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Scholar & Writer. Professing 18th & 19th c. literature, Romanticism, disability, book history, bookbinding, and comics. PhD @PennEnglish https://www.coloradocollege.edu/basics/contact/directory/people/richman_jared_s.html

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How Writing Leads to Thinking (and Not the Other Way Around) – AHA Writing is stressful. Sitting in my computer chair my neck and shoulder muscles almost immediately tense up as I dig around in my brain for the best phrase or even any coherent string of words.

An old idea, but a good one.

17.02.2026 14:46 — 👍 19    🔁 4    💬 1    📌 1

Today would have been my mom's 78th birthday.
Miss you, mom.

17.02.2026 13:25 — 👍 11    🔁 0    💬 2    📌 0

The Kalevala.

17.02.2026 03:25 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Very close to where I grew up. Glad you had a nice time!

17.02.2026 03:24 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0
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Robert Duvall, a Chameleon of an Actor Onscreen and Onstage, Dies at 95

Rest in peace.

16.02.2026 19:54 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

oh man. Bummer. Such a great actor.

16.02.2026 19:34 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Some more than others.

16.02.2026 03:11 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Arches

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Canyonlands

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Arches

13.02.2026 23:27 — 👍 10    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0

Thank god there are writers exposing the tyranny of "left wing" humanities funding.

13.02.2026 14:13 — 👍 5    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Wasn't this writer a humanities professor in Maine until recently?

13.02.2026 14:10 — 👍 4    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

‪Job! Technician for the Book Arts & Letterpress Lab with Karen Zimmerman and the School of Art's 2D Print Studio at the University of Arizona arizona.csod.com/ux/ats/caree...

13.02.2026 03:29 — 👍 13    🔁 9    💬 0    📌 1
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Castlevania: Belmont's Curse announced for Nintendo Switch Castlevania: Belmont’s Curse has been announced, and the game is heading to Nintendo Switch. The project is planned for 2026. Castlevania: Belmont’s Curse is a collaboration between Konami and Dead Ce...

Omg, yes.

13.02.2026 04:10 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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a woman is standing in a room with christmas lights on the wall and a surprised look on her face . ALT: a woman is standing in a room with christmas lights on the wall and a surprised look on her face .
12.02.2026 01:37 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Well, fuck.

11.02.2026 13:17 — 👍 5    🔁 1    💬 1    📌 0

Does one have a "Dad bod" or a "Father figure"?

11.02.2026 13:08 — 👍 15    🔁 3    💬 1    📌 0
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Currently living this reality.

11.02.2026 12:58 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

Preach.

11.02.2026 03:58 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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This girl got to play with her friends today.

11.02.2026 02:50 — 👍 18    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

That’s fair. Chicago is legit cold, especially near the Lake. But the sweaty ears would drive me nuts.

11.02.2026 02:19 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

This right here.

10.02.2026 23:44 — 👍 8    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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a cartoon character says " all good things all good things ! " ALT: a cartoon character says " all good things all good things ! "
10.02.2026 14:58 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Wait, people don’t know this?

10.02.2026 03:36 — 👍 5    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0
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a man is laying his head on a desk with his hands on the desk . ALT: a man is laying his head on a desk with his hands on the desk .

Why is it Hollywood, filmmakers, fiction writers, etc. can't learn the difference between a university and a college?
Please, someone inform them. It's really not that hard.

10.02.2026 01:41 — 👍 6    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

It's trippy watching yourself and your colleagues age.

09.02.2026 22:29 — 👍 3    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

This is the dream.

09.02.2026 19:36 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Just glad it’s not a shutout.

09.02.2026 02:36 — 👍 3    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Ricky Martin is older than I am. How does he have no grey hair?

09.02.2026 01:42 — 👍 4    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Maybe we can finally make Puerto Rico a state now.

09.02.2026 01:31 — 👍 9    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 1

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