A Ken Burns Sepia-Toned Archive of Posts
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On this auspicious occasion of it being two years since I ceased smoking tobacco*
I didn’t quit smoking. I’m a smoker who doesn’t smoke. Continue reading
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The Benefits of Fucking Up
[Before you do anything else, if you can, send some money to one or more of the organizations listed in this New Yorker article. I did not hit a paywall when I visited the page, but if that changes, I’d appreciate you letting me know.] There’s nothing worse than a nice, white person trying desperately Continue reading
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General nonsense #1
Who am I kidding? It’s certainly not the first. In an effort to not take space in social media where so many people are sharing important information, I decided to put my weirdness here in a series of asides for now (probably forever). I don’t want to seem tone deaf in a sea of voices Continue reading
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Taking Notes #1
I am working on my history paper and I’m looking at the teaching of the Irish language in Ireland in the mid to late 1800s. There is a document that is making the case to teach children Irish as a pathway to teaching them English. One of the arguments these men are making is the Continue reading
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This is not the post I meant to post
Originally, since I have much other writing that needs my attention right now, I was going to post a short story that I’d written back in 2015 as part of a final project in a literature course. I’d found it today while searching my cloud storage for something else and thought it would be a Continue reading
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2n-1
Consistency being the hallmark of all popular content creators, I have posted another post. It’s mostly nonsense, but boy did it cheer me up! PLUS ULTRA! Continue reading
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The Myth of Academic Leisure
Every semester will be different, yet every semester is the same. With all due respect to the Charlie Foxtrot that is the Spring of Covid-19 I think it’s time to disrupt the myth that a life in graduate school is one of relaxed reading, occasional writing, and laid-back teaching. I don’t know who needs to Continue reading
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Composition and Contagion: I feel like I failed
Caveat: the world is on fire right now. I am not talking about expecting more from my students. I am talking about how I could have done better. I knew how challenging it was to keep the attention of my small group of students in class. I was not prepared for how impossible it would Continue reading
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Devs, or, How I binged this show to avoid work and ended up fucking my brain
I did not expect this show to have such a visceral effect on me. From the very first episode, I understood that the slow pace of the narrative was in part to instill a sense of dread, I also felt the pull of another force: an undertow of awe. That was the promise at least. Continue reading
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Composition and Contagion and Decomposition
What do I even say? As Costco sends me the nine-millionth email featuring products I either don’t need or they don’t have and the sheer volume of “How We Are Dealing with the BLAH BLAH BLAH” emails would be overwhelming if complaining about didn’t focus on the unimaginable privilege I have at my own situation Continue reading
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