I think mine would be Catherine O’Hara. Or perhaps Ke$ha. It would be a vibe.

Husband said Steve from Blue’s Clues or Daniel Radcliffe. Good answers!

And a middle-aged white man, no less. Usually I would include the adjective “mediocre” but turns out he’s above average in turning people off.

I love when they call me Dr., I’m like not quite yet but thank you!

Truth.

<nodding sagely>

The secret to turning your chapter in when it’s due, young Jedi, is mistakenly believing it’s due on MONDAY, so when you finish it on TUESDAY, it’s actually on time.

Follow me for more scholarly e̶r̶r̶o̶r̶s̶ advice.

Yes!!! It’s funny trying to explain the US to people here, the fact that what church people go to tells you very much about who they are and how they vote, and what their specific bigotries likely are. I love that my daughter at her CofE state primary had a massively broad RE experience.

What on EARTH was the AI prompt for THAT?!

Winning campaign slogan here if anyone wants it.

The Venn diagram of those two concepts tends to be a circle.

Can we extend an invite to JD Vance to come to the UK before the next election, to give Reform a little “boost”? Please sprinkle your magic fascist pixie dust our way just like you did in Hungary pleaseandthankyou.

Something I’ve done that I never thought I’d do, before writing my History of Art & Architecture thesis:

Write an entire single-spaced page interpreting a painting that no one has ever seen, and that there are no records of save one (1) Edwardian newspaper article. With citations.

Please clap.

Wondering if the Doomsday Clock measures in Planck time.

So perfectly put. 10/10, no notes.

Also, I feel entitled to a lil’ treat after every session.

Writing this chapter of my thesis feels like Pilates for my brain. I’m using muscles (ok, neural pathways) that I often don’t, I groan a lot, and while I don’t love the DOING of it I will love having DONE it.

Those were simpler times. Sigh.

Loved this post so much I had to read it aloud to my husband after I got home from work. 🤣 just perfection.

a woman with braces on her teeth says seems a little harsh do n't you think Alt: Rose Byrne says “seems a little harsh, don't you think?”

Apparently, a design competition (Soane medallion) for a West End club yielded subpar entries, and “A Correspondent” had some THOUGHTS:

“Let the reader imagine, if he can, the lamented Viollet le Duc running amuck in the most blatant style of military fortification…”

—The Architect, 29 June 1882

a cartoon of ralph from the simpsons sits in an orange seat Alt: a cartoon of ralph from the simpsons sitting in an orange seat on a bus: *chuckles* says “I’m in danger.”

10 days to write another 40 pages for a thesis deadline…mama is flying a little too close to the sun, I fear.

I’m in the middle of Miranda Kaufmann’s “Heiresses: Marriage, Inheritance and Caribbean Slavery” and it’s fantastic.

J. D. Vance is... bell hooks' Wario?

Breaking news email from the NY Times, with headline: Trump attends Supreme Court hearing on birthright citizenship

In case you’re wondering how the whole “separation of powers” thing is working out, this just showed up in my inbox:

really can't be said enough that this case was decided by the same court that decided plessy v. ferguson. if they could have found a plausible rationale to limit birthright citizenship they would have done it. but there is none! the text is as clear as constitutional language can be.

And now Xander?! C’mon, 2026. It’s too much.

My elder daughter has EDS and she likes to freak me out by disjointing her shoulder for funsies. I JUST CANNOT. 🙅🏻‍♀️

Same! But also INXS Kick and the Stand By Me and Dirty Dancing soundtracks.

I have a Georgian architecture joke and you’ll still love it 200+ years from now.

Oh sir, that was no waste. Your time has come.

Good point.

Making it financially accessible would help too! In the UK they show certain opera, ballet, and theatre performances in movie theatres and it’s pretty popular.