Like many estadounidenses, I am awaiting a small windfall, a going-away fuck-all-y’all from the White House’s current occupant, a cynical attempt to stimulate the economy by tempting the rubes at the bottom of our socioeconomic hierarchy to go hog-wild on plasma TVs, designer shoes, Wii, artisan cheese, and 1925 first editions of The Great Gatsby [...]
Archive for April, 2008
18 Apr
“Now you know how I feel.”
Here are the hours I spent on campus this past week:
Monday 9 a.m. to 10 p.m. (one class, office hours, website administration)
Tuesday 10 a.m. to 9 p.m. (two classes, class prep, grading)
Wednesday 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. (student conferences, website administration, grading)
Thursday 8 a.m. to 11 p.m. (two classes, office hours, M.A. thesis)
Friday 8 a.m. [...]
13 Apr
No accounting for taste
Just fyi. Or tmi. And nothing whatever to do with the size of one’s carbon footprint.
12 Apr
Nessun dorma
Svmer is icumen in, and I have gone cuccu. Again.
It is almost 70°F in Funky City this fine night, a perfect night for spotting my first economy-sized cockroach of the season. About an hour ago, after reading a bunch of the “dessert” stuff I like to assign during the last weeks of class (the better [...]
7 Apr
No longer Monday
Today I taught a class, held office hours, graded papers, posted stuff on Blackboard, prepped one of tomorrow’s classes, and attended a meeting. But now that was yesterday. After fourteen hours on campus, I walked in the door eight minutes ago. Like Superman, I have washed my face and gotten into my pajamas. (I don’t [...]
6 Apr
I had no idea, I swear.
Swearing is one of a few things I’ve never given up for Lent, but apparently this sensitive instrument knows better:
I have an indiscriminate fondness for all words, except maybe “lifestyle” or “relatable” when I encounter them in student writing. But generally, I have no objection to cuss ones, though I do like to think I [...]
4 Apr
Meet the parents!
But chances are, you’ll never do so if you know me in any professional capacity. Indeed, I can probably count on one hand the number of people I’ve introduced them to in the past ten years. I talk to them a couple of times a month, and visit them every year. My chief reason for [...]
