Monthly Archives: October 2011

Mondoville Halloween

Posted on October 31, 2011 by

Just turned out the front porch light a few minutes ago, and Mrs. M is on a Spawn retrieval mission. We weren’t actually expecting the Spawn to go trick-or-treating tonight — and she wasn’t planning to go out herself, but … Continue reading →

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W(h)ither the Humanities?

Posted on October 31, 2011 by

In the wake of my post about the admissions open house the other day, Withywindle has some interesting things to say, and Jeff managed to bring a comment with echoes of the last cultural capitalist selling his executioners the rope … Continue reading →

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Yep… Definitely My Kid

Posted on October 30, 2011 by

The Spawn wandered in here a few minutes ago, and because I’m always happy to have my grading interrupted, we struck up a conversation. Somehow the subject of carnies came up, and after I mentioned the excitement of being strapped … Continue reading →

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“I Got a Rock…”

Posted on October 29, 2011 by

Spent the late morning/early afternoon at Mondoville’s Admissions Open House, representing the Humanities Department (English, Religion/Philosophy, History) at a table in the library amidst folks from the other disciplines, athletic teams, Greek organizations, and student services. We had about 300 … Continue reading →

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Life Imitates Literature

Posted on October 28, 2011 by

In his weekly G-file, Jonah Goldberg hipped us to the following bit of scientific research: A recent study out of the National Academy of Sciences found that Israeli parole judges are more likely to grant parole in cases they heard … Continue reading →

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In Which the Prof Acknowledges He’s Pierre Menard.

Posted on October 28, 2011 by

Ran across an interesting article by recent blogrollee Alan Cross, on the subject of nostalgia, especially musical: [Author Simon Reynolds] points out that for the first time in human history, we’ve never been this obsessed with our own immediate past.  … Continue reading →

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Gig Report

Posted on October 27, 2011 by

I went to tonight’s gig drugged up like Keith Moon at the Cow Palace, except that instead of gorilla tranks and Courvoisier, I was on antibiotics and Tylenol. The show went pretty well, I guess. The stage felt cramped (although … Continue reading →

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Hmmm…

Posted on October 27, 2011 by

At ChicagoBoyz, they’ve theorized that — as their title suggests — “Blogging is for old people.” Their readership poll seems to confirm their suspicions, and I find that interesting. So I’ll put their questions to you guys as well: So, … Continue reading →

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Groovy…

Posted on October 26, 2011 by

Here are a couple of versions of the same song, and since I like both of them, I thought I’d pass them along. The song is “The Smell of Incense”, and first up is the original version from 1967, by … Continue reading →

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Promises, Promises…

Posted on October 26, 2011 by

The Major’s favorite columnist found the following in an ABC News report: At a million-dollar San Francisco fundraiser today, President Obama warned his recession-battered supporters that if he loses the 2012 election it could herald a new, painful era of … Continue reading →

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