Part Aca-Fan, part Aca-Punk, I'll bring you news and theory from the wonderful world of Convergence Culture & the Arts, Humanities, & Social Sciences (AHSS).
Teaching a Comp II class online: Pros - I don't HAVE to wear pants to class, I can fart in class anytime, and I don't have to shower before class. Cons - My spouse is threatening to leave me.
Watching news of wildfires in Australia from an emergency shelter/food pantry. In the middle of all that horror and tragedy was a small girl playing inside a box. Lesson for the day: even in the worst of times, kids will always find a way to #keepplaying. #resilience
#Beagle@Sia This is my impersonation of Sia. Just to be clear, Beagles invented wire crate drums. Can anyone hear me under this thing? What? It's her hair? I thought it was a mask. U humans are so weird. U win this one Sia. But u better watch out. This beagles got skills!
For some reason the old #mnemonic "I before E except after C, and sounding like A as in neighbor and weigh" has been running thru my head all morning. WHY DOES THIS RULE EXIST??? And why is "weird" an exception. Irony?Here's an answer. #ib4e#spelling
https://t.co/wQWiv9o4mO
No kidding. At 3.5hrs, #TheIrishmanFilm is way too long for one sitting nowadays. Twenty years ago I coulda done it, but not these days. Fortunately this guy stepped in to save us older students from falling asleep halfway thru it.
New on the @BARS_official#RomanticReimaginings blog:
The FINAL instalment in a 3 part series on Adaptations and Convergence in the works of Edgar Allen Poe, by @acaunderground.
Part 1: https://t.co/bVbce2kpq2
Part 2: https://t.co/pOAEwurqGo
Part 3: https://t.co/NxvVFmxhRe