Rebecca Brackmann
brackman1066.bsky.social
Rebecca Brackmann
@brackman1066.bsky.social
English professor, medievalist, early modernist, and general-purpose geek. Cross stitch and random mystery novels could make cameos. she/her/hers.
I love Mastodon, but y'all seem to be here.
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Alt text version. Thanks for sharing Harry.
December 2, 2025 at 9:43 AM
No, but it had issues last semester also. Not sure what's up with their hosting.
January 23, 2025 at 5:06 PM
Oh wow! Your mom must have so many stories!
January 16, 2025 at 4:30 PM
Tracks with several of the Methodist ministers I've met.
October 14, 2024 at 12:31 PM
I'm so sorry for your loss
October 14, 2024 at 12:28 PM
Don't think that has wings. Wager of Battle was successfully used in Ashford v. Thornton in 1818 as it was determined that lack of recent use did not abrogate a legal right, but (according to J.H. Baker) Parliament did revoke it the following year.
September 23, 2024 at 1:18 PM
Think'st thou that I, who bore the Intersect
And tasted the eternal joys of fans
Am not tormented with ten thousand hells
In being deprived of everlasting Chuck?
August 17, 2024 at 3:04 PM
Some books are such profound meditations on compassion that it's hard not to feel the author is writing from fundamental kindness themselves. Maybe this is flawed, but I don't know how not to do it? Not idolizing all aspects of them as people, but awed by the wisdom their writing shows.
August 17, 2024 at 2:50 PM
Star Wars. There's even some debate over what is and isn't "canon," I belive.
August 15, 2024 at 2:13 PM
Silver medalist in that particular competition:
August 1, 2024 at 2:28 PM
oh wow that you have known actual Olympians! Is there a particular sport that they all competed in, or have you known several?
July 31, 2024 at 3:03 PM
Double-checked--maybe it has been played in other countries, too, especially the John Williams arrangement which he did for the Atlanta games. Still, several of my European friends did not know what it was. www.youtube.com/watch?v=IizW...
Olympic Anthem - Bugler's Dream" - composed by Leo Arnaud
Olympic Anthem - composed by Leo Arnaud .Leo Arnaud's "Bugler's Dream" is often considered the most famous Olympic theme. Written in 1958 for Arnaud's Charge Suite
www.youtube.com
July 31, 2024 at 3:01 PM
NBC led in the first primetime broadcast with it, but I have only heard brief excerpts since (and a weird guitar interpretation). The piece isn't actually called Olympic fanfare BTW--it's "Bugler's Dream" by Leo Arnaud. People outside the US don't associate it with the Games at all!
July 31, 2024 at 2:57 PM
There are reasons to do it that way (you'll prob be in a lower tax bracket when you're retired) but you'll still shell out a chunk of what you have. As you research, check up on Roth IRAs and see if you might want to have some of your funds in one of those as well, is my suggestion
July 19, 2024 at 5:18 PM