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Two Patriot Act resources I’ve found enlightening and scary at the same time: ALA and First Amendment Center. This is the blogging resource on the 1st Amendment by the way.

I did not attend the annual 4C’s conference this year [for several reasons--not having my proposal accepted, not enough conference travel money, trying to finish coursework], but as per usual, Clancy has started her posts wrapping up the event. Most important to my dissertation topic is of course what the Special Interest Group on Blogs [...]

While I am not a basketball fan, you can’t help but watch a few seconds of March Madness while channel surfing. Yesterday we watched a full game though, that being the NCAA Division II championship game. The winners, Winona State! Just a hop, skip, and jump away from AC’s alma mater, St. Mary’s. Here’s a [...]

Didn’t get into the Summer Programme at the Oxford Internet Institute, so I’m now trying for my first international conference. Cross your fingers.

Songs that came on my I-pod when reading the introduction to Foucault’s The History of Sexuality: Brand New Lover by Dead or Alive I’m Too Sexy by Right Said Fred Work It by Missy Elliot Funky Cold Medina by Tone-Loc And here is a passage from Foucault to bring it all together: What sustains our [...]

To quote Zelda Fitzgerald, “She covered her face with powder and paint because she didn’t need it and she refused to be bored chiefly because she wasn’t boring. She was conscious that the things she did were the things she had always wanted to do.” Well, I don’t consider myself boring, but have been bored [...]

I know a lot of you are waiting to hear about my Mardi Gras and return to NOLA experience. We got back from the fabulous 4 day trip on Tuesday night and have been catching up on sleep and academic work since then. Now we are both down with a sinus infection. I’m a little [...]