Quangle-Wangle
@quangle-wangle.bsky.social
Recovering Victorianist and tech writer in Portland, OR; here for your cat photos. She/her.
Isn't there a recent rewrite with lyrics about the birth of Christ? Appalling in a whole different way.
December 1, 2025 at 4:26 PM
Isn't there a recent rewrite with lyrics about the birth of Christ? Appalling in a whole different way.
AI or glibness, it's ratting out the instructor that's the main issue.
December 1, 2025 at 3:23 PM
AI or glibness, it's ratting out the instructor that's the main issue.
It's very like some of the papers I got teaching freshman comp at UNC in the 1990s. It doesn't fulfill the assignment or use academic standards for evidence, but the writing qua writing isn't *unexpectedly* bad. The whipping up a moral panic against the instructor is of course VERY bad.
November 30, 2025 at 10:55 PM
It's very like some of the papers I got teaching freshman comp at UNC in the 1990s. It doesn't fulfill the assignment or use academic standards for evidence, but the writing qua writing isn't *unexpectedly* bad. The whipping up a moral panic against the instructor is of course VERY bad.
Puts teachers with unreasonable courseloads in a tough position. One more reason that's abusive to the teachers, bad for students.
Our high schooler says AI use is rampant even among ambitious and capable students. They feel it's an advantage they can't turn down given college admissions.
Our high schooler says AI use is rampant even among ambitious and capable students. They feel it's an advantage they can't turn down given college admissions.
November 29, 2025 at 8:00 PM
Puts teachers with unreasonable courseloads in a tough position. One more reason that's abusive to the teachers, bad for students.
Our high schooler says AI use is rampant even among ambitious and capable students. They feel it's an advantage they can't turn down given college admissions.
Our high schooler says AI use is rampant even among ambitious and capable students. They feel it's an advantage they can't turn down given college admissions.
"We're just asking questions."
November 28, 2025 at 8:46 PM
"We're just asking questions."
The best part is we can have both. Also the day-after big microwaved bowl of mashed potatoes and chunks of non-sliceable dark meat turkey topped with gravy and every single side. (And then cold cranberry sauce, which is a condiment not a side.)
November 28, 2025 at 5:06 PM
The best part is we can have both. Also the day-after big microwaved bowl of mashed potatoes and chunks of non-sliceable dark meat turkey topped with gravy and every single side. (And then cold cranberry sauce, which is a condiment not a side.)
What did you do to that poor baby?
November 27, 2025 at 5:36 AM
What did you do to that poor baby?
Mine was schmalz. Do not recommend.
November 27, 2025 at 12:42 AM
Mine was schmalz. Do not recommend.
Also for God's sake if you're bringing a dish to share, do not bring soup. Needs stove space AND results in extra bowls to wash. You know who you are.
November 26, 2025 at 9:22 PM
Also for God's sake if you're bringing a dish to share, do not bring soup. Needs stove space AND results in extra bowls to wash. You know who you are.
We have a bull-shaped ottoman named Suleiman for this reason.
November 26, 2025 at 9:18 PM
We have a bull-shaped ottoman named Suleiman for this reason.
Commercial ones in particular are just gelatinous goop with some untoasted pecans on top.
November 26, 2025 at 5:12 AM
Commercial ones in particular are just gelatinous goop with some untoasted pecans on top.
He's so real! The Odd Women, too.
November 26, 2025 at 1:51 AM
He's so real! The Odd Women, too.
George Gissing's 1891 novel New Grub Street is about exactly this. Forget serious literature: you can succeed by churning out crap and social climbing, maybe. Or you can more or less starve.
November 26, 2025 at 12:42 AM
George Gissing's 1891 novel New Grub Street is about exactly this. Forget serious literature: you can succeed by churning out crap and social climbing, maybe. Or you can more or less starve.
The truth about pie is that it's only worthwhile when it's really good (i.e. light flaky crust, filling neither jammy nor runny, not too sweet, no soggy bottom). It's challenging to nail it. Whereas cake is usually OK even if it's a little too dense or the frosting is crappy or something.
November 26, 2025 at 12:28 AM
The truth about pie is that it's only worthwhile when it's really good (i.e. light flaky crust, filling neither jammy nor runny, not too sweet, no soggy bottom). It's challenging to nail it. Whereas cake is usually OK even if it's a little too dense or the frosting is crappy or something.
I guess when you get into crustless quiche there's some argument to be made. But a plain old custard is not a pie.
