Mary Beth Ross West

Runner, avid reader, user experience researcher, and web applications development enthusiast.

[Mary Beth Ross West @mbrwest]

@CoachK_Baker Congratulations!

[Mary Beth Ross West @mbrwest]

@CoachARoss Happy Easter!

[The Cultural Tutor @culturaltutor]

In the early 1990s a stonemason secretly carved a Xenomorph from the Alien films onto a 700 year old church in Scotland during restoration work.

But it's not out of place. Because Medieval gargoyles were even stranger (and funnier) than this...

[Mary Beth Ross West @mbrwest]

@bthny That looks fantastic!

[New York Times Music @nytimesmusic]

New albums by Jeff Tobias, Joseph White and Dave Ruder all have some experimental edges. But they also have catchy hooks. https://t.co/nv0TaHM1c9

[Super 70s Sports @Super70sSports]

Never trust anyone who doesn’t like Bill Murray.

[Mary Beth Ross West @mbrwest]

@johnnyeponymous And Joan Didion.

[Mary Beth Ross West @mbrwest]

@WebDesignMuseum And just like that, I will be hearing the Hampster Dance song in my head for weeks.

[The New Yorker @NewYorker]

Joan Didion has died at age 87. The writer has been canonized for her impeccable style, but her real insights were about what holds society together, or tears it apart. https://t.co/8kxKXGLMLO

[Literary Hub @lithub]

RIP Joan Didion, our patron saint. https://t.co/my9DU2eTT2

[Mary Beth Ross West @mbrwest]

@leeloowrites What kind of analysis? Quant or qual? NVivo is one I use for qual, you can tag and track the types of feedback you have.

[Mary Beth Ross West @mbrwest]

There are few adult triumphs that rival being told by the dental hygienist that you have immaculate dental hygiene. “Oh, you noticed? Why, thank you!”

[OpenAlex @OpenAlex_org]

Just released new OpenAlex data dump "2021-11-08".

This catches us up to the most recent MAG release.

Includes data cleanliness fixes (newlines in URLs etc) which should make data import smoother.

Download instructions here:
https://t.co/FtHiBSowf1

Love your feedback! :)

[Neil Gaiman @neilhimself]

You waited. And here we see Crowley and Aziraphale, inside the bookshop talking to... well, that would be telling. Welcome to Season 2. This time it's ineffable.
#GoodOmens

@PrimeVideo

[Mary Beth Ross West @mbrwest]

Go Dawgs!

[Georgia Football @GeorgiaFootball]

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[The Paris Review @parisreview]

“The whole language of writing for me is finding out what you don’t want to know.” —James Baldwin https://t.co/ElUtP29bwF

[The Paris Review @parisreview]

“Speculation, rumination, direct address to the reader are entirely indigenous to the novel form.” —Susan Sontag https://t.co/myo9aVN4Jz

[The Paris Review @parisreview]

To mark the seven hundredth anniversary of Dante’s death earlier this week, read work by Ishmael Reed, Hans Magnus Enzensberger, Evie Shockley, and Dante Alighieri himself: https://t.co/ublIisjYLX

[TEDx @TEDx]

How literature — yes, literature — can help you better connect with others: https://t.co/En7z2ZuqUw

[Mary Beth Ross West @mbrwest]

@AndyVJeffers Yes. Experienced in Hardin Valley, too.