MishaOutLoud
@mishaoutloud.bsky.social
I inflict computers on old books and vice versa. Digital Humanist by training, press-ganged into writing instruction. Will teach for access to research databases.
Power source for the Jack-in-the-Box surprise at TSA.
February 10, 2026 at 7:36 PM
Power source for the Jack-in-the-Box surprise at TSA.
(Best case scenario? My GM has to table-rule that I am not allowed to pick up opposing tanks and bash them repeatedly into opposing spell casters. :-D )
February 8, 2026 at 6:06 AM
(Best case scenario? My GM has to table-rule that I am not allowed to pick up opposing tanks and bash them repeatedly into opposing spell casters. :-D )
I think variations on levitate/TK are the most under-rated abilities in sci-fi/fantasy. Worst case scenario: pick up the big, bad opponent. Now they can't move or turn to face you if you go behind them. You can do whatever you want, and unless they can air-swim, they can't do anything about it.
February 8, 2026 at 6:06 AM
I think variations on levitate/TK are the most under-rated abilities in sci-fi/fantasy. Worst case scenario: pick up the big, bad opponent. Now they can't move or turn to face you if you go behind them. You can do whatever you want, and unless they can air-swim, they can't do anything about it.
(Slightly exaggerated: Context suggested "Clavicular" was a proper noun, probably someone's name.)
February 7, 2026 at 11:47 PM
(Slightly exaggerated: Context suggested "Clavicular" was a proper noun, probably someone's name.)
At first I was embarrassed because I didn't know any of those words except the articles and helping verbs.
Then I looked up those words except the articles and helping verbs.
Now I'm kinda low-key proud that I didn't know any of those words except the articles and helping verbs.
Then I looked up those words except the articles and helping verbs.
Now I'm kinda low-key proud that I didn't know any of those words except the articles and helping verbs.
February 7, 2026 at 11:46 PM
At first I was embarrassed because I didn't know any of those words except the articles and helping verbs.
Then I looked up those words except the articles and helping verbs.
Now I'm kinda low-key proud that I didn't know any of those words except the articles and helping verbs.
Then I looked up those words except the articles and helping verbs.
Now I'm kinda low-key proud that I didn't know any of those words except the articles and helping verbs.
I still need to read @lizdowthwaite.bsky.social's dissertation on crowdfunding webcomics, but from a surface knowledge of both it and your chapter, I would imagine there would be some overlap here. Might at least be worth checking out.
February 7, 2026 at 10:59 PM
I still need to read @lizdowthwaite.bsky.social's dissertation on crowdfunding webcomics, but from a surface knowledge of both it and your chapter, I would imagine there would be some overlap here. Might at least be worth checking out.
"As it says in the syllabus..." :-D
February 7, 2026 at 8:27 PM
"As it says in the syllabus..." :-D
The kid's 97 years old. He can wear what he wants. :-D
February 5, 2026 at 8:41 PM
The kid's 97 years old. He can wear what he wants. :-D
Don't you love it?!?!
Students staying after class to talk to you about the material is good, but students staying after class TO TALK TO EACH OTHER about the material is GOLD! :-D
Students staying after class to talk to you about the material is good, but students staying after class TO TALK TO EACH OTHER about the material is GOLD! :-D
February 4, 2026 at 7:06 PM
Don't you love it?!?!
Students staying after class to talk to you about the material is good, but students staying after class TO TALK TO EACH OTHER about the material is GOLD! :-D
Students staying after class to talk to you about the material is good, but students staying after class TO TALK TO EACH OTHER about the material is GOLD! :-D
Once upon a time -- maybe during Clinton 1.2 or Bush 2.1 -- I said political satire was dead because Dan Quail existed: satire couldn't beat the bar of reality.
In retrospect, A) I was WAY too hard on Quail, and B) wasn't THAT a simple, innocent time!!
In retrospect, A) I was WAY too hard on Quail, and B) wasn't THAT a simple, innocent time!!
January 31, 2026 at 2:04 PM
Once upon a time -- maybe during Clinton 1.2 or Bush 2.1 -- I said political satire was dead because Dan Quail existed: satire couldn't beat the bar of reality.
In retrospect, A) I was WAY too hard on Quail, and B) wasn't THAT a simple, innocent time!!
