Monday, September 3, 2012
Saturday, August 18, 2012
Nostalgia.....
"Sky Bars
were first introduced in 1937 by Necco, the makers of Necco Wafers. It was the
first molded chocolate bar with 4 distinctly different centers. Each bar
consists of four milk chocolate-enrobed sections each with an interior of
caramel, vanilla, peanut or fudge. Sky Bars were first announced to the public
by means of a sky-writing campaign which was a rather dramatic way to introduce
a product in the 1930s."
Friday, August 17, 2012
Monday, May 28, 2012
Check out this new blog!
So proud of my former student, Carolina James, who is blogging about her research.
Follow Carolina at https://plus.google.com/113073043366590508045/posts/EZChDpTbCD3
Follow Carolina at https://plus.google.com/113073043366590508045/posts/EZChDpTbCD3
Friday, April 13, 2012
Read this! "you have been here sometime: a conversation with Brian Ferry"
I've mentioned before that I'm a huge fan of Brian Ferry's blog, the blue hour, and of his photography in general. Now Brian has a show coming up at Standard Goods in Los Angeles, and there is a wonderful interview with Brian about his work over at the blog you have been here sometime . Hmmm...interesting blog name - not feeling self-conscious anymore about "wondering where all the dust comes from."
Saturday, March 17, 2012
St. Patrick's Day
Enjoy Salon's evocative slide show by David Creedon on abandoned Irish homes, and the story that goes with it.
Friday, March 9, 2012
How Do You Cite a Tweet in an Academic Paper? - The Atlantic
How Do You Cite a Tweet in an Academic Paper? - The Atlantic
I wonder how it's done in Chicago style?
I wonder how it's done in Chicago style?
Tuesday, February 28, 2012
I recommend....
Girls in a Tight Place , eclectic blog featuring my friend Kim Sillen Gledhill as yesterday's guest blogger. And don't forget to check out Kim's fascinating memoir Seeing in the Dark.
Monday, February 20, 2012
Working in the Knowledge Factory
Is it true that "critical university studies has succeeded literary theory as a nexus of intellectual energy"? as Jeffrey J. Williams Jeffrey J. Williams asserts in today's Chronicle of Higher Education?
It's a timely idea. Even 20+ years ago, when I first began teaching as an adjunct at UConn-Stamford, meaning, of course, English Comp and introductory lit courses, I saw a change in the students and in the whole university experience in general. My university days consisted of 15 credits per semester, to ensure graduation in four years, and 15 hours of work per week. Today, students work 40 hours per week, yet squeeze in at least 12 credits per semester--and I've even seen students attempt up to 21 credits, which, as an advisor, I refused to sign off. How do they do it? They don't. But that's a blog for another day.
You might say I was lucky: despite the fact that I was the first in my family to go to college, and came from a blue collar background, I received a modest scholarship upon high school graduation, always found 15 hours of on-campus employment, and once actually got some financial aid consideration from the state of New Jersey, when I was granted relief from a proposed tuition increase--over the $400 per year in-state full tuition cost at Rutgers University. Yes, you read that correctly.
Up to this point, I'd received no federal, state, or university financial aid at all, despite the fact that my father, as a police officer, earned only $14,000 per year to support a family of four. Most importantly, I graduated debt-free.
Just about everything has changed for today's students. The idea of reading a book under a leafy tree on the campus green is about as quaint as the image of Wordworth wandering through the Lake District, composing his poems aloud, then returning to Dove Cottage to have Dorothy transcribe them.
It's a timely idea. Even 20+ years ago, when I first began teaching as an adjunct at UConn-Stamford, meaning, of course, English Comp and introductory lit courses, I saw a change in the students and in the whole university experience in general. My university days consisted of 15 credits per semester, to ensure graduation in four years, and 15 hours of work per week. Today, students work 40 hours per week, yet squeeze in at least 12 credits per semester--and I've even seen students attempt up to 21 credits, which, as an advisor, I refused to sign off. How do they do it? They don't. But that's a blog for another day.
You might say I was lucky: despite the fact that I was the first in my family to go to college, and came from a blue collar background, I received a modest scholarship upon high school graduation, always found 15 hours of on-campus employment, and once actually got some financial aid consideration from the state of New Jersey, when I was granted relief from a proposed tuition increase--over the $400 per year in-state full tuition cost at Rutgers University. Yes, you read that correctly.
Up to this point, I'd received no federal, state, or university financial aid at all, despite the fact that my father, as a police officer, earned only $14,000 per year to support a family of four. Most importantly, I graduated debt-free.
Just about everything has changed for today's students. The idea of reading a book under a leafy tree on the campus green is about as quaint as the image of Wordworth wandering through the Lake District, composing his poems aloud, then returning to Dove Cottage to have Dorothy transcribe them.
Saturday, February 18, 2012
More Blogs I Love...
For some reason, most of the blogs I follow tend to be photography: I just found Moby's photos of unusual houses in LA.
Saturday, January 21, 2012
Blogs I love...
OK, try as I might to switch over to the new blog, BlogginginPlace, at Wordpress, this one keeps calling me back. So, I'm going to go ahead and mention some blogs that absolutely fascinate me. Today, I am loving the ruined Polaroids at William Miller's website.
But I also regularly follow Brian Ferry's the blue hour over at Wordpress, as well as Jon Crispin's Projects, especially the Willard suitcases series.
Maybe this is a sign I should move away from writing and toward more visual representations?
But I also regularly follow Brian Ferry's the blue hour over at Wordpress, as well as Jon Crispin's Projects, especially the Willard suitcases series.
Maybe this is a sign I should move away from writing and toward more visual representations?
Wednesday, January 4, 2012
Scholar Meets Blogger
Andrea Doucet, of Brock University, explores the mysteries of blogging in this article, in which most of my doubts were clarified.
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