Man, it's been a long 8 years. I haven't quite dealt with that yet, I don't think. That's my entire adult life -- last semester of college and all that followed. For my students, it's their entire aware life.

That's 8 years of the involuntary president's voice shudder, 8 years of ridiculous internet clips, 8 years of the Daily Show. Almost 8 ( Read more... )

spooky_thing and I are forever indebted to his roommate incontango for introducing us to our new appointment television: Tool AcademyYes, it's a VH1 reality show. Shut up. Behold the premise: a group of wronged girlfriends nominate their boyfriends to attend the awesomely named Tool Academy, in which they will learn... well, how to behave less like the assholish tools ( Read more... )

(I tallied this up yesterday for my own benefit, but I thought some of you might be interested, too. I'm pretty pleased with myself!)

I didn’t keep track of this well enough right after the farmer’s market closed at the end of November, and I’ve definitely eaten some of my stock since then. But what I have today is:

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spooky_thing found me this article in the Globe: "How the city hurts your brain ...And what you can do about it." Basically, it summarizes some studies about how time spent in the city is more stressful than time spent in nature. This is particularly mind-blowing:

Studies have found that even a relatively paltry patch of nature can confer benefits. In the ( Read more... )

Tonight I joined my colleagues for the traditional caroling from dorm to dorm before Winter Break. My friend didn't want to sing anything Christmas-y, so none of the kids would feel left out (a perspective I find it hard to complain about, obviously). On the other hand, I said, we as a school and a country have set our major break in the school ( Read more... )

This year I am thankful for

my family, the biological and the chosen, who keep my life three-dimensional, colorful, and full.

my third (!) Thanksgiving with spooky_thing, who always feels like home to me ( Read more... )

1:09: Ok, Prop 8 is at 52.3 to 47.7 Yes, with 24.2% reporting. Which sucks. MN is 43 to 41 Coleman, with 74% reporting. Which also sucks.

And I am bed-bound, because I have to get up in 4 and a half hours, get on a train, and go teach some classes.

"President-elect Barack Obama." Just keep saying that to yourselves. It's real.

12:40: Reporter: "In Kenya they've declared it a national holiday."

12:34: John Kerry: "I have the latest exit polls. Bush is exiting, Cheney is exiting..." Hee! jadelennox: "He made a joke and it was funny! Why didn't he do that 4 years ago ( Read more... )

11:57: Globe editorial cartoon

11:50: spooky_thing: "They keep showing Oprah, now that they've found her in the audience."

11:48: jadelennox: "I can finally start traveling abroad and letting people hear my accent." msakai's sister: "Time to take down those fake maple leaves ( Read more... )

10:59: Wooo! VA!

10:56: Apparently CO's initiative to define human life at conception went down. Thank goodness. Good grief, people.

10:54: Check this map: What a difference 2 years of hard, smart campaigning makes. Remember when Obama spoke at the DNC 4 years ago, and we were all, "Who's that guy? He's gonna run for president, and he's ( Read more... )