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Dr. Gascoyne 🇨🇦
@debbieg.bsky.social
Retired English prof, continuing independent scholar of children's fantasy, particularly interested in intertextuality and the sublime. Photographer, dog lover, gardener, and nerdy nerd nerd. I review for Strange Horizons.
Envious of Bob Dylan and Cecelia Bartoli!
November 28, 2025 at 1:11 AM
IKR?? I did the same thing. Auto-correct would have corrected it but I thought I was right *cough*
November 27, 2025 at 11:19 PM
... oh! and Ravi Shankar. But not The Beatles... that's another one I really envy you.
November 27, 2025 at 11:17 PM
Oh, I envy you having seen Simon & Garfunkle live. I had tickets for what might have been their last concert tour, but G got sick and they cancelled. I too have seen The Chieftains and Peter Paul and Mary (perhaps we are similar aged)
November 27, 2025 at 11:16 PM
Hmmm. No I don't think so. It still sounds wrong although I think that example is better than "He estranged me"
October 12, 2025 at 9:05 PM
I agree. I don't think it can be used as an active verb. His behaviour caused us to become estranged; not his behaviour estranged me.
October 12, 2025 at 8:55 PM
Oh boy! Oh boy! Oh boy! (jumps up and down)
September 30, 2025 at 5:39 PM
Reposted by Dr. Gascoyne 🇨🇦
Residential school denialism doesn't stand up to reality despite the disinformation that so often fills our feeds.

"Each of the 7,000 statements from residential school survivors is a gift...Deniers would prefer we forget them."

So let’s not forget them.

nctr.ca/uncategorize...
Residential-school denialism doesn’t stand up to reality
Authored by Raymond Frogner, head of archives for the National Centre for Truth and Reconciliation. Canada’s Supreme Court has acknowledged that Canadian governments and Christian organizations…
nctr.ca
September 30, 2025 at 5:07 PM
I think it depends on how easy you find it to carry your smart phone around with you (assuming you have one). imo the only add-on for the watch is perhaps more consistent and persistent health monitoring.
September 24, 2025 at 4:14 PM
Ah - ok that makes sense. I was thinking that it sounded more like "brown sauce" than Worcestershire sauce per se.
September 16, 2025 at 5:57 PM
hmm. I doubt real Worcestershire sauce has apple cider vinegar, soy sauce, or molasses in it. And I'm pretty sure it has anchovies in it.
September 15, 2025 at 5:10 PM
I loved lying in bed this morning listening to the foghorns.
September 13, 2025 at 6:05 PM
Aw. Good luck to you and Salem. Can you ask the vet for some gabapentin to give Salem beforehand?
September 9, 2025 at 7:59 PM