Not of General Interest

 It's nearly time for MLA er, New Year's Eve, and I'd prefer to look ahead than to the land of little work that was November an...

Happy fall! How's everybody doing? In no particular order, some thoughts:   Twitter : There's a lot going on over there, including p...

As you've probably seen, the writer David McCullough has died at age 89 . I mentioned his sonorous tones in Ken Burns's The Civil W...

 I've been fascinated recently with this article about a writer on the show Grey's Anatomy, who (necessary disclaimer--"alleged...

 As new academics, we're taught (or do we just internalize?) the need to make things right. Or maybe this: as women who are new academic...

 First, here's the article: https://www.nytimes.com/2022/05/13/opinion/college-university-remote-pandemic.html .   The TL;dr on this is ...

 First of all, I do love teaching.  Second, I believe in flexibility, and my syllabus has all kinds of alternative assignments, escape claus...

Like a good portion of the rest of the country, Northern Clime is getting snow. In April. Every day. Snow. What is it Bill Murray says? ...

   COVID, now with new and improved Omicron 2.0, is still flourishing here and elsewhere. British Airways had their flight crews take off ma...

  First, some writing house inspiration, courtesy of Wendell "I don't need a computer" Berry: "Hidden in the woods on a ...

 I was recently scrolling through Shedworking ( https://www.shedworking.co.uk/ ), a UK* site for hopes and dreams about writing houses, when...

 It's become a (semi? quasi?) annual tradition to post from MLA, and although I skipped last year, here's what it looks like in this...

Answer: Ha! not even close to over. On the other hand, we can now get vaxxed AND boosted AND have good masks available, though few or no rap...

 First, some writing inspiration from Paul McCartney in The New Yorker: " As McCartney recalls, “George would say, ‘Be here at ten, t...

 UCSB says, "heck, yes!" https://www.independent.com/2021/10/28/architect-resigns-in-protest-over-ucsb-mega-dorm/ Short version: ...

You've doubtless seen this one: Robert Kolker's  "Who is the Bad Art Friend?" in the  NYTimes Magazine.  Here's the sh...

 I know I wrote about this last time, but about conferences: can we just not? Conference 1. Recently, for a conference in a month or two, I ...

 Over at IHE, Joshua Kim asks whether  we're ready to go back to conference travel and whether we have any conference travel planned fo...

 Inspired by Dame Eleanor and xykademiqz , a 5-minute post.  Let's see--what's positive? My campus wants people to get vaccinated. ...

Seriously, Joey Tribbiani ( Friends ) & those associations aside, how are you doing?   I ask because we're supposed to be all over t...