The cruelest month is nearly over. I wish it would slow down so that I can write. I also wish it would hurry the hell up and get itself over with so that my classes would just end. I am restless. I am exhausted. On the days I teach, I’m the first in and the [...]
Archive for April, 2009
20 Apr
In which my moniker fits
After eleven straight hours in my office, seven of which were spent talking to students, I have arrived home, just barely missing a thunderstorm. There is ice cream in the freezer and a fresh bottle of tempranillo on the counter. Until tomorrow, I have nothing to grade. How lucky.
6 Apr
Non-Librarian Library Employee Has Been Watching the Detectives!
A running theme throughout my academic career, which started at age five, has been my love of librarians. They know everything! They can always be found at my favorite place!
Such has not been the case at JPU, whose library is, like its faculty, understaffed. Sure, it employs brilliant, patient, and generous librarians, but they are [...]
6 Apr
Open Letter to (Too Many among) My Seminar
Don’t b.s. your way through your annotated bibliography, and don’t annotate a source unless you have, like, actually seen it. I’ve emphasized since the beginning of the term that the course focuses on an emerging subfield; some of you may have chosen the course for that very reason. You may also have noticed that the [...]
