@setonhill Fall Honors Convocation receiving line….
@setonhill Fall Honors Convocation receiving line. #tradition http://t.co/Wg7D9DaEx4
My working theory: the @sramsay departure is a Jim…
My working theory: the @sramsay departure is a Jimmy Kimmel prank.
RT @nowviskie: @tcarmody @amandafrench @jenhoward…
RT @nowviskie: @tcarmody @amandafrench @JenHoward @kfitz @rgfeal Hey, Tim. @sramsay is sharing today’s last sequence here. http://t.co/YTjs…
@nowviskie I feel strangely culpable, since the la…
@nowviskie I feel strangely culpable, since the last @sramsay tweet emphathized with my tears over “Yes, Virginia, there is a Santa Claus.”
“Daddy, I’m sick of your tears.”
“Daddy, I’m sick of your tears.” –my 11yo, after I misted up reading from Church’s 1897 “Yes, Virginia, there is a Santa Claus” editorial. Update, Sep 10: In the past few years, as my kids have become active in the arts, I have developed a habit of tearing up during their performances. I will silently…
My geekling is enthusiastically hurling herself ar…
My geekling is enthusiastically hurling herself around the living room as the Enterprise bridge rocks back and forth… #TOS #StarTrek
My wife & daughter are in the kitchen, yelling…
My wife & daughter are in the kitchen, yelling & crying in fake Italian accents. (Practicing their toy shop tantrum scene from Pinocchio.)
@penguins season tickets! @stagerightgbg is raffli…
@penguins season tickets! @stagerightgbg is raffling off $25 chances on 2 season tickets worth $4000. #pittsburgh #hockey Who’s interested?
Snickering over Monday’s quiz question about the R…
Snickering over Monday’s quiz question about the Rosenthal rule. (Paraphrased: Reporters who BLEEP elephants can’t cover the circus.)
“Daddy, THAT gum costs. $1.59. If you buy THIS gum…
“Daddy, THAT gum costs. $1.59. If you buy THIS gum for me, you’ll save 30c!” “I know how we can save $1.59!” “You’re mean.” “No, I’m cheap.”
RT @SamekAshley: On a side note I’m going to feel…
RT @SamekAshley: On a side note I’m going to feel really weird tweeting during mass #el227 #openliturgy
When the theater major called his journalism minor…
When the theater major called his journalism minor a “safety,” the journalism majors (including former music & theater majors) laughed.
Password Modesty
Student who dropped by to troubleshoot her blog politely averted her eyes each time I typed my admin password. #kidstoday
RT @Historiator: #scholarsunday @urbanhumanist @ja…
RT @Historiator: #scholarsunday @urbanhumanist @jankoand @JasonAntrosio @samueljredman @mathhistory @conservadora
My 11yo, of the opening chapters of a YA novel with an orphan heroine
My 11yo, of the opening chapters of a YA novel with an orphan heroine: “That’s a rip-off of Annie, Oliver, and Les Miz.” (Eyeroll.) (But she asked me to read her more chapters.)
The school mocked. I turtled.
Draft: “As my classmates tormented, I shrank into my turtle-like shell.” Suggestion: “The school mocked; I turtled.” (Yes, I am #marking.)
RT @avantgame: So, to conclude: SuperBetter works,…
RT @avantgame: So, to conclude: SuperBetter works, clinical evidence, the company has disbanded, I don’t own the IP, if someone wants to bu…
Curse you, eyelids, for being so heavy. It’s not e…
Curse you, eyelids, for being so heavy. It’s not even 11:30! A 13-hour day planned for tomorrow, though the last hour is a student social.
RT @blue439: Of course “twerk” comes from the Germ…
RT @blue439: Of course “twerk” comes from the German “Gesamtkunstwerk,” the fusion of all the arts into a single medium of dramatic express…
RT @blue439: Of course “twerk” comes from the Germ…
RT @blue439: Of course “twerk” comes from the German “Gesamtkunstwerk,” the fusion of all the arts into a single medium of dramatic express…