But it's a summer class, so shoot me!

The film is available streaming via Netflix, is anyone's actually interested in seeing it after reading this, it's paired with "Miss Lulu Bette"

As always, it's due today (4:30) so if you catch any grammar errors after that don't tell me about them!

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Why Change Your Wife?

Examining Divorce in the ( Read more... )

Impeachment of a Modern President:

Examining the Political Fortitude, Scandals, and Media Savvy of

Richard Nixon and Bill Clinton

On a balmy spring day in Yorba Linda, California, President Clinton rose to a podium before a flag draped coffin to give this eulogy of former President Nixon:

…He knew great controversy amid defeat as well a ( Read more... )

Watching these two cats stalk each other:


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I purchased a Ukulele a few months back. I really love it, but its too damn small so I ended up buying a really nice tenor uke (but it hasn't actually arrived yet). It seems like a really interesting instrument to use out of context, ie: not singing poppy hawaian tunes. I have been playing Radiohead songs on it, those seem to work really well. I ( Read more... )

J. Benjamin Davis

12/04/08

ENGL 309

Waxing on Vinyl

When I was sixteen, my teenage dreams came true when I landed my first job at a record store called Waxie Maxie’s. The “wax” in the name, my new manager explained, referred to what they used to call vinyl records when he was a DJ in the seventies. “Who buys records anymore?” I ( Read more... )

A few weeks ago Piper posted something to her blog about how great this essay (Joyas Voladoras - posted after my commentary) was. I was surpised to find it in one of my assigned books for class, so I did a commentary on it. I did one on something by Nick Hornby too, I'll post that later ( Read more... )

First, Best Buy now sells musical equipment? And not just $99 korean guitars in boxes, real Fenders and Gibsons and the like? WTF is this world coming to? The prices seemed pretty standard, though the mexican made Fenders were $50 high. Wait, I just checked - the price is in line with musicians friend. WEIRD. I also thought it was kinda funny that ( Read more... )

I'm just going to throw this one out there. And yes, there are citations for all the details, if you're a detail-oriented type of person. Check the Washington Post archive on Lexis Nexus. I don't know if he was watching the game that day (probly not) but I liked the irony ( Read more... )

No commentary on this one, it was turned in today. I might fill in the details a bit tomorrow though ( Read more... )

Here's something I wrote last week. I've already decided it is one of the pieces I'll be re-working the beginning to give a little more insight into the "addiction" part, and to add more "me." I'll probly expand on why those particular records are treasures too ( Read more... )