The play at my kid's HS this year is Rock of Ages, the 80s rock jukebox musical, and she is wandering around the house absent-mindedly humming Journey and Whitesnake songs to herself. Which I enjoy.

We celebrated Victor Hugo's 221st birthday yesterday with cake and candles in case you were wondering whether or not 15 year olds still occasionally develop deep interests in Victor Hugo.

"Stop, Collaborate, and Listen." -- What I hereby promise I will not say during my class today, moved to Zoom because the campus is closed by ice.

If you want to really activate a 13 yr old, tell them they have ZOOM SCHOOL tomorrow because it might be too icy to drive. We are working through some feelings here.

I want to let everyone here know that I put an amusing post on the other other website and I feel bad about it. Next one goes here. Is this the next one? Doesn't feel like it, really.

Folks, I enjoy teaching Shakespeare to beginners with the Folger editions, and I've used them for years in my lecture course, but I am thinking of rolling the dice on something else for an UG seminar I am teaching this spring called 'Advanced Shakespeare.' (Catchy name, I know.) Is there an inexpensive edition you'd consider to be somehow more 'advanced' than the Folger eds? I'm tempted to make everyone buy Ardens, but I teach at a public university, and I try to keep book costs down.

My MLA nickname used to be Bomb Cyclone.

My covid journey, from positive to negative to positive and back again, is ending. I'll never forget the friends I made along the way, including this couch, herbal teas, James Acaster, and two seasons of The New Girl.