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Jim Higgins @jhiggy.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

What the heck are the Rams wearing?

Jim Higgins @jhiggy.bsky.social · 25/07/2026

Despite the end of reading having been declared, a friend and I are reading @libraryofamerica.bsky.social 19th century American short story collection together. A story a week and then we email each other our reactions. In general the stories are wilder than we might have guessed. Having good time

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Annette Gordon-Reed @agordonreed.bsky.social · 13/07/2026

Don’t know who to credit for this. But it is how I feel.

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Jim Higgins @jhiggy.bsky.social · 08/06/2026

After scouring the galaxy for relief help, the Milwaukee Brewers have added Rom to their bullpen. His stuff is considered explosive.

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Jim Higgins @jhiggy.bsky.social · 29/05/2026

Oh this is so random: in the market hall (fancy food court) the speakers are blasting Hey Lloyd I’m Ready to Be Heartbroken by Camera Obscura (a song I love)

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Jim Higgins @jhiggy.bsky.social · 18/03/2026

Flowers to Sirius Beatles Channel for playing Yer Blues this morning.

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Eric Alper @thatericalper.com · 23/02/2026

3 years ago today, we lost alt.rock musician and singer-songwriter Mark Lanegan at the age of 57. He was a co-founder of Screaming Trees and was also a member of Queens of the Stone Age and The Gutter Twins.

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Jim Higgins @jhiggy.bsky.social · 15/01/2026

Unexpectedly I’ve written two articles over the past month that mention Will Durant

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Jim Higgins @jhiggy.bsky.social · 12/11/2025

This title of an Edna O’Brien story sounds like it could be either a Belle and Sebastian or Morrissey song: Come Into the Drawing Room, Doris

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Jim Higgins @jhiggy.bsky.social · 16/09/2025

In a possible, and mildly unnerving, foreshadowing of my imminent future golden years, for complicated family reasons we ate dinner at 4 pm today

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Jim Higgins @jhiggy.bsky.social · 07/09/2025

Is there a filter for TV that blocks all Manning commercials?

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Jim Higgins @jhiggy.bsky.social · 28/08/2025

Even at my age there are firsts. A colleague compared me today, in a friendly and complementary way, to a sturgeon.

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Jim Higgins @jhiggy.bsky.social · 04/07/2025

Soundtrack for grilling: a new Neil Young tribute album, a Stephen Marley playlist

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Jim Higgins @jhiggy.bsky.social · 29/06/2025

Moms at the playground at 7 a.m.: May you have strength for the day ahead

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Jim Higgins @jhiggy.bsky.social · 29/06/2025

Drinking microwaved leftover day old coffee this morning. Like a good frugal elder Milwaukeean.

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Jim Higgins @jhiggy.bsky.social · 01/06/2025

Alphabetically adjacent tracks on my favorites playlist: Friendly Advice (Luna) and From a Motel 6 (Yo La Tengo). Simpatico

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Jim Higgins @jhiggy.bsky.social · 07/05/2025

Pet drama: Two family members are obsessed with a new puppy in the neighborhood, who looks like the mini version of our current beloved dog.

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Jim Higgins @jhiggy.bsky.social · 30/04/2025

One (among many) reasons I liked a college senior I interviewed recently was that she unselfconsciously used the phrase "kitty corner," which we used all the time back in the Paleolithic, but which I rarely hear these days.

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Jim Higgins @jhiggy.bsky.social · 29/04/2025

Yes, my favorites playlist has 2 different versions of “Lithium” on it. Why do you ask?

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Jim Higgins @jhiggy.bsky.social · 04/04/2025

On this day 8 years ago my first book was published. Didn't become rich or famous, but I enjoyed nearly everything about the process. Publisher treated me well. Made a little money, did a few events, gave a few talks, had conversations. www.arcadiapublishing.com/products/978...

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Wisconsin Literary Luminaries

From the humble Ingalls family cabin in the woods to Ayad Akhtar's multicultural conflicts, the Badger State's stories and imagery have long inspired. Explore how Aldo Leopold and Lorine Niedecker dre...

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Jim Higgins @jhiggy.bsky.social · 15/03/2025

Interesting typo I just made: SteppenwoRf

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Jim Higgins @jhiggy.bsky.social · 08/03/2025

Made a John Peter Zenger joke this week. Marquette education is paying dividends!

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Jim Higgins @jhiggy.bsky.social · 25/02/2025

Is it just me, or is the NYT now beating a drum for medically-assisted suicide, with two huge recent stories?

