Meredith McGill

She has the sweetest face!

I think the resources often stand in the way. When the physical plant is kinda decrepit you’re reminded why you’re there. Institutional narcissism is a powerful drug.

Have your kids been counting so that they can cause havoc tomorrow?

Yeah, dude, fascism in a liberal democracy isn’t conservative. There hasn’t been a conservative movement to speak of since Trump came on the scene.

Ugh. Walking our reactive dog when there are unleashed dogs out and about is no fun. Solidarity!

I’m in a race to finish by the time the site goes up. I’m the laggard of the group but switching from audiobooks to print has speeded things up considerably!

Cookies are dessert perfection. I get annoyed when fancy restaurants don’t offer a cookie plate. My friends are often embarrassed when I ask if the can put one together for me!

Vegetable garden beds with a layer of compost, all tucked in for the winter.

Winterizing…

Condolences. Cricket was my baseball substitute when I lived in England—I kind of miss it and it’s strange to me but poetic rhythms.

I’m not convinced the old formation was better — I like the confusingly broad array of approaches, though I think it can be anxiety provoking for graduate students.

That’s what’s changed. The field used to have a tighter canon of must-read works. Or must-pretend-to-have read…

We had a dog who did this — we called it the Butterflied Leg of Lamb position.

I’ve tried this, but the feeling you get is never ever being finished with grading. I actually thought it felt worse. This was for a class of 45 students, though, so with 30 you might get a reprieve…

Would love an essay on Canvas TOS — going to use it very minimally this spring and would love an explainer— to post on Canvas! :)

Oooh. I’m in! Let’s figure out how to do it!

Dickens Universe does this and it’s marvelous!

Looking at some male peers’ cvs was staggering and enlightening. Whole realms of service untouched. I don’t regret my choices — but, the inequities, oh my!

Best thing on the internet today!

Ooh would love to see a copy, too. And would have loved to hear your students’ thoughts!

Ha! As did I. Worse case scenario: “too many dahlias,” which is a condition to which I aspire!

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I divided some and put them in ziplock bags and popped impossible, larger clumps in plastic boxes, both with vermiculite. I haven’t had great success in the past, albeit with different methods. Still seems like a crap shoot!

Acadecawriteathon? Easier to say! I’m in for the 15th to 15th…

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Screenshot of headline reading: Congressional committees to scrutinize U.S. killing of boat strike survivors. In a rare split with the Trump administration, GOP-led panels in the House and Senate say they want a full accounting in the September military attack.

Pete Hegseth is a war criminal and should be fired immediately.

Do not blame institutions, which are many things to many people.

Do not blame the people who work there, who have little real say and are universally staunchly opposed. (Very often students too.)

Instead:

Blame leadership.

Blame alumni with fingers on scales.

Blame the media for normalizing.

Ugh.

Some nice, inadvertent, morbid humor to take the sting off? So sorry for your loss, Matt — he sounds like a wonderful person. He must have really enjoyed your podcast radio voice!

Thing is, we DID hear about it at his confirmation hearing.

Every single senator who voted to confirm Hegseth knew he held these views about the laws of war.

They voted to confirm him anyway.

Ha! I’ve only been rejected. Congrats!