Prof. Shaun
@profshaun.bsky.social
Unpretentious professor of books and words.
I'm still firmly in my "Pathfinder 2e is all I want to play" phase, and probably will be for awhile...but I really look forward to trying Draw Steel when I feel I need a change. I love team-focused TTRPGs (which is part of why I love PF2e as much as I do).
December 20, 2025 at 7:14 PM
I'm still firmly in my "Pathfinder 2e is all I want to play" phase, and probably will be for awhile...but I really look forward to trying Draw Steel when I feel I need a change. I love team-focused TTRPGs (which is part of why I love PF2e as much as I do).
It's not ideal...but I don't consider myself a part of the underclass as a Senior Lecturer. I've mostly given up on the prospect of a TT gig, despite having a bevy of all the things expected in a TT gig...but I feel happy and reasonably secure with my 100% teaching-focused appointment.
December 13, 2025 at 9:39 PM
It's not ideal...but I don't consider myself a part of the underclass as a Senior Lecturer. I've mostly given up on the prospect of a TT gig, despite having a bevy of all the things expected in a TT gig...but I feel happy and reasonably secure with my 100% teaching-focused appointment.
Does that make all wombats women?
December 13, 2025 at 9:28 PM
Does that make all wombats women?
HARD agree. I've always loved Olyphant since watching Deadwood in the late 2000s, but he absolutely OWNS every scene of this series. I'm digging the show in general, but I pay extra special attention every time he's on.
September 11, 2025 at 6:49 PM
HARD agree. I've always loved Olyphant since watching Deadwood in the late 2000s, but he absolutely OWNS every scene of this series. I'm digging the show in general, but I pay extra special attention every time he's on.
"Please no more California songs...and f*** New York too!" - Local H, "California Songs"
September 6, 2025 at 11:30 PM
"Please no more California songs...and f*** New York too!" - Local H, "California Songs"
It's so damn weird to me -- as a professor -- to hear this sort of rhetoric. Regardless of my politics I've never thought to stifle views I don't agree with, and while I'm sure some do, it's certainly not the norm.
July 24, 2025 at 4:57 PM
It's so damn weird to me -- as a professor -- to hear this sort of rhetoric. Regardless of my politics I've never thought to stifle views I don't agree with, and while I'm sure some do, it's certainly not the norm.
It's days like these that I love being a Shakespeare scholar on BlueSky...
July 18, 2025 at 9:13 PM
It's days like these that I love being a Shakespeare scholar on BlueSky...
My May was boring by my standards, but as much as I hate being bored, I knew it was a good thing for my brain in the long run after nine incredibly busy months. Being bored sucks, but is also occasionally therapeutic...
July 7, 2025 at 8:25 PM
My May was boring by my standards, but as much as I hate being bored, I knew it was a good thing for my brain in the long run after nine incredibly busy months. Being bored sucks, but is also occasionally therapeutic...
My first thought when reading this too.
May 24, 2025 at 9:22 PM
My first thought when reading this too.
Politics can be expensive. She's just found a novel way to foot the bill.
May 13, 2025 at 6:41 PM
Politics can be expensive. She's just found a novel way to foot the bill.
Shit.
Oh! You said SWORD, not s-word. My bad.
Oh! You said SWORD, not s-word. My bad.
May 6, 2025 at 12:29 PM
Shit.
Oh! You said SWORD, not s-word. My bad.
Oh! You said SWORD, not s-word. My bad.
MAL in June. Blurry, but I had lots of MAGA folks behind me so had to be sneaky...
December 22, 2024 at 3:14 AM
MAL in June. Blurry, but I had lots of MAGA folks behind me so had to be sneaky...
I just posted the same thing at the same time (sans the carts-into-classrooms bit).
December 17, 2024 at 9:23 PM
I just posted the same thing at the same time (sans the carts-into-classrooms bit).
I'm sure there were earlier things (I'm 45), but I distinctly remember the Challenger explosion. A bunch of years later it was almost nostalgic to read Richard Feynman's account of being on the committee that got to the bottom of what happened.
December 17, 2024 at 9:22 PM
I'm sure there were earlier things (I'm 45), but I distinctly remember the Challenger explosion. A bunch of years later it was almost nostalgic to read Richard Feynman's account of being on the committee that got to the bottom of what happened.
31 here (not including airports, obviously).
December 8, 2024 at 11:04 AM
31 here (not including airports, obviously).
I'm glad this is all just a philosophical discussion. I don't want to claim it could never happen, but I can't see it. (And as a dual citizen, I sure as hell don't want to...)
December 4, 2024 at 1:54 PM
I'm glad this is all just a philosophical discussion. I don't want to claim it could never happen, but I can't see it. (And as a dual citizen, I sure as hell don't want to...)
That's what folks said about Ukraine when invaded by Russia...
December 4, 2024 at 1:12 PM
That's what folks said about Ukraine when invaded by Russia...
I don't believe you. You got the whole damn thing all wrong.
November 26, 2024 at 9:18 PM
I don't believe you. You got the whole damn thing all wrong.
A lot of Harlem Renaissance...especially Claude McKay's "White Houses," and Langston Hughes's "I, Too" which pairs nicely with Whitman's "I Hear America Singing" (19th c., of course, but illustrative...)
November 25, 2024 at 11:30 AM
A lot of Harlem Renaissance...especially Claude McKay's "White Houses," and Langston Hughes's "I, Too" which pairs nicely with Whitman's "I Hear America Singing" (19th c., of course, but illustrative...)
Outer Worlds felt like it should be a MUCH bigger game. Some of the dialogue and plots are great, but the actual scope is limited...which is awfully odd for the kind of game it is.
I never bothered with RDR2 because I found RDR too tedious on PS3...
I never bothered with RDR2 because I found RDR too tedious on PS3...
November 24, 2024 at 4:17 PM
Outer Worlds felt like it should be a MUCH bigger game. Some of the dialogue and plots are great, but the actual scope is limited...which is awfully odd for the kind of game it is.
I never bothered with RDR2 because I found RDR too tedious on PS3...
I never bothered with RDR2 because I found RDR too tedious on PS3...
Jfc. My city of the last 7.5 years. Shameful.
November 16, 2024 at 8:55 PM
Jfc. My city of the last 7.5 years. Shameful.
Not a great feeling being a non-tenured professor right now...
November 12, 2024 at 10:45 PM
Not a great feeling being a non-tenured professor right now...
As someone in the education sector, I'm just waiting for the appointment of MTG as Secretary of Education to complete the worst possible cabinet possibilities in this, the darkest timeline...
November 12, 2024 at 4:06 PM
As someone in the education sector, I'm just waiting for the appointment of MTG as Secretary of Education to complete the worst possible cabinet possibilities in this, the darkest timeline...