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FYI: Op to teach American lit at John Jay (or Classics)
Dear CUNY English Chairs,
We have a last-minute need for a few adjuncts to teach Ancient and American
Literature general education courses. If you know anyone looking, please
tell them to email our Deputy Chair, Valerie Allen at vallen@jjay.cuny.edu.
The schedule and course descriptions follow:
LIT230 MF 9:25AM- 10:40AM CLASSICAL LITERATURE
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Island of Dr. Moreau Pairing
So let's say you're a professor who's just finished teaching H.G. Wells's The Island of Dr. Moreau to her sophomore lit class. For the final, this class needs to annotate a text that you give them on Sat morning. During the final, they will compare and contrast the novel and whatever you give them ( Read more... ) -
Open invite for swimminig Bronxites
Have any of you ventured to Hunts Point for the Floating Pool Lady? http://www.nycgovparks.org/sub_things_to_do/facilities/af_floating_pool.html. I missed it when it was parked off Brooklyn, but obviously it get great reviews ( Read more... ) -
Darling teenaged kitten, anyone?
Does anyone want a lovely and lovey kitten/cat? S/he hangs around the corner by my apartment, and I feel like I should save him/her. VERY affectionate and a little underweight due to being homeless. I already have 2 cats, which is plenty for me. Any takers? -
Crisis
FU deleted my email account, which apparently dismantled my ability to get onto FU library databases, including MLA Directory of Periodicals. This is bad timing because I just finished revising an essay for publication and my target journal is not going to work. Researching another one is basically impossible without the MLA D of P. I've been ( Read more... ) -
Sorry for the bummer
This is an email my friend sent me, which I'm posting in case anyone wants to help. I'm leaving this post open to the public.
Dear Friends,
Just two weeks ago, good friends of mine found out that their 5 year old son, Kai, has a rare type of leukemia (Philadelphia Chromosome Positive Acute Lymphomblastic Leukemia) He is being treated with a cocktail ( Read more... ) -
Question with the hopes of saving me much work
Is there a way to make endnotes footnotes automatically? I need to convert Chicago style into MLA. -
Indian Beets
If you're like me, Urban Organics sends you beets every week. What to do with them? This comes from Madhur Jaffrey's Indian Cooking, and it's both delicious and easy.
1 pound (3) fresh beets
1 1/2 tablespoons vegetable oil
1 teaspoon cumin seeds
1 bay leaf (I skipped it)
1 cup chopped canned tomatoes
1 cup water
1/2 teaspoon ground cumin
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Phones
My phone was stolen yesterday at a library in East New York, probably by a middle school boy. Terrible. It hit me hard, but I'm moving on. It was giving me a little trouble anyway ( Read more... ) -
Preaching to the choir, but what the hell
Copy this sentence into your LJ if you're in a heterosexual marriage (or if you think you might be someday) and you don't want it "protected" by the bigots who think that gay marriage hurts it somehow.