Bardiac

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Tuesday, June 30, 2009

8 Miles

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That's how far I needed to bike today to finish 500 miles for the month. So, I did (a bit more, even). It's the furthest I've e...
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Monday, June 29, 2009

To Swim or Not to Swim

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One of my friends has been swimming lots lately, and has been urging me to come have some fun. I found my swimsuit today, and tried it on. ...
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Dear Local Weather

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It's in the mid-60s today, windy and supposed to rain. Where I'm from, we have a word for weather like this: "winter."
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Small Town Summer

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One of the music folks here organizes a concert series during the summer, and I've been trying to take advantage of my free time this su...
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Sunday, June 28, 2009

Long Weekend

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I woke up this morning and couldn't believe it was only Sunday. Usually weekends fly by, but not this one. It made me think about the l...
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Friday, June 26, 2009

Liveblogging my Mammogram

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I thought I'd liveblog my screening mammogram this morning. I've got my appointment early, so I'm dosing up with a couple Advil...
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Wednesday, June 24, 2009

Connections

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The other day, I was walking out of the food co-op, and saw a colleague I barely know from the music department. "There's a really...
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What Summer Should Be

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It's about 8:30 am on Wednesday, and I have an important decision to make. Play bike, or no, or wait? My bike playing pal doesn't fe...
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Tuesday, June 23, 2009

Doing the Math

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The meeting today was surprisingly pleasant, considering the bad news. It was more of a "the state informed us to inform you folks...
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Blood Pressure Rising

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Stupidly, I checked my email this morning. There was a note from someone on campus, saying that the headmaster has requested a meeting with...
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Monday, June 22, 2009

What I Did on my Summer Vacation

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I got my teeth cleaned today. That's how I spend my summer vacation, getting teeth cleaned. Add to my list of jobs I'm glad I don...
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Sunday, June 21, 2009

One Big Bird

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I'm sitting in my sunroom, which is where the laptop and the TV live, and suddenly out of the corner of my eye, I see this. It's t...
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Friday, June 19, 2009

Conflicted, or, It's All About Me

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We've been trying to do a common text in our first year writing courses for the past couple of years; the idea is to have faculty and st...
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Thursday, June 18, 2009

The New Edition Blues, part the second

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I emailed a colleague I respect a lot to ask her why she wants to change editions. Is it, I asked, mostly the MLA changes, or have you seen...
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Tuesday, June 16, 2009

The New Edition Blues

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I got an email today about ordering a new edition of the comp textbook. If your students buy texts every semester, then you're pretty m...
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Monday, June 15, 2009

Brainstorming Class

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I met with a colleague today to brainstorm a course outline for a new course for the department. The idea is that lots of people would be a...
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Sunday, June 14, 2009

Bardiac's Yellowstone Adventure, Postlude - The Books

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I'm one of those people who loves to have a book on CD/tape going when I have a long drive; the longer the drive, the more I appreciate ...
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Friday, June 12, 2009

Bardiac's Yellowstone Adventure, part 4

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After leaving Yellowstone, I headed out towards Cody, WY. I'd heard there's a great Buffalo Bill museum there. What I didn't k...
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Thursday, June 11, 2009

Bardiac's Yellowstone Adventure, part 3

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After five days of biking, we ended up back in Bozeman. A couple of us went out to dinner, and I made plans to start back for home. But I ...
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Wednesday, June 10, 2009

Bardiac's Yellowstone Adventure, part 2

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My bike tour started in Bozeman, so I headed there the day before, and the Roaringgrrl came to meet me! It was great to meet her and her p...
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Bardiac
I profess literature. More specifically, I'm a feminist, female Shakespearean who also teaches composition regularly, early modern literature, Chaucer on occasion, graduate classes in writing and research, literary theory, poetry, drama. Welcome to my world.

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