Chris Judson August 31 at 4:16pm
If I were outlining a presentation on timed essays, I would jot down the following ideas (as a draft <g>):
1. Important: Consider and write for your audience (yes, most of the time it’s your prof and this is the reason you listen in class and figure out what amuses the [...]
40 Plays in 40 Days
Project Summary: I plan to accomplish the ultimate renewal and experience for anyone who enjoys words: to see performances of all of William Shakespeare’s plays in one summer by actors who are amateurs in the park to professionals on an air-conditioned stage.
I’ll begin with the end to save you from reading [...]
During last week’s Indiana Teachers of Writing National Writing Project Advanced Institute on the University of Notre Dame campus, we had one prompt of “In 50 words, write about buyer’s remorse.” The 50 words motif is fairly popular as it is less intimidating to write 50 words as opposed to 250 words. It’s really a [...]
Not crippling or llfe-threatening, but the inability of Safari to play nice with WordPress’ visual editor has been, at best, annoying. The last major release of Safari said that all things with visual editors were to be fixed, but that didn’t take. And, I’m not sure who to blame or praise today, but the issue [...]
I’ve just finished emailing a former student and saying that I couldn’t attend her wedding reception in a few weeks. And it’s got me thinking about a previous comment that I’ve made to a student when they asked “Do you like all of your students?” To which I replied simply “No.” And I think that [...]
I’m looking at a draft post that I never did finish. It’s about how I was getting frustrated with switching to a certain browser for specific tasks. Call me old-fashioned, but I want it my way and that way (in my perfect world) is that one browser should be able to do all of my [...]
We’re back from the 9th annual family gathering of the Bickels (Lois’ parents and Lois’ brother, his wife [Jinger] and their son), the Certalics (Jinger’s parents) and us on Thanksgiving weekend in Schaumburg, IL (home of the Woodfield Mall<= really big).
And, for the last 9 years, we had all read the same book and had [...]
I’m going to avoid a nifty post about how sometimes students’ papers are much like “flaming bags of poop”; partly because my last “Coffee Stain” was about plumbing, but mostly because it’s the humor that my sons really like.
So, instead, I’d like to tell you about what prompted Spencer to ask (or retort):
“So, you should [...]
Salvete, discipulae et discipuli!
Sometimes I find myself wondering how I got here. This was exactly what was going through my mind last weekend when I was unclogging the upstairs bathroom sink.
I didn’t grow up with any special knowledge of plumbing, but when something is overflowing or making gross noises, I get the nod. Perhaps it’s [...]
Inspired by the PowerPoint wizard’s treatment of “The Gettysburg Address,” I decided to play with a pair of Unix analysis programs– style and diction– and see what would happen to Lincoln’s famous speech.
Here’s the original speech:
Four score and seven years ago our fathers brought forth on this continent, a new nation, conceived [...]
