Well I guess I have fallen behind on posting. The yin and yang of classroom work has really taken its toll this semester. I am generally good at pacing homework and test preparation, but this semester it has been onslaughts followed by eerie silence. Kind of reminds me of trench warfare in World War One. You couldn’t see what was coming, then it ( Read more... )

I truly enjoyed our field trip to the Amon Carter. I don't go to the museum much any more and I should really take the time. I liked the variety of artist and styles. I went to the Georgia O'Keefe Museum in Santa Fe last year ,and this limited collection of her work reminded me of my favorite gallery game, count the naughty lady bits in the O'Keefe ( Read more... )

I tried to search for a deeper more philosophical meaning to Faulkner’s “A Rose for Emily”.  While involved in this endeavor, my mind began to roam.  I decided that “A Rose for Emily” was really an anagram for “A Sore for Limey” a thinly veiled attack against the laissez-faire attitude shown by the United Kingdom towards the world economy, post ( Read more... )

I used to think about,and follow pop culture very, very closely. I believe the media is directly responsible for defining pop culture. And because my former career was commercial film production, I believe I helped shape pop culture. At the very least, I used pop culture to further people’s desire for my client’s products. Interestingly, there is ( Read more... )