Baton Rouge has a new radio station: 103.3. Well, not a new radio station but an old station with a new format. The new format is “Music for Generation X.” That’s me, of course. The old format was “Divas” — not for me. I listened to the station… Read more
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February 17th, 2010 | ~LS~ |
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I adore Whoopi. She can do little wrong in my eyes. I’m soooo disappointed in her lame defense of Roman Polanski. I don’t know what to think. It’s like her brain slid out of her head and onto the… Read more
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October 2nd, 2009 | ~LS~ |
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I’m contemplating teaching Neil Postman’s Amusing Ourselves to Death in my Introduction to Humanities class this semester, particularly Chapter 4 (“The Typographic Mind”). I don’t feel like scanning the chapter and I couldn’t find a pdf or doc… Read more
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January 22nd, 2011 | ~LS~ |
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I’m reading Donna Haraway’s _When Species Meet_ with Loretta. We had a great discussion of the first chapter over breakfast this morning. The book is a solid choice for us to read because she’s a science-y person and a dog person and I’m a Haraway… Read more