Scott Stein

It turns out that a cortisone injection in your wrist can give you a bit of brain fog the next day.*

*Not to be confused with fog of war, because this is real

"He reached for the boat. I thought it was a weapon."

"The fight" = staying alive

The "fight" they were trying stay in was being alive

And "the fight" they were trying stay in was being alive

Murdergate

Murdergate

All crimes now legal.

It’s 2025. We all need something.

Last day for me as well. At least I can start 2026 with the optimism of a Kafka course.

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Sean Duffy bring back the Ford Pinto you coward

I will carry this to my grave like everything else

If my phrasing was ruder than that, I apologize

It was not a sneer. I was explaining that my response was more about the post you shared than the one you wrote. That post was specifically about students. (Your post said you were seeing a lot of this from faculty.)

That's why I started with "Fair"

My first full-time teaching job 26 years ago was as an adjunct at Cheyney University of Pennsylvania, four sections MWF of back-to-back remedial grammar review that I took over 2 weeks into the semester because the instructor couldn't do it (illness or something).

Fair, but the post you shared was about students.

My fiction writing students this quarter were as engaged as I've ever had (except for the couple who weren't), but that's a course they're excited about taking in the first place.

I've found over the years that individual classes can vary widely at the same school in the same semester. Sometimes you just get a group that doesn't want to be there (especially if it's a required course outside of their major). Sometimes you get students who give you hope for the future.

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Sean Duffy bring back the Ford Pinto you coward

a group of people are standing in front of a garage with a woodywagon in it . ALT: a group of people are standing in front of a garage with a woodywagon in it .

Sean Duffy

too many "they" but you get the idea

Secretary of Transportation Clark Griswold

The mission they were they continuing was trying to stay alive

It's the last day of class for my undergrad Writing Fiction course. Anyone have words of wisdom about writing or publishing they think I should share?

A bad Monty Python bit.