Bardiac

I didn't mean to sound totally unsympathetic to the deanling yesterday. S/he's a fine person, though a little rigid. But we're...

I'm doing some curricular work over break. It's leftover from the semester, from a committee I'm on. The idea is that my depar...

You know what I'd find really handy, and I bet other folks would too? A short monthly summary of one or two of the best articles in comp...

So, the not -ginger-bread houses.* Here's one end showing the chimney. The popular candies this year were M&Ms. I don't reme...

When I was a kid, we used to make little houses out of cardboard and decorate them as gingerbread houses. It's a LOT easier to build a ...

I'm prepping for next term by reading a book of poetry I ordered for the poetry class. I've also ordered an anthology, but I've...

I borrowed my niece's copy and read it yesterday. It's a disturbing book, maybe more disturbing to an adult than to a kid? I hardl...

Conversation: X: I really like this cat toy. Me: Yes, it's cool. X: I really like it. Hours later: X: I really like this cat toy. Me...

/auc wtb fbss No, not really. I'm heading out shortly; I've packed mostly, but I have a couple more presents to wrap. And, of course...

One of my friends is leaving for a new job. I'm happy for my friend because it will be a much better fit. But I'm unhappy for me b...

I can understand the confusion some people have between Mary Tudor and Mary Stuart. First, they usually get called by nicknames, and second...

I'm so buried in grading that it's dismal. (I wanted to give back all the research papers today, but I've given up, alas. I...

I'm disappointed in myself today. I had a meeting with a student. It's part of my medium cheesiness that I meet with students, and...

I talked to my Mom yesterday, and she mentioned that the memorial service for my Aunt who died recently isn't going to be until mid-Janu...

The neighbors across the way lent me their snowblower this morning. Even with the snowblower, it took almost an hour to clear my drive. N...

It's that time of the semester when everyone's tempers are a little short. Students are turning in papers late, perhaps, and have s...

I was listening to NPR this morning, and they had a little thing on about how some (and I emphasize some ) military chaplains are resisting ...

When students want to declare a major or minor in my field, they talk to me. That's part of my big cheesiness job these days. I see a ...

I just spent the evening with five other people. Three of them had connections to a specific city, and to specific sports teams in that cit...

You know how when you were an undergrad, you maybe had a teacher who seemed to lose things? I'm that teacher. I found a pile of about ...