…especially when dealing with the loss of a co-worker and friend. I’m traveling again this week so I’ll take a short break from posting. Feel free to leave a caption for the youngest and a friend he made yesterday.
Tag: Footnotes
I rarely post RIPs, but I feel compelled to do so with Peter Bergman‘s death…someone that helped me feel I was…well, different. If you have not listened to Don’t Crush That Dwarf, Hand Me the Pliers, I encourage you…nay, I entreat you to do so. For the record, I may be banned from chaperoning field […]
If you’re willing to part with your copy of The Great Gatsby, please consider sending it Aaron Brame’s class in Memphis. They have been using the same copies of the book for the last four years and they could use additional and improved copies. More details can be found at Mr. Brame’s Blog (link is […]
To commemorate HBO’s documentary Namath, I present my 4th grade class picture with me wearing his jersey. What the picture doesn’t reflect is that I was barefoot—the info board covers that detail. I refused to wear shoes to school until 5th grade (and I was lied to in order to get me to wear shoes […]
Awkward silence: an uncomfortable pause in conversation, causing tension or unpleasant feelings. Example Me: “I just found out today one of the guys at work had a prominent role in a TV show a few years ago.” Family: “Really? What show?” Me: “To Catch a Predator” awkward silence
We were finally able to announce that the company I work for is being acquired. Thanks to regulatory rules, the long nights and weekends I worked pre-acquisition are only a warm-up for the fresh hell of the next two months. Instead of a recap for the year I want to look at my recent discoveries […]
November is proving it will be a rather rough month so I’m going to take a break from any scheduled posts. Lots of forthcoming news that will interest no one else, but nothing I can share yet. Hopefully I’ll still find time to read and make the occasional post this month, although I’ve only read […]
He completed his PhD, entitled “To Hear The Lamentation of Their Women: Constructions of Masculinity in Contemporary Zamoran Literature” at UCD and was appointed to the School of English in 2006, after sucessfully decapitating his predecessor during a bloody battle which will long be remembered in legend and song. In 2011/12, he will be teaching […]
Due to a loss in the family, posting will be sporadic this week. I wanted to go into detail about Books 4 and 5 of Arrian’s The Campaigns of Alexander but I may only have time to post on thematic and stylistic points in this section before the book discussion call on September 12. I […]