I hope I didn't wade into some inferno of hot dog/sandwich discourse just by agreeing with you.
I hope I didn't wade into some inferno of hot dog/sandwich discourse just by agreeing with you.
November 26, 2025 at 12:09 AM
I guess when you get into crustless quiche there's some argument to be made. But a plain old custard is not a pie.
I hope I didn't wade into some inferno of hot dog/sandwich discourse just by agreeing with you.
I hope I didn't wade into some inferno of hot dog/sandwich discourse just by agreeing with you.
Ha no. Just a goofy way of talking about super-ethically farmed turkeys. Sometimes I also say "Montessori."
November 26, 2025 at 12:04 AM
Ha no. Just a goofy way of talking about super-ethically farmed turkeys. Sometimes I also say "Montessori."
Damn I think I broke threading. Anyway, it's pretty hard to cook a 38-pound turkey without drying it out some, and I didn't manage it, but I'm still glad to have done it once so I can tell the story. It sounds like one of those Big Fish myths! But I swear it's true. The end.
November 25, 2025 at 11:09 PM
Damn I think I broke threading. Anyway, it's pretty hard to cook a 38-pound turkey without drying it out some, and I didn't manage it, but I'm still glad to have done it once so I can tell the story. It sounds like one of those Big Fish myths! But I swear it's true. The end.
At times we'd take phone calls from panicked spouses demanding a refund because their oven wasn't even big enough. Imagine getting a turkey three times as big as expected. FORTUNATELY I had a big oven and 14 people coming for dinner because there was one outlier at 38 pounds. Not exaggerating.
November 25, 2025 at 11:05 PM
At times we'd take phone calls from panicked spouses demanding a refund because their oven wasn't even big enough. Imagine getting a turkey three times as big as expected. FORTUNATELY I had a big oven and 14 people coming for dinner because there was one outlier at 38 pounds. Not exaggerating.
You could see the light in the eyes of certain men when they saw a Turkey of Unusual Size up on the counter. Those were the guys we were able to convince to take home a 30-pound turkey. We were heaving those big boys over the counter at a clip, usual Thanksgiving rush but with more weightlifting.
November 25, 2025 at 11:03 PM
You could see the light in the eyes of certain men when they saw a Turkey of Unusual Size up on the counter. Those were the guys we were able to convince to take home a 30-pound turkey. We were heaving those big boys over the counter at a clip, usual Thanksgiving rush but with more weightlifting.
The smallest turkeys were close to 15 pounds and they went up from there with the biggest approaching 30 pounds. I haven't seen turkeys that big before or since. We were giving them away for the price of the promised size at one point late in the day. 25-pound turkey for the price of a 15-pounder.
November 25, 2025 at 10:58 PM
The smallest turkeys were close to 15 pounds and they went up from there with the biggest approaching 30 pounds. I haven't seen turkeys that big before or since. We were giving them away for the price of the promised size at one point late in the day. 25-pound turkey for the price of a 15-pounder.
I worked at a yuppiemart in the vein of Whole Foods, in the meat department. At Thanksgiving, we took orders for leash-walked turkey in three sizes, 8-10, 10-15, and 15-20 lbs. When the turkeys arrived from their Farm of Luxury they were shall we say somewhat larger than expected.
November 25, 2025 at 10:56 PM
I worked at a yuppiemart in the vein of Whole Foods, in the meat department. At Thanksgiving, we took orders for leash-walked turkey in three sizes, 8-10, 10-15, and 15-20 lbs. When the turkeys arrived from their Farm of Luxury they were shall we say somewhat larger than expected.
Can you give a source for this? I'm fascinated but don't like to forward stuff without attribution. Thanks!
November 25, 2025 at 7:47 PM
Can you give a source for this? I'm fascinated but don't like to forward stuff without attribution. Thanks!
Likewise having children as a top priority and helping others at the bottom doesn't say much for your motives in reproducing.
November 24, 2025 at 9:38 PM
Likewise having children as a top priority and helping others at the bottom doesn't say much for your motives in reproducing.
I always thought students would enjoy an opportunity for iconoclasm, but when I taught composition mine didn't enjoy tearing stuff apart nearly as much as I expected.
November 24, 2025 at 1:38 PM
I always thought students would enjoy an opportunity for iconoclasm, but when I taught composition mine didn't enjoy tearing stuff apart nearly as much as I expected.