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
I finally added a sig file to my emails. I got the quote from an anti-war speech given by Senator Robert Byrd, which I’ve saved on my website because I think it rocks. The speech was sent out over H-Rhetor by Tom Powell Bullock. Here is my sig… Read more
I’ve twice used the following activity to open the semester and both times it was quite successful. I discovered the general idea by surfing around and I wish I could remember the site so I could acknowledge the creator whose idea I extended. I… Read more