My Own Thoughts

but it made me laugh. Someone was typing about a person with an obscured identity (to protect the guilty) and wrote s/h/it. She/he/it, get it? But shit. I laughed. Out loud. Though not loudly. Bad word!

To watch over students to make sure they aren’t cheating, say on a test. I learned a new word. Invigilate I wonder how long I can remember it?

I hate them. I particularly hate them when they are in my house. I hate them even more when they crawl up my jeans’ leg when I have my jeans on. I hate roaches. Did I mention that?

This is a funny idea I read on a Chronicle of Higher Education forum. If a student writes and the grammar in the email is poor, send them a message to revise and re-send the email. I like it. Of course, I do teach composition.

What to say to students when they don’t want to write the argument for the side they disagree with? Maybe this will work. Sun Tzu, the Art of War: It is said that if you know your enemies and know yourself, you will not be imperiled in a hundred battles; if you do not know [...]

I had a paper on fairy tales accepted to a journal. However, I had published about 1/4 of it on my blog. So I had to tell them that. I have offered to take the posts down. I hope that it won’t matter. I certainly hope it won’t kill the article acceptance. I really need [...]

I had an interview ten days ago. I didn’t think it went well, after the first hour of euphoria anyway. I really wanted that job. Oh well. I guess it wasn’t meant to be. Presentations: lots of checks Publications: some checks, with more coming WAC/WID experience: some last year, even more this year Online training: [...]

Any cause better served by lies than by the truth is a cause that its defenders believe doesn’t have an intellectual leg to stand on. The HeadMistress at the Common Room. If you go through her posts within the last week, you will see several leg-lacking arguments revealed.

Strange Horizons’ way too common plots for sci fi. Very fun to read through.

Keep a diary: Instead of talking about your problems, write them down. People who spend a few moments a day structuring their thoughts on paper experience a remarkable boost in their physical and psychological wellbeing. Smile, sit up and act happy: You might not feel like it, but the easiest way to be happy is [...]

So what they’re doing is the equivalent of trying to extrapolate the plot of Casablanca from one tiny bit of the love scene. from Brothers Judd Blog where an entire conversation with a fascinating Australian geologist is waiting to show you more problems with global warming.

I am bored. I have read all the Facebook notations my friends have made. (They need to get out there and make more.) I’ve read three books in the last three days, big thick ones. Plus I reread The Tempest by Shakespeare. What I haven’t done is write this week’s book chapter. I will though. [...]

I saw a CFP for a journal I hadn’t heard of before. It sounded fascinating and I sent the CFP on to several friends without checking out the journal. We are interested in both creative, and critical approaches to the discussion of faith and literature. The journal is not denominational, and does not take a [...]

reading through the blogs… I’m reminded of how so many feminists seem possessed of a wholly irrational hatred for this woman. Why? [...] Of course, the first answer you’ll get if you ask feminists why they hate Sarah Palin is that “it’s because she ____” — and then fill in the blank with the lie [...]

Especially when I read things like this. I guess I just have to hope that the extreme leftist propaganda wakes him up. I don’t think he’ll notice though. God, be with him.

How about Top 100 SF Internet list? It’s on GeoCities so it might go away. Interesting stuff.

1848 English edition of Struwelpeter is well worth a look, just for the vibrant colors and the funny pictures. Look for the guy with uncombed hair and uncut fingernails.

Instead of “the s*** hit the fan” I just read it styled as “Major Meteorlogical Event.” Grin

R and I really like each other. We’ve spent twenty happy years together (with odd days off for grumpiness). But I am starting to wonder if we are going to spend the rest of our lives talking about our work to each other… Where neither of us cares a lot, but is interested in the [...]