My world has changed. I’m somehow more resolute. This is the first time I’ve managed to blog every day for a consistent amount of time. I think I might actually make my 365 day goal,[…]
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Day 95: A bit about rage
I often tell people that I keep an even keel because that’s who I am. And it’s true, I don’t take things that hard. Except that I take things really hard. I’m just good at[…]
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Day 94: Love & Honor & Micro-aggressions
Usually when I say ‘micro-aggression’ I’m about to talk about race or gender. Today, though, I have a perfect example of how the concepts behind the problem with micro-aggressions don’t have to be confined to[…]
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Day 93: Quick Hitter: Getting Old v2 "Them New Glasses, Tho"
So today the first of a few pair of glasses with my new prescription came (because I buy my glasses in the mail. Go to fetcheyewear.com and help a poor animal). When I put them[…]
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Day 92: Getting Older
A little over a week ago I went to get an eye exam. For those of you who don’t know, I was diagnosed as diabetic approximately six months ago, so this was my first diabetic[…]
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Day 91: The Failure Proposition
This is my reduced teaching philosophy, if I needed a short one: We