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Category Archives: Travel
WIDE-EMU 2012: A Few Misc. Thoughts
WIDE-EMU 2012 (or is it WIDE-EMU 2?) happened Saturday at Michigan State and it all seemed to go off without a hitch, more or less. There might be more later, but I thought I’d write a down a few thoughts … Continue reading
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On Harry Potter-land
Let me first begin with a couple of disclaimers and/or other contextualizing moves regarding my relationship to the whole Harry Potter thing and also to theme parks generally. I like Harry Potter just fine. I read the first three books, enjoyed them– thoroughly enjoyed … Continue reading
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Professors, time management, and summering
There’s some trouble brewing in Texas about how faculty are spending their time in their cushy jobs, as this Chronicle of Higher Education piece explains, “Efforts to Measure Faculty Workload Don’t Add Up.” It’s behind the firewall, but basically, it rehashes … Continue reading
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#cccc11 recap
This is kind of scattered because I started it over a cup of coffee Monday morning and finished it Wednesday morning before meeting meeting meeting/grading grading grading. I’m super DUPER busy with wrapping up the winter term. The last day … Continue reading
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CCCC 2011: The prelude
I’m getting ready for what is setting up to be a somewhat unusual CCCCs in Atlanta this year. My connection to the conference this year is not through a regular presentation, but through a couple of what i guess I … Continue reading
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Notes on Grown-Up Camp and the End of Summer (more or less)
We have returned from just shy of a week at “The Inn” at “The Homestead,” which is up in Glen Arbor, Michigan. Here’s a link to a Flickr set of pictures. Some thoughts more or less as they occurred on … Continue reading
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Our midwest casino tour
We were in Cedar Falls, Iowa this past weekend, dropping off Will for a few days to spend with his cousins and grandparents. So on the return trip, minus our minor and with the dog safely stowed in the kennel, … Continue reading
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Pacific Coast 2010
The last part of our trip was the super-nature-y part, the part which defines terms like “sublime” beauty, the southern Oregon/northern California coast. When we lived in Ashland, we made a couple of trips to the coast, though only a … Continue reading
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Ashland 2010
We are at the main destination/reason for our westward trip, Ashland, Oregon, the town where Will was born in 1997 and where I took my first tenure-track job in 1996. We were only here two years, frankly because my job … Continue reading
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Napa, 2010
We’re about to conclude the first leg of our trip out west, the Napa Valley part of things. Here’s a link to the Flickr set of photos and one video; Annette also uploaded a bunch of stuff to Facebook, but … Continue reading
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