Less hateful than my name suggests
@kzannarbor.bsky.social
Higher Ed nerd, ne’er-do-well. Mostly dumb personal stuff posted here, but occasional bursts of higher ed noodling
Never thought the Super Bowl could make me feel like doing squats
February 9, 2026 at 1:59 AM
Never thought the Super Bowl could make me feel like doing squats
I can never see Carrie Underwood singing about football without thinking about Jenna Maloney belting out “It’s Tennis Night in America”
February 9, 2026 at 1:42 AM
I can never see Carrie Underwood singing about football without thinking about Jenna Maloney belting out “It’s Tennis Night in America”
How is this open at DTW at 11:45 pm — BLESS THIS ENTIRE STAFF
February 8, 2026 at 4:44 AM
How is this open at DTW at 11:45 pm — BLESS THIS ENTIRE STAFF
Is this how they tell you there will be no Biscoff?!??? I need my flight cookies, does this qualify as a “dietary need?”
HOW ALARMED SHOULD I BE
HOW ALARMED SHOULD I BE
February 7, 2026 at 4:31 PM
Is this how they tell you there will be no Biscoff?!??? I need my flight cookies, does this qualify as a “dietary need?”
HOW ALARMED SHOULD I BE
HOW ALARMED SHOULD I BE
Today I learned my undergrad alma mater has a “scatter garden” for alums who want to have their ashes eternally connected to campus.
I would totally want my family to do this. Is it weird? I do not care
I would totally want my family to do this. Is it weird? I do not care
February 6, 2026 at 2:52 PM
Today I learned my undergrad alma mater has a “scatter garden” for alums who want to have their ashes eternally connected to campus.
I would totally want my family to do this. Is it weird? I do not care
I would totally want my family to do this. Is it weird? I do not care
Somebody rifled through my car last night (which I often leave unlocked because we live at the end of a dead end street). I’m amazed anyone would pursue an outdoor theft hobby in this weather.
While they made off with a car wash gift card, they left behind the Arby’s gift card.
I feel judged.
While they made off with a car wash gift card, they left behind the Arby’s gift card.
I feel judged.
February 4, 2026 at 1:46 PM
Somebody rifled through my car last night (which I often leave unlocked because we live at the end of a dead end street). I’m amazed anyone would pursue an outdoor theft hobby in this weather.
While they made off with a car wash gift card, they left behind the Arby’s gift card.
I feel judged.
While they made off with a car wash gift card, they left behind the Arby’s gift card.
I feel judged.
As people discover unpleasant surprises about famous people via the Epstein files, perhaps one of the things we can finally discard is the widely held idea that you can “just tell” about people.
January 31, 2026 at 12:35 PM
As people discover unpleasant surprises about famous people via the Epstein files, perhaps one of the things we can finally discard is the widely held idea that you can “just tell” about people.
