So I’ve been following the whole Barry Bonds steroid thing. I like Bonds because he is an amazing player and because he’s not as likeable as the other major sluggers of our time. Bonds is unafraid to make an issue of race where it is an issue, where other players will simply pretend like it …
Author Archives: Jonathan Sterne
Shout out to new faculty in History!
Brian Cowan at tonight’s (very nice) dean’s reception: “you realize that all the new faculty at McGill read your blog.” Highly doubtful. And if they do, I hope they don’t develop a gambling habit.
Snow Removal
here is an absolute spectacle. One large plow and two small ones come to clear the road and sidewalk, and then this giant vaccuum thing comes and sucks up the snow. It’s wild. Before it all starts a siren sounds and people move their cars, or they get towed around the corner. . . .
“You Need a Headset”
Like everyone else I get songs in my head and can’t get them out. But they sound different these days. I am not making this up. A couple weeks ago, the music in my head started to sound different — more detailed, with a wider stereo “soundstage” (that’s such a silly sounding term). I thought …
Quiet Time
on the blog, but not in my life. I have been silent here while working away on a number of tasks. This week has featured a goodly number of meetings (all day M, about half of T), syllabus prep, housecleaning, and a potluck for my (and Carrie’s) grad students. The meetings were productive, as meetings …
Questions of the Evening
1. Why do I believe that I should not be tired even though I’ve had way more than an 8-hour day and got up early, to boot? 2. Should I organize my history of communication course chronologically or thematically? 3. Will the students actually be ready to plow through all the weird history I want …
A big update, eh?
Seems like the blog is due for it. I read a bunch of blogs most days, and yet they’re not up in the column. There’s a spambot going nuts in my comments (though Tobias has kindly suggested one possible solution). Winter break is coming, and this may happen. I just hope I don’t accidentally flush …