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Brian D. Clarke
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The Mad Canadian. Generalist. Ronin Librarian. Research Magpie. Unexpected Textbook Co-Author.

Host, Forthcoming Podcast Project

Also; not a Russian bot, and BLM. Needs to be said.
Do NOT walk under that arch
November 24, 2025 at 5:34 AM
Goddammit, Randos.
November 24, 2025 at 4:27 AM
Fucking hell.
November 23, 2025 at 4:54 AM
Its....just always weird, who shows up and who doesn't, who rises to the moment and who cant, its never exactly who you expect, either way.
November 23, 2025 at 12:51 AM
Yeah, I imagine so. And young people dont always know themselves and their needs as well as they think they do.
November 22, 2025 at 6:16 PM
My academic life was in many ways disastrous because of unmedicated undiagnosed ADHD. Its just such a different environment now.
November 22, 2025 at 6:11 PM
I...feel like some deal breakers should be obvious before anyone puts a ring on anything?
November 22, 2025 at 5:36 PM
It does seem like a really hard book to really convey the appeal of in a trade ad.
November 21, 2025 at 10:04 PM
Amazing
November 21, 2025 at 10:01 PM
Idiots to lovers, the trope less often taken.
November 21, 2025 at 9:35 PM
I mean it isn't, but no, yes, it very much is.
November 21, 2025 at 8:11 PM
And she may well realize this before he does. I imagine
November 21, 2025 at 7:58 PM
Hang on, 3% might represent the possibility of a freakishly mild winter
November 21, 2025 at 7:02 PM
Every time, its a variation of, "because surely the casino wouldn't be dumb enough to bet its own money in a rigged game"
November 21, 2025 at 6:49 PM
I feel like this is unfair to Pasco, somehow
November 21, 2025 at 3:28 PM
It's probably the most challenging profession in Oregon Trail, no doubt.
November 21, 2025 at 3:22 PM
It's so well said, and elegantly, too. I hope that it will reach some people when they most need it.
November 21, 2025 at 3:18 PM
Yes. We are all - or will be, or have been - on parallel paths through a dark forest, each unique but with much in common. Our culture doesn't respect grief nearly enough.

I write about it sometimes. Perhaps there will be a book one day, perhaps not, but it is the working through it that matters.
November 21, 2025 at 3:15 PM