Note if this post looks odd: I’m trying out a new keyboard. So far, I think I like it, but it’s a little odd. It has shorter mechanical keys for a quicker response time. It’s[…]
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Category: realtalk
Day 230: Heavy is the head
This week was our second ever Varsity tryouts. We had a great crowd of players. One team is still being decided (we had so many people tryout for one game– my-oh-my!), but I’ve sent out[…]
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Day 222: Madden season
I sometimes think of it as my gamer-shame, but one of my favorite gaming moments every year is loading up the new version of Madden and taking my up-and-down Colts team through the motions. It’s[…]
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Day 220: We Make Stuff
I’ve been working hard on an academic theory that I think is a fair, solid reflection of my discipline. As a new Assistant Professor, one of the things I have to do is sort of[…]
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Day 219: But of course…
Recently, the CCCC Executive committee released this statement about the upcoming conference in Kansas City. I want to be fair and generous– it’s not an awful statement. I’m glad they’re being transparent, though it did[…]
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Day 215: Making it official
So I’m not one to humble brag. Really. I’m not. The one time I’ve actively done it was to model to students what humble-bragging looks like and it made me feel a little icky. So[…]
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Day 211: Discipline and Punish
The title of this post is borrowed from a Foucault book, so you know it’s dope. The book in question is where the idea of the panopticon is discussed most frequently, at least in the[…]
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Day 210: The Mr. Destiny thing
This is sort of a story, sort of a memory, and sort of whatever lies between. If you’ve seen the not-all-that-good movie Mr. Destiny, starring James “I’m Not my Brother” Belushi, you will surely remember[…]
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Day 207: White Exhaustion (AKA the White Out)
So before I post much of anything, here are a few Tweets from the POTUS: Okay, so story time… I want to make a few things as transparent as possible, should you happen to be[…]
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Day 205: Standing for something, not cutting and running
To start tonight, thanks to Cheryl Ball for mentioning my open-letter here in her Karios editor’s statement. Much appreciated! I stand with you and Kairos on this, as I’m sure you know. Glad to see[…]
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