Larks in a Caper
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Free-range adjunct, New England. 54. Latin, European History, Roman Women, Tacitus, Monsters, Reacting to the Past, "Sure, uh, I can teach that." Briefly viral once for "Baby Got Back" in Latin. Tabletop gamer. Dogs & cats, living together. He/him/is/eum.
What was he doing as a teenager to make autism rates rise, and in 1996 what did he have NYC put in the water? These are the questions that no one's asking.
October 11, 2025 at 3:55 PM
What was he doing as a teenager to make autism rates rise, and in 1996 what did he have NYC put in the water? These are the questions that no one's asking.
"Full force" authorized in Portland to protect ICE facilities from an imaginary terrorist organization.
September 28, 2025 at 1:34 AM
"Full force" authorized in Portland to protect ICE facilities from an imaginary terrorist organization.
Professorial procrastination technique, late-August edition: Revive your old double-dactyl blog and write doggerel about _Frankenstein_ rather than planning a syllabus around it.
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August 22, 2025 at 3:29 PM
Professorial procrastination technique, late-August edition: Revive your old double-dactyl blog and write doggerel about _Frankenstein_ rather than planning a syllabus around it.
www.tumblr.com/dactylsandhe...
www.tumblr.com/dactylsandhe...
Saw a meme arguing that people with "some dumb $80K-a-year job" are often smarter than the very rich. The overall point is good, but $80K is almost $20K higher than the current US average, which is in turn about $15K higher than the average pay for adjunct professors ($46K). PhD ≠ smart, but still.
August 22, 2025 at 2:19 PM
Saw a meme arguing that people with "some dumb $80K-a-year job" are often smarter than the very rich. The overall point is good, but $80K is almost $20K higher than the current US average, which is in turn about $15K higher than the average pay for adjunct professors ($46K). PhD ≠ smart, but still.
Let's see if Alien Sex Fiend can help with late-night exam grading.
May 10, 2025 at 5:01 AM
Let's see if Alien Sex Fiend can help with late-night exam grading.
EXCLUSIVE: You've seen that Trump Star Wars pic the White House posted. I've obtained the unedited original.
May 4, 2025 at 8:46 PM
EXCLUSIVE: You've seen that Trump Star Wars pic the White House posted. I've obtained the unedited original.
When lecturing about the Roman emperor Augustus, I always say, "Imagine in the US there's still a POTUS and Congress and Supreme Court, but there's also a guy who has the powers of all of the above for life, plus sole control of the army. Also, he's the pope."
Didn't mean it as a suggestion.
Didn't mean it as a suggestion.
May 3, 2025 at 4:56 AM
When lecturing about the Roman emperor Augustus, I always say, "Imagine in the US there's still a POTUS and Congress and Supreme Court, but there's also a guy who has the powers of all of the above for life, plus sole control of the army. Also, he's the pope."
Didn't mean it as a suggestion.
Didn't mean it as a suggestion.
Wonder if maybe the image preview function on Google got something wrong here.
April 28, 2025 at 5:18 PM
Wonder if maybe the image preview function on Google got something wrong here.
Well, that's enough doomscrolling for now. What's on my agenda for today that might cheer me up?
...Oh.
...Oh.
March 23, 2025 at 4:54 PM
Well, that's enough doomscrolling for now. What's on my agenda for today that might cheer me up?
...Oh.
...Oh.
Michael Siberry as Jame Eagan in "Severance" has a "Malcolm McDowell cosplaying @frankconniff.bsky.social" thing going on.
March 16, 2025 at 7:32 PM
Michael Siberry as Jame Eagan in "Severance" has a "Malcolm McDowell cosplaying @frankconniff.bsky.social" thing going on.
A few seconds after this, the dog rolled over for a belly rub, thus landing on and upsetting the cat--who, however, fled only as far as the furthest end of the window ledge.
March 11, 2025 at 6:48 PM
A few seconds after this, the dog rolled over for a belly rub, thus landing on and upsetting the cat--who, however, fled only as far as the furthest end of the window ledge.
Via "Grumpy Eleanor of Aquitaine" on Facebook:
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March 4, 2025 at 7:22 PM
Via "Grumpy Eleanor of Aquitaine" on Facebook:
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www.facebook.com/GrumpyEleano...
HOWARD IS YOUR PICKLEMAN
February 21, 2025 at 5:10 PM
HOWARD IS YOUR PICKLEMAN
Unrelated photo of pencil holder.
February 19, 2025 at 11:05 PM
Unrelated photo of pencil holder.
Every time a student cites an objection as if it were Thomas’ argument, says a friar colleague of mine, an angel loses its wings.
February 11, 2025 at 10:31 PM
Every time a student cites an objection as if it were Thomas’ argument, says a friar colleague of mine, an angel loses its wings.
As Vance and Musk complain about judicial overreach, remember that Vance has been talking about defying the courts, even SCOTUS, for years in exactly this situation. Here are receipts in a Politico article from last year that now seems quaintly naive in retrospect.
www.politico.com/news/magazin...
www.politico.com/news/magazin...
![Screenshot from a Politico article:
“I think that what Trump should, like, if I was giving him one piece of advice, [is] fire every single mid-level bureaucrat, every civil servant in the administrative state,” he said in 2021 on a podcast. “Replace them with our people. And when the courts — because you will get taken to court — and when the courts stop you, stand before the country like Andrew Jackson did and say, ‘The chief justice has made his ruling. Now let him enforce it.’” (The quote attributed to Jackson is, as one scholar has noted, “probably apocryphal.”)
In an interview with George Stephanopoulos on ABC News in February, Vance reiterated his stance while also seeming to recognize its extreme and unpopular nature — falsely claiming, for instance, that his earlier comments had been limited to the president’s ability to run “the military.”
And in an interview with POLITICO Magazine, Vance went further: “If the elected president says, ‘I get to control the staff of my own government,’ and the Supreme Court steps in and says, ‘You’re not allowed to do that’ — like, that is the constitutional crisis. It’s not whatever Trump or whoever else does in response.”](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:2lk3zsycr7q5b5biltt2e5ai/bafkreiddatssxjlrg4ogkfcfwtitqhtim4mj6nfvgavqmkyg4whccmgfmm@jpeg)
February 10, 2025 at 8:11 PM
As Vance and Musk complain about judicial overreach, remember that Vance has been talking about defying the courts, even SCOTUS, for years in exactly this situation. Here are receipts in a Politico article from last year that now seems quaintly naive in retrospect.
www.politico.com/news/magazin...
www.politico.com/news/magazin...
Don't be fooled by this apparent harmony: the cat moved shortly after.
January 26, 2025 at 5:48 PM
Don't be fooled by this apparent harmony: the cat moved shortly after.