Dr. Kurtis Hanlon

It was amazing. We hadn't been in the area for months, and when we walked past they immediately came down and gave us the "food?" glare. Corvids are incredible.

That image made me fly through the Myst opening animation in my head.

When the new pres at Yale had a "listening session" with contingent faculty, this was what I shot up my hand to ask: what supports/procedures does the university have in place to protect contingent faculty from bad-faith attacks/harassment?

I was actually surprised she rattled off some resources.

We need to know who is vulnerable among us and how we can protect them so they can continue to do their work with integrity.

This is not a "grading essays on controversial topics" problem.

This is a "protecting our colleagues from bad actors" problem.

December 1st, it's snowing outside and I plan on staying inside all day; I open my Christmas playlist on my Zune media player and press shuffle; the first song that comes on is Last Christmas.

Perfection.

Actually doing Whamageddon at Christmas is a moral failing, you should be listening to Last Christmas at least once a day if not ten

A sweet sentiment from her, but Sapporo is superior. I once got a 12 pack of Sapporo in Vancouver that came with a little bottle opener shaped like a katana handle with their logo on it.

This is a wonderful piece.

Also, this is superb.

Well, I seem to be pretty squeaky clean compared to some of you degenerates I'm mutuals with.

you heard it here: reclining is blasphemous i don't make the rules

@profanity.accountant

Ah, the ad blocker on the browser was fighting Peacock. Got it. All fixed now.

Wow. The Peacock stream of the parade sucks. How is it this hard to do live TV in 2025?

Don't use AI slop. It's a bad look, especially for a university.

In my anime/manga class I end with "ok, now how do we define anime?" to get them to think about genre and arbitrary definitions and I show them pictures of a King of the Hill DVD I saw in the アニメ section of the Shinjuku BookOff.

Re putting out there that I consider AI "music" on the same level as the Rick and Morty "human music."

Tired: AI is/isn't conscious

Wired: AI "won't stand in wonder before the beauty of God's creation"

one of the coolest things about ChatGPT is how you can actually just never use it. you can fill your whole entire life with simply not once using it. it's incredible.

LRS: yeah, using poetry to hack LLMs means that the real key to the future is studying poetry. Switch majors, you Stem Scrubs! Or at least take a dang elective!

“Adversarial poetry.”

Love this. Obvs.

I think all seat reclining should be illegal, but that's just my 6'3" knees talking.

*Shudder* I just had a flashback to an overnight bus I took from Hokuriku to Tokyo once. That was rough.

Day 17. It's freezing here tonight. My brain is broke, so I'm falling back on my waka/bungo knowledge to get me through this one.

初霜の
おきまどはせる
我が心
感謝祭の日
まだ起こってない!

The first frost
Settling and puzzling
My heart.
Thanksgiving day
Hasn't passed yet!

Inspired by 百人一首 29.
#kyōka #poem #poetry #狂歌

Day 17. I'm falling asleep as I compose. I'm about to be in hotels this weekend, and I'm a stomach sleeper who hates fat pillows...

旅寝とは
和歌でみやびが
腰痛だ

A traveler's sleep
In poetry is refined, and yet
It's back pain

#poetry #poem #senryū #川柳

I'm sure it felt like quite a BUZZ-kill.

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The Washington State University Cougar Marching Band freakin' played Trogdor at their halftime show this weekend! And made ME! My husky head finally gets its due! 50 freakin' yards high man!

A yellow bellied slider turtle sits on a carpet with his back legs splayed out and his front legs stretching forward. His mouth is open in a big yawn, accentuated by his closed eyes.

Day 10.

カメちゃんに
伸びてあくびで
恵まれた

By my turtle
Stretching and yawning
I have been blessed.

Day 16. We're super busy, but I started this challenge, so I need to keep going.

その音は
外の吹く風?
上の階

Is that sound
The wind blowing outside?
It's the floor above...

#poem #poetry #senryū #川柳

Zoom interviews are definitely making the process easier and more accessible (since it's not limited to people with the grad student cash to travel to conferences). But I've noticed that campus visits seem to be becoming fewer and farther between. But that probably has multiple causes.