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Jon Hegglund

@jonhegglund.bsky.social

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Prof. of English, Washington State. Minor character in Baseball Prospectus extended universe. Yes, that is a moose in my backyard.

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Jon Hegglund @jonhegglund.bsky.social · 6h

in 2021 (thank you pandemic?) my spouse was able to move from an underpaid university job to a remote position that paid almost double. shot right past my income. it was fucking great because turns out we're happier when we worry less about money

Solomon @solomonmissouri.bsky.social · 8h

when your spouse is good at her job you supposed to be happy for them

Jon Hegglund @jonhegglund.bsky.social · 6h

literature! and I'm one of the lucky few who has made a living at it (still less than my spouse though)

Jon Hegglund @jonhegglund.bsky.social · 6h

interesting, the Lasso theory tracks timeline-wise, though I thought maybe it was a pandemic-related shift

Jon Hegglund @jonhegglund.bsky.social · 6h

my lady makes more than I do and she should because I have a PhD (not the kind that makes money, sadly)

Jon Hegglund @jonhegglund.bsky.social · 7h

when and why did the acknowledgment of small kindnesses shift from "appreciate it" to "appreciate you"?

I first noticed it a couple of years ago and now I feel it's the normative expression

Jon Hegglund @jonhegglund.bsky.social · 1d

now, swinging at that third strike...

Jon Hegglund @jonhegglund.bsky.social · 1d

it's natural self-preservation to get out of the way of a flying projectile, it's a learned (and potentially stupid) skill to let it hit you. I don't blame turang in the slightest

Jon Hegglund @jonhegglund.bsky.social · 1d

one battle, long war

Jon Hegglund @jonhegglund.bsky.social · 1d

if brewers beat treinen they are officially antifa's team

Jon Hegglund @jonhegglund.bsky.social · 1d

I have many notes and sources for a longer project on boredom in narrative but haven't gotten my shit together yet

Helena Fitzgerald @hellafitzgerald.bsky.social · 2d

it’s good when novels are huge and long and even occasionally boring, it’s fundamentally a durational form

Rachel Feder @rachelfeder.bsky.social · 2d

Tell me your most unhinged literary opinion, as a little treat

Jon Hegglund @jonhegglund.bsky.social · 1d

hear, hear

Jon Hegglund @jonhegglund.bsky.social · 1d

norm, god damnit

Jon Hegglund @jonhegglund.bsky.social · 1d

jeez I heard aronofsky made a baseball movie, looks crazy

Jon Hegglund @jonhegglund.bsky.social · 1d

fuck, ice is too dumb and awful to not go after trick-or-treaters, aren't they

Jon Hegglund @jonhegglund.bsky.social · 1d

that would never happen in the good ol' united sta--

Jon Hegglund @jonhegglund.bsky.social · 1d

yes! terrible term! but what would its replacement be?

Jon Hegglund @jonhegglund.bsky.social · 1d

oxford is now the fifth hill of pullman

Jon Hegglund @jonhegglund.bsky.social · 1d

I mean, they might as well win the whole fucking thing

Jon Hegglund @jonhegglund.bsky.social · 1d

so it *is* permissible for the seattle mariners to score runs in the playoffs. interesting

Jon Hegglund @jonhegglund.bsky.social · 1d

any successful mass movement will have much so much cringe and we all need to accept and embrace it

Jon Hegglund @jonhegglund.bsky.social · 1d

well *I* think it’s brilliant

Jon Hegglund @jonhegglund.bsky.social · 1d

POLANCTOBER

Jon Hegglund @jonhegglund.bsky.social · 1d

POLANCTOBER

Jon Hegglund @jonhegglund.bsky.social · 2d

more for me then

Jon Hegglund @jonhegglund.bsky.social · 2d

imagine a cross between blackberry and blueberry

Jon Hegglund @jonhegglund.bsky.social · 2d

my old real-time insight was wrong. my new real-time insight is that this game is on a pace to never end

Jon Hegglund @jonhegglund.bsky.social · 2d

Mariners on pace for a 27-18 victory

(this has been a google AI-powered real-time insight)