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- Anne Brannen — a fellow medievalist, Richard Thompson fan, and exceedingly cool person.
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- Ball State English Blog — One of the Prof's alma maters (even though they may not want to claim him)
- Better View of the Moon — Poet Karen Craigo
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- Educated Imagination — A blog about the Prof's hero, Northrop Frye
- Embedded Theologian — Politics, Culture, Eclectica
- English Grad Student Shaming
- Far Side of the World — A Mondovillian Heads to Malaysia
- Fear and Loathing in Georgetown (FLG)
- Fencing Bear at Prayer
- Fenster Moop — A Quirky Edublogger
- Free Thoughts — Libertarianism.org's blog
- G. Ross Key — The guy who helped me stay fairly sane in my M.A. program
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- Gypsy Scholar — an academic operating from Korea. Blogging, bulgogi, and bi bim bap — hard to beat!
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- Merlin's Musings — A Recent Arrival in My Old Stomping Grounds
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- New and Improved Me — A former student who claims to have minored in Mondoism. See the damage I've done.
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- New Criterion
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- NRO's The Corner
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- Pearls, Manners, and Life — A Former Student and Current GOP Operative
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- The Blog that Was Thursday
- The Happy Serf — A Former Neighbor's Perspective
- The Misadventures of Katie — a bass-playing Clash fan and former student
- The Port Stands At Your Elbow
- Themes
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- Thoughts Inserted Here — A former advisee considers things.
- Tim Kowal at the League of Ordinary Gentlemen
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Monthly Archives: May 2014
Shut Up and Have a Conversation
In Dante’s Divine Comedy, he tours Hell and Purgatory before meeting up with his late, beloved Beatrice — who promptly reads him the riot act about his various departures from virtue. Ashamed, Dante hangs his head, only to discover that … Continue reading
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Speaking of Commencement Addresses…
… one Aaron Bady offers “A Commencement Address from Jonathan Edwards.” It made me laugh. A tip of the Mondo Mortarboard to Tony Schreck, via Facebook.
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Talk About Extended Plays…
I only went to one prom — although I was a sophomore, my girlfriend was a junior, and we went to hers in 1981. The venue at which it was held, the Drawbridge Inn in Ft. Mitchell, KY (where I … Continue reading
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Trigger Warnings Redux
TRIGGER WARNING: Contains rambling. Also, contains Trigger. So the NYT has taken note of the “trigger warning” phenomenon, with an article addressing it over the weekend. I talked about this a bit during my recent trip to Kalamazoo, but I suppose … Continue reading
Just Got Real…
Mrs. M, the Spawn, and I went to Real City today for an admissions event at Flagship University, the first of these we’ve attended — as a unit, anyway (I’ve gone to a few at Mondoville over the years.) Flagship … Continue reading
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And the Pilgrimage Concludes
Got home about an hour ago, and thought I’d jot a few things down while I do some laundry and before I hit practice. Yesterday opened with a stop by the exhibit/book room, where I again spent more than I … Continue reading
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Kalamazoo Update
Two days of sessions are in the books, I’ve had my dinner, and am back in my room, having decided that relaxing sounds better than gladhanding at the various receptions tonight. I’m pretty beat, but it’s a pleasant kind of … Continue reading
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Meanwhile, in Kalamazoo…
Got into town a while ago, and am now establishing my base camp here in my palatial digs: This is my first trip here in five or so years, and I had forgotten how pretty the Western Michigan campus is. … Continue reading
Posted in Education, Literature, Medievalia, Why I Do What I Do
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And the McGonagall Award Goes To…
I’ve spent pixels in the past discussing the career of William Topaz McGonagall, the 19th-C. Scots poet generally recognized as the worst poet in the history of English-language literature. What makes him interesting, however, is that either he didn’t get … Continue reading
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And… Scene.
Yesterday was a busy day in Mondoville, and the conclusion of a busy couple of weeks. It started about 13 days ago, when the Spawn and her Admirer called it a day, having decided that they wanted different things from … Continue reading
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