As some of you know, I am a member of the editorial team for Bad Subjects: Political Education for Everyday Life. I’m coediting an issue called “Intermedia” with Charlie Bertsch with a deadline of 1 September, and we are looking for short, accessible essays relevant to the issue theme. Though our maximum article length is …
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Wow. That Was Fast.
I had no intention of disappearing from the blog world for three days but those were three fast days. Apart from a dissertation defense Wednesday (it was an awesome dissertation on the history of design and its relationship to media), they were mostly taken up with an application for a Mellon New Directions Grant, which …
Pharmacologists 18, False Consciousness 16
It was, in every way, a moral victory. The other team was nice. We even led for an inning, 11-8. I scored the first run and went 4-4 with two doubles. Alas, a few good hits by the other team and a couple errors in the field sealed our fate, but there were plenty of …
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A Year In (ctd)
You’d think that after three major life moves (Chambana, Pittsburgh, here — okay, that’s probably not all that much), I’d have figured out how to “get in” to a city as fast as possible. Then again, as Emily (one of my grad students) told me, it takes three years to really live in a place. …
Hit It 16, False Consciousness 3
There was much analysis after the game but I think it comes down to this: Monday’s practice helped. We still lost. Our fielding was good. Hell, our ERA dropped below 21! It was our performance at the plate which was upsetting. We kept hitting balls to them. Their fielding was good, but not heroic or …
One Year and Counting
We arrived in Canada to live on the 19th of July 2004. I didn’t mark the date yesterday, so I’m doing it today. A year into my Canadian experience, I can note the following (this is a preliminary list; more may be added): –I now sometimes get annoyed at the Globe and Mail‘s conservative streak, …