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wordydave.bsky.social
Theatre artist and educator. Writer. Photographer. Word lover. I hide in my brain a lot; until I don't.
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I just finished a weekend binge of @older.bsky.social's Mossa and Pleiti audiobooks. These characters are the heirs to Holmes and Watson we need. They are SO human. Their relationship is so real - brittle in the night of Pleiti's brain, resilient in the bright of their shared affection. READ THEM!

submitted 15 days ago • 1 comment

X=what I want to do this weekend. Y=what I should do this weekend. X <> Y = :-(

submitted 16 days ago • 0 comments

On the first day of every class I teach every semester I, like many instructors, start with introductions. I ask for the obvious information AND I ask them to provide "one interesting fact about themselves." And then I go first.

submitted 19 days ago • 1 comment

If you're mad and find yourself yelling that you want someone launched into the Sun, take a moment, calm yourself, and remember that it takes a lot less Delta v to launch them out of the Solar System instead. You can be mad, but that's no excuse to be inefficient with propellant.

submitted 21 days ago • 69 comments

Something I wrote elsewhere but is relevant here, as we start this first full week of February 2025:

submitted 21 days ago • 111 comments

Folks! You have to read Death of the Author by @nnedi.bsky.social . The story within the story... The social commentary... And the main character's strength, vulnerability, wit, and human complexity. Just read it.

submitted 24 days ago • 5 comments

Before the inauguration: Chop wood, carry water, support trans rights After the inauguration: Chop wood, carry water, support trans rights

submitted 34 days ago • 53 comments

Also, I just made and ate an absolutely perfect tuna melt.

submitted 34 days ago • 0 comments

How could any voter leave Ichiro off their hall of fame ballot? He deserved to be unanimous.

submitted 34 days ago • 0 comments

Another success.

submitted 72 days ago • 0 comments

My now traditional homemade holiday (Thanksgiving and Christmas) pizza for all to behold.

submitted 88 days ago • 1 comment