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  • I love Jonathan Culler: or, A Very Long (for you, anyway) Paper

    Passion versusPragmatism in Dancing at Lughnasa Dancing at Lughnasa was published in1990, but even with such a late publication date, sit is considered a Modernistplay because it highlights one of Mod…

  • My partner-in-crime is wise. She's "making" me cut out the second half of my paper and just beef up the first half, which was more than half anyway. I'll get to include quotations from some crazy journals and talk abou…

  • Xanga is being mean. It ate my post. It wasn't a very good one, just a short explication of what I've been up to homework-wise. I have five pages written of a ten page paper and a strong outline and quotations for the…

  • Completedone 8.5 page draft sent to my trusty partner-in-crime classmateone growing list of "artifacts" and ideas for my web-based, interactive literacy narrative (due Wednesday)organized all students' microcompany incom…

  • Oye como vaMi ritmoBueno pagosarMulatt'It's been a pretty good day for the most part. If you pray or are in the habit of sending positive energy, do so for my boss's family. His mother died last night. She had been in…

  • No more pencils, no more books, no more teachers' dirty looks. School's out, for a couple of weeks. But I have three papers to turn in before I'm done. I cranked out another page of one of them last night and should b…

  • I did not make it to the gym last night, but I did walk to the Subway up the street for dinner. And I miraculously (it wasn't hard at all, really) avoided the tiramisu in the fridge. I'm not consciously trying to depri…

  • My pecs, triceps, hip flexors, and groin feel great today. Feel the burn, Emily! If my darling husband remembers to bring my gym clothes with him to work tonight, I'll be back on the elliptical and weight machines afte…

  • Gym and Gastronomy

    As a break from homework tonight, I decided to buy a cake and go to the gym.Yes, buy a cake... and go to the gym.It's a marble pound cake that will please me greatly later tonight or for breakfast with milk.The gym was w…

  • Tasty Grilled Veggie Pouches, a la Mama

    Wash potatoes and slice them like steak fries (or in whatever manageable chunks you prefer). Cut a red onion into rings and cut rings in half. Take a pepper (I like orange), remove top and seeds, and cut in strips or c…

  • What good things have happened to you lately?

    So funny you asked Yesterday, in addition to all the things I mentioned, Steve and I went out to get him a haircut and some gas for our lawnmower. Before we returned to be fastidious homeowners and watch the tulips bloo…

  • (Actually, my noble husband is playing The Sims.)We mowed the lawn. (Okay, HE mowed the lawn and I picked up sticks.)I have pictures of the flowers, but I need to find the cord that links the camera to the computer.I'm w…

  • Spring Has Sprung

    Yesterday I did not bike. But I did go haul many pounds of topsoil and play in the dirt. The activity in the sunshine with the smell of the grill, the curiosity of the cats, the real ground beneath my feet all released…

  • The Wednesday Funnies: HereToday there WILL be bicycling, reading, and maybe even *gasp* homework. And papers to write before I sleep....And papers to write before I sleep.This entry is short. I'd love it if you'd rea…

  • A Little Bird Told Me: or, Will Rhyme for Credits ;-)

    I walked back from class yesterdayand met a bird along the way.He had found a tasty worm and chowed down to a yummy snack.He looked confused; I was bemused;He wasn't sure if I'd attack.I soothed the bird as I walked on b…

  • I went to a delightful (and free) lunch today. About a dozen of us (mostly faculty) sat and heard one professor's presentation on the United Nations' Global Compact and whether or not our business school should join. T…

  • I guess you can click on that to make it bigger? Hilarity!Great food at the parents'. Everybody there is hilarious. We watched some more Northern Exposure - what a great show!On my drive home, I heard some great music…

  • Softness, Contemplation, Reflection

    Military forces "under stress," but still plugging and chugging.Big Business has its way with democracy.Thank you, Sue, for introducing me to Brett.(His site mentions Mason Jennings, who wrote and performs another song I…

  • My undergraduate advisor bombasts the lack of social and political awareness among today's youth.From Stars and Stripes:Pentagon to shut down intelligence office.Troops rescue a baby A moving story of the road to citizen…

  • What is your workspace like?

    It's cluttered and semi-organized. I came into a system where there was already organization in place. My predecessor (over two years ago, so I really have no excuse) left wonderful notes on how to do most aspects of m…

  • Pumpernickel and Onion PretzelsCrunchy Red ApplesA Good Bed-Mate and Rain Pattering on the RoofLiteracySmelling Like a Sheep Because I Wore Wool in the RainAn Unexpected Pair of SocksFamily and FriendsBubble BathsFruit P…

  • Of late, I'm doing a lot of intake: fresh air, ice cream, fiction, lectures, didactic essays on access to literacy and higher education. I'm not doing a lot of meaningful output outside of a few check requests and assig…

  • Spot the Misplaced Modifier

    It's my Mama! Rather, the picture below is of an actress whose shows I never saw, cuz I wasn't around yet. The actress looks a lot like my mom, right down to the expression on her face. Mama's pale, with long straight …

  • The Onion fulfills my wildest fantasies.Yes, this makes me a major dork.Working on a day this beautiful seems to be a sin.With a ton of homework tonight to boot!

  • Brain Stew

    12,500 credits on the nose.I will need many more of these to reach a free premium membership 4 lyfe. I whore and beseech you \/\/1f r33311333 b@d 1337 $p33|<.Also, it's almost 1am on a schoolnight, so that might have…

  • Grape Ape

    I read this morning that some gorillas in zoos are being diagnosed with heart disease.My dad said, "Maybe that's because there are too many carbohydrates in Purina's Ape Chow."

  • The 2008 Erma Bombeck Writers' Workshop has been amazing! Last night I got to listen to Garrison Keillor do his thing. He read a few of Erma's columns, a few of his own, and told stories in between, all over a lovely (…

  • Another One Bites the Dust

    Our biggest event at work is done for the year. It gets easier every year (this is my third), but I still don't like it. I did a good job schmoozing and looking good and professional and putting stuff together, but it'…

  • Awesome April Fool's JokesGive Candace some love and stars! This is a great compilation.

  • "Tell me over and over and over again, my friend..."

    Last night I went to yet another performance. This one was part of a "Stage, Song, and Service" class directed by my favorite counselor/voice instructor. The production was called Namaste, and we heard some amazing mus…

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