In retrospect, A) I was WAY too hard on Quail, and B) wasn't THAT a simple, innocent time!!
(I actually knew an Italian academic who kept saying he was going to give it all up and go raise goats in Sardinia. Everyone thought it was a funny exaggeration until the day he quit to go raise goats in Sardinia. :-D )
January 29, 2026 at 9:35 PM
(I actually knew an Italian academic who kept saying he was going to give it all up and go raise goats in Sardinia. Everyone thought it was a funny exaggeration until the day he quit to go raise goats in Sardinia. :-D )
There are things I do to make the world better, things I do to take care of myself, and things I do because people are willing to pay me to do them. I don't expect much in the way of overlap in them. And if that last category is threatened, I can always go to a different one. :-/
January 29, 2026 at 9:35 PM
There are things I do to make the world better, things I do to take care of myself, and things I do because people are willing to pay me to do them. I don't expect much in the way of overlap in them. And if that last category is threatened, I can always go to a different one. :-/
I hope I can chime in, as I'm kind of an outsider here, but...
I've rarely -- almost never -- felt much in the way of despair about my career. Mainly because I don't really have much of a "career" so much as a series of jobs.
I've rarely -- almost never -- felt much in the way of despair about my career. Mainly because I don't really have much of a "career" so much as a series of jobs.
January 29, 2026 at 9:35 PM
I hope I can chime in, as I'm kind of an outsider here, but...
I've rarely -- almost never -- felt much in the way of despair about my career. Mainly because I don't really have much of a "career" so much as a series of jobs.
I've rarely -- almost never -- felt much in the way of despair about my career. Mainly because I don't really have much of a "career" so much as a series of jobs.
Do Not.
Get Me Started.
On Humidifiers. >.<
Get Me Started.
On Humidifiers. >.<
January 29, 2026 at 4:38 PM
Do Not.
Get Me Started.
On Humidifiers. >.<
Get Me Started.
On Humidifiers. >.<
Nobody wants to be the Big Spoon for snow ghosts. :-(
January 27, 2026 at 7:42 PM
Nobody wants to be the Big Spoon for snow ghosts. :-(
Daanng! Wish I'd seen this before rolling out my syllabus this semester! I'm totally stealing this next semester.
Is there for a form of citation/credit you'd prefer for it. :-D
Is there for a form of citation/credit you'd prefer for it. :-D
January 15, 2026 at 3:49 PM
Daanng! Wish I'd seen this before rolling out my syllabus this semester! I'm totally stealing this next semester.
Is there for a form of citation/credit you'd prefer for it. :-D
Is there for a form of citation/credit you'd prefer for it. :-D
In (almost) any other year, a power outage in mid-January (in the Land of Cleve, no less) would *NOT* threaten anyone's supply of frozen food.
Damn global warming. :-/
Damn global warming. :-/
January 13, 2026 at 10:08 PM
In (almost) any other year, a power outage in mid-January (in the Land of Cleve, no less) would *NOT* threaten anyone's supply of frozen food.
Damn global warming. :-/
Damn global warming. :-/
This just in: Microsoft and NVidia CEO's both agree "Our products are so great that it would be really awesome if you'd stop calling them crappy."
January 13, 2026 at 10:05 PM
This just in: Microsoft and NVidia CEO's both agree "Our products are so great that it would be really awesome if you'd stop calling them crappy."
Oooh! This is a fun one! Obviously, can only think of candidates off the top of my head, but I would think the key questions are: How much originality counts for "authorship?" How much "work" constitutes the "work?" And how much did economic pressures influence this outcome?
January 12, 2026 at 4:16 PM
Oooh! This is a fun one! Obviously, can only think of candidates off the top of my head, but I would think the key questions are: How much originality counts for "authorship?" How much "work" constitutes the "work?" And how much did economic pressures influence this outcome?
Yeah, I thought of Caxton, too, but I think the question presupposes "full works," and most of Caxton's works were translations or antiquitites.
January 12, 2026 at 4:08 PM
Yeah, I thought of Caxton, too, but I think the question presupposes "full works," and most of Caxton's works were translations or antiquitites.
I was about to ask the same! I was thinking it might just be the C-Bus locations...
January 10, 2026 at 12:07 AM
I was about to ask the same! I was thinking it might just be the C-Bus locations...