Denna Hintze
@dennahintze.bsky.social
Self-employed Norwegian pedagogy consultant and editor. Linguistics, physics, Liverpool footie, cats, lib politics, & naps.
Do generals still read and study Thucydides?
November 10, 2025 at 10:20 PM
Do generals still read and study Thucydides?
Ha! Sometimes he hangs out with me while I work on it. He especially approves of any work that has me sitting next to the bike with one hand free for scritches.
November 10, 2025 at 6:06 AM
Ha! Sometimes he hangs out with me while I work on it. He especially approves of any work that has me sitting next to the bike with one hand free for scritches.
We built one the winter it hit -40 for a local feral. Now the previously feral Sir Brian has his own apartment in the house (no mixing with our kitties). He comes and goes as he likes, getting food, warmth and lots of petting and brushing.
November 9, 2025 at 10:47 PM
We built one the winter it hit -40 for a local feral. Now the previously feral Sir Brian has his own apartment in the house (no mixing with our kitties). He comes and goes as he likes, getting food, warmth and lots of petting and brushing.
Nah. Learn to say that you're learning Polish and would be ever so grateful if they'd repeat what they just said, but more slowly. Most folks will be touched and help.
November 2, 2025 at 1:42 PM
Nah. Learn to say that you're learning Polish and would be ever so grateful if they'd repeat what they just said, but more slowly. Most folks will be touched and help.
I imagine putting a crash test dummy sticker on my forehead, remind myself that I can laugh, that humiliation isn't fatal and go at it.
November 1, 2025 at 1:39 PM
I imagine putting a crash test dummy sticker on my forehead, remind myself that I can laugh, that humiliation isn't fatal and go at it.
Lou Diamond Phillips
October 30, 2025 at 1:16 PM
Lou Diamond Phillips
That would be Officer Godot.
October 22, 2025 at 10:54 PM
That would be Officer Godot.
We need to take advantage of that gaping hole to drag him out through it.
October 22, 2025 at 2:48 AM
We need to take advantage of that gaping hole to drag him out through it.
Me too, Gonzo. I might hang out behind the TV for a while.
October 20, 2025 at 11:26 PM
Me too, Gonzo. I might hang out behind the TV for a while.
12th place. Tied with Malaysia.
October 15, 2025 at 10:01 PM
12th place. Tied with Malaysia.
I am a bassoon player awaiting call up for when it escalates. Screw the Geneva Convention!
October 15, 2025 at 12:07 PM
I am a bassoon player awaiting call up for when it escalates. Screw the Geneva Convention!
My signs ARE professional! It's my hate that's personal. --Graphic designer
October 14, 2025 at 10:36 PM
My signs ARE professional! It's my hate that's personal. --Graphic designer
Maybe it's just me but the actuality never lives up to the billing: Great Dane. Now if it were Big Dane, OK. But Great? I'd like them better if they were "Adequate Danes". Or even "Better Than You Might Expect Danes".
October 13, 2025 at 8:46 AM
Maybe it's just me but the actuality never lives up to the billing: Great Dane. Now if it were Big Dane, OK. But Great? I'd like them better if they were "Adequate Danes". Or even "Better Than You Might Expect Danes".
We can't send from Norway.
October 12, 2025 at 11:59 AM
We can't send from Norway.
Yes but it's what you do with a difficult child. You praise them for what you WANT them to do and often they'll do it because they need that praise. She has Trump's number, 100%.
October 11, 2025 at 9:22 AM
Yes but it's what you do with a difficult child. You praise them for what you WANT them to do and often they'll do it because they need that praise. She has Trump's number, 100%.
Here's a magazine cover from Norway in 2019.
October 9, 2025 at 11:02 PM
Here's a magazine cover from Norway in 2019.
That was beautifully reminiscent of early PJ O'Rourke.
October 8, 2025 at 8:12 AM
That was beautifully reminiscent of early PJ O'Rourke.
Ethan must enter The Lore. Anytime someone drops the ball in group work, they are an Ethan.
October 7, 2025 at 10:24 PM
Ethan must enter The Lore. Anytime someone drops the ball in group work, they are an Ethan.
So in an odd way, you're fighting "fascism".
October 5, 2025 at 10:06 PM
So in an odd way, you're fighting "fascism".
Ditto. Or Friends.
October 5, 2025 at 10:03 PM
Ditto. Or Friends.
I was on the TV show "Miss Becky, Bugs Bunny & Cartoons" in 1973.
October 1, 2025 at 10:52 PM
I was on the TV show "Miss Becky, Bugs Bunny & Cartoons" in 1973.
Good point. Back when I smoked, it was a great place to keep the current pack.
September 26, 2025 at 4:44 PM
Good point. Back when I smoked, it was a great place to keep the current pack.
I miss those since leaving the US!
September 26, 2025 at 12:08 PM
I miss those since leaving the US!