Prof. Jay VanderVeen

Prof. Jay VanderVeen

@antillesarch.bsky.social

From the Aztecs to Zombies, I teach North American cultures to Midwestern students. Sometimes with a tropical drink in hand, sometimes underwater. Newest gig is teaching teachers how to teach.

32 Followers 169 Following 11 Posts Joined Nov 2024
2 months ago
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Indiana football no longer has the most losses in Division I history IU football lost the first game it ever played on Oct. 25, 1887 to Franklin. And the losses just kept piling up. Much was made when Indiana became the first Division I college football team to lose…

@michelmartinnpr.bsky.social correction: Northwestern has passed I.U. for most losses. www.thedailyhoosier.com/indiana-foot...

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1 year ago

Oregon vs Penn State is the perfect match-up, sartorially speaking. The Ducks (really, they are peacocks) never repeat a uniform combo during the season. PSU is blue and white. No design, no logo, no frills.

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1 year ago
Man tries to lure cat from gargoyle atop Notre Dame.

View of Paris, Winslow Homer (1867)
Horizontal view over Paris from a parapet of the tower of Notre Dame Cathedral in the foreground, where a man holds out a wishbone to entice a cat crouched on the extreme outer end of a gargoyle.

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1 year ago
Cat sitting on shoulder.

Cats exploit every loophole. This one knows she can’t be on the table, but she wants to be involved with my morning coffee.

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1 year ago
Sign for the James T Morrison Arena, or the Jim.

The Indiana University Board of Trustees voted Friday to name the planned athletics center on the Indiana University Indianapolis campus after the late James T. Morris.

The James T. Morris Arena will include a basketball/volleyball court with seats for 4,500 patrons.

It’s the Jim.

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1 year ago

I may not have a great Rate Your Professor score, but I’m a five on wikiFeet.

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1 year ago

I wish the buffering issue was resolved so I could watch Neil DeGrasse Tyson vs. Rand Paul.

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1 year ago

6. Look up potential cocktails; 7. See we don’t have all ingredients and pivot; 8. See Mezcal Harvey Wallbanger as option; 9. Enjoy drink but also see funny gif; 10. End up watching Dr. Who.

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1 year ago

Typical series of events in our household:
1. Turn on Netflix for Tyson fight; 2. See it’s later so watch GBBO; 3. See it’s Seventies Week; 4. Decide to make period drink; 5. Find Galliano from parent in closet…

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1 year ago

Wicked (Broadway musical) runtime is 2:45.
Wicked (movie) runtime is 2:41. And it’s PART 1!
I’m no math prof, but…

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1 year ago
Black cat, staring.

"The problem with cats is that they get the same exact look whether they see a moth or an axe-murderer."
— Paula Poundstone

I feel you, rn, cat.

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