Dr. Syntax
@drsyntax.bsky.social
Scholar & Writer. Professing 18th & 19th c. literature, Romanticism, disability, book history, bookbinding, and comics.
PhD @PennEnglish https://www.coloradocollege.edu/basics/contact/directory/people/richman_jared_s.html
PhD @PennEnglish https://www.coloradocollege.edu/basics/contact/directory/people/richman_jared_s.html
1200 pages in the Norton. Useful for coaster or doorstop.
November 30, 2025 at 2:07 AM
1200 pages in the Norton. Useful for coaster or doorstop.
Hugo has a better sense of humor.
November 30, 2025 at 1:58 AM
Hugo has a better sense of humor.
*also: me reading any Dumas novel.
November 30, 2025 at 1:22 AM
*also: me reading any Dumas novel.
Would that I could move.
November 30, 2025 at 12:37 AM
Would that I could move.
That is an apt phrase. 😵💫
November 30, 2025 at 12:32 AM
That is an apt phrase. 😵💫
It’s pretty libertarian here.
November 30, 2025 at 12:30 AM
It’s pretty libertarian here.
Is there a proper fall? I confess, Ive never been to Alabama! I need to visit at some point.
November 30, 2025 at 12:30 AM
Is there a proper fall? I confess, Ive never been to Alabama! I need to visit at some point.
There’s even a gun culture in CT where I’m from. I grew up with firearms (my dad is a Vietnam vet). I never felt safer being around armed folks.
November 30, 2025 at 12:29 AM
There’s even a gun culture in CT where I’m from. I grew up with firearms (my dad is a Vietnam vet). I never felt safer being around armed folks.
Statistically no more than many other states. But I know what you mean.
November 30, 2025 at 12:27 AM
Statistically no more than many other states. But I know what you mean.
I do miss water. Real rivers. The ocean.
November 30, 2025 at 12:27 AM
I do miss water. Real rivers. The ocean.
Totally. I need all four seasons. Humidity seems like an unnecessary torture. Though I do like a tropical vacation from time to time.
November 30, 2025 at 12:26 AM
Totally. I need all four seasons. Humidity seems like an unnecessary torture. Though I do like a tropical vacation from time to time.
Well, all cities have their “elite.”
November 30, 2025 at 12:25 AM
Well, all cities have their “elite.”
I’m weirdly nostalgic for that climate.
November 30, 2025 at 12:19 AM
I’m weirdly nostalgic for that climate.
Also, isn’t there a ton of ”old money” in the South? maybe just a different kind of old money I guess.
November 30, 2025 at 12:18 AM
Also, isn’t there a ton of ”old money” in the South? maybe just a different kind of old money I guess.
That is totally fair! I lived in Savannah for a while, and felt like a fish out of water.
November 30, 2025 at 12:17 AM
That is totally fair! I lived in Savannah for a while, and felt like a fish out of water.
*sorry* — everyone is entitled to their own opinions, but i love New England and miss it horribly. 🙃
November 30, 2025 at 12:13 AM
*sorry* — everyone is entitled to their own opinions, but i love New England and miss it horribly. 🙃
Well, I’m from there, and I find that folks from other areas of the country tend to make gross generalizations about it that they‘d hate if made about their own region (e.g. the south). New England is not all “old money” and has lovely forests.
November 30, 2025 at 12:11 AM
Well, I’m from there, and I find that folks from other areas of the country tend to make gross generalizations about it that they‘d hate if made about their own region (e.g. the south). New England is not all “old money” and has lovely forests.
Maine is most certainly New England.
Fight me! Also, New England is God‘s country.
Fight me! Also, New England is God‘s country.
November 30, 2025 at 12:04 AM
Maine is most certainly New England.
Fight me! Also, New England is God‘s country.
Fight me! Also, New England is God‘s country.
Yes to all the above.
November 29, 2025 at 2:00 AM
Yes to all the above.