Why is it that when I need to be really focused, the most entertaining spammer text comes in and I have to fight the urge to say something really witty and funny? Dude, you don't know where you are?

What would you say to this spammer?

I would like to thank ChatGPT for giving me ideas for dinner since my brain has been consumed with getting this dissertation done. And the chicken was amazing.

This is some weird alternate universe, right? What kind of “official” agency has a logo like this?

Since I couldn't get to #ASCH because of pneumonia, I'll still revel in the joy that @rns.org gave me today in their archival photo section of the newsletter.

This photo shows Rev. Elizabeth J. Canham as she celebrated her ordination on December 5, 1981, in the Episcopal Church.

The best meme out of the night.

Also, if you’re at #aarsbl24 and need a high five or a fist bump, introduce yourself, and I’ll say hello and tell you how awesome you are and how you’re killing it in life and in academia, so let’s run into each other. 😀

Proof that I really am at #AARSBL24 though I only have photos of publisher discount codes to show for my time in San Diego so far… hope to see some pals at the BU and SMU receptions this evening!

Brilliant meme.

As I'm hopefully about to submit my dissertation prospectus, this is just too much today.

And I'm also now singing "CORN, IT'S GOT THE JUICE!"

Which southern pronunciation is correct?

Loo-si-ana or Loo-wee-si-ana

Either way, it’s multiple extra syllables we probably didn’t need. 🤪

But also, BEAT LOUSIANA! Go Blazers!

This is our third summer at our house and the first one without blooms on our hydrangeas. One of them is finally blooming… in September.

It’s a beautiful day in Boston to head up to Cambridge and get some research done at the Schlesinger Library. It’s a shame that I can’t do it outside… but documents must be protected.

But also, alma maters must be represented and today is UAB Gameday!! Let’s go Blazers!