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The dangers of reading to children
on Nov 7, 2009 in T. S. Eliot Dr. Seuss Parody You read Dr. Seuss books to your three-year-old niece just one too many times over the summer, then in the fall assign a unit on parody to your Intro. to Lit. class . . . Beware the slippery slope.“The Love Song of the Cat in the Hat”(with apolog...
Post hoc, ergo propter hoc?
on Nov 6, 2009 in Meta Two days ago, the crows began returning to downtown Wichita.Today, the words I'm writing are the words you're reading.Coincidence? Perhaps. Perhaps not.Anyway, I think I'm able to begin easing back into posting here more or less regularly. Long story...
Virus
on Sep 12, 2009My home computer has a nasty, nasty virus that I don't yet have time or money to deal with. So, this blog will be a little under the weather for a bit. I hope to be back "here" sooner rather than later.
"Do you have Calvin Coolidge in a can?": Some musing on texts and contexts
on Sep 4, 2009 in Barack Obama Calvin Coolidge Context Politics Words are of vital importance. Knowing who says or writes them is of vital importance. So also is/are the context(s) within which they are spoken or written--"context" here meaning not just the other words that surround them but also the...
Actual questions my students asked me on the first day of class
on Aug 28, 2009 in students Teaching Education We're two weeks deep into the new semester. So far, so good. The classes are full, and most of my students seem to want to be in class. Of course, next week my first set of papers comes in . . . Anyway. On the first day of class, I tried somethi...
Does Art still matter? I mean, really matter?
on Aug 15, 2009 in Contemporary Art Post-modernism Picasso Art Picasso, Painter and Model. Drawing. Image found here.After a fair amount of looking online for a date for this image, I finally cried "Uncle." I think it's from the '30s; but in truth, as I was reminded during my search, it's in a way a...
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