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Academic Admin. English Prof. “A monk who works is troubled by only one devil, while an idle monk is troubled by many.” St. John Cassian (Banner, Alex Norris)

Rossdale, Edmonton, AB, Canada
Joined July 2012
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Walk past here on my way to and from work each day and reflect on lucky I am.
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RT @McCormickProf: Judging from this NYT op ed piece, Professor Morton is a well-intentioned person. To her credit, she admits that there n….
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RT @ClerkofOxford: Today is the 1050th anniversary of the death of King Edgar, who died in 975. One of the first kings to rule a united Eng….
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RT @FreddyInSpace: HBO Max is a great place to watch Kurosawa and Fellini and Malick movies that get rudely interrupted by diaper commercia….
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RT @historyrock_: Last night Black Sabbath made history at their final show. A thread 🧵 . 1. This is how Ozzy came out on stage https://t.….
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I’ve lived in and come to London to research and present for more than thirty years. I just can’t reconcile myself to the fact that I am “young people now offer me their seat on the Tube” years old.
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RT @McCormickProf: Even if I live to be 120 years old, I will never understand why academic leaders make the bad decisions they sometimes m….
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Another perfectly-executed, edge-of-your-seat thriller from @blacklionking73. (I once gave a Cosby book to a friend recuperating from heart surgery. He told me that it nearly put him back in the hospital. So, recommended for everyone *except* cardiac patients, I guess.).
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KING OF ASHES by @BlackLionKing73 (pub. by @Flatironbooks 6/10/25). Read a review by @MllrChris:
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You think *you* have concerns about infill in your Edmonton neighborhood? Look at the clowns just moving in behind me.
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RT @Pagmenzies: “Our newsrooms struggle with complexity. And when terms such as “denialists” and “transphobic” are applied to those who sim….
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RT @TristinHopper: Every birthday should include celebrating that you're still alive, and taking a moment to reflect on how you could be be….
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RT @HSRdirector: shout out to @Hillsdale for sending admitted students stationary
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RT @Kasparov63: Capitalism's unequal distribution of prosperity is far better than socialism's equal distribution of misery. Experience kee….
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RT @seanonolennon: I understand language evolves over time. But if we continue to use completely different definitions of the same words, t….
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RT @JLC_uk: Our statement on Bob Vylan's disgraceful performance at Glastonbury
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RT @ClerkofOxford: 'Widely is honoured, as is well fitting,.among the children of men the tide of the holy ones.Peter and Paul.'. The marty….
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RT @DannyDeraney: Celebrating Gilda Radner's birthday today with some of my favorite sketches of hers. The time she broke Candace Bergen i….
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RT @ABDanielleSmith: Petrochemicals are a cornerstone of Alberta’s economy and for 50 years, NOVA Chemicals has helped build that foundatio….
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I’m old enough to remember when we called this a “gulag.”
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RT @ClerkofOxford: Writing is difficult, and some would-be writers have always yearned for help from superior, otherworldly intelligences.….
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