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- Bouchercon, Days Green and Melvin: Lack of Sleep Begins to Affect the Prof
- Bouchercon, Day Two: Speed Dating, History, and Innocence
- Bouchercon, Day Zero (In Which the Prof Vandalizes Someone’s Inventory)
- In Which the Prof is Surrounded by Girl Scouts
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- The Domain of Manners and the Social Contract
- "It Was in Another Country, and Besides, the Wench Is Dead."
- In Which the Prof Answers the Garage Signal
- "Here Is God's Plenty"
- An Explanation?
- A Note on "Privilege"
- In Which the Prof Is Glad He Teaches English
- Grad Weekend Potpourri
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Category Archives: Literature
Bouchercon, Day the Last (And the Fates Laughed)
On Sunday morning, I woke up alone. This wouldn’t be worthy of remark, except (What a twist!) I hadn’t done that earlier in the week. Mrs. M accompanied me from Wednesday until Saturday, but the Spawn didn’t want me to … Continue reading
Posted in Culture, Family, Literature, Why I Do What I Do
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Bouchercon, Days Green and Melvin: Lack of Sleep Begins to Affect the Prof
So it occurred to me this morning that I had forgotten to post my report from yesterday. “That’s okay,” thought I, “I’ll just double up tonight.” And so here we go, in the standard Saturday Potpourri format. Friday’s panels began … Continue reading
Bouchercon, Day Two: Speed Dating, History, and Innocence
The alarm woke me at 6 this morning, giving me time to get civilized before I made the short walk to the convention hotel. I found my way to the Grand Ballroom and checked in for Author Speed Dating. In … Continue reading
Posted in Broken Glass Waltzes, Culture, Literature
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Bouchercon, Day Zero (In Which the Prof Vandalizes Someone’s Inventory)
I flew into Toronto today, and boy, are my arms tired. No, wait. My arms really are tired, but it’s because I had to get up at 3:30 to get to Real City in time to star in Security Theater … Continue reading
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Saturday Potpourri: Oktoberfest Edition
Oh, that’s right… I have a blog. Who knew? Well, let’s get a bit caught up, shall we? *** As I had mentioned previously, we celebrated my 52nd birthday last weekend. Mrs. M fixed a large ravioli casserole that lasted several … Continue reading
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A Couple of Quick Ones
My HotEL (History of the English Language) class is getting ready to start a section on Johnson’s Dictionary tomorrow, which is cool, because today would have been the Great Cham’s 308th birthday. Kudos to the folks at Google for making … Continue reading
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Saturday Potpourri: The Long and Windy Week Edition
So the week started with a hurricane and ends with a football game. And there was other stuff too. *** We caught the fringe of Irma’s northeastern quadrant, but that was enough, thanks. All the same, the Dean pulled the … Continue reading
Posted in Culture, Education, Literature, Music, Pixel-stained Wretchery
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