Jeffrey Clayton
@paranoidprof.bsky.social
English Professor who loves books, movies, road trips, old cemeteries, photography, the Astros, and my Auburn Tigers.
I picked up two of Criterion‘s recent Blu-ray releases. I remember seeing Eyes Wide Shut in a Waco theater back in 1999 and being impressed. It may not be Kubrick’s best, but it was a worthy ending to his career.
November 29, 2025 at 9:25 PM
I picked up two of Criterion‘s recent Blu-ray releases. I remember seeing Eyes Wide Shut in a Waco theater back in 1999 and being impressed. It may not be Kubrick’s best, but it was a worthy ending to his career.
One of my favorite things is a restaurant mural, and I found a good one at Mumphord’s BBQ here in Victoria. Just look at that bad boy grilling the meats!!
November 21, 2025 at 8:46 PM
One of my favorite things is a restaurant mural, and I found a good one at Mumphord’s BBQ here in Victoria. Just look at that bad boy grilling the meats!!
HARPSICHORD MADNESS
November 14, 2025 at 5:49 PM
HARPSICHORD MADNESS
Always nice to catch up with an old friend…
October 13, 2025 at 5:45 AM
Always nice to catch up with an old friend…
I know I’m a nerd, but I can’t tell you how excited I am to have gotten my new library card! (And I dig the stained-glass design)
September 20, 2025 at 5:44 PM
I know I’m a nerd, but I can’t tell you how excited I am to have gotten my new library card! (And I dig the stained-glass design)
I was at the local library’s used book sale, and this note had fallen out of a book. If I’m reading this right, it says “p. 309 — eating and preparing rotten meat.”
Really? This is what we’re taking notes on now?! 
Really? This is what we’re taking notes on now?! 
September 18, 2025 at 5:48 PM
I was at the local library’s used book sale, and this note had fallen out of a book. If I’m reading this right, it says “p. 309 — eating and preparing rotten meat.”
Really? This is what we’re taking notes on now?! 
Really? This is what we’re taking notes on now?! 
I went to the B&N at Deerbrook to shop the Criterion sale one more time, only to find dozens of police cars surrounding the mall. I think the universe is telling me to cool it on the blu-rays. 🤷🏻
July 27, 2025 at 10:50 PM
I went to the B&N at Deerbrook to shop the Criterion sale one more time, only to find dozens of police cars surrounding the mall. I think the universe is telling me to cool it on the blu-rays. 🤷🏻
Guys, I finally found the perfect pillow…
July 26, 2025 at 7:20 PM
Guys, I finally found the perfect pillow…
As of Saturday, this “snack” is FIFTY years old. 😭
July 7, 2025 at 7:11 PM
As of Saturday, this “snack” is FIFTY years old. 😭
If the NYT had asked me to submit a ballot for their 100 Best Films of the 21st Century (rude that they didn’t) here’s my list (alphabetically):
• Anatomy of a Fall
• Bamboozled
• Cache
• Cold War
• The Lives of Others
• Moonlight
• The New World
• Oppenheimer
• Pan’s Labyrinth
• Phantom Thread
• Anatomy of a Fall
• Bamboozled
• Cache
• Cold War
• The Lives of Others
• Moonlight
• The New World
• Oppenheimer
• Pan’s Labyrinth
• Phantom Thread
June 29, 2025 at 10:58 PM
If the NYT had asked me to submit a ballot for their 100 Best Films of the 21st Century (rude that they didn’t) here’s my list (alphabetically):
• Anatomy of a Fall
• Bamboozled
• Cache
• Cold War
• The Lives of Others
• Moonlight
• The New World
• Oppenheimer
• Pan’s Labyrinth
• Phantom Thread
• Anatomy of a Fall
• Bamboozled
• Cache
• Cold War
• The Lives of Others
• Moonlight
• The New World
• Oppenheimer
• Pan’s Labyrinth
• Phantom Thread
The first of what I fear will be multiple trips to the 50% off Criterion sale at Barnes & Noble!
June 29, 2025 at 10:25 PM
The first of what I fear will be multiple trips to the 50% off Criterion sale at Barnes & Noble!
March 4, 2025 at 7:00 PM
One of my former students brought me a chocolate-covered scorpion as a late Christmas present! It really only tasted like chocolate, but there was a kind of grittiness that reminded me of sunflower seeds.
