Monthly Archives: March 2008

The Tenured Radical, as part of a post on cv-polishing for the secondary (i.e., adjuncting / visiting assistant professor) market, gets to the nub: It is a real question whether you should get a full time visiting teaching gig; or … Continue reading →

This weekend we went to the kindergarten registration kickoff event for our school district, a two-hour affair where they plied us with free coffee, pencils, magnets, and books, while trying to set the tone for kids they referred to as … Continue reading →

I’m “a reader” in the footnote to this post at The Reality-Based Community.  It’s almost like the time I got quoted in the TLS, or that other time in the Chronicle! (I love The RBC’s epigraph, which is reflected in … Continue reading →

From the BBC: A tiny chemical “brain” which could one day act as a remote control for swarms of nano-machines has been invented. The molecular device – just two billionths of a metre across – was able to control eight … Continue reading →

It’s time to register the 4-yr-old for kindergarten next year.  Here’s what the local school board says about reading and writing in kindergarten: Meaningful activities which involve the child in reading and writing in a variety of ways are the … Continue reading →

This comment from the weekend has stuck in my craw a bit.  Aside from its slightly sanctimonious air, what’s puzzling about it is that it seems to assume that there are no costs to infinite creativity.   But that’s just not … Continue reading →

. . . the only place on earth where frontin‘ gets its terminal g:   “Fronting,” v., bluffing, posturing, pretending to be something one is not. Putting forth a false identity. It seemed to embody the current moment, one in … Continue reading →

On I think at least 2 occasions, my wife has thrown out a debit card or credit card when it arrived in the mail.  Steven Levy thinks somone–his wife, or maybe himself–threw out . . . his brand new Macbook … Continue reading →

In today’s Times article on Margaret McCaffery, wife of the current Siena basketball coach, we find the following mark of human suffering: “[McCaffrey] knows the game, obviously, so he can talk to her about it if he wants,” said Digger … Continue reading →

. . . not because I’m no longer in touch with popular culture.  (I’ve never claimed to be cool.) . . . not because I suddenly turned gray or anything.  (I was balding badly anyway, until Headblade saved me.) . … Continue reading →