Amanda
@akmcclen.bsky.social
Librarian, Christian, Korean American, Texan. Whatever you think of when you think of those things, I'm probably not that.
The Marfa Lights
David Koresh
The Ballad of Marvin Zindler and the Slime In the Ice Machine
Ima Hogg
Selena Quintanilla
The 1900 Galveston hurricane and/or the Waco tornado
Juneteenth
The general Texan obsession with high school and college football
David Koresh
The Ballad of Marvin Zindler and the Slime In the Ice Machine
Ima Hogg
Selena Quintanilla
The 1900 Galveston hurricane and/or the Waco tornado
Juneteenth
The general Texan obsession with high school and college football
Question: if Sufjan Stevens did an album about your state, what would there be songs about? (sorry, Michigan and Illinois, you have to sit this one out.
I'll go first for Maryland:
1. Baltimore
2. Harriet Tubman
3. The Snallygaster
4. The pursuit of John Wilkes Booth
5. The Chesapeake
6. Crabs
I'll go first for Maryland:
1. Baltimore
2. Harriet Tubman
3. The Snallygaster
4. The pursuit of John Wilkes Booth
5. The Chesapeake
6. Crabs
December 2, 2025 at 4:59 AM
The Marfa Lights
David Koresh
The Ballad of Marvin Zindler and the Slime In the Ice Machine
Ima Hogg
Selena Quintanilla
The 1900 Galveston hurricane and/or the Waco tornado
Juneteenth
The general Texan obsession with high school and college football
David Koresh
The Ballad of Marvin Zindler and the Slime In the Ice Machine
Ima Hogg
Selena Quintanilla
The 1900 Galveston hurricane and/or the Waco tornado
Juneteenth
The general Texan obsession with high school and college football
Transracial international adoption is complex and has its share of problems, obviously, but dang it, if it didn't give me so much fodder to clap back at racists and xenophobes
Anyway happy National Adoption Month
Anyway happy National Adoption Month
November 29, 2025 at 4:51 PM
Transracial international adoption is complex and has its share of problems, obviously, but dang it, if it didn't give me so much fodder to clap back at racists and xenophobes
Anyway happy National Adoption Month
Anyway happy National Adoption Month
A movie that takes place where you’re from
November 23, 2025 at 6:37 PM
A movie that takes place where you’re from
I don't know who does sound mixing for Snarky Puppy projects, but they deserve all the accolades possible
www.youtube.com/watch?v=KkHV...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=KkHV...
Snarky Puppy & Metropole Orkest - It Stays With You (cond. Jules Buckley) [Official Video]
YouTube video by GroundUP Music NYC
www.youtube.com
November 23, 2025 at 3:06 AM
I don't know who does sound mixing for Snarky Puppy projects, but they deserve all the accolades possible
www.youtube.com/watch?v=KkHV...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=KkHV...
Hello, amigos. Tomorrow's Christ the King Sunday, which means it's time to start thinking about Advent playlists. Drop yours here, if you please.
November 22, 2025 at 6:04 PM
Hello, amigos. Tomorrow's Christ the King Sunday, which means it's time to start thinking about Advent playlists. Drop yours here, if you please.
Thanks to the holidays and the judicious use of PTO, today is the last Friday I am working in 2025. I'm going to see Wicked: For Good tonight, I'm about to finish the first phase of a project, and I am listening to last night's episode of Critical Role. It's a good day, folks
November 21, 2025 at 8:22 PM
Thanks to the holidays and the judicious use of PTO, today is the last Friday I am working in 2025. I'm going to see Wicked: For Good tonight, I'm about to finish the first phase of a project, and I am listening to last night's episode of Critical Role. It's a good day, folks
Fundamentalism is: I am right because I *have* to be right, because if I am in any way incorrect that means that I am bad and I will be subject to shame and rejection and I am going to lose any power and autonomy that I have, and that is also how I am going to treat you if you are incorrect.
November 19, 2025 at 3:13 PM
Fundamentalism is: I am right because I *have* to be right, because if I am in any way incorrect that means that I am bad and I will be subject to shame and rejection and I am going to lose any power and autonomy that I have, and that is also how I am going to treat you if you are incorrect.
Reposted by Amanda
US citizen Maria Greeley, a Latina who was adopted, was walking home from work downtown when masked agents zip tied her. They said she “doesn’t look like a Greeley.” This is how the government treats people under current deportation policies.
www.chicagotribune.com/2025/11/15/l...
www.chicagotribune.com/2025/11/15/l...
