Bardiac

We've got an important local election coming up.  There are a couple of referenda (is that the plural?) and city council stuff.  But the...

When I posted about trying to make Hamlet unfamiliar to students who think they really know it , Fie upon this quiet life shared an idea a...

We're required to give students a midterm grade report here at NWU. So I use mail merge to write a short letter showing what grades th...

I'm teaching Hamlet for the first time in a while, and yet again it strikes me how difficult I find it to teach Hamlet .  It's a hu...

On my facebook feed, someone I know posted this weekend about how disagreeable it is to make their kid practice piano. I know a number of ...

Last night, I was sort of in a panic about how fast break has gone by, and how little I've gotten done. This morning, things look brig...

So far, it's a great start to the break. I went for the first outside bike ride of the season, and it was great.  I was slow as molass...

Some of the responses to the last post got me thinking about how different departments organize curriculum, and how differently we Shakespea...

I just finished teaching Troilus and Cressida today.  That leaves me with one Shakespeare play still to teach to reach my goal of having ta...

Jonathan from the Shakespeare Prison Project commented on the last post, and as usual, I glanced over to see his blog, and it's really, ...

Since I subscribed to streaming tv, I've been watching different programs folks have recommended, or that I'd gotten interested in. ...

You know how when you discover something about yourself, maybe something you should have discovered a long time ago, but didn't,you may ...

Grumpy Eleanor of Aquitaine (look her up on effbee) has posted some art; I looked it up, and found a new favorite procrastination tool! Lo...

One of my Spanish professor colleagues was passing in the hall a few minutes ago; we're friendly, though we don't know each other we...

I got an email from one of my advisees today, one who's pretty much that student.  By "that student," I mean the sort of stude...

Sunday, the day to prepare for Monday. There's steel cut oatmeal to premake. And a roast to roast so that I have lunch stuffs ready ...

I'm teaching an intro to the major course this semester, and one of the small assignments I've given involves asking individual stud...

The same kid was there from last week, and even though it was colder, she was relatively uncomplaining, and skied happily along.  I think be...

The local curling club had an open "try out curling" day today, so I went. It's WAY harder than it looks! I guess that...

No, of course we didn't have a snow day at school.