Posts tagged with “Just For Fun” (All posts)

NT Live: Frankenstein and the Modern Cumberbrunch

31 January 2019

This past Sunday was a treat for all lovers of theatrical productions, Gothic hauntings, schmeared bagels, and the dramatic chops of renowned actor Byzantine Candlestick. The English department organized a…

Two-Sentence Scary Story – Results!

31 October 2018

Happy Halloween everyone! The verdict is in, and the 2SSS contest has a clear winner in a truly creepy story by Lucy Horrell (’20)! We’ve reproduced it below, along with…

Poe & Crow Halloween images

Enter the Two-Sentence Scary Story Contest!

27 October 2018

In case you hadn’t heard, the English Department is running a Two-Sentence Scary Story (henceforth 2SSS) contest, and is still gladly accepting entries! The rules are simple: Write a scary…

Dispatches from the 2018 Dictionary Game

3 October 2018

Last Wednesday, Second Laird played host to Fall festivities, welcoming English majors back to campus with seasonal pie and some word-nerdy fun. Headlining the event was the Dictionary Game, a…

Which English Class Are You?

28 February 2018

Ever fantasized about being a ten week undergraduate English class? The day has come for you to live your dreams. The Miscellany has designed a questionnaire that will reveal the literary…

A #Twitterary Welcome Back

2 October 2017

It’s the 4th week of Fall term and you know what that means – a lovingly belated welcome back from the Miscellany! No doubt you will soon be entirely consumed by…

10 Times You Knew You Were a Carleton English Major

20 April 2017

There comes a time in every Laird dweller’s life when they know they’ve seen it all. They have, like the protagonist of a bildungsroman, reached the final page of their spiritual…

Duncan Grant. Lytton Strachey, c. 1913

Literary-Themed Twitters

16 January 2017

We break the ice this winter by featuring eight fun, literary-themed Twitters for you to check out. Whether you regularly partake of 140-character witticisms or not, we hope these will…