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Where’s Neil Postman when you need him?

~LS~ — Sun, 23 Jan 2011 01:22:35 +0000

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

When Species Meet — Chapters 3 and 4

~LS~ — Sun, 27 Jul 2008 04:35:00 +0000

I don't really have much commentary on Chapter 4. I saw it as a case study in science studies and caring for animals situated within breeding pedigree dogs. Maybe I'm missing something. As for Chapter 3, I struggled with this chapter more than... Read more

When Species Meet

~LS~ — Sat, 12 Jul 2008 01:02:00 +0000

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

Ugly Philosophers

~LS~ — Tue, 27 Nov 2001 23:36:00 +0000

OK. I admit I am vain. Very vain. Why? Well, today I did a vanity search on google and yahoo to see if my name or site would come up. I was very surprised at the number of entries. Which means I am entitled to some vanity :) Anyway, I saw that... Read more

Threes

~LS~ — Sun, 20 Jul 2008 17:42:00 +0000

Last Three Movies I've Seen: 1. The Dark Knight 2. Hellboy II 3. Wanted Three things I don't want to do this summer, but I have to: 1. Go to Disney (again). 2. Serve on search committees at school. 3. Read the new public speaking... Read more

The Kindle and “Picard’s Syndrome”

~LS~ — Mon, 07 Dec 2009 00:20:02 +0000

Due to my recent tech splurge, I'm now the owner of a brand new Amazon Kindle, acquired just before Thanksgiving. I'm quite happy with it. Reviews all over the net are fairly accurate. I like the weight, the screen's readability, the size, the... Read more

The Days

~LS~ — Wed, 21 Jul 2004 00:21:00 +0000

I never watch TV. Ok, sometimes I watch TV. Rarely. Usually with a remote in hand, taking a full twenty minutes to circle the digital dial seven or eight times before I surrender. Yesterday, while channel surfing, I saw a geeky picture on the... Read more

Random Musings

~LS~ — Thu, 27 Feb 2003 17:09:00 +0000

Steve does not have a webpage. I think he should make one. Steve and Josh and I are reading the Sublime Object of Ideology together in a reading group. OMG that book is so fucking hard. So yesterday when we were discussing the book (note: we have... Read more

More Rome Travel

~LS~ — Sat, 19 Dec 2009 07:25:34 +0000

It's Friday morning in Rome. I am not a very good traveler. We have two full days left (today and tomorrow) and then a full day of travel. I am homesick and tired. It is cold and rainy and I can't seem to get warm. The artwork is starting to run... Read more

Into the Blogosphere

~LS~ — Sun, 04 Jul 2004 19:25:00 +0000

Into the Blogosphere is Laura Gurak's new edited collection on Blogs. The subtitle is Rhetoric, Culture, and the Community of Weblogs. Coulda, shoulda, woulda, but I didn't think it would stack up on a tenure review. Of course if I did more, it... Read more