reading new material in my MA program. The world seemed so wide open and experimental. 12 years on, it just seems duller.
Artificial intelligence? Nah. I prefer my intelligence to be flavor blasted.
January 28, 2025 at 10:08 PM
Artificial intelligence? Nah. I prefer my intelligence to be flavor blasted.
Looking for reading recs (non-fiction).
January 28, 2025 at 4:29 AM
Looking for reading recs (non-fiction).
I miss the days of grabbing a newspaper of magazine before getting lunch. It was so much more relaxing than using my phone and scrolling.
January 27, 2025 at 12:19 AM
I miss the days of grabbing a newspaper of magazine before getting lunch. It was so much more relaxing than using my phone and scrolling.
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As a fan of literature there’s no worse feeling than finding out a novel has an unreliable narrator and realising you wasted your money
January 25, 2025 at 5:19 AM
As a fan of literature there’s no worse feeling than finding out a novel has an unreliable narrator and realising you wasted your money
The DNC has far more it needs to change than its perception as cool. It’s stalled out and has been for awhile. It can’t live forever in the moment of Obama’s first term. It won’t understand how to tap into youth culture if it keeps pushing figures out of touch with contemporary life.
My interviews with Dems about wtf they do now continues with @davidhogg111, who's running for DNC vice chair and has many thoughts about why young voters (men especially) moved right. www.semafor.com/article/01/2...
“Democrats have just become uncool.”
David Hogg on how his party should win back young men.
www.semafor.com
January 24, 2025 at 7:03 PM
The DNC has far more it needs to change than its perception as cool. It’s stalled out and has been for awhile. It can’t live forever in the moment of Obama’s first term. It won’t understand how to tap into youth culture if it keeps pushing figures out of touch with contemporary life.
My hearing aids have gone on vacation again. I guess I’ll come across them a year from now like last time.
January 24, 2025 at 5:16 PM
My hearing aids have gone on vacation again. I guess I’ll come across them a year from now like last time.
80s Estonian soul ain’t too bad.
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January 23, 2025 at 2:28 AM
80s Estonian soul ain’t too bad.
America deserves more bands like the Dead Milkmen.
January 23, 2025 at 2:15 AM
America deserves more bands like the Dead Milkmen.
Ugh. I hate to eat Subway for lunch. Never again.
January 22, 2025 at 9:11 PM
Ugh. I hate to eat Subway for lunch. Never again.
There was a precious little bulldog riding the elevator at work.
January 22, 2025 at 5:57 PM
There was a precious little bulldog riding the elevator at work.