Next talk: 2010 MSU Student Research Symposium, April 23rd

The Zapatista Effect: Revolution through New Media Literacy, by Drew Berkowitz

"In February 1995, the Zapatista Army of National Liberation uncovered a report by Chase Emerging Markets representative Riordan Roett calling for the Mexican government to “eliminate” the nonviolent Zapatista ( Read more... )

A half asleep Gail, looking out the window at lawn decorations while I was driving home tonight:

"Look, fully functioning, miniature windmills!  Made by the field mice!  Now, the thing that's most impressive about those windmills isn't that they were built by mice, but that they were constructed by tiny cyborgs who were built by mice.  The windmills ( Read more... )

"How have you waited until this point in the semester to ask me how to turn the homework in?"

Question 1
 
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1) It's going to be hard to go back to being a student after teaching for a year.  My opinion of the average college student has decreased dramatically since the beginning of September ( Read more... )

I''m beginning to realize that I hang out with my "people I met in Boston" crowd about 3-4 nights a week, and I haven't seen my Wesleyan friends who live in Boston in about a month.

This should be remedied.

Gail and I are moving into our nice new 2-bedroom apartment in Watertown next week!  Details as to how Boston area people can help out are forthcoming.

We're also going to drive to New Hampshire (no sales tax!) this weekend to drop off Gail's sick Mac, and pick up my new Mac laptop!

Things!  Happening!

Here's my course load for the next year:

FALL 08
PHIL111-005 MWF 9:05-9:55
PHIL111-010 MWF 10:10-11:00

SPRING 09
PHIL111-001 MWF 8:00-8:50
PHIL111-004 MWF 9:05-9:55
PHIL111-008 MWF 10:10-11:00

PHIL 111 is the Introductory Logic course; all 10,000 students must take the course during their Freshman year.

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The season finale (Episode 25) of OO is perhaps the best episode of any science fiction series I have ever seen.  I did not expect the director of Full Metal Alchemist to be this competent at mixing political intrigue with breathtaking combat scenes.

It's strange to see an entire conference room of people at a convention agreeing that a show that ( Read more... )