Locals will wonder what took us so long and everyone reading at a distance will have to file this under “what the hell?” We finally made it to Quincaillerie Dante yesterday while on some errands about town. What an amazing store. Much better prices on kitchen gadgetry and cookware than the fancy-pants cooking stores and …
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Our fantasy team, hosti de cálisse, is starting to win some games after a very slow start. And my two favorite teams are having lousy seasons. Minnesota’s all concerned about “character” and coach Brad Childress seems to believe that he can best win games by boring the other team into submission. Seriously, the offense is …
–A good seminar. I taught a formalist text, old school humanities style. Lots of student participation and good conversation. –Drink with students after class at Thomson House. I love Thomson House. It’s so much cooler than the faculty club. –Burrito Nite ][. We tend to make a big batch of something on Sunday so it …
to return to the inanity that usually characterizes this blog except to just do it, sooooo…. Vikings, Brad Childress. 2-0. Who woulda thunk it? That should take the pressure off for the next post.
There we were on Sunday watching the world cup and the tension during the overtime was palpable. Not just because the score was tied, but because we had a wedding to attend. At the end of the first overtime, I set the digital video recorder to capture the rest of the game, even if it …
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I loved the ending to the Portugal-England game. As usual, everyone on the TV is tsk-tsking about how it shouldn’t have ended that way. What’s wrong with a good old shootout? I haven’t really been watching the World Cup because it conflicts with my writing schedule. My mind is just a lot fresher in the …