I capitulated &. used Amazon because I don’t have the time or the will to go to multiple stores hunting for something in this cold
So Amazon threw it in a box with zero padding & it arrived broken and my reward is I’ve got to go to multiple stores in this cold to find it locally PLUS do the return
So Amazon threw it in a box with zero padding & it arrived broken and my reward is I’ve got to go to multiple stores in this cold to find it locally PLUS do the return
January 31, 2026 at 12:20 PM
I capitulated &. used Amazon because I don’t have the time or the will to go to multiple stores hunting for something in this cold
So Amazon threw it in a box with zero padding & it arrived broken and my reward is I’ve got to go to multiple stores in this cold to find it locally PLUS do the return
So Amazon threw it in a box with zero padding & it arrived broken and my reward is I’ve got to go to multiple stores in this cold to find it locally PLUS do the return
Never mind jobs you had, tell me give classes you took at college (liberal arts edition):
1. The Economics of Education, Poverty, & Crime
2. Philosophy of Mind
3. Business German
4. Native American Religion
5. Faust & Faustus
1. The Economics of Education, Poverty, & Crime
2. Philosophy of Mind
3. Business German
4. Native American Religion
5. Faust & Faustus
Never mind jobs you had, tell me five classes you took at university
1. Politics of Terrorism
2. The Epic
3. Metaphysics
4. The Doctrine of God
5. Scuba Diving
1. Politics of Terrorism
2. The Epic
3. Metaphysics
4. The Doctrine of God
5. Scuba Diving
Never mind jobs you had, tell me five classes you took at university
1. Enlightenment Modernity and Its Discontents
2. Nature of Persons
3. Acting II: Shakespeare
4. Foundations of the Natural Sciences
5. Suffering
1. Enlightenment Modernity and Its Discontents
2. Nature of Persons
3. Acting II: Shakespeare
4. Foundations of the Natural Sciences
5. Suffering
January 31, 2026 at 3:03 AM
Never mind jobs you had, tell me give classes you took at college (liberal arts edition):
1. The Economics of Education, Poverty, & Crime
2. Philosophy of Mind
3. Business German
4. Native American Religion
5. Faust & Faustus
1. The Economics of Education, Poverty, & Crime
2. Philosophy of Mind
3. Business German
4. Native American Religion
5. Faust & Faustus
Gus calling this game like the fate of the free world is riding on it
January 31, 2026 at 2:53 AM
Gus calling this game like the fate of the free world is riding on it
This is the update that NextDoor’s crackerjack algorithm served up to me this morning. A post about interstate road conditions …. With no notice that it was from one week ago.
January 30, 2026 at 12:37 PM
This is the update that NextDoor’s crackerjack algorithm served up to me this morning. A post about interstate road conditions …. With no notice that it was from one week ago.
I watched the video from Fremont Nebraska and what struck me is that a couple of adults on the scene seem pretty unconcerned with the student on the ground. Maybe I’m missing something
January 29, 2026 at 11:42 PM
I watched the video from Fremont Nebraska and what struck me is that a couple of adults on the scene seem pretty unconcerned with the student on the ground. Maybe I’m missing something
Someone has a voodoo doll of me and they are poking it repeatedly today. They’re not causing pain, but boy howdy are they causing glitches, snafu, and inconvenience.
January 29, 2026 at 10:22 PM
Someone has a voodoo doll of me and they are poking it repeatedly today. They’re not causing pain, but boy howdy are they causing glitches, snafu, and inconvenience.
I probably put too much weight on this but I find leadership/administration clothing on campus is very coded. Faculty dress a certain way, and most academics with high-level administrative appointments continue to dress more like faculty (dressier, perhaps, but never full-on business wear)
January 28, 2026 at 11:40 AM
I probably put too much weight on this but I find leadership/administration clothing on campus is very coded. Faculty dress a certain way, and most academics with high-level administrative appointments continue to dress more like faculty (dressier, perhaps, but never full-on business wear)
*evil laughter*
January 28, 2026 at 2:02 AM
*evil laughter*
You can take the girl out of Nebraska and then you can’t stop her from speaking absolute trash about these Husker players
January 28, 2026 at 1:54 AM
You can take the girl out of Nebraska and then you can’t stop her from speaking absolute trash about these Husker players
The problem is that the first line of these lyrics is Nebraska erasure
it is a triple landlocked state
it is a triple landlocked state
I wanna live forever on a boat out in the sea
I wanna build a happy home, a home for you and me
I wanna touch the silver lining, we'll be shining everywhere
I wanna live forever, I don't care
I wanna build a happy home, a home for you and me
I wanna touch the silver lining, we'll be shining everywhere
I wanna live forever, I don't care
January 28, 2026 at 1:26 AM
The problem is that the first line of these lyrics is Nebraska erasure
it is a triple landlocked state
it is a triple landlocked state
WSJ opinion piece opens by tying soaring debt to four year degrees…. And it’s *checks notes* the prez of one of our top institutions?
