Category Archives: Education

Thanksgiving, 2021

Posted on November 25, 2021 by profmondo

Mrs. M and I are relaxing in the den, while up in Terpville, the Spawn and Main Squeeze are heading up to the Squeeze’s family celebration. Later, the Mrs. and I will let a restaurant in Real City handle today’s … Continue reading →

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Sunday Afternoon Potpourri: Next Stop, Gradeapalooza!

Posted on November 21, 2021 by profmondo

It’s been a pretty quiet weekend, but that’s the calm before the storm of incoming research papers — from the Freshpeeps tomorrow, and my upper-levels on Tuesday. Meanwhile, it’s a cool, lovely autumn afternoon here in Mondoville, so why not … Continue reading →

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Veterans’ Day Potpourri

Posted on November 11, 2021 by profmondo

It’s 7:30 p.m. as I start this post, but with the Standard Time sunset and an afternoon meeting, it feels much later in the day. But even though “the night cometh, when no man can work,” that doesn’t mean a … Continue reading →

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Sunday Afternoon Potpourri: Homecoming and Outgoing

Posted on October 24, 2021 by profmondo

Settling into the office to do a bit of writing, but realized I needed to write here as well, because it’s been a bit too long. So here we go… *** It’s a lovely weekend here in Mondoville, which worked … Continue reading →

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Sunday Afternoon Potpourri: Anniversary Weekend Edition

Posted on October 10, 2021 by profmondo

Thursday and Friday of this past week were Mondoville’s Fall Break, and I’m back in the classroom tomorrow. This afternoon, however, I’m in my office, and just finished re-reading Book I of Gulliver’s Travels in preparation for discussing it with … Continue reading →

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Sunday Afternoon Potpourri: Clearing My Head Edition

Posted on October 3, 2021 by profmondo

I’m caught up on grading until Tuesday morning, when my upper-levels take their midterm exam. I have writing to do this month, and I will, but not having those papers hanging over me lets me get my head cleared. . … Continue reading →

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Not the Spanish Inquisition, But…

Posted on September 22, 2021 by profmondo

. . . I wasn’t expecting to become a fashion influencer. I hate shopping for clothes. Hate, hate, hate it. This is because I don’t look good in them. (That doesn’t mean I look good out of clothes, mind you, … Continue reading →

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Sunday Potpourri: I Married MacGyver Edition

Posted on September 19, 2021 by profmondo

It’s a mostly cloudy afternoon here in Mondoville — at least the portion I can see through my office window. I have some lesson planning to do, but thought I might as well check in here beforehand. *** I have … Continue reading →

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Labor Day Potpourri

Posted on September 6, 2021 by profmondo

I’m in my office, prepping a bit for a lecture on Milton’s Areopagitica tomorrow morning and continuing my efforts to find the setting on my office fridge that doesn’t freeze randomly selected beverages while leaving others as cold as they … Continue reading →

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Buying the Fake

Posted on August 30, 2021 by profmondo

Back in 2014, I wrote about a basketball game in which Mondoville obliterated a team from a college that may not have had the virtue of actually, well, existing, other than as a sponsor of athletic teams and as a … Continue reading →

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