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Venting, aka My Rant
I have two Core Humanities discussion sections. Usually, things go fairly well. Today, not so much. Frankly, my first section sucked so bad. It made me utterly irate. Their readings were relatively short, a total of 29 pages, many of those pages being less than half a page. Because of this, one would think that the students would finish the ( Read more... ) -
The Interpreter
Late night grading deserves a laugh every now and then. I don't recall if I've posted this before or not, but it gets me every time.
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Confessions of a Teenage-Movie Connoisseur
A friend and I decided to go to the movies on Saturday. There are quite a few movies out right now that we both are interested in watching. When we met up, we were not yet decided on what to see. It was between Rango and Beastly. The latter, you might know, is a retelling of Beauty and the Beast, with a modern setting and high schoolers. As we ( Read more... ) -
(Untitled)
It seems that thing are always changing, yet what really matters remains constant, if we're lucky. I recently found someone's project online that captures this idea. A photographer, Irina Werning, recreated old photos, using the same person and the same setting. the same, or similar, clothes were also used. If you decide to take a look, let me ( Read more... ) -
At a loss for words?
My friend Jon recently posted this on facebook ( Read more... ) -
youtube happy post
I've been a fan of Neil Gaiman for years. I've never really been a fan of his new wife, Amanda Palmer, but this little ditty is quite amusing.
And some of that pop shit that she speaks of:
Joe Mcintyre & Eman at the Palms in Vegas, singing Ke$ha's Take It Off:
And other. Same guys, same place, singing Sex On Fire:
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Perspective
Although I am currently enjoying the rainy weather outside, I must admit that I often complain when the weather is cold and windy. However, the following video puts any "foul" weather I may encounter here in the high desert into perspective ( Read more... ) -
sidetracked from grading
Everyone needs an occasional break from grading, right? Right.
However, some procrastination, as necessary as it may be, is just so wrong it makes me want to return to grading. (As soon as I finish typing this, of course ( Read more... ) -
Tooth-alicious
Just so I remember the date, today is tooth-tacular day.
Time for bed. I'm being much too silly. Not only on here, but also on twitter and facebook. Egads.
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