Justin Cerenzia
@cerenz.bsky.social
Academic DJ. These views are my own. Who else could they belong to? My BlueSky feed is large. It contains multitudes. #GoBirds
I write somewhat regularly over at The Academic DJ Substack: https://open.substack.com/pub/cerenz
I write somewhat regularly over at The Academic DJ Substack: https://open.substack.com/pub/cerenz
Constantinople fell with less confusion and chaos than it took for us to get up the tree. But here we are. 🌲
*N̶o̶ (three) children were moderately accosted in the making of this image.
*N̶o̶ (three) children were moderately accosted in the making of this image.
November 29, 2025 at 1:54 AM
Constantinople fell with less confusion and chaos than it took for us to get up the tree. But here we are. 🌲
*N̶o̶ (three) children were moderately accosted in the making of this image.
*N̶o̶ (three) children were moderately accosted in the making of this image.
LOOKS GREAT! Little full, lotta sap.”
(This is our best tree.)
(I say this every year.)
(This is our best tree.)
(I say this every year.)
November 28, 2025 at 8:29 PM
LOOKS GREAT! Little full, lotta sap.”
(This is our best tree.)
(I say this every year.)
(This is our best tree.)
(I say this every year.)
Me: “Let’s put the snow globes on the end tables so the cat doesn’t knock them off.”
The 8-year-old, who is a reincarnated Ghengis Khan:
The 8-year-old, who is a reincarnated Ghengis Khan:
November 27, 2025 at 12:52 AM
Me: “Let’s put the snow globes on the end tables so the cat doesn’t knock them off.”
The 8-year-old, who is a reincarnated Ghengis Khan:
The 8-year-old, who is a reincarnated Ghengis Khan:
About to dive in like I’m Scrooge McDuck.
November 26, 2025 at 4:26 PM
About to dive in like I’m Scrooge McDuck.
Ol’ Unlucky Liver Larry (he has a somewhat complicated genetic disorder—he’s mostly fine) had very good numbers today.
So ice cream was on the docket. See you in a year (and not 6 months) CHOP!!
So ice cream was on the docket. See you in a year (and not 6 months) CHOP!!
November 20, 2025 at 3:56 AM
Ol’ Unlucky Liver Larry (he has a somewhat complicated genetic disorder—he’s mostly fine) had very good numbers today.
So ice cream was on the docket. See you in a year (and not 6 months) CHOP!!
So ice cream was on the docket. See you in a year (and not 6 months) CHOP!!
I regret to inform you that I am once again angry, online.
November 18, 2025 at 1:33 AM
I regret to inform you that I am once again angry, online.
Life can be challenging sometimes so it’s nice to find a positive affirmation from my…
*checks notes*
…collar stay?
*checks notes*
…collar stay?
November 17, 2025 at 11:03 PM
Life can be challenging sometimes so it’s nice to find a positive affirmation from my…
*checks notes*
…collar stay?
*checks notes*
…collar stay?
This is Frank. He visits frequently.
November 15, 2025 at 8:42 PM
This is Frank. He visits frequently.
When the Wi-Fi is still out so you simply commit to grinding on your penmanship at 6:12 AM.
(And maybe take a whiff of the marker along the way 🤷)
(And maybe take a whiff of the marker along the way 🤷)
November 12, 2025 at 7:04 PM
When the Wi-Fi is still out so you simply commit to grinding on your penmanship at 6:12 AM.
(And maybe take a whiff of the marker along the way 🤷)
(And maybe take a whiff of the marker along the way 🤷)
Tonight in parenting:
The toothless wonder productively struggles with the ‘th’ and ‘ff’ sounds as he and Dad read “If You Give a Pig a Pancake.”
It’s the hardest thing. And the best thing.
(This applies to parenting. And teaching.)
The toothless wonder productively struggles with the ‘th’ and ‘ff’ sounds as he and Dad read “If You Give a Pig a Pancake.”
It’s the hardest thing. And the best thing.
(This applies to parenting. And teaching.)
November 7, 2025 at 1:08 AM
Tonight in parenting:
The toothless wonder productively struggles with the ‘th’ and ‘ff’ sounds as he and Dad read “If You Give a Pig a Pancake.”
It’s the hardest thing. And the best thing.
(This applies to parenting. And teaching.)
The toothless wonder productively struggles with the ‘th’ and ‘ff’ sounds as he and Dad read “If You Give a Pig a Pancake.”
It’s the hardest thing. And the best thing.
(This applies to parenting. And teaching.)
Sure his team is getting rocked but that doesn’t mean he’s not going to be an absolute menace out there.
Kid’s a problem. My sideline editing skills are not.
Kid’s a problem. My sideline editing skills are not.
November 2, 2025 at 4:18 PM
Sure his team is getting rocked but that doesn’t mean he’s not going to be an absolute menace out there.
