The juniors I'm teaching are reading Lord of the Flies, and I was thinking that as an interesting discussion to have with them, we could talk about instances when people showed that they are, at heart, immoral like the book shows. I also want counter-examples. To frame this discussion in a thought-provoking way that any of the students can access ( Read more... )

I have never yet participated in the grand LJ tradition of posting song lyrics without giving any explanation whatsoever about them. I suppose I'm already breaking the tradition by writing even this insignificant preface, but, well, this is the song in my head right now ( Read more... )

I just cancelled my free trial with Blockbuster.com (which I got solely to get a couple free rentals for New Years). I meant to do it quickly before bed, but they gave me a comment section. I wrote comments, but then got a message saying that I had to use 255 characters or less. This meant that my comment lost any semblance of being constructive ( Read more... )

I've tried to work on a couple different things tonight, but it just hasn't happened. I gave up on my essay because the novel I was writing about was too deliciously ambiguous for me to continue my argument. So I talked on AIM for a while, then started to read the Mayor of Casterbridge, but had to stop because I just feel too damn good. I am ( Read more... )

For an amusing game, think of a television show, book, or movie. Then replace one noun in the title with the word "puppy" or "puppies," as the case may be. Favorites:

The Sword and the Puppy
28 Puppies Later
Bonfire of the Puppies
Children of a Lesser Puppy

James Fenimore Cooper: Bastard
My Girlfriend: Absolutely Wonderful

That is all.

I have watched 4 movies in the past two days. Last night was Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, which I must say was still damn entertaining after all these years. The other movie of yesterday was Kubrick's Fear and Desire, which I drove 1.5 hours to Rochester to see. Dr. Greiff is teaching his Kubrick class again, which means his class went to go ( Read more... )

So I'm posting now. Go me ( Read more... )