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this is what graduate school feels like sometimes

Garfield Minus Garfield Not that reading lots of journal articles and books is really akin to cake, but… sometimes you just wind up staring at it…

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New Yorker Review of Of Montreal

Heather alerted me to this New Yorker review of Of Montreal, one of my favorite bands. Read it. Kevin Barnes is gorgeous. One of my favorite lines, though: There is a generation of eighties semiotics students who wish that Barnes … Continue reading

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tag cloud on new years eve

A tag cloud of recent posts: I’m trying to figure out how to get Worlde to do a tag cloud of more than just recent posts, but I can’t figure it out. 🙁

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my books in 2008

According to my goodreads account, I’ve read (and finished) about 60 books in 2008. WOW! John listed his top three fiction books of 2008, top three nonfiction books of 2008, and top 3 movies he saw in 2008. I’ll try … Continue reading

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new years on the west coast and some cool stuff

I’m in Oregon! It’s fantastic, of course. While in Iowa, I didn’t nearly get enough work done on my syllabus for next term or revising a few pieces of writing, but hopefully I’ll get some work done here. An interesting … Continue reading

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