A little news on the NFL’s stance on National Anthem protests. Meanwhile ESPN can’t seem to support Jemele Hill. I’ve written about this anthem thing before, and I’m not at all shocked that Kaepernick is[…]
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Day 265: The fleas that wouldn't die
Super short post– I just spent my writing time bathing Boo, my shih-tzu, for like the 10th time in a few months. We have fleas. They aren’t in the carpet or the bedding or[…]
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Day 264: Be. Like. No. One.
To open this post, the “teaching rhetoric of advertising” part of me just wants to make sure anyone reading my blog who hasn’t seen this amazing WWE 2K18 commercial has the chance: From a branding[…]
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Day 263: A funny moment and what it means as an indicator of the status of education in America in 2017
I want to start this post by saying that I adore most of my students. I have the honor of teaching on a campus where we have some of the best and brightest, and the[…]
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Day 262: It's never enough
I’m going to try being transparent. If you’re one of my students, remember that I told you being truly transparent doesn’t work. You’re about to see why. I had a meeting today with a number[…]
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Day 261: They just seem a little weird
Mommy’s all right Daddy’s all right They just seem a little weird Surrender Surrender But don’t give yourself away -Cheap Trick I’ve been propelling myself all day through the things I had to do so[…]
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Day 260: In case you forgot America has a race problem…
I travel for a day and all the sudden really obviously racist things happen. My travel compatriot showed me this at breakfast. The video seems to be gone forever, so all we have are the[…]
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Day 259: Early
This Sunday is going to be part of a weird travel day for me, so I wanted to go ahead and blog right on the button for today, fresh into the Sunday if you will.[…]
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Day 258: Goodbye, Old Friend
AOL Instant Messenger is closing down on December 15th. As a person who downloaded AIM in beta, it’s hard to explain what this means, particularly when my audience here consists of a few of my[…]
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Day 257: It's not a compliment to tell me you didn't realize I wasn't white
I had a funny exchange with a fellow Indigenous scholar this week. This scholar was afraid people would think we were two white guys talking about race (which would be a little obnoxious). I told[…]
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