You know those quotes at the bottom of emails? Everyone’s always trying to come up with the perfect one. I never use them because I can’t think of one that would be all encompassing for emailing my family, friends, students, colleagues, advisers, and people who receive applications for employment or fellowships. I could have a [...]
Most likely this is the last analogy before Sarah has the baby, who weighs about five pounds, the size of a bag of sugar. I’m actually surprised at a weight analogy this week from babycenter, since they haven’t used one since 20 weeks. Sarah is 35 weeks pregnant now. Her due date is May 20, [...]
(view from soc dept: click picture for commentary) Just overheardfirst professor: What about this weather?second prof: It’s King Lear out there! Only at a university would a comment like this go by without question or even much follow up conversation. It’s just something you say or hear people say. Granted, it is a torrent out [...]
With death, comes life. Or so they say at Easter, for the changing of the seasons, or between a funeral and a birth, three points that describe my current position. This week’s picture was taken yesterday, #95 out of 365 pictures this year. These blocks and giraffe are toys from our baby shower at Mom’s [...]
Rex’s Tin Snips Got a call this morning that my grandfather died. Several years ago he was clearing out his garage, making tool kits for all his grandchildren. Quite a collection, too. Tin snips, awls, and I have no idea what most of these actually are or do. Makes me think of him though. Maybe [...]
So today I have to – per usual – make a last minute copy just before my class. That’s not too difficult, a quick one page review sheet for an exam, 35 copies at a machine right next to my office in a barren hallway at the ungodly hour of 9:00 am. Normally this takes [...]
That was the title of my e-mail to the Eastern Sociological Society in Philly yesterday. My session is today at 1:30, and here I sit in Chicago. Luckily, I am at home and not stuck in some god-forsaken airport somewhere. Like Cleveland. Thanks to the worst snow storm of 07 out east, flights to Newark, [...]
In case this doesn’t look familiar, this is the internal working of Blackboard, which increasingly is required for instructional use at colleges. Well that and WebCT, which I’ve also used and like a little better*. You can do a lot of things with Blackboard: so many things, in fact, that last summer I filled out [...]
Ok, so I haven’t been checking MySpace in quite a long time. This week someone asked to be my friend, which means I get an email to that regard, subsequently reminding me of my own online presence there. In checking, I notice I’ve been getting comments. Belated apologies to old friends Kristen and Jd. for [...]
There are lots of coffee shops in our neighborhood. Starbucks was just the closest one to our old apartment building. I also found it a great place to study. Anymore, I go elsewhere, because we live closer to a couple of other shops now. So I haven’t been back to the old Starbucks for maybe [...]
