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Day 204: Rant, rant, rant

August 14, 2017 phillrealtalk

Getting it in early. I wrote this on Facebook, but I don’t want to hit post. So those of you who come here to read can enjoy it. It’s me, unfiltered. — When I was[…]

Day 203: The Dude who Kicked the WASP's Nest

August 14, 2017 phillrealtalk

Today, I wrote this. That’s pretty much all I have to say for the day. Consider it my entry. Actually, I do have a just a bit to talk about. Julie, being my loving wife[…]

Day 198: the Illusion of safety

August 9, 2017 phillrealtalk

As someone who was an adult– but a young adult– on 9/11, I have often tried to explain to those younger than me what actually happened to America that day. We lost people, for sure.[…]

Day 196: How do you kill a dragon?

August 7, 2017 phillArmchair phillosophy

I wanted to share a portion of a manuscript I’m shopping. It seems appropriate to talk about my slaying dragons metaphor given yesterday’s discussion of the field and the fact that tonight on GoT (spoiler)[…]

Day 193: Entitlement and Ignorance II: Save Some for the Sequel

August 4, 2017 phillmemoir

This is a quick story about my day. I live in Richmond, IN. If you’ve ever spent any time here, you know that from July-September is “OMG Road Work” time, and right now a number[…]

Day 191: Jon Snow is the truth

August 2, 2017 phillrealtalk

I put my new Jon Snow Pop on my desk today, in the glorious blue light that illuminates my backdrop. So read this, which Julie found and put on her FB wall. I identify well[…]

Day 189: Funeral for a Black Thursday

July 31, 2017 phillmemoir

So I found the image above on one of Julie’s former student’s Facebook wall and completed the task. The title of this post is my Emo band name. It sent me down a rabbit hole[…]

Day 184: The Middle

July 25, 2017 phillbizarre motivational Phill

This marks the post over the middle point. I made it half a year. Crazy, right? And to mark this auspicious occasion, I’m going to write about something I’ve been batting around in the back[…]

Day 178: Old school vs. new school

July 20, 2017 phillArmchair phillosophy

In my rant-fuel post yesterday, I made a brief reference to one of the things I think is tearing academia apart (other than the arrogance that was the title of that post): the changes between[…]

Day 177: Arrogance

July 19, 2017 phillmemoir

Coming out of a several day long reflection on my own identity, I feel like this is the time to reflect back on something else I have talked about here before: the attitudes of other[…]