Word nerd, pedant, pontificator and general pain in the ass. Interested in higher ed, social media, edtech, classical guitar, and mindless babbling.

Joined September 2010
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Rachel Jones retweeted
Learning a classical guitar song. Long story why. Playing classical guitar is like playing twister with your fingers.
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It really warms my heart to see people who used to complain so bitterly about woke universities now insisting that the same universities produce gold standard evidence in just one or two studies. There is hope for higher ed after all.
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The more I see of the Men of X, the more I appreciate my wonderful husband.
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Must ask--do people here ever get tired of repeatedly posting things that are immediately proven untrue?
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Hahahaha, this is why I never mind going to the clerk's office.
"Every county clerk in the south." This is the most accurate character sketch ever created.
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Dear Members of the Trump Administration: Please learn the actual meaning of "begging the question."
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Isn't the rate of home ownership now higher than it was in the 1950s? Pretty sure it is.
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This is a test tweet for a twit.
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Rachel Jones retweeted
16 Twitter Accounts for Word Nerds zite.to/1uysDkf #engchat

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@JayAdeff @kristiyamaguchi @TsuyaBrand Nice! I especially like that Reese Wrap and think I must have it. Great photos, too!
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Rachel Jones retweeted
Oxymoron or Farce: The Highest Paid Executive in Public Higher Education Leads a Statewide Study on fb.me/14I9rLXZ2

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Went to see my local singer crush this evening and he sang "Daughters." So over him now. #JohnMayerSucks
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Sitting at a bar on a Saturday night, and what am I doing? Reading a book on my cell phone and drinking coffee to stay awake. #soold #fb
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Rachel Jones retweeted
Scotch looks delicious, but then you take one sip and it tastes like a leather furniture store that's on fire.
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@iolanthe95 Aw, poor Joy. We've had three multiple day power outages in the last five years, and it's no fun at all.
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@iolanthe95 Not looking forward to semesters, actually. I may have a lot of grading, but I'm done with classes until January.
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@iolanthe95 Since we're still on quarters, Thanksgiving weekend is in my mind forever associated with grading piles of final term papers.