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- Alan Cross — Canada's Answer to John Peel
- Anchoress
- Anne Brannen — a fellow medievalist, Richard Thompson fan, and exceedingly cool person.
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- Better View of the Moon — Poet Karen Craigo
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- G. Ross Key — The guy who helped me stay fairly sane in my M.A. program
- Geoffrey Chaucer's Blog
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- Gypsy Scholar — an academic operating from Korea. Blogging, bulgogi, and bi bim bap — hard to beat!
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- Harmless Drudgery — A Blogging Lexicographer
- Hey Miller! — John J. Miller
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- Mad Dog, Esq. — The Major (Ret.)'s spot in the blogosphere
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- Maiden Aunt — Librarians are the Secret Masters of the Universe
- Marc Bousquet — How the University Works
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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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- Pearls, Manners, and Life — A Former Student and Current GOP Operative
- Peter's Power Pop
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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
- Thoughts from the Corner Office
- Thoughts Inserted Here — A former advisee considers things.
- Tim Kowal at the League of Ordinary Gentlemen
- Transterrestrial Musings — A dextrospheric space blog
- University Diaries
- Unlocked Wordhoard — Medieval stuff
- What's Wrong With the World
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Monthly Archives: October 2016
NoirCon 2016: Day Three
I woke up before the girls did yesterday, but woke them up after a bit, because they had a plane to catch back to Charlotte, and would drive back to Mondoville from there. The Spawn had brought a box of … Continue reading
NoirCon 16: Day Two
Woke up a bit earlier today, as the distaff members of Clan Mondo had an early train to catch for their visit to New York City. After they departed, I performed my morning ablutions and then had breakfast at the … Continue reading
NoirCon 16: Days Zero and One
Headed out yesterday morning to the Real City Airport for my trip to the City of Brotherly Love for another plunge into the world of crime fiction. I’m at the 2016 edition of NoirCon, back after the standard two-year layoff. … Continue reading
Posted in Broken Glass Waltzes, Culture, Family, Literature, Why I Do What I Do
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QotD: Tract Edition
When I was a kid, and through my teens, nearly every family vacation involved a trip to the Smokies. There were several reasons for this: It was Dad’s favorite place, it was within driving distance, and we could camp instead … Continue reading
In Which a Dark Story Sees the Light of Day
A couple of years ago, while one of my classes was taking a final, I wrote a short story that was inspired in part by an incident I remembered from my childhood. I was pretty pleased with what I had … Continue reading
Posted in Education, Pixel-stained Wretchery, Why I Do What I Do
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Post-Gig, Pre-Grading Potpourri
Did something last night that I haven’t done in about 35 years, but we’ll get to that. First… The Berries were the openers at last night’s benefit show for Aurora. We were supposed to go on at about 8:45, and … Continue reading
Posted in Alternating Feet, Culture, Education, Music, Why I Do What I Do
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Aurora Means Dawn
Thomas Schmitt is a fixture on the Real City rock and roll scene — he’s a regular at our shows down there, and a big supporter of local rock and roll. He’s also the father of a beautiful little girl named … Continue reading
Posted in Culture, Music, Why I Do What I Do
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I Volunteer…
… to direct the new Tanera Mor branch campus of Mondoville College. Make it happen, administrators! And we can use it for our film appreciation class! A tip of the Mondo Mortarboard to Yvonne Kordenbrock, via the Book of … Continue reading
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A Few Words from the Spawn
As I was grading papers yesterday afternoon, the Spawn came downstairs and we started talking about movies. She mentioned that in her class on the history of madness, they’ve been watching The Enigma of Kaspar Hauser. She said, “I understand that … Continue reading
A Friday Gig and a Saturday Walk: Homecoming Potpourri
It’s been a busy 18 hours or so. The Berries returned to the Soundbox in Simpsonville last night. We were second on the bill, so 80% of us gathered at the college at 7 last night to load the gear. … Continue reading
Posted in Alternating Feet, Music
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