Category Archives: MySpace

Where “old” (2006 and 2007) MySpace blog posts go to die.

So say the film reviewers: “Casting spells is wrong!”

Posted on March 13, 2007 by Steve

This evening I finished Frances Hodgeson Burnett’s The Secret Garden, which I first read back in the third grade. There was already an assumed gender divide in the children’s fiction at the school library. Once we got beyond Peter Rabbit … Continue reading →

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Insects and the Subjunctive

Posted on March 12, 2007 by Steve

Sitting in my office this morning before heading off to teach I took a detour to YouTube for a search of and for a few old videos. Let me channel a Valley Girl for just a second: Oh. My. Gawd.

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Sunday evening: above freezing

Posted on March 11, 2007 by Steve

“Winter Scene” Perched on his bough, a monster raven makes the one strong note etched black upon the snow. But no! a stooping stout old goody takes her painful way, mumbling, stumbling and slow. What a wind-reddened nose, for gracious … Continue reading →

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Brief Saturday post

Posted on March 10, 2007 by Steve

Movie: 300. Short evaluation – “Gay movie plays it straight.”

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You can never have too much coffee …

Posted on March 9, 2007 by Steve

Thursday evening: more Metallica listened to, some Captain America (vol. 5) read … and then, sleep.

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Madison: Most walkable city …

Posted on March 8, 2007 by Steve

Here I’ll just copy the whole Associated Press article as I found itat CNN.

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Wednesday in Review: Battenberg, Lunch & Coffee

Posted on March 8, 2007 by Steve

I awoke this morning almost ten minutes before my alarm was to go off. The 2nd half of season 1 of “Türkisch für Anfänger” had finished encoding overnight. I checked my email, showered, packed my things, had a glass of … Continue reading →

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Battenberg … half done

Posted on March 6, 2007 by Steve

Tuesday is one of my “days off” though I should (and sometimes do) use it for productive dissertation work. I need to get back to work on that but have been feeling a little unmotivated recently.

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Am 10.10 um 10:10 zogen 10 zahme Ziegen …

Posted on March 6, 2007 by Steve

Stella lent me season one of Türkisch für Anfänger (TfA), and when I played the beginning of the first episode this evening I immediately recognized a few Berlin locales. Homesickness of sorts resulted.

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The Good, the Bad and the Ugly? And Pie.

Posted on March 4, 2007 by Steve

I got online before noon to write with Helen, Richard, Amy, Gabrielle and others for my weekly Sunday “brunch” writing. This week instead of three prompts total provided by two of our “hosts,” spread out over about an hour but … Continue reading →

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