It’s not clear that debt growth is soaring. Maybe for prof degrees?
I’m all for arguing that we need to reduce debt but this seems sloppy. And no sources cited.
It’s not clear that debt growth is soaring. Maybe for prof degrees?
I’m all for arguing that we need to reduce debt but this seems sloppy. And no sources cited.
January 28, 2026 at 1:12 AM
WSJ opinion piece opens by tying soaring debt to four year degrees…. And it’s *checks notes* the prez of one of our top institutions?
It’s not clear that debt growth is soaring. Maybe for prof degrees?
I’m all for arguing that we need to reduce debt but this seems sloppy. And no sources cited.
It’s not clear that debt growth is soaring. Maybe for prof degrees?
I’m all for arguing that we need to reduce debt but this seems sloppy. And no sources cited.
Update: I did make the bagel run and the patron in front of me was wearing lightweight pajama pants. Probably Canadian. Mad respect
January 24, 2026 at 2:33 PM
Update: I did make the bagel run and the patron in front of me was wearing lightweight pajama pants. Probably Canadian. Mad respect
It’s 12° below zero and there is nothing on my schedule that would require me to leave the house
and yet this pernicious little voice in my head is whispering “but you really really want to go out for bagels”
and yet this pernicious little voice in my head is whispering “but you really really want to go out for bagels”
January 24, 2026 at 1:14 PM
It’s 12° below zero and there is nothing on my schedule that would require me to leave the house
and yet this pernicious little voice in my head is whispering “but you really really want to go out for bagels”
and yet this pernicious little voice in my head is whispering “but you really really want to go out for bagels”
There has never been a better day to do a slow English roast in the oven
January 24, 2026 at 12:34 PM
There has never been a better day to do a slow English roast in the oven
I just went to one of our student workers w/ what I thought was a complex problem of how to turn a sheet of 4 x 6 stickers into sets of five. He turned it sideways and said why don’t you just cut this last row off? Then you’ve got 4 x 5
world‘s most obvious solution
He was so kind about it
world‘s most obvious solution
He was so kind about it
January 23, 2026 at 9:15 PM
I just went to one of our student workers w/ what I thought was a complex problem of how to turn a sheet of 4 x 6 stickers into sets of five. He turned it sideways and said why don’t you just cut this last row off? Then you’ve got 4 x 5
world‘s most obvious solution
He was so kind about it
world‘s most obvious solution
He was so kind about it
During a conversation, faculty seemed concerned to hear we would need Board of Regent approval for a degree change. It’s formal notification paperwork that they sign off on, but I see our language makes it sound much more involved. Time to reflect more on the language we use to explain governance.
January 22, 2026 at 12:24 PM
During a conversation, faculty seemed concerned to hear we would need Board of Regent approval for a degree change. It’s formal notification paperwork that they sign off on, but I see our language makes it sound much more involved. Time to reflect more on the language we use to explain governance.
Ah, life in these United States, where you send your nephew some money for his birthday and he thanks you because it’s gonna help him pay a medical bill
January 21, 2026 at 6:45 PM
Ah, life in these United States, where you send your nephew some money for his birthday and he thanks you because it’s gonna help him pay a medical bill
I’m a giant toddler when wearing long underwear, it triggers a sensory thing where I get more and more unsettled until I reach a point where if I don’t strip them off and free my limbs I’m gonna lose my mind.
But today I’m wearing them.
Hoping my student committee doesn’t get a free show tonight
But today I’m wearing them.
Hoping my student committee doesn’t get a free show tonight
January 20, 2026 at 12:36 PM
I’m a giant toddler when wearing long underwear, it triggers a sensory thing where I get more and more unsettled until I reach a point where if I don’t strip them off and free my limbs I’m gonna lose my mind.
But today I’m wearing them.
Hoping my student committee doesn’t get a free show tonight
But today I’m wearing them.
Hoping my student committee doesn’t get a free show tonight