Bryan Ripley Crandall
@brcrandall.bsky.social
Nerd. Thinker. Maybe a writer. Philosopher? I don't know. Teacher, sometimes. Student always. Nerd suffices. Yep, Nerd. Professor of Literacy (Connecticut Writing Project~Fairfield)
First Ever Selection Show Sunday in Support of the Fairfield University Women's Volleyball MAAC Championship Team. Go, @StagsVB #YouGotThis
First Ever Selection Show Sunday in Support of the Fairfield University Women's Volleyball MAAC Championship Team.
I was honored to be asked, as faculty liaison, to attend the NCAA tournament selection show as teams learned their placements across the nat...
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December 1, 2025 at 1:11 PM
First Ever Selection Show Sunday in Support of the Fairfield University Women's Volleyball MAAC Championship Team. Go, @StagsVB #YouGotThis
All These Years Later and I Learn the Baby Messiah Is Supposed to Be Covered Until Christmas Day. I Live and I Learn.
All These Years Later and I Learn the Baby Messiah Is Supposed to Be Covered Until Christmas Day. I Live and I Learn.
I love that my Aunt Bobbie gave me my mother's nativity set that she made for them when they were younger and first starting out their homes...
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November 30, 2025 at 5:13 PM
All These Years Later and I Learn the Baby Messiah Is Supposed to Be Covered Until Christmas Day. I Live and I Learn.
Glad We Rested Thursday Night Because Friday Was an Exhausting Day of Putting Up Christmas Decorations
Glad We Rested Thursday Night Because Friday Was an Exhausting Day of Putting Up Christmas Decorations
Perhaps I'm at the age where I have too much, which is odd, because I usually head out of dodge for the holidays and have never hosted. Stil...
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November 29, 2025 at 3:31 PM
Glad We Rested Thursday Night Because Friday Was an Exhausting Day of Putting Up Christmas Decorations
Tried My Hand At Key Lime Pie as Something Different and Enjoyed that It Cut Into the Heavy Flavors of the Normal Turkey Affair
Tried My Hand At Key Lime Pie as Something Different and Enjoyed that It Cut Into the Heavy Flavors of the Normal Turkey Affair
I played around and it was really good. That's all I need to say. Without hosting this year, I felt sort of guilty for not doing more so I b...
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November 28, 2025 at 1:47 PM
Tried My Hand At Key Lime Pie as Something Different and Enjoyed that It Cut Into the Heavy Flavors of the Normal Turkey Affair
I'm Already Stuffed and the Day Hasn't Even Begun. I Am Not a Fan of the Excessiveness of All to Come, But It Is What It Is
I'm Already Stuffed and the Day Hasn't Even Begun. I Am Not a Fan of the Excessiveness of All to Come, But It Is What It Is
Alyssa arrived yesterday afternoon. The vote was taken and instead of staying home and watching Louisville volleyball against Pitt, I was ou...
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November 27, 2025 at 2:53 PM
I'm Already Stuffed and the Day Hasn't Even Begun. I Am Not a Fan of the Excessiveness of All to Come, But It Is What It Is
And Just Like That We Celebrate His 30th Year of Life (with a Fancy Restaurant, Mussels, and His Choice, Carrot Cake for Dessert)
And Just Like That We Celebrate His 30th Year of Life (with a Fancy Restaurant, Mussels, and His Choice, Carrot Cake for Dessert)
I actually slept until 9:30 a.m. yesterday. I was up at my usual time, but I put a black t-shirt over my eyes to simulate darkness and it ap...
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November 26, 2025 at 3:07 PM
And Just Like That We Celebrate His 30th Year of Life (with a Fancy Restaurant, Mussels, and His Choice, Carrot Cake for Dessert)
Let The Pho-rce Be With Me, Pho-Real, Pho-Real. The Son Visits, He Has a Cold, and Soup-er Man Comes the Rescue.
Let The Pho-rce Be With Me, Pho-Real, Pho-Real. The Son Visits, He Has a Cold, and Soup-er Man Comes the Rescue.
At least this is the story I'm telling myself. I won't get sick until Syracuse. That's my routine. For Chitunga, it's when he comes to Conne...
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November 25, 2025 at 4:50 PM
Let The Pho-rce Be With Me, Pho-Real, Pho-Real. The Son Visits, He Has a Cold, and Soup-er Man Comes the Rescue.
Home Safely. Still Processing the Long Weekend, & the Great Whatever's Work on a Flight from Denver to Chicago. Amazing Coincidence.
Home Safely. Still Processing the Long Weekend, & the Great Whatever's Work on a Flight from Denver to Chicago. Amazing Coincidence.
First of all, airports and pre-Thanksgiving travel are simply ridiculous. The Denver Airport is also huge, and I took the train in to bypass...
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November 24, 2025 at 3:08 PM
Home Safely. Still Processing the Long Weekend, & the Great Whatever's Work on a Flight from Denver to Chicago. Amazing Coincidence.