November 17, 2025 at 1:08 PM
US citizen Maria Greeley, a Latina who was adopted, was walking home from work downtown when masked agents zip tied her. They said she “doesn’t look like a Greeley.” This is how the government treats people under current deportation policies.
www.chicagotribune.com/2025/11/15/l...
www.chicagotribune.com/2025/11/15/l...
Weird thing I realized while helping my dad declutter the house: My maternal grandma had a thing for decoupaging random stuff, my mom had a thing for wallpapering random stuff (including wood furniture 😬), and I have a thing for putting stickers on random stuff.
November 15, 2025 at 9:49 PM
Weird thing I realized while helping my dad declutter the house: My maternal grandma had a thing for decoupaging random stuff, my mom had a thing for wallpapering random stuff (including wood furniture 😬), and I have a thing for putting stickers on random stuff.
Facebook reminded me that I posted this poem ages ago and it's still one of the best prayers I've ever prayed.
imagejournal.org/article/name...
imagejournal.org/article/name...
Name and Nature - Image Journal
Your name, Jesus, is childhood in the body, at times a single malt upon the tongue, Vivaldi to the ears; your name, Christ, forgiveness to the heart, acceptance to the flesh, a troubled joy across the...
imagejournal.org
November 15, 2025 at 9:31 PM
Facebook reminded me that I posted this poem ages ago and it's still one of the best prayers I've ever prayed.
imagejournal.org/article/name...
imagejournal.org/article/name...
and what did you think it meant, then,
when we got told to ask for
God's will to be done here
like it is in heaven
did you think it meant
that you got to do what you wanted
because you hold his favor
because that's not favor, brother,
that's judgment
when we got told to ask for
God's will to be done here
like it is in heaven
did you think it meant
that you got to do what you wanted
because you hold his favor
because that's not favor, brother,
that's judgment
November 13, 2025 at 6:07 PM
and what did you think it meant, then,
when we got told to ask for
God's will to be done here
like it is in heaven
did you think it meant
that you got to do what you wanted
because you hold his favor
because that's not favor, brother,
that's judgment
when we got told to ask for
God's will to be done here
like it is in heaven
did you think it meant
that you got to do what you wanted
because you hold his favor
because that's not favor, brother,
that's judgment
My outfit today:
- black jeans
- red and black plaid flannel
- Vans
- black hoodie
Am I:
- at work
- about to lie on the floor in my college dorm room and listen to the new Death Cab album on my Discman
- black jeans
- red and black plaid flannel
- Vans
- black hoodie
Am I:
- at work
- about to lie on the floor in my college dorm room and listen to the new Death Cab album on my Discman
November 11, 2025 at 3:03 PM
My outfit today:
- black jeans
- red and black plaid flannel
- Vans
- black hoodie
Am I:
- at work
- about to lie on the floor in my college dorm room and listen to the new Death Cab album on my Discman
- black jeans
- red and black plaid flannel
- Vans
- black hoodie
Am I:
- at work
- about to lie on the floor in my college dorm room and listen to the new Death Cab album on my Discman
One of my favorite Halloween traditions :)
Japan's "Mundane Halloween" costume contest is back!
Each year website DailyPortalZ holds a contest where people dress up as something super duper ordinary.
Here's a thread of some of my favorites from the 2025 contest!
#MundaneHalloween
Each year website DailyPortalZ holds a contest where people dress up as something super duper ordinary.
Here's a thread of some of my favorites from the 2025 contest!
#MundaneHalloween
November 10, 2025 at 4:48 PM
One of my favorite Halloween traditions :)
Today's the 50th anniversary of the wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald, so obviously it's a good time to listen to Gordon Lightfoot www.youtube.com/watch?v=FuzT...
Gordon Lightfoot - Wreck Of The Edmund Fitzgerald (Official Audio)
YouTube video by Gordon Lightfoot
www.youtube.com
November 10, 2025 at 3:45 PM
Today's the 50th anniversary of the wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald, so obviously it's a good time to listen to Gordon Lightfoot www.youtube.com/watch?v=FuzT...
Hello from Charleston, SC, where I am at a library conference doing the quintessential conference behavior, sitting on the floor by an outlet charging my laptop and checking email
November 5, 2025 at 5:49 PM
Hello from Charleston, SC, where I am at a library conference doing the quintessential conference behavior, sitting on the floor by an outlet charging my laptop and checking email
i feel like people who are into ttrpgs would like lectio divina
November 3, 2025 at 3:07 AM
i feel like people who are into ttrpgs would like lectio divina
If you're unfamiliar with Daveed Diggs's rap career when he wasn't in his friend's Broadway musical, I must insist that you watch the clipping. Tiny Desk www.youtube.com/watch?v=h0-k...
clipping.: Tiny Desk Concert
YouTube video by NPR Music
www.youtube.com
November 2, 2025 at 4:45 AM
If you're unfamiliar with Daveed Diggs's rap career when he wasn't in his friend's Broadway musical, I must insist that you watch the clipping. Tiny Desk www.youtube.com/watch?v=h0-k...
right now: october 2025 (just under the wire!)
Making: plans for the weekend and for my conference in Charleston next week; plans for November and December; plans for 2026 Q1 (yes, already) Cooking: soup (my family has a tradition of making this particular soup the first time it gets cold…
Making: plans for the weekend and for my conference in Charleston next week; plans for November and December; plans for 2026 Q1 (yes, already) Cooking: soup (my family has a tradition of making this particular soup the first time it gets cold…
right now: october 2025 (just under the wire!)
Making: plans for the weekend and for my conference in Charleston next week; plans for November and December; plans for 2026 Q1 (yes, already) Cooking: soup (my family has a tradition of making this particular soup the first time it gets cold out--it's ground beef and the canned tomato sauce and canned mixed veggies, although I've switched over to frozen because those don't include lima beans; it's very straightforward but it hits the spot, and it takes to whatever spices or condiments you want to put in there) Drinking: French roast coffee, HEB bootleg Coke Zero, lots and lots of water…
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November 1, 2025 at 5:04 AM
right now: october 2025 (just under the wire!)
Making: plans for the weekend and for my conference in Charleston next week; plans for November and December; plans for 2026 Q1 (yes, already) Cooking: soup (my family has a tradition of making this particular soup the first time it gets cold…
Making: plans for the weekend and for my conference in Charleston next week; plans for November and December; plans for 2026 Q1 (yes, already) Cooking: soup (my family has a tradition of making this particular soup the first time it gets cold…
I had a couple of cousins when I was a little kid to whom I had no relationship other than we were adopted around the same time and our parents were in the same adoptee family support group; yes, their parents were my aunt and uncle (and mine were theirs)
October 29, 2025 at 8:23 PM
I had a couple of cousins when I was a little kid to whom I had no relationship other than we were adopted around the same time and our parents were in the same adoptee family support group; yes, their parents were my aunt and uncle (and mine were theirs)
I mean, I'd much rather my tax dollars go to feeding people than kidnapping them
October 28, 2025 at 4:23 PM
I mean, I'd much rather my tax dollars go to feeding people than kidnapping them
Today is St. Crispin’s and therefore a good day for some Henry V youtu.be/UOouofFFrZE?...
St Crispin's Day Speech, Mark Rylance at the Globe
YouTube video by Deal Hudson
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October 26, 2025 at 12:52 AM
Today is St. Crispin’s and therefore a good day for some Henry V youtu.be/UOouofFFrZE?...
”He’s just saying stuff, he doesn’t mean it” as though our Lord Jesus Christ did not tell us that we would be judged for every careless word uttered
October 26, 2025 at 12:44 AM
”He’s just saying stuff, he doesn’t mean it” as though our Lord Jesus Christ did not tell us that we would be judged for every careless word uttered
One of the reasons I'm a Christian is because we believe God understands human suffering from inside of it. God has undergone physical pain, shame, persecution, fear, grief, all of it; he has not distanced himself from it but has entered into it.
October 25, 2025 at 9:02 PM
One of the reasons I'm a Christian is because we believe God understands human suffering from inside of it. God has undergone physical pain, shame, persecution, fear, grief, all of it; he has not distanced himself from it but has entered into it.
I don’t know what it says about me that there have been multiple instances this past week where I have wished that the D&D spell Speak With Animals was real
October 20, 2025 at 3:36 AM
I don’t know what it says about me that there have been multiple instances this past week where I have wished that the D&D spell Speak With Animals was real
Another thought: Is Stephen's death and Philip going out to the Ethiopian eunuch to explain the Scripture (like Jesus x the two disciples on the road to Emmaus) and then getting taken up part of the same pattern? In both cases it's right around the church in general getting pushed outward
Read Acts 12 earlier today and it occurs to me that Luke's framing Peter's escape as a type of resurrection (right after James's death)--the church, like her Lord, dies and rises again, to the embarrassment of the rulers of this world
October 13, 2025 at 5:04 PM
Another thought: Is Stephen's death and Philip going out to the Ethiopian eunuch to explain the Scripture (like Jesus x the two disciples on the road to Emmaus) and then getting taken up part of the same pattern? In both cases it's right around the church in general getting pushed outward