Mike Duncan
@theophrastean.bsky.social
Professor in Texas. Rhetoric, technical communication, composition, early Christianity. I also like games. https://badrhetoric.com/about/
There’s only a small chance of being murdered by a goose, but the chance is never zero.
October 17, 2025 at 5:01 PM
There’s only a small chance of being murdered by a goose, but the chance is never zero.
I do, and I’ll raise you. Repost a wizard.
August 22, 2025 at 5:41 AM
I do, and I’ll raise you. Repost a wizard.
Found these bad boys in an estate sale, caked in rust. Couple of hours in vinegar, then oiled, and they’re shaping up. The right one has no Vise-Grip markings but it’s a monster.
July 28, 2025 at 5:04 AM
Found these bad boys in an estate sale, caked in rust. Couple of hours in vinegar, then oiled, and they’re shaping up. The right one has no Vise-Grip markings but it’s a monster.
Don’t often go to Nashville but I always stop here for the sheer randomness.
July 3, 2025 at 11:36 PM
Don’t often go to Nashville but I always stop here for the sheer randomness.
Obi-wan never told you how to use Reed-Kellogg diagrams….
May 27, 2025 at 5:13 PM
Obi-wan never told you how to use Reed-Kellogg diagrams….
It didn’t say ‘get off before the iceberg’ on the ticket!
April 8, 2025 at 6:16 PM
It didn’t say ‘get off before the iceberg’ on the ticket!
My copy of the Routledge Handbook on Ethics in TC arrived. I wrote Chapter 10.
www.routledge.com/The-Routledg...
www.routledge.com/The-Routledg...
April 3, 2025 at 7:45 PM
My copy of the Routledge Handbook on Ethics in TC arrived. I wrote Chapter 10.
www.routledge.com/The-Routledg...
www.routledge.com/The-Routledg...
Spock: “My guilt is a logical conclusion, given the facts available.”
March 6, 2025 at 10:52 PM
Spock: “My guilt is a logical conclusion, given the facts available.”
The new print Analog with “Murder With Soft Words” in it came the other day.
February 22, 2025 at 2:25 AM
The new print Analog with “Murder With Soft Words” in it came the other day.
February 13, 2025 at 4:44 AM
I have been thinking of ways to express how I feel lately, and I can’t think of anything better that the brief pause before Elwood shifts into gear here.
January 31, 2025 at 5:34 AM
I have been thinking of ways to express how I feel lately, and I can’t think of anything better that the brief pause before Elwood shifts into gear here.
The family started a DnD campaign tonight. Our youngest does not have the attention span for it, but likes turtles. So enter the Turtle of Destiny: +1 to saving throws for the party when he’s at the table.
January 25, 2025 at 3:22 AM
The family started a DnD campaign tonight. Our youngest does not have the attention span for it, but likes turtles. So enter the Turtle of Destiny: +1 to saving throws for the party when he’s at the table.
I thought I had a cool desk. This guy wins.
January 20, 2025 at 8:22 PM
I thought I had a cool desk. This guy wins.
The Lion King achievement, finally. “Hey guys, it was great you kicked out Italy and all, but… wait, what are you doing?”
January 20, 2025 at 8:06 AM
The Lion King achievement, finally. “Hey guys, it was great you kicked out Italy and all, but… wait, what are you doing?”
Ooh, I have a good one!
January 13, 2025 at 3:02 AM
Ooh, I have a good one!
Moisture farm homestead on Tatooine available. Move in immediately! It’s a bit of a fixer-upper…
January 9, 2025 at 12:02 AM
Moisture farm homestead on Tatooine available. Move in immediately! It’s a bit of a fixer-upper…
Robotron holds up in our cultural moment.
December 28, 2024 at 11:01 PM
Robotron holds up in our cultural moment.
For 20 years now, I have watched Mixed Nuts with my wife’s family every Xmas. All lines are memorized and the smallest background details discussed. So I married into a benevolent cult of Mixed Nuts scholars.
December 25, 2024 at 7:15 PM
For 20 years now, I have watched Mixed Nuts with my wife’s family every Xmas. All lines are memorized and the smallest background details discussed. So I married into a benevolent cult of Mixed Nuts scholars.
For perhaps obvious reasons, I submit the best Fallout perk of all time.
December 24, 2024 at 11:10 PM
For perhaps obvious reasons, I submit the best Fallout perk of all time.
I only use the Light Gunner armor in Helldivers 2, because, well, it looks like Jake from State Farm decided to show up in his khakis.
December 19, 2024 at 2:11 AM
I only use the Light Gunner armor in Helldivers 2, because, well, it looks like Jake from State Farm decided to show up in his khakis.
No wonder Indy never sticks around Marshall. He had to teach two classes on a Friday.
December 18, 2024 at 6:51 AM
No wonder Indy never sticks around Marshall. He had to teach two classes on a Friday.
not so much “raised” as “forced to hunt my own kind”
December 18, 2024 at 1:27 AM
not so much “raised” as “forced to hunt my own kind”
Alpha Centauri, I presume?
December 16, 2024 at 1:27 AM
Alpha Centauri, I presume?