Warren "Prof. Mondo" Moore

Sunday Afternoon Potpourri: Not Quite a Month Later… Really, Mondo? Four weeks between posts? Yes, and I apologize. Gradeapalooza wrapped up on Tuesday, and with three of my classes being Froshcomp, my brain was more or less mulch by the time I got t…

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Gradeapalooza finitus est.

Super proud of NCAA D2 National Runners-Up Newberry College Field Hockey! 20-1!

And your Newberry College Wolves field hockey squad plays for the national title on Sunday, having throttled West Chester U 3-0 in the semifinals! #AmericasTeam #GoWolves

suddenly finds himself missing the cottage fries with melted cheese at the Chili Company in Florence, KY, or maybe he's just missing 1985-86.

And your Newberry College Wolves advance to the NCAA D2 National semifinals in field hockey, squashing the Bentley Falcons 4-1! #AmericasTeam #GoWolves

And the hits keep coming, as the Newberry Wolves Field Hockey team takes the South Atlantic Conference Tournament title, improving to 18-0 on the season! #PlayoffsBaby!

Give it up for your 2025 South Atlantic Conference football champions, the Newberry Wolves! #PlayoffsBaby

QotD: "It is a contradiction in terms to attempt a sinless Literature of sinful man." -- St. John Henry Newman, from THE IDEA OF A UNIVERSITY, 1852.

Sunday Afternoon Potpourri: Gradeapalooza Approaches I’m pretty well caught up on grading, at least until Tuesday. I have a paper coming in from my film kids then, but the real deluge begins next week. The college reshuffled our calendar so tha…

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Mondoville Saturday Afternoon I had to pick up a couple of things at WalMart after lunch today, and figured I’d take the opportunity to gas up Mrs. M’s ride, seeing as she has taken mine to Real City for some retail…

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A Child's Garden of Psychedelia

So I'm doing guest lectures on psychedelic rock this week in my friend's class on the 1960s, and someone suggested I put together a playlist. I made myself stop after the first 100. :)

If you're interested...
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Saturday Potpourri: So. Sixty. Mrs. M, the Prof, and Bananas Foster at Figaro today. Yep — I’ve made another trip around the sun. My social media feeds are rife with well wishes, and if I fail to acknowledge any of t…

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B’con Wrap-Up, 2025 Sorry it took me so long to get back here, but I spent the past week catching up on the grading from the week before. The good news is that I’m caught up with that until Monday, so I can catc…

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Friday Afternoon Potpourri: Killer Nashville and Other Cool Stuff Edition So there’s a full week of classes put to bed, with initial papers from my freshpeeps coming in this evening. Let’s get caught up! *** Last week was the first week of classes, but mine w…

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So, About that Big Project… I’ll be heading to Nashville this coming Thursday, making my second trip to the Killer Nashville writers’ conference. Two Wednesdays after that, I’ll be bound for New Orleans and …

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A Violent Masterpiece The next epic crime novel from Jordan Harper, a story of Los Angeles power brokers and those at the edge, and a single shattering incident that threatens to...

I've said before that ‪@jordanharper.bsky.social‬ is one of the best crime writers of this generation. Therefore, this is excellent news, and you should pre-order.
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In Which the Prof Finds He’s Become a Bit Light Operatical In my prior installment, I mentioned that my visiting friend Will and I listened to the dub of a tape we had sent to our friend Kristine some 40 years back. Kristine lives in Britain now, and recen…

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Sunday Evening Potpourri: 10,000 Maniacs, a Colleague, and a College Buddy As an academic and the husband of a public schoolteacher, our years are marked less by the traditional calendar than by the rhythms of the academic year. In that light, this is the final weekend be…

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Sunday Afternoon Potpourri: Letters from the Front The last couple of weeks have been active at the Mid-Century Mondohaus. We’ve had some threatening trees cut down and our laundry room painted, and Mrs. M has been getting her classroom ready…

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likes the new Alice Cooper album, featuring the surviving members of the original lineup. Yeah, they're all pushing 80, but they're playing hard rock with melody and entertaining lyrics, like the old days. Heck, Alice is even singing more than snarling this time. Mondo likey.

Killer Nashville | International Writers’ Conference for Genres Incorporating Mystery, Thriller, Suspense, Action, or Romance Killer Nashville is the premier writers’ conference for all crime genres incorporating mystery, thriller, suspense, action, or romance. Connect with agents, editors, and bestselling authors.

Good news! I'll be on three different panels at Killer Nashville, appearing with old friends and making new ones! Plus, I'll have something big and cool to talk about!
Hope to see you there!
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In Which the Prof Attends a Wedding I’ve been on the road or in the air for mush of the past week, but it was worth the travails of travel. In fact, it’s been a bit more than a week, counting various delays. Let me tell y…

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Got my panel for Bouchercon: Sunday morning at 8. I'll do my best to keep you awake!

Wednesday Afternoon Potpourri: An Axe Is Swung We’re heading into a long weekend here in the summer term, what with Independence Day and all. Between teaching my Brit survey, working on the Big, Secret Project and (on very rare occasions)…

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Flights are booked for Killer Nashville and Bouchercon! See you there, and I’ll have something cool to talk about!

Find someone who loves you like Carl Palmer loves to use a cowbell.

It’s Never Really Over: 89 Items Today is the sixteenth anniversary of the murder of my parents. In about three and a half months, it’ll be the twelfth anniversary of my brother’s conviction for those murders. Last nig…

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My shopping habits explained: