A Wise Man's camel
Wise Man’s camel Originally uploaded by daisydancer99. Of the 3 Nativity scenes I noticed this holiday season, 2 only had 2 of the 3 wise men. What’s up with that? Did the other wise man forget his birthday present? Or, as Eddie Izzard claims, was he out getting the Christmas presents since this was the [...]
Prime Poppy
After enduring more back pain, I turned to a massage therapist for some help. I know exactly when the back strain happened, while coughing, but to hear my masseuse ask, “Were you in a car accident recently?” convinced me that these knots aren’t going to go away as quickly as I would like. So I’ve [...]
weblogs as witness–MLA panel post
As I mentioned in a previous post, my MLA session went well, albeit rushed. Thankfully I only had 10 slides in my PowerPoint and I knew I could speak extemporaneously on my topic, “Blogs in the Composition Classroom: Spaces for Students to Witness, Engage, and Reflect,” but here is a fuller version of my talk [...]
embarrassing ointments
Can’t blog long. It hurts too much to sit in my desk chair. Got the Vick Vap-o-rub on my throat and chest area and Icy Hot on my back. Ugh. Finished Liquor so I am off to re-read Confederacy of Dunces which reminds me of the sociolinguistic work I did in my Masters program… Where [...]
tickle in my throat and Liquor
Sorry again for the delay in the MLA post, and to think my notes are all here and typed up, but I want to add links and the scratchy sore throat and achey back from coughing all day kept me away from the computer til this evening. I worked on my syllabi instead and watched [...]
late night promise and panorama
Wanted to comment on MLA and at least share my panel’s notes, but a tickle in my throat, a sinus headache, and the creation of 2 syllabi for the Spring semester kept me from that task. Will do tomorrow. Til then, enjoy this NOLA pic of my favorite jazz band, Panorama.
adventures in bicycling and a blogging oversight
Today I went on my first ride on the streets of Tampa. All I can say is thank goodness for sidewalks! I only had to travel 1 mile to the post office and Staples, but I had to cross a very scary intersection that has all sorts of turning lanes. Luckily I saw I sidewalk [...]
Don't laugh
but I just finished my first workout of many to the Yoga Booty Ballet When I was in Minnesota with Andy I saw the infomercial for it and it looked so much fun–a blend of yoga, cardiofunk, and ballet. I’ve never ordered anything off of television before but this was appealing and so far it’s [...]
macdaisy
My friend Theron gave me the best present the other night in DC, a short book entitled, Oopsy Daisy’s Bad Bad Day. I found the Oopsy Daisy website this evening and love all of the graphics and not so innocent slogans! I’ve sent a few e-cards from the site already this evening and when you [...]
The Office
I had been a fan of the BBC version of The Office for quite some time, and when I heard there would be an American one on NBC, I was a bit scared. I didn’t think it could be as funny. Well after I caught a couple of episodes at the beginning of the semester, [...]
my new year's resolution
is to blog everyday! Making this public statement of course means I have more incentive to follow through, and I will! No more corporate gig, only graduate student life. Having just returned from MLA in DC, I also don’t have any conferences to prepare for. Speaking of which, my presentation went quite well, even though [...]