I would like all semester breaks to just be a break in the work, but not necessarily a break of being on campus. Perhaps I don’t want a faculty job, but something in support or admin so I no longer have to be in this holding pattern until I can be myself again. I hate it here today, but I can’t say that because she …
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Twitter doesn’t deserve my hot takes anymore…
Twitter post by @011scenes: “there’s no stranger things without her sorry” Well, yes and no. While 11 is the catalyst for much of the overall plot – the writers can’t seem to have the character do anything besides scowl, stretch out an arm, and grimace until her nose bleeds black. Sure, Stranger Things doesn’t exist without her (narratively and well, literally, I suppose) but Stranger …
It wasn’t snow at all!
It’s been a while since I read The Wonderful Wizard of Oz (1900) and I was reminded of it when I just watched A Trip to the Moon the 1902 silent film by Georges Méliès. The wizard/scientists fall asleep on the surface of the moon (as you do) and are awakened by snow, created by what appears to be Saturn, a whole other crescent moon, …