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White flags and name tags | Jardinière
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White flags and name tags. December 21, 2007 at 12:55 pm ( Academic. I think I’ve got to come to terms with the fact that I am too overwhelmed, both personally and professionally, to keep this up in good faith. Next week is the MLA, though. What a year it’s been, eh? Will I pimp my ride. We’ll see. I’m bringing the kids; I’m sure my daughter could work some glitter magic. In the meantime, have a restful and joyous holiday. February 13, 2008 at 3:07 pm. Hey, did you make it back from Chicago? Which now ha...
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Viva la DiNucci | Jardinière
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November 15, 2007 at 11:26 am ( Uncategorized. I’ve been slacking, I know — and holy crap, I realize I kept misspelling Jemaine! Call it fitting or ironic, but moving to Canada has messed with my orthography . . .) — but if you’re catching this, try to catch the Tournament of Champions on Jeopardy tonight and tomorrow, when one Celeste DiNucci (former grad school crony) will by vying for the big prize. You’ll recall that I featured. November 15, 2007 at 9:49 pm. November 16, 2007 at 9:42 am. Yeah, I̵...
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The Jenny McCarthy [Autism] Book | Jardinière
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The Jenny McCarthy [Autism] Book. November 5, 2007 at 2:32 am ( Autism. X-posted in my own section “On the Spectrum”]. Then there’s the weird dread of “friends” turning up at the door unannounced: what is it about this condition that makes the door bell feel like a friggin’ death knell? Is it a bunker mentality, the byproduct of depression at the prospect of facing down your child’s dia-/prognosis? That’s right, fuck this shit. The Globe and Mail. Led an article on autism this past Saturday. As for the b...
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First Day of School (Canadian edition) | Jardinière
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First Day of School (Canadian edition). September 4, 2007 at 9:13 am ( Canadiana. My daughter starts grade two (not second grade) today, the day after Labour (not Labor) Day. But some mystifying items also appeared on her list. First: pencil crayons. Are they pencils? Or are they crayons? We stood in the lobby of S and R (one of those classic old department stores: what a smell! So I thought.). No, they’re coloured (not colored) pencils. Pencil crayons. (We got a box of 24.). September 9, 2007 at 10:14 am.
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Bret or Jermaine? | Jardinière
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September 27, 2007 at 11:03 pm ( Music. Should not go in my tenure file. I can’t decide. And yes, this is the jelly my gray matter is reduced to this week.). September 28, 2007 at 12:30 pm. I think the real question is: Hiphopopotamus vs. Rhymenoceros. Tell me that you’re not considering a shift to “gangster folk crossover” …. October 4, 2007 at 1:34 pm. OK, I just came across this blog and I HAVE to comment, because of course you would pick Bret. He has a helmet that looks like his hair. Later Jermaine,...
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Opening Day | Jardinière
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September 8, 2007 at 10:59 am ( Public relations. In more ways than you can imagine. Welcome, everybody. Nice to see you over here. September 9, 2007 at 3:01 pm. September 13, 2007 at 2:44 am. September 15, 2007 at 10:42 pm. Thanks . . . of course, launching this site the weekend before the first week of classes, well. . . that was a little ambitious. (Whew. Glad to have that week under my belt.). Leave a Reply Cancel reply. Enter your comment here. Fill in your details below or click an icon to log in:.
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One of these things is not like the others | Jardinière
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One of these things is not like the others. September 16, 2007 at 12:14 am ( Music. Should not go in my tenure file. I transplanted the blog here for a number of reasons. Sure, there have been things I’ve wanted to do — ways I wanted to organize material, both conceptually and visually — that I have had in mind for some time. Over the past year, however, I grew concerned that blogging sapped energies that I should be devoting either to my academic writing or (more critically) to my family. (A family ...
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Shameless cross-post | Jardinière
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November 3, 2007 at 9:30 am ( Music. Should not go in my tenure file. I wrote this in the comments below, but then thought it might be a good idea to post it for real, just so’s you see something happening in here. I’ve been gone a long time. Totally missed the month of October. Tough term, lemme tell ya. On the matter of Bret and Jermaine, however, I’m afraid I’ve been swayed by the delicious preciosity of Jermaine’s *total self-absorption. Of course there’s the Coco episode, in which Jermaine acc...
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Mac v. PC (breakdown edition) | Jardinière
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Mac v PC (breakdown edition). September 21, 2007 at 9:26 am ( Academic. My MacPowerbook died a rather spectacular death this week (if you’ve sent me an email prior to Wednesday, chances are I won’t reply). I sensed I was in trouble when the hard drive started to squeak and hiss. . . geez, all I did was “command” it to print (insolent appliances! Though the worse ones nag: the washer and dryer, my cell phone, even the coffee machine, they’re constantly beeping at me. . . gimme some peace! I’ve taken...