January 2010
24 posts
On Research
As you walk away from the stacks, your eye lands on an intriguing title you’ve never heard of and you’ve not been looking for. It turns out to contain all the crucial information.
Just when you’re hitting transition and the book is just not going to come without a surgical intervention, a book that you don’t remembering ordering arrives in the mail, and it happens to have notches in all the...
December 2009
18 posts
Excellent review of 'Up in the Air' by J.M. Harper... →
"Student reflections on barbaric rules,...
I taught a freshman composition course this fall at a small-ish university in Northern New Jersey. In the students’ final portfolios, they had to include a reflective introduction that discussed what they’ve learned, how they’ve applied what they’ve learned, an evaluation of their strengths and weaknesses, etc. Here are some stellar samples: “Writing requires a lot of time, efforts, and...
“Your Cheatin’ Heart” - Hank...
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Hot Toddy!
Ingredients: + two thin lemon slices + 1 tablespoon honey + 1/4 teaspoon ground cinnamon + 1/2 cup boiling water + 2 shots of (high quality) whiskey + 2-3 cloves Prep: Place one of the lemon slices in the bottom of a rocks glass along with the honey and cinnamon and muddle them together. Pour in the water and whiskey and stir. Stick cloves into the remaining lemon slice, drop it into the drink...
Stanley Fish's review of Sarah Palin's 'Going... →
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“Jupiter Winter” - Sufjan Stevens
“The crickets and the rust-beetles scuttled among the nettles of the sage...”
– Eli Cash