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Reasons for living
My brother came into town the other day with his kids Andi and Barney. We went down to the coffee shop for various refreshments and were able to commandeer the comfy chairs at the front of the store. It was a nice visit. We talked about my recent health problems, but also some less weighty matters, such as the Olympics. Barney is something of an ( Read more... ) -
Gender
For the last 10-15 years, the word "gender" has been supplanting the word "sex". Originally the words had two different meanings. Gender was an attribute of a noun, sex of an animal or person.
It baffled me for a long time. I knew it wasn't because we had become more prudish. Finally I figured out that it came from the feminist notion that gender is ( Read more... ) -
Poetry Reading After-Action Report 8/9/2012
In spite of doctors orders, and still not being 100% up to snuff, I went to the poetry reading last night. It was a pretty good crowd, including some new people.
I was a little late. When I walked in Jonathan announced "Cloyd's here!!!". People seemed happy. I guess they were glad I was not dead.
I shouted out to Jonathan to put me on the list of ( Read more... ) -
Why I've Been AWOL
It has been more than my customary maximum of five days without a blog post,but I think I have a pretty good excuse.
Sunday,I was going to drive over to school to run off a test I was going to give the next day. On my way out, I sideswiped my neighbors car. I stopped of course. When I got out of the car, I could barely walk. My neighbor insisted I ( Read more... ) -
A book of blank pages
I don't know how it came up in conversation, but today after class a student was telling me about a book that opened with several pages of positive (but made up) blurbs, followed by nothing but blank pages. The author was of the belief that reviewers often wrote about his books without reading them, and he wanted to test this theory ( Read more... ) -
One more thing about that Obama Speech
Obama's "you didn't build that" speech has been nearly picked clean now. Everyone has rested their case about the context of the infamous quote. Others have criticized narrower parts of the address, such as his remarks about the internet and the Golden Gate Bridge.
I think I still spy a morsel of meat on the corpse though, and like a glutton at a ( Read more... ) -
James Garfield is the Chuck Norris of presidents
I'm about halfway through Candice Millard's Destiny Of The Republic, a book about the assassination of President James Garfield. The early chapters have a lot of biographical information about James Garfield. He was quite an impressive guy, even if he wasn't in office long enough to leave much of a legacy as a president.
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Helpful People
In my last post, I neglected to thank some people who made moving a lot easier for me. One of them is my brother. He came by and brought me coffee. He also helped with some of the packing. We got something like an assembly line going with the stuff on my desk. He would take something off and hand it to me, so I could either pack it or toss it.
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More stupid work stuff + a found poem
I am now moved into my new office, and am caught up on all the grading I'd put off while I was busy with moving. It was an arduous process. I am the king of pack rats, and had a lot of stuff to go through and get rid of. I sold 75 dollars worth of books to a textbook dealer and gave away even more. I filled three boxes of paper to be shredded and ( Read more... )