January 14, 2025 at 8:20 PM
One of my former students brought me a chocolate-covered scorpion as a late Christmas present! It really only tasted like chocolate, but there was a kind of grittiness that reminded me of sunflower seeds.
The worst driver since Toonces! Mural at Ben and Jerry's in Rice Village.
December 28, 2024 at 10:07 PM
The worst driver since Toonces! Mural at Ben and Jerry's in Rice Village.
December 8, 2024 at 11:34 AM
Have I mentioned my new obsession?!
December 4, 2024 at 11:41 PM
Have I mentioned my new obsession?!
J.R. Richard. My grandma took me to get his autograph in the early 80s. I had no idea at the time how great he had been, but I still have the autograph.
Who's the best baseball player you got within 10 feet of?
December 1, 2024 at 11:21 PM
J.R. Richard. My grandma took me to get his autograph in the early 80s. I had no idea at the time how great he had been, but I still have the autograph.
Spent the afternoon grading to one of my favorite eras of Bob Dylan!
December 1, 2024 at 11:18 PM
Spent the afternoon grading to one of my favorite eras of Bob Dylan!
November 24, 2024 at 4:52 AM
(Hard Mode)
Ten authors I've read 10 or more books by:
Robert Louis Stevenson
Anthony Trollope
Agatha Christie
Ian Fleming
James Lee Burke
Rex Stout
Ellery Queen
Tony Hillerman
Eric Ambler
Shakespeare
Ten authors I've read 10 or more books by:
Robert Louis Stevenson
Anthony Trollope
Agatha Christie
Ian Fleming
James Lee Burke
Rex Stout
Ellery Queen
Tony Hillerman
Eric Ambler
Shakespeare
(Hard mode)
10 Authors I’ve read 10 or more books from:
Isaac Asimov
Lois McMaster Bujold
Iain (M) Banks
Steven Erikson
Ursula Le Guin
Stephen King
Michael Moorcock
Terry Pratchett
Alistair Reynolds
Charles Stross
10 Authors I’ve read 10 or more books from:
Isaac Asimov
Lois McMaster Bujold
Iain (M) Banks
Steven Erikson
Ursula Le Guin
Stephen King
Michael Moorcock
Terry Pratchett
Alistair Reynolds
Charles Stross
November 23, 2024 at 6:59 PM
(Hard Mode)
Ten authors I've read 10 or more books by:
Robert Louis Stevenson
Anthony Trollope
Agatha Christie
Ian Fleming
James Lee Burke
Rex Stout
Ellery Queen
Tony Hillerman
Eric Ambler
Shakespeare
Ten authors I've read 10 or more books by:
Robert Louis Stevenson
Anthony Trollope
Agatha Christie
Ian Fleming
James Lee Burke
Rex Stout
Ellery Queen
Tony Hillerman
Eric Ambler
Shakespeare
Throwback to Dia de los Muertos 2023 ♥️
November 21, 2024 at 9:31 PM
Throwback to Dia de los Muertos 2023 ♥️
Judging by the length of the drive-thru line, people in Baytown are way too excited by the reopening of Church's Chicken!
November 21, 2024 at 8:10 PM
Judging by the length of the drive-thru line, people in Baytown are way too excited by the reopening of Church's Chicken!
One of my students did her presentation on Jack the Ripper, and she made buttercream cupcakes with bloody axes embedded in them for the class!
She earned an A. 😭
She earned an A. 😭
November 19, 2024 at 7:37 PM
One of my students did her presentation on Jack the Ripper, and she made buttercream cupcakes with bloody axes embedded in them for the class!
She earned an A. 😭
She earned an A. 😭
Got this CD set yesterday; it's an impressive reissue of the original 1971 live album from Harrison's benefit concert. Not only does it have some of his fantastic songs, it has Harrison and Dylan performing six Dylan songs as well! Best of all, this reissue benefits UNICEF.
November 19, 2024 at 4:42 PM
Got this CD set yesterday; it's an impressive reissue of the original 1971 live album from Harrison's benefit concert. Not only does it have some of his fantastic songs, it has Harrison and Dylan performing six Dylan songs as well! Best of all, this reissue benefits UNICEF.