Last Day and Leaving the Sock Game Behind. Just One More Presentation and Then a Cross-Country Trek, an Hour Drive, and Birthday Time
Last Day and Leaving the Sock Game Behind. Just One More Presentation and Then a Cross-Country Trek, an Hour Drive, and Birthday Time
Started out the day walking with Yolanda and had to capture our fierce sock game. Then it was a marathon of presentations, conversations, co...
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November 23, 2025 at 1:56 PM
Last Day and Leaving the Sock Game Behind. Just One More Presentation and Then a Cross-Country Trek, an Hour Drive, and Birthday Time
I Never Get Invited to the Good Parties (By That I Mean the Parties Where the Beautiful People are Talking to Me in Front of Large Crowds)
I Never Get Invited to the Good Parties (By That I Mean the Parties Where the Beautiful People are Talking to Me in Front of Large Crowds
I always seem to miss it - the great shout of yesteryear with Nic Stone and the one that happened yesterday at the ELATE lunch with Mahogany...
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November 23, 2025 at 12:57 AM
I Never Get Invited to the Good Parties (By That I Mean the Parties Where the Beautiful People are Talking to Me in Front of Large Crowds)
Walking Home from the Rangers Game at NCTE, I Saw a Building Decorated Like Christmas Oz and I Was Like, Whoa! It's Right Around the Corner
Walking Home from the Rangers Game at NCTE, I Saw a Building Decorated Like Christmas Oz and I Was Like, Whoa! It's Right Around the Corner
First full day of NCTE work, mostly with NWP, has me exhausted and I didn't even have to present. Best part of the day was hearing Percieval...
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November 21, 2025 at 2:48 PM
Walking Home from the Rangers Game at NCTE, I Saw a Building Decorated Like Christmas Oz and I Was Like, Whoa! It's Right Around the Corner
Sleep! Okay. The Travel Wore Me Out! I Was Grabbed by Dave, We Got Dinner, and Then I Was Out
Sleep! Okay. The Travel Wore Me Out! I Was Grabbed by Dave, We Got Dinner, and Then I Was Out
Great Shroom burger, though, to follow a very expensive road trip to the wrong hotel thanks to the world of taxis, which are definitely over...
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November 20, 2025 at 9:48 PM
Sleep! Okay. The Travel Wore Me Out! I Was Grabbed by Dave, We Got Dinner, and Then I Was Out
Orange I'm Glad It's Humpday. Ready or Not, Denver, Here I Come & I'm Sporting New Sneakers for the Journey
Orange I'm Glad It's Humpday. Ready or Not, Denver, Here I Come & I'm Sporting New Sneakers for the Journey
I've been telling everyone that my midlife crisis isn't an extra-marital affair, or a sports car, or outrageous spending on something I can'...
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November 19, 2025 at 1:39 PM
Orange I'm Glad It's Humpday. Ready or Not, Denver, Here I Come & I'm Sporting New Sneakers for the Journey
The Best Part of Out-of-Town Guests (or any Company) Are the Left-Overs that Carry Over for the Rest of the Week
The Best Part of Out-of-Town Guests (or any Company) Are the Left-Overs that Carry Over for the Rest of the Week
Of course I'd be summoned for taker of the minutes on a Monday Academic Council meeting, because it is the book of Job. It's the same reason...
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November 18, 2025 at 1:01 PM
The Best Part of Out-of-Town Guests (or any Company) Are the Left-Overs that Carry Over for the Rest of the Week
Papa Wooley and I Will be Presenting in Denver this Upcoming Weekend, But So Great Having Some of the Crew with Me on Mt. Pleasant this Weekend, Too
Papa Wooley and I Will be Presenting in Denver this Upcoming Weekend, But So Great Having Some of the Crew
And the food festivities were a preview of the time to come (I really do hate the excess of teaching that comes with the holiday season. I j...
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November 17, 2025 at 1:13 PM
Papa Wooley and I Will be Presenting in Denver this Upcoming Weekend, But So Great Having Some of the Crew with Me on Mt. Pleasant this Weekend, Too
My Bourbon Sipping Friends Are in Town from State College and For a Night Anyways, Everything Feels Back to Normal
My Bourbon Sipping Friends Are in Town from State College and For a Night Anyways, Everything Feels Back to Normal
Kris, Dave, and Ish had a party to attend, but also were in need of a space to crash. Mt. Pleasant is the perfect location, and we have our ...
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November 16, 2025 at 1:07 PM
My Bourbon Sipping Friends Are in Town from State College and For a Night Anyways, Everything Feels Back to Normal
Working with Dr. Alice Hays Again, Year Four, As We Piece Together Our Thinking on Visual Literacy and WGI
Working with Dr. Alice Hays Again, Year Four, As We Piece Together Our Thinking on Visual Literacy and WGI
I think we're closer this year, year four, with what it is we've been trying to say, and I'm glad we have moved our study to a multi-year pr...