Kid’s a problem. My sideline editing skills are not.
Kid’s a problem. My sideline editing skills are not.
I’ve never told a lie online.
Dad usually takes the Overs only. But he took the under tonight. And Dad won.
Dad usually takes the Overs only. But he took the under tonight. And Dad won.
November 2, 2025 at 12:00 AM
I’ve never told a lie online.
Dad usually takes the Overs only. But he took the under tonight. And Dad won.
Dad usually takes the Overs only. But he took the under tonight. And Dad won.
Teaching the oldest how not to be a dusty man, because I refuse to raise pigeons in this house.
November 1, 2025 at 9:41 PM
Teaching the oldest how not to be a dusty man, because I refuse to raise pigeons in this house.
Let’s get after it folks.
October 31, 2025 at 9:43 PM
Let’s get after it folks.
I am simply going to perish.
October 30, 2025 at 11:50 PM
I am simply going to perish.
I know a ground ball hate to see him coming.
Dude is locked in on game day. LEGGO.
Dude is locked in on game day. LEGGO.
October 26, 2025 at 12:39 PM
I know a ground ball hate to see him coming.
Dude is locked in on game day. LEGGO.
Dude is locked in on game day. LEGGO.
3 kids. 3 distinct personalities.
1. Earnest but very goofy
2. Utterly unhinged & about to jump into the fire
3. Sweet on the surface but a burgeoning criminal mastermind.
Being a dad makes me a way better teacher and so appreciative of K-8 folks.
I am so tired.
1. Earnest but very goofy
2. Utterly unhinged & about to jump into the fire
3. Sweet on the surface but a burgeoning criminal mastermind.
Being a dad makes me a way better teacher and so appreciative of K-8 folks.
I am so tired.
October 26, 2025 at 1:22 AM
3 kids. 3 distinct personalities.
1. Earnest but very goofy
2. Utterly unhinged & about to jump into the fire
3. Sweet on the surface but a burgeoning criminal mastermind.
Being a dad makes me a way better teacher and so appreciative of K-8 folks.
I am so tired.
1. Earnest but very goofy
2. Utterly unhinged & about to jump into the fire
3. Sweet on the surface but a burgeoning criminal mastermind.
Being a dad makes me a way better teacher and so appreciative of K-8 folks.
I am so tired.
Club lacrosse family loading.
See you tomorrow in northern Maryland…literally all day long.
See you tomorrow in northern Maryland…literally all day long.
October 25, 2025 at 8:50 PM
Club lacrosse family loading.
See you tomorrow in northern Maryland…literally all day long.
See you tomorrow in northern Maryland…literally all day long.
It’s a practice.
There is endless open space.
But my magnetic personality has once again drawn people irrationally close to me on the soccer sideline.
There is endless open space.
But my magnetic personality has once again drawn people irrationally close to me on the soccer sideline.
October 25, 2025 at 3:52 PM
It’s a practice.
There is endless open space.
But my magnetic personality has once again drawn people irrationally close to me on the soccer sideline.
There is endless open space.
But my magnetic personality has once again drawn people irrationally close to me on the soccer sideline.
Lobbing a grenade into the kids’ lacrosse Team Snap parent chat.
Let’s see where this goes. 👀
Let’s see where this goes. 👀
October 22, 2025 at 7:34 PM
Lobbing a grenade into the kids’ lacrosse Team Snap parent chat.
Let’s see where this goes. 👀
Let’s see where this goes. 👀
‘Reading the Landscape Environmental History Field Exercise’ during long block in US History today inspired by the work of William Cronon.
“What ideas about progress, beauty, or order seem built into this space?”
“What ideas about progress, beauty, or order seem built into this space?”
October 20, 2025 at 2:46 PM
‘Reading the Landscape Environmental History Field Exercise’ during long block in US History today inspired by the work of William Cronon.
“What ideas about progress, beauty, or order seem built into this space?”
“What ideas about progress, beauty, or order seem built into this space?”
I don’t get to cook as frequently as I want to b/c of kids’ schedules but sometimes (usually Sundays) I get after it.
Pork tenderloin with white bean ragu and fennel-apple slaw. We cooked with this one.
Creative.
Meditative.
Restorative.
Cooking is love.
Pork tenderloin with white bean ragu and fennel-apple slaw. We cooked with this one.
Creative.
Meditative.
Restorative.
Cooking is love.
October 19, 2025 at 10:32 PM
I don’t get to cook as frequently as I want to b/c of kids’ schedules but sometimes (usually Sundays) I get after it.
Pork tenderloin with white bean ragu and fennel-apple slaw. We cooked with this one.
Creative.
Meditative.
Restorative.
Cooking is love.
Pork tenderloin with white bean ragu and fennel-apple slaw. We cooked with this one.
Creative.
Meditative.
Restorative.
Cooking is love.
October 19, 2025 at 12:40 AM