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Just some quick notes for now, since I feel vaguely guilty about not updating this when I keep finding out that there are more and more people reading this. (I might even be up to double digits now!) Sarah Harmer’s … Continue reading →

Back in the Midwest and still utterly exhausted, even after a truly prodigious sleep last night. The whole early-morning, late-late-night thing just didn’t end up working for me after a while. Of course given the choice I know which one … Continue reading →

Your faithful correspondent is in Florida right now, attending an academic conference. This is supposed to be a relaxing experience, or at least that was my plan… which probably indicates how bad I am when it comes to plans and … Continue reading →

It’s been an interesting day. One of the associate faculty at my Urban Commuter Campus resigned today for medical reasons, requiring our department chair to find people to fill his courses. Being the agreeable kind of guy I am who … Continue reading →

So a disclaimer: I have not seen The Passion of the Christ. I have no intention of seeing The Passion of the Christ. I seem to have enough trouble actually going out and seeing the movies that I do want … Continue reading →

This quiz is sort of interesting; it purports to measure how southern one’s speech patterns are. Of course there’s a great many faults that one can find with it — the basic assumption that measuring and index of dixie-ness is … Continue reading →

Temperatures have actually be above freezing during the daytime for the past couple here in my little corner of the Upper Midwest. I’m a fan, personally; winter was great, I loved all the snowstorms that I didn’t have to drive … Continue reading →

I’m reading the transcript from some CNN show last night, where the host (Dobbs) had a spirited debate with one of his guests (Glassman) about the offshoring of jobs by big American companies. Glassman, who sees this as a good … Continue reading →

Thematically related to last night’s long ‘un: The Poor Man has a brief essay on the standard model of political reporting. If you weren’t snickering by halfway through, then all I can say is that you haven’t read enough physics.

One of the few things that I’m really excited about in my life right now is a course I’m going to be teaching this summer (May-June). I know, you’re probably saying that if I have to look ahead to May … Continue reading →