I think that every department on campus is having their Christmas party right at this very moment. I have abstained, and it's such a relief that in my old age I feel able to just say that no I'm not going, and leave it at that. It's like coming out of the closet - once you admit to a few people you are just antisocial, it gets easier every time ( Read more... )

I am as happy as anyone can be about Obama's resounding success. I have a lot to say and I'll get to it, I will ( Read more... )

I have my first teaching session at an SAT-prep and academic tutoring place tomorrow evening. Grrrffffghgh what the hell am I doing and what did I get myself into? Help.

Of course Barack Obama is doing the decent thing by making a forceful statement about Bristol Palin's pregnancy being off-limits in the political arena. In pure moral terms it's the only "right" thing to do, and in more cynical (realistic) terms, you have the fact that he was born to an 18-year-old himself ( Read more... )

Homophobic?

OC Girl #1 (on my right): Did you see that girl shove me?
OC Girl #2 (on my left): No, which one?
OCG1: That one with the long blond pony tail. Number 11... see her? She's the ugly one.
OCG2: Haha, like that narrows it down. What did she do?
OCG1: She took her stick in both hands and used it to push me out of her way. I said ( Read more... )

I am so GD sick of The Hillary Fans. Before anyone jumps down my throat either publicly or in their heads, I think it's clear you have your rational, reality-accepting, sad-but-moving-on Hillary supporters. . . and then you have another breed entirely. The (mostly) women who are letting themselves become pawns of the Republican party, intending ( Read more... )

One year ago this moment I was beginning my thesis defense seminar.

How life changes in one year.

This article is a brilliant assessment of The New Yorker's portrayal of the Obamas on its cover this week. In case you don't want to click (I recommend it, though), this is the bottom line:

"So, as absurd, as over the top, as utterly outlandish as the New Yorker image strikes the more sophisticated among us, there is a large fringe out there ( Read more... )

The bad ( Read more... )

So as I mentioned in my post earlier today, Leslie visited Dana and me this past week. We had tons of fun with our little Callie, but Leslie kept saying how she missed her Kiti and couldn't wait to see her at home. In fact, the plan was originally for Kiti to come with Leslie and get to hang out with her cousin Callie, but her vet said she had ( Read more... )