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Monster days
There are two types of monster days, though maybe I should call them bear days (as in “some days you get the bear, and some days …”). One kind of monster day eats you alive—equipment breaks down right, left, and center, there are seven phone calls that need urgent attention right before class starts, nothing […]
The Art of the Annual Review
My annual review is due on Monday, and it’s time to acknowledge that there is an art to bragging about oneself in a way that fits with the format of our over-bureaucratized annual review form in my college, with its headings and required entries (how much time were you assigned for this type of teaching, […]
Eyes on the Prize held hostage
As reported in Wired, Blackside Production’s Eyes on the Prize is currently unavailable because it only negotiated the rights to all of those film clips for a limited number of years, and it was never released on DVD. Downhill Battle is organizing screenings of the documentary, using Henry Hampton’s prize-winning work to make its case […]
Managing work
When I feel overloaded, that’s my crutch: “Okay, time to make a to-do list.” I get through the crunch, relax, and … the to-do list drops off my mental landscape. I don’t like to operate in a crisis mentality, and that’s what I associate a list with.
Working for boba…
By Sherman Dorn on March 5, 2005
I’m currently in the north Tampa Boba Internet Cafe, having fled my office after a few hours of isolation (and good work on my chapter for the Imagined Communities book). I’ve seen it several times while driving past and decided to try it. It serves “bubble drinks,” or sweetened teas or fruit drinks with tapioca […]
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