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Dr. Delarocker @drdelarocker.bsky.social · 28/12/2025

My grandfather died today. He was 96. He spent 50 years as an English professor in a small-town Kansas college. He introduced me to Wendell Berry. He held his beliefs loosely, meaning that he was filled with wonder and awe by things he didn’t understand. He was gentle and kind. #academicsky

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Dr. Delarocker @drdelarocker.bsky.social · 27/12/2025

A middle-aged fellow named J ran marathons back in the day. “I’ve still got it!” said he, ‘til he blew out his knee while attempting a couch to 5k. #ThisIs50 #MySurgeonIs20YearsYoungerThanMe

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Dr. Delarocker @drdelarocker.bsky.social · 24/12/2025

We did a little pre-Christmas gift opening. Mrs. Delarocker got me underwear with her picture on it. I married WAY UP, folks. #staymarried

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Dr. Delarocker @drdelarocker.bsky.social · 24/12/2025

That time of year thou mayst in me behold, etc. #academicsky

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Dr. Delarocker @drdelarocker.bsky.social · 16/12/2025

Don’t know if y’all are following the WA floods, but this is from yesterday. My house is in the yellow circle. We got this notification while my wife was in recovery from brain surgery and I was trying to get my grading done from the hospital. So, you know. Not a stressful season. #academicsky

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Dr. Delarocker @drdelarocker.bsky.social · 30/09/2025

Mt. Rainier from my office window this morning. No filter. #academicsky @mountrainier.bsky.social

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Dr. Delarocker @drdelarocker.bsky.social · 21/05/2025

What should have been a quick oil change in preparation for my upcoming 2000 mile mountain motorcycle extravaganza hit a snag in the form of pinhole leaks in my cheapo oil recycling tub. But now the dinosaurs have been returned to their cages, & we launch on Friday. @royalenfieldriders.bsky.social

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Dr. Delarocker @drdelarocker.bsky.social · 19/05/2025

I pressure washed the patio today. Can you tell where I stopped?

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Dr. Delarocker @drdelarocker.bsky.social · 11/05/2025

Fresh from the groomer. Total babe magnet.

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Dr. Delarocker @drdelarocker.bsky.social · 26/04/2025

The primary benefit to riding a motorcycle is the smugly superior coolness that it bestows upon you, but calculating your MPG is a close second. #motorcyclesky @royalenfieldriders.bsky.social #academicsky

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Dr. Delarocker @drdelarocker.bsky.social · 22/04/2025

So I posted a video on Instagram, and I added a Paul Simon classic for music. IG shortened the name, and I feel like there’s a message in there for me.

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Dr. Delarocker @drdelarocker.bsky.social · 18/04/2025

Mrs. Delarocker won’t announce it if she has some down time, but there will be signs.

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Dr. Delarocker @drdelarocker.bsky.social · 16/04/2025

I’m back on my midlife-crisis-motorcycling-to-work nonsense, and it’s glorious. She’s the prettiest girl at school. @saintmartinsuniv.bsky.social @royalenfieldriders.bsky.social #AcademicSky

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Dr. Delarocker @drdelarocker.bsky.social · 11/04/2025

Moonlight through cherry blossoms. Taken while walking the dog last night.

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Dr. Delarocker @drdelarocker.bsky.social · 10/04/2025

Friends, we’re hiring for tenure track positions in history, sociology, poli sci, accounting, and exercise science. Come be part of something great Also, this is literally the view from my office. You, too, could work in the shadow of Mt. Rainier. #AcademicSky @saintmartinsuniv.bsky.social

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Dr. Delarocker @drdelarocker.bsky.social · 09/04/2025

Middle Delarocker is Boston bound and ready to take the musical theater world by storm. #proudpapa #AcademicSky

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Dr. Delarocker @drdelarocker.bsky.social · 03/04/2025

At the breakfast bar in my Polish hotel.

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Dr. Delarocker @drdelarocker.bsky.social · 01/04/2025

Conference bound! Next stop: Poland and the “Identifying and meeting the professional needs of teachers - discourses of modernity” conference at Jan Kochanowski University. Looking forward to working on behalf of humanistic education with my European colleagues. @saintmartinsuniv.bsky.social

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Dr. Delarocker @drdelarocker.bsky.social · 30/03/2025

So much depends upon the red lawn mower glazed with rain water beside the near-bloomed tulips

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Dr. Delarocker @drdelarocker.bsky.social · 18/03/2025

@saintmartinsuniv.bsky.social was delighted to host young scholars from Federal Way Public Schools as part of our Kinder-to-College partnership! Thanks to all, esp. the kindergartners, who are dreaming big and working hard! You’re creating a better future for all of us. #AcademicSky

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Dr. Delarocker @drdelarocker.bsky.social · 13/03/2025

Super excited about the Lego sets that arrived today (one for me, one for the SPED dept). My cats are excited about the delivery for other reasons. @saintmartinsuniv.bsky.social #AcademicSky

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Dr. Delarocker @drdelarocker.bsky.social · 09/03/2025

Emerald City Comic-Con with Minirocker. Much fun ensued. 10 points if you can identify my cosplay.

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Dr. Delarocker @drdelarocker.bsky.social · 08/03/2025

If you’re not spending your weekend, hauling around a trailer of shit whilst simultaneously preparing for tomorrow’s comic-con adventure in a desperate attempt to stave off a persistent and all-consuming existential dread, are you even an academic? #AcademicSky

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Dr. Delarocker @drdelarocker.bsky.social · 06/03/2025

Have your office in a 125-year-old gothic monastery-turned-administrative complex, they said. It’ll be fun*, they said. *spoiler: It IS fun #AcademicSky

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Dr. Delarocker @drdelarocker.bsky.social · 06/03/2025

28 years come Saturday. Also, children should not be allowed to marry.

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Dr. Delarocker @drdelarocker.bsky.social · 06/03/2025

My colleagues had a surprise birthday party for me during today’s department meeting. Looking at program data as part of an accreditation cycle has never been so fun! #AcademicSky @saintmartinsuniv.bsky.social

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Dr. Delarocker @drdelarocker.bsky.social · 04/03/2025

I arrived to this today. My colleagues are the best. I felt so loved that I didn’t even protest that I’ll be 49 for another (checks watch) 17 days. #AcademicSky @saintmartinsuniv.bsky.social

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