first amendment resources
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.
in music news
My beloved Pet Shop Boys have a new album coming out May 22. The new single, “I’m with Stupid” comes out May 8. I heard the song this week and really like it. Although the title seems lame and you think the couple sung about are lovers, there is talk that the Boys wrote it [...]
Blog SIG
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 [...]
deadlines and horns to toot
Again, I’m not blogging as much because of a full week of deadlines. I spent several hours at Panera today writing my First Amendment policy analysis, which is on the case of Sami Al-Arian. Learning more about academic freedom than I ever thought, and love that! Just wrote a response to Practicing New Historicism and [...]
Winona State wins NCAA Division II title
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 [...]
Twins Blogger
AC found this Twins fan, Aaron Gleeman, who has been featured in Sports Illustrated’s feature on “How the Web is Changing Sports Coverage.” The kid writes A LOT and has a devoted readership, so score another point for blogging!
Blog Talk Reloaded
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.
late bloomer
Two things I’ve been hearing more about lately are the SXSW conference, which I should have been going to the past 3 years, and YouTube.com, where I can post videos. I’m not on my home computer where it’s easy to have a zillion tabs open so I won’t link as much in this post, but [...]
isn't it ironic?
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 [...]
More links to Katrina
I had visited CBSNews.com looking for the text of the interview I saw on Anne Rice this past Sunday, but instead came across these two: Unearthing Pompeii which discusses natural disasters, and “New Orleans Mayor: Rebuild Anywhere.” The latter doesn’t restore my faith in the current mayor, but the Bring New Orleans Back Commission report [...]
being boring
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 [...]
My return to NOLA
Sorry this has taken so long to post. Been under the weather and also trying to meet some deadlines. All I have to do today is organize 2 paper proposals, go to the library and sit through 6 hours of seminar…eek! Well here goes. On Saturday the 25th we flew out to NOLA where it [...]
Mardi Gras
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 [...]