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November 15, 2025 at 1:45 PM
Working with Dr. Alice Hays Again, Year Four, As We Piece Together Our Thinking on Visual Literacy and WGI
Thursdays Are My Fridays, and Thursday Night, I Simply Collapsed. Time for Low-Key, Chill, Cerebral Accomplishments Without Needing to Be Present
Thursdays Are My Fridays, and Thursday Night, I Simply Collapsed. Time for Low-Key, Chill, Cerebral Accomplishments Without Needing to Be Present
Yesterday was a tremendous, culminating success. For the past semester, my undergraduate course was working in service-liaison with Franklin...
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November 14, 2025 at 3:01 PM
Thursdays Are My Fridays, and Thursday Night, I Simply Collapsed. Time for Low-Key, Chill, Cerebral Accomplishments Without Needing to Be Present
Added Bonus to a Wednesday, with Thanks to Dr. Richard Novack (Fairfield Warde) Who Brought Dr. Lauren Leigh Kelly to Campus
Added Bonus to a Wednesday, with Thanks to Dr. Richard Novack (Fairfield Warde) Who Brought Dr. Lauren Leigh Kelly to Campus
It's been a Rutgers minutes since seeing collage Lauren Kelly, as I've taken Amtrak back to our home destinations over the years (she was a ...
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November 13, 2025 at 11:25 AM
Added Bonus to a Wednesday, with Thanks to Dr. Richard Novack (Fairfield Warde) Who Brought Dr. Lauren Leigh Kelly to Campus
Just Because the Eldest Sister Was Initiated in the "Clean Up in Aisle Five" Scenario, I Wore My Cynderballz Socks to Work Yesterday
Just Because the Eldest Sister Was Initiated in the "Clean Up in Aisle Five" Scenario, I Wore My Cynderballz Socks to Work Yesterday
When I opened my social drawer, they immediately stood out...the Cynderballz pair with the sky-blue joy of merrier days. I wanted her close ...
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November 12, 2025 at 6:48 PM
Just Because the Eldest Sister Was Initiated in the "Clean Up in Aisle Five" Scenario, I Wore My Cynderballz Socks to Work Yesterday
Good Company is the Best Way to Start a New Week. Sporadic, Collegiate Lunches for the Rescue.
Good Company is the Best Way to Start a New Week. Sporadic, Collegiate Lunches for the Rescue.
I missed Dr. Eileen O'Shea's Wall Award lecture last week, where she discussed her research on palliative care with children who have cancer...
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November 11, 2025 at 1:15 PM
Good Company is the Best Way to Start a New Week. Sporadic, Collegiate Lunches for the Rescue.
1st Birthday Parties Mean Delicious Cake. Welcome to the Age of Walking and Bringing Cuteness Wherever You Go, Ms. Maddie
1st Birthday Parties Mean Delicious Cake. Welcome to the Age of Walking and Bringing Cuteness Wherever You Go, Ms. Maddie
Crazy how fast the clock moves, especially when the next generation is brought to the forefront. It seems Maddie was just born and last nigh...
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November 10, 2025 at 1:28 PM
1st Birthday Parties Mean Delicious Cake. Welcome to the Age of Walking and Bringing Cuteness Wherever You Go, Ms. Maddie
With Total Exhaustion Hitting at 5 p.m. Last Night, I Revved Up the Engines and Decided to Grill for the Week
With Total Exhaustion Hitting at 5 p.m. Last Night, I Revved Up the Engines and Decided to Grill for the Week
There really was no excuse to sit still, which is why I think I wanted to sit still. Leo and I attended the Senior Day volleyball game with ...
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November 9, 2025 at 1:23 PM
With Total Exhaustion Hitting at 5 p.m. Last Night, I Revved Up the Engines and Decided to Grill for the Week
"I Knew I Was in the Right Place on the 1st Day of Class When We Were Greeted with Tangerines and a Bottle of Bubbles."
"I Knew I Was in the Right Place on the 1st Day of Class When We Were Greeted with Tangerines and a Bottle of Bubbles."
Yesterday was interesting location to stop, pause, reflect, and move on, as the day began with an interview on New Haven Radio by the Readma...
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November 8, 2025 at 2:05 PM
"I Knew I Was in the Right Place on the 1st Day of Class When We Were Greeted with Tangerines and a Bottle of Bubbles."
There Is Something Wonderful About College Students Writing 3rd-Grade Informative Essays (As If They're 3rd Graders).
There Is Something Wonderful About College Students Writing 3rd-Grade Informative Essays (As If They're 3rd Graders).
I made it to campus by 7:15. The I-95 Gods looked out for me, so there was plenty of time to print materials for class. We will be hosting t...
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November 7, 2025 at 2:33 PM
There Is Something Wonderful About College Students Writing 3rd-Grade Informative Essays (As If They're 3rd Graders).