Jared Gardner
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Jared Gardner
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Prof of lit & media. University Senate Secretary. Buckeye. Higher ed defender, academic freedom militant. Hobbies include music, plants & counting pills. 🥄😵‍💫⚡️ 🕎 Opinions mine

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My most niche post ever has been embraced as it deserves
November 26, 2025 at 5:38 AM
Aw man. Makes me nostalgic for the 90s when I could still do that
November 25, 2025 at 3:42 PM
Phrenology for comic strip characters a great idea for a class
November 25, 2025 at 5:31 AM
Which in truth we’ve been telling them since like 1811
November 25, 2025 at 5:25 AM
So, an 11?
November 22, 2025 at 4:24 PM
Hey! Why you spying on me and my spouse??
November 18, 2025 at 4:37 AM
Reading it now, it is not exactly a "fun story." But definitely one of many such in my treasury of family lore
November 17, 2025 at 4:22 AM
I had of course warned her about all my family members, but still, I was horrified. She looked to me and said, "Oh, THIS is what you were talking about!" and then turned back to him and said with a sweet smile, "Don't worry. I made sure this apple fell very far from the tree."

Reader, I married her
November 17, 2025 at 4:20 AM
Fun story: my father lost his teaching job for fucking his students—which was really hard to do in the 70s. 20 odd years later I introduce him to my girlfriend and he tells her that I, then a grad student, will, sooner or later, sleep with my students. "It just can't be helped," he said. 1/2
November 17, 2025 at 4:20 AM
doesn't matter how old you are or how old they are, you just never ever ever ever. Ever. Fucking ever.
November 17, 2025 at 4:08 AM
Chipper for the win
November 15, 2025 at 11:42 PM
I took a different approach. But now the
Assassins I hired know too much so maybe not the best approach
November 14, 2025 at 10:59 PM