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Jim Higgins @jhiggy.bsky.social · 31/01/2025

Met two Marquette classmates for lunch. Astonishing to think what has changed in 45 years, and what persists.

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Jim Higgins @jhiggy.bsky.social · 27/01/2025

Instead of 2025 I typed 3035, like I’m in a Zager & Evans song

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kenduque @kenduque.bsky.social · 21/01/2025

I drew this picture of @jerilryan.bsky.social as #SevenOfNine back in 2017. I updated it for 2025.

Cartoon of “Seven of Nine” with words “Resistance Is Female”

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Jim Higgins @jhiggy.bsky.social · 19/01/2025

Tonight will conclude a stretch of 6 evening events in 8 days (4 theater, 2 sports), all with my favorite daughter. All have been worth it, but I will also enjoy staying home a few nights in a row.

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Jim Higgins @jhiggy.bsky.social · 16/01/2025

Unusual experience for me: both women I interviewed for a recent story are several inches taller than me.

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Jim Higgins @jhiggy.bsky.social · 15/01/2025

A rarity: All four of us walked the wonder dog after dinner, in the bitter Wisconsin cold.

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Jim Higgins @jhiggy.bsky.social · 11/01/2025

Did my occasional assessment of video streaming services in the household. Each family member strongly attached to a different one. So nothing changes. Ka-ching

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Jim Higgins @jhiggy.bsky.social · 27/12/2024

This was not on my holiday season bingo card: explaining to family members how QUEER fits into William S. Burroughs' body of work. They didn't know there was a book behind the new movie with Daniel Craig.

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Jim Higgins @jhiggy.bsky.social · 25/12/2024

Unexpected holiday present: my friend on vacation is reading my book and sending me texts about it.

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Jim Higgins @jhiggy.bsky.social · 11/12/2024

Bugs (true and otherwise) have found an enthusiastic champion in UW-La Crosse biology professor Barrett Klein. I wrote about his entertaining and fact-rich new book, THE INSECT EPIPHANY www.jsonline.com/story/life/2...

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25 ways insects influence humanity, from bomb-sniffing bees to space travelers

Barrett Klein, a professor of biology at UW-La Crosse, explores myriad connections between humans and arthropods in his book "The Insect Epiphany."

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Jim Higgins @jhiggy.bsky.social · 10/12/2024

In the FWIW category, my personal favorite new* books of 2024. Just saying what I enjoyed, your mileage may vary. *for one book that's a reissue/repub but was new to me www.jsonline.com/story/life/2...

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Jim Higgins' picks for the 10 best books of 2024 include 'A Chance Meeting'

The Journal Sentinel books editor's favorite new books of 2024 include "A Chance Meeting," "Music Stories" and "I Heard Her Call My Name."

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Jim Higgins @jhiggy.bsky.social · 07/12/2024

This has dawned on me: while there is still work I want to do, both for my employer and on my own, I no longer feel that I have to prove anything to vague disapproving entities out there

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Jay Bullock, cyclic vomiter @folkbum.bsky.social · 06/12/2024

reposting for the midday crowd: Bandcamp Friday means you have the best chance to help worthy causes in Milwaukee!

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Jim Higgins @jhiggy.bsky.social · 01/12/2024

Found my spouse’s lost earring by stepping on it without hurting myself. I declare that a double win

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Jim Higgins @jhiggy.bsky.social · 28/11/2024

An old tradition revived: going to a Thanksgiving morning movie with child #1. (She takes me to the movies she knows her mom would not see.)

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Jim Higgins @jhiggy.bsky.social · 26/11/2024

Local angle obit-appreciation of "Airplane!" and "Naked Gun" filmmaker Jim Abrahams (praised for his humor by Bob Uecker, no less) www.jsonline.com/story/entert...

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'Airplane!' filmmaker Jim Abrahams, a Shorewood High School alum, has died

Abrahams and his Shorewood buddies Jerry and David Zucker created "Airplane!" and the "Naked Gun" films.

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Jim Higgins @jhiggy.bsky.social · 23/11/2024

Went to the theater, ran into a friend

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Jim Higgins @jhiggy.bsky.social · 21/11/2024

Now we can all have the same protection as the NBA’s hardest working player

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Jim Higgins @jhiggy.bsky.social · 17/11/2024

Once again, Bears snatch defeat from the jaws of victory.

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