bedlamsbard
@bedlamsbard.bsky.social
MCU fan, recovering Star Wars fan, Roman and medieval historian, fanfic writer. All opinions are my own.
there are books I need to dig out of the bottom of this pile
I've been uh. I've been uh...acquiring some books. I either need to finally set up a home office or take most of these up to campus.
November 12, 2025 at 6:30 PM
there are books I need to dig out of the bottom of this pile
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yes yes we all know about the Edmund Fitzgerald, rest her soul, but did you know about the ship laden with explosives that sank in the mouth of the Thames in 1944 and could explode at any minute and which attempts to disarm keep failing
November 11, 2025 at 3:12 PM
yes yes we all know about the Edmund Fitzgerald, rest her soul, but did you know about the ship laden with explosives that sank in the mouth of the Thames in 1944 and could explode at any minute and which attempts to disarm keep failing
depressed again so I'm making cinnamon rolls
November 11, 2025 at 8:59 PM
depressed again so I'm making cinnamon rolls
I've been uh. I've been uh...acquiring some books. I either need to finally set up a home office or take most of these up to campus.
November 11, 2025 at 7:23 AM
I've been uh. I've been uh...acquiring some books. I either need to finally set up a home office or take most of these up to campus.
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It is genuinely hard for most people to grasp how poor the past was.
November 9, 2025 at 6:23 PM
It is genuinely hard for most people to grasp how poor the past was.
oh my god tumblr challenge actually know the fucking Greek myth for a change
November 9, 2025 at 6:59 PM
oh my god tumblr challenge actually know the fucking Greek myth for a change
today's football game was a home game against our big rivals in the state and probably the only reason it's not noisier and crazier outside (my STUDENTS warned me how loud it might get) is because of how cold it is.
November 9, 2025 at 5:23 AM
today's football game was a home game against our big rivals in the state and probably the only reason it's not noisier and crazier outside (my STUDENTS warned me how loud it might get) is because of how cold it is.
you know, back in the day, we'd get a new season of television every year. now it's just like "oh, that was great! when did it air? two years ago? must have been cancelled." it was not cancelled and was renewed last year for a second season (apparently already filmed?) that has not yet come.
November 9, 2025 at 1:41 AM
you know, back in the day, we'd get a new season of television every year. now it's just like "oh, that was great! when did it air? two years ago? must have been cancelled." it was not cancelled and was renewed last year for a second season (apparently already filmed?) that has not yet come.
it is SO satisfying when I can correctly predict a plot twist
November 9, 2025 at 12:37 AM
it is SO satisfying when I can correctly predict a plot twist
hmm. kind of want to make Christmas cookies. (from Nov 1 to Jan 6 it's fair game, any other time they're just cookies.)
(lived in New Orleans for six years, Jan 6 is the end of Christmas and the start of Mardi Gras)
(lived in New Orleans for six years, Jan 6 is the end of Christmas and the start of Mardi Gras)
November 9, 2025 at 12:10 AM
hmm. kind of want to make Christmas cookies. (from Nov 1 to Jan 6 it's fair game, any other time they're just cookies.)
(lived in New Orleans for six years, Jan 6 is the end of Christmas and the start of Mardi Gras)
(lived in New Orleans for six years, Jan 6 is the end of Christmas and the start of Mardi Gras)
I'm reading a review for another book and I NEED to know what the book on the previous page was, holy shit.
November 8, 2025 at 7:42 PM
I'm reading a review for another book and I NEED to know what the book on the previous page was, holy shit.
Okay, I think so many things went wrong in the Decatur house that it made me insane and very, very definitely and inarguably upped my paranoid anxiety tendencies, *which I already had.*
November 8, 2025 at 3:51 AM
Okay, I think so many things went wrong in the Decatur house that it made me insane and very, very definitely and inarguably upped my paranoid anxiety tendencies, *which I already had.*
SD vanity plate reading FTHMKDS, which I admit took me a moment. (No picture because I was on a busy street.)
November 6, 2025 at 10:10 PM
SD vanity plate reading FTHMKDS, which I admit took me a moment. (No picture because I was on a busy street.)
okay apparently I was today years old when I learned that (a) Elle Fanning and Dakota Fanning are different people and (b) they are sisters
November 6, 2025 at 3:23 AM
okay apparently I was today years old when I learned that (a) Elle Fanning and Dakota Fanning are different people and (b) they are sisters
had a conversation that upset me so much I started crying, so that's fun
(not with a student)
then read a student draft on Japanese-American internment that was well-meant but not well-written
(for that remember, I am Japanese-American.)
today has been A DAY.
(not with a student)
then read a student draft on Japanese-American internment that was well-meant but not well-written
(for that remember, I am Japanese-American.)
today has been A DAY.
November 6, 2025 at 12:27 AM
had a conversation that upset me so much I started crying, so that's fun
(not with a student)
then read a student draft on Japanese-American internment that was well-meant but not well-written
(for that remember, I am Japanese-American.)
today has been A DAY.
(not with a student)
then read a student draft on Japanese-American internment that was well-meant but not well-written
(for that remember, I am Japanese-American.)
today has been A DAY.
It's the year 2025, how are we still having this many problems with Zoom!
November 5, 2025 at 5:17 PM
It's the year 2025, how are we still having this many problems with Zoom!
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We’re further away from The Rolling Stones recording “Sympathy for the Devil” than they were from the murders of the Romanovs when they recorded it
November 4, 2025 at 4:59 PM
We’re further away from The Rolling Stones recording “Sympathy for the Devil” than they were from the murders of the Romanovs when they recorded it
arguing for a Mediterranean distribution in my department so that no one has to engage in great debates like "is Byzantine history Asian or European?"
November 5, 2025 at 1:01 AM
arguing for a Mediterranean distribution in my department so that no one has to engage in great debates like "is Byzantine history Asian or European?"
hmm, I wonder if I can convince one of my colleagues that they want to come see Hadestown in Sioux City with me in December.
November 4, 2025 at 2:15 AM
hmm, I wonder if I can convince one of my colleagues that they want to come see Hadestown in Sioux City with me in December.
I CANNOT make a good cup of tea right now and it is making me both crazy and under-caffeinated.
November 3, 2025 at 4:39 PM
I CANNOT make a good cup of tea right now and it is making me both crazy and under-caffeinated.
I think I own enough near-identical red nail polish that I could paint every nail a different shade of red and see if literally anyone but me notices they're different.
November 2, 2025 at 7:59 PM
I think I own enough near-identical red nail polish that I could paint every nail a different shade of red and see if literally anyone but me notices they're different.
gods periodically I just think back to some batshit thing B said or did and go "what the fuck was that."
November 2, 2025 at 6:58 PM
gods periodically I just think back to some batshit thing B said or did and go "what the fuck was that."
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Did not expect one of the best paragraphs I’d read about baseball would come from an Irish newspaper
www.irishexaminer.com/sport-column...
www.irishexaminer.com/sport-column...
November 2, 2025 at 2:22 PM
Did not expect one of the best paragraphs I’d read about baseball would come from an Irish newspaper
www.irishexaminer.com/sport-column...
www.irishexaminer.com/sport-column...
need to bully myself back into being super into sourdough
November 2, 2025 at 5:01 AM
need to bully myself back into being super into sourdough
my brain is full of bees
November 1, 2025 at 8:08 PM
my brain is full of bees