Core Values
It’s been fairly thoroughly established that I’m a huge fangirl of Rich Roll – I love to listen to his podcasts while I’m running, or walking with Straxi, or driving,...
Category: Writing
What’s New?
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Many, many things are different in the world now – I’m so glad we’ve got a grownup in charge. I am appalled and horrified by the riot in DC in...
What I’m Playing
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It always comes as a huge shock to my students when I say that I love to game, and then follow it up with a little bit of street cred...
Happy Soberversary!
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Today is my 11th “birthday,” as it’s referred to in AA – it’s the 11th anniversary of my choice to be sober and not drink again (or at least, in...
Bookshelf
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I’m reading Ronan Farrow’s new book, Catch and Kill, and first off, why are you reading this blog when you could be reading that? Go away and read this book,...
Butt in Chair
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I used to keep a blog, many many many years ago, when the internet was new and shiny, and before I realized that there are loads of reasons why we...
Post-Truth
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I’m teaching a Rhetoric class at one of my colleges/universities/places of higher learning, and it’s been a real challenge for me – mostly because I just really don’t want to...
OG Granny*
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Not long ago, my stepdaughter called us and left a few concerning messages via voicemail and text. I knew, immediately, what was up. Suddenly, many of the bloggers I follow...
End of Semester Woes
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The semester can’t end, it would seem, without a student crying in my classroom (I don’t have an office, really, so this is as likely to happen in the hallway,...