2016-03-19 18:53
Grr. . . Aaargh.*I have a bad case of BAS (Beowulf [the Movie] Anxiety Syndrome), so I'm curious to hear what y'all are thinking about it. I already know I'm going to go see it: it's pretty… Read More
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A would-be medievalist and disgruntled grad student blogs about literature, teaching, gender politics, cats, movies containing papier-mache monsters, and whatever else crosses her path.
2016-03-19 18:53
Going to a family reunion and want to avoid That Question?There's a shirt for that.Wrote 20 pages yesterday?There's a shirt for that, too.Click here if you're interested Read More
2016-03-19 18:53
I don't want to pull down this post. I don't like shutting down productive debate and thoughtful disagreements. What is happening, however, is that some exceptionally annoying and rude peopl… Read More
2016-03-19 18:53
Some things I've been reading lately and thought others might want to hear about or be reminded of:1) As you could probably guess from that last post, Annie Dillard's The Writing Life2) Anne… Read More
2008-02-09 11:15
This is something I think I have learned about myself and want to recall later, either for comfort or for revision:When you are writing, you know what you need to do. Making sure your pencil… Read More
2008-01-17 01:15
So, uhm, yeah. Hi. It's been a while.Most everybody's probably pretty much given up on me, but for those few who might still be hoping for a dispatch, here's a little something. I'm not sure… Read More
2007-12-29 04:16
I'm deeply pleased not to be there, myself: my impressions weren't all that favorable the one time I went, and it's nice to be here with the folks, instead. But I wish the best of luck to th… Read More
2007-12-26 14:09
By the way, for those who are wondering: I did make it safely to Old Home Sod, at last. In fact, my buddy Cheryl gave me a first-class seat for the first leg of the trip home. Niiiice Read More
2007-12-26 14:05
Please, for the love of God, STOP offering things at massively reduced prices. I know there's a panic over people not having spent as much as usual for the holidays, but consistently seeing… Read More
2007-12-19 10:21
I was supposed to fly to Old Home Sod two nights ago, but it became very clear on the day of that it wasn't going to happen. Not only am I still recovering from the Month of Ick, and not onl… Read More
2007-11-21 03:42
Ain't it always the way? You announce a hiatus after weeks of writing nothing, and the very next day, you realize that there's something you just have to post.I just listened to a This Ameri… Read More
2007-11-19 05:18
Hiya, folks. I apologize to those of you who might've been expecting a post at some point during the past month: things are getting interesting in Wiseass World. I mean "interesting" in ways… Read More
2007-10-08 14:07
Hiya.Sorry I haven't been around much for a while: the past few weeks have been, well, interesting. Just spent the weekend at a conference, which was a good thing: I learned things and saw p… Read More
2007-09-21 23:01
I actually got up at 7:30am, got to campus by 9:00am, and spent two whole hours writing today. And it didn't suck.This is very, very good.Given, I was working on an article and not on The Be… Read More
2007-09-20 07:36
THE PIRATEOh, the blithery, blathery pirate(His name, I believe, is Claude),His manner is sullen and irate,And his humor is vulgar and broad.He has often been known to imprisonHis friends in… Read More
2007-09-20 02:37
Just back in town after a bit of family time (and yes, the Glorious Nephew is still glorious). I am tremendously, immensely behind on things blog, but racing to catch up. Here are a few of t… Read More
2007-09-14 16:37
From time to time, one of my former students gets in touch with me. More often than not, the emails or phone calls come from alumni of the Nameless Summer Program I worked for during the fiv… Read More
2007-09-13 23:30
Yep, it's that time again. Time for the obligatory post about how I'm re-thinking and revamping my blog. It must've been a few months since the last update, since that appears to be my patte… Read More
2007-09-13 01:44
I now have one of these.And one of these, too (there's a mail-in rebate of the full purchase price for students who buy a Mac machine by September 16).Don't hate me because I'm so technologi… Read More
2007-09-11 17:44
Oral histories from the September 11 attacks at The Memory Hole.Surviving Katrina and Rita in Houston. (Jennifer Howard's Chronicle of Higher Education article "Stories from the Storm" will… Read More
2007-08-30 04:24
So, the Virginia Governor's Panel has issued a report on the VTech massacre (the full AP article is here). It includes several criticisms of the university, including this one:The report . … Read More
2007-08-30 03:13
I'm a sincere animal lover and am outraged about the atrocities Michael Vick committed. Still, I do think this article about the discrepancy between professional athletes' punishment for dog… Read More
2007-08-30 03:08
A couple of items I've seen recently are reminding me how little I know about (and giving me a tantalizing glimpse of) the non-European Middle Ages:Medieval Cambodian City Was World's Larges… Read More
2007-08-28 00:35
Acre on academia's diminishing-returns financial policy of grossly underpaying graduate students and recent Ph.D.s--and how it feels to be on the recieving end.Go read it. Especially if you'… Read More
2007-08-24 02:29
Sorry it's been so moribund around here (again). I've been ill, and then suffering from migraines, for the past two weeks. So, yeah, I've been having too much fun to post anything for publi… Read More
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