It's my first day back on campus after the summer, and I have to say, things feel very different than they did last year ( Read more... )

And they're gone.

The Elton John Principle:
The quality of Elton John's music, by era, is directly proportional to the size of his glasses.
The last few days have had some interesting moments. One of my favorite professors of all time apparently referred one of my colleagues to me for help with Foucault vis-à-vis phenomenology. It was a huge compliment and somewhat ( Read more... )

As I arrived at the cafe, intent to do work, I was startled at the door by the appearance of an old, dear lover. As always, she looked somewhat stunning, even in this moment, as clearly tired as she was ( Read more... )

My intertextuality class is just beginning. I always find the makeup of the classroom really interesting. For this class, here are the programs that the various students are in ( Read more... )

It's a funny time of year. After the lovely month without students destroying downtown, they were back, full force, this Sunday. Today, I was up early enough on State Street that I almost felt like I'd gone back in time to before break ended. What looked to be the UW Women's Cross Country Team was running up the street and it made me think of ( Read more... )

The semester has begun anew. This time around I'll be taking the following ( Read more... )

Somehow I have the Jane's Addiction song, "Standing in the Shower... Thinking" running through my head while the O, Brother, Where Art Thou? soundtrack wraps up in the background ( Read more... )

Yesterday, I gave my presentation for a paper I'm working on for my graduate level seminar. I thought that everyone's topics were quite interesting. Here they are, for any other media nerds out there ( Read more... )

"Let It Snow" was written by Sammy Cahn and Jule Styne in 1945; the popular version that most of us think about when we hear it is Bing Crosby's 1962 version ( Read more... )