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Shoe blogging

I won’t blog about the video ipods that the dean helped distribute today for the faculty who are participating in the podcasting program for the college, except to say that I’ll figure out how to use the Belkin TuneTalk to record spontaneous material for podcasting, and I managed to get a decent acrylic cover for […]

Martin Luther King, Jr., birthday

Here are some things you could do to use today for a day on, not a day off: Check out the MLK Day of Service website Join the NAACP, American GI Forum, or another organization that works on behalf of equal rights Donate to the United Negro College Fund or other scholarship organizations Donate to […]

Harvard’s presidency

As I’ve said before, I don’t think higher ed discussions should revolve around Harvard, but I happen to know one of the apparent finalists for the top spot, and I know that this person would be absolutely fantastic and exactly what the institution needs. (If you know a few things about me and the other […]

The week’s menu for Sherman Dorn

My week’s to-do list (PDF image file) is full. It’s the first day for my classes. One done, one to go. It’s chugging-along time for me… Missing from the to-do list: the blogging topics I noted yesterday and now the end of Michael Bérubé’s blog.

Situational attention deficit

In the last day, I’ve had the worst problems concentrating on any task for more than about 10 minutes at a time. Part may be a bit of a cold: I have the standard slight bone-weariness I associate with a cold, plus a touch of congestion. Part may be induced by lack of sleep: I […]