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Day 33: "not yet labeled it a hate crime"

February 25, 2017 phillUncategorized

quick hitter today. Read this story. a summary: racist dude screams “leave my country” and guns down an Indian who was just chilling at a bar after work. He then runs to Applebee’s, America’s favorite[…]

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Day 31: The Difference between Man and his Best Friend

February 22, 2017 phillUncategorized

“I’m going to break my rusty cage/and runnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnn” -Chris Cornell, Soundgarden, “Rusty Cage” Those of you who know me well know that I have had 3 dogs for a while. I have a pair of[…]

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Day 28: the Impossibility of teaching Political Rhetoric in the era of Donald Trump

February 19, 2017 phillUncategorized

“Went to war with the devil and Shaytan/he wore a bad toupee and a spray tan” -Killer Mike, “Talk to Me,” Run the Jewels 3 I recently underwent a bit of a career overhaul. I’m[…]

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Day 26: Ordering food for the fat dude

February 17, 2017 phillUncategorized

This story broke amid the crazy frenetic flow of weekly politics. Now it’s not a big deal, I don’t guess. I mean in the scheme of things, this is just a small thing that President[…]

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Day 21: "we live in a cynical world"

February 13, 2017 phillUncategorized

Just watch this. Baudrillard rests his case.    

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Day 20: A little history

February 11, 2017 phillUncategorized

“‘Pocahontas is now the face of your party,’ Trump said in the meeting, sources told CNN.” From the Hill, just so I’m not directly linking CNN. If you don’t know the non-Disney Pocahontas story, Wikipedia has[…]

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Day 17: "you are playing D&D for a class?"

February 9, 2017 phillUncategorized

Tonight my Writing For Games students spent 2.5 hours playing Dungeons & Dragons (if you’re curious why, pedagogically, that’s my planned weekend posts). I’m exhausted tonight after teaching all day then driving home in the[…]

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Day 14: Revisiting a Seven Year Old List Top 10 Grunge Albums

February 6, 2017 phillUncategorized

Many years ago, I read someone’s list of the top ten grunge albums, and I cringed to see Vitalogy by Pearl Jam at #1, En Utero by Nirvana on the list instead of Nevermind, and some really questionable anthology picks. So, as[…]

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Day 13: My 5 rules of Digital Identity Transparency for Social Media (updated for the Trump era)

February 4, 2017 phillUncategorized

The Five Simple Rules to Being Safely Sort of Transparent but Still Vaguely Opaque Online from a Person Who Studies this Stuff  1. Before sharing something, I ask myself “Will anyone care?” If the answer is no, the[…]

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Day 11: Overgrown Kid

February 2, 2017 phillUncategorized

Today I bought an antique ceramic piece that looks like a knight’s head, and I pledged over $100 for a custom made dice rolling pad/thing/dealie. These were, of course, not items I NEEDED to have.[…]

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