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Category Archives: Literature
Sunday Afternoon Potpourri: More or Less Midterm Edition
I’m supposed to have my midterm grades together by Tuesday, and I’m already in pretty good shape. I’m sufficiently caught up on grading, so that’s just data entry for a few more weeks. In the meantime… *** I spent the … Continue reading
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“Mondo, Mondo, Where Have You Been?”
“Up to Terpville and back again.” Friday morning, I set out for the airport in Greenville-Spartanburg, in order to spend the first half of my Spring Break visiting the Spawn at her new apartment. The drive was easy enough, and … Continue reading
Posted in Culture, Education, Family, Literature, Music, Politics
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Sunday Afternoon Potpourri:
It’s been a gorgeous weekend in Mondoville; I spent enough of yesterday afternoon outside to get pinked up, though not scorched or sore, and I’m currently in my office with the window open and the TeenBeat Mayhem stream providing my … Continue reading
Sunday Afternoon Potpourri: Us and “Them” Edition
I’ve spent the afternoon doing lesson planning, but I thought I’d take a break to get caught up on the blogging end of things. But first… *** Remember the ’50s Big Bug movie Them!, with its tale of giant mutated … Continue reading
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Gulping Down a Bloody Martini
No, I haven’t abandoned my teetotaling ways. Bloody Martini is the new novel from William Kotzwinkle, the second in a series that started with Felonious Monk. Tommy Martini, descended from a family of mobsters in Pennsylvania, was a college athlete … Continue reading
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Sunday Afternoon Potpourri: “Too Old to Rock and Roll, Too Young to Die” Edition
I’m in the office, doing a bit of planning for the week’s classes. But of course, that’s always a good incentive to do something else, so here we are. *** I’ve noticed in the past that I seem in many … Continue reading
Counting Blessings
I’ve said before that my sense of humor is so dark it veers into the ultraviolet. As is often the case, I think it’s a counterweight to the fact that I’m a melancholic sort most of the time, with a … Continue reading
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Sunday Afternoon Potpourri: So Many Pants Edition
Tomorrow is Day One of the spring semester. I’ve taken care of syllabusiness, and all that remains is for me to get up at stupid o’clock tomorrow morning after nearly two months of my natural rhythm (typically going to bed … Continue reading
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Sunday Afternoon Potpourri: Absent-Minded Edition
The new term starts in eight days, so I’m poking at syllabi this afternoon instead of watching the Bengals play the Bills. I’m sitting in my office recliner, and a couple of minutes ago I realized that I’m wearing mismatched … Continue reading
It’s The Principle of the Thing
I had a new experience the other day. For the first time since my return to creative writing, I earned royalties for a short story. Specifically, I received an amount proportionate to the number of words my “One of Us … Continue reading
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