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Monthly Archives: December 2020
I’ve Never Been a Gatsby Fan…
… not least because I think it’s one of those books (like many other high school standards) that yields enough on first reading not to warrant subsequent ones. But every once in a while, it does resonate: A stout, middle-aged … Continue reading
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Once More to Poetry Corner
I’ve mentioned my fondness for Gerard Manley Hopkins’s work in the past, that he’s a poet I once found almost incomprehensible, but whose work brings me pleasure and wisdom that grows with subsequent readings. He can be hard work to … Continue reading
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Meanwhile, in a Town Where I Used to Live…
Mrs. M, the Spawn, and I lived in Muncie, IN for 5 years while I did my Ph.D. and taught as contract faculty for a year before we moved to Mondoville. We largely confined ourselves to the area around the … Continue reading
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Honorifics Redux
In the first year of this blog, I addressed the issue of titles like “Doctor” and “Professor.” My viewpoint is basically the same now as it was then, but since I have picked up at least a few readers (I … Continue reading
In Which the Prof is Peevish, Prescriptive, and Pedantic? Perhaps.
I guess we can file this under “signs of growing older,” but at this time of year, I find myself increasingly irritated by the use of gift as a verb. Yes, I know the OED traces this usage back to … Continue reading
The Projector’s Clatter, The VCR’s Grain
A former student of mine tweeted today about what she sees as the oddity of ZIP codes that begin with a zero. (She’s from Out West, with little reason to mail things to New England.) I replied to her that … Continue reading
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Forty Years Later
This is the fortieth anniversary of the murder of John Lennon. I wouldn’t learn about it until the next morning, when I woke up to WEBN playing “#9 Dream”, followed by the morning DJ reporting the news. I was 15 … Continue reading
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Sunday Potpourri: “It’s the Big Heat”
As is the case with many buildings of a certain vintage, the campus building that holds my office has what is called a chiller/boiler heating and cooling system. In practice, this means that the building operates at two temperature settings: … Continue reading
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Advent Devotional, 3 Dec 20
As it has for the past several years, Newberry College has sponsored a series of Advent devotionals written by members of the college community — students, faculty, staff, and alumni, among others. You can find the series here. Today is … Continue reading
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