I taught all day today with an ear that feels like it has razor blades in it, that is stuffed and isn’t letting sound in, with my nose throbbing and congested, with almost no voice.[…]
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Author: phill
Day 255: The Rope
I’ve been tinkering with my way of explaining my philosophy of teaching lately. I think the easiest way to explain the most “different” from the norm part of it is with a metaphor, a trite[…]
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Day 254: DILFs and DUFFs
Apparently Shane McMahon, pictured above, is a DILF. He is currently feuding with Kevin Owens, who when he teamed with Chris Jericho (see below) was utilized as the DUFF. Body image issues aren’t usually explored[…]
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Day 253: You belong among the wildflowers…
As I write this, Tom Petty is dying. Well, I guess that’s sort of a blanket statement. As I write this, everyone is dying at some rate. But earlier today, Julie and I saw the[…]
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Day 252: Shitty People Can Make Good Art (and the problem of personal politics in the 20-teens)
I just caught up on some stuff from Joss Whedon’s ex-wife. Looks like I was too busy with other stuff to see this blow up last month. I’m not personally certain I want to just[…]
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Day 251: It seems like yesterday, but it was long ago…
I’m exhausted today– ear infection and a 2.5 hour drive both ways for 8 hours on a convention floor. So this might be a shorter post than usual. Today a friend of mine on Facebook[…]
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Day 250: Things on my desk: fidget spinners
I have two fidget spinners on my desk (I own five, total, I think). The ones on my desk are a crazy blue metal one that has amazing spin action (it’ll go for 3 minutes[…]
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Day 249: The Lecture I have to give
Part of my establishing a new identity as a scholar is shoring up the explanation of what I do. One of those things, for me, is teaching writing for games. Writing is a complicated thing[…]
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Day 248: The Selfish Generation vs. A Different Methodology
I tend to use pop culture elements in my blog posts. Today, I want to use a former gimmick from now WWE wrestling superstar Bobby Roode. When he was in another promotion, he wore this[…]
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Day 247: You have to be the change you want to see in the world
The title to this post is not actually a Ghandi quote, but it’s sort of what he was getting at, in a way. I am not going to steal it, so there’s the attribution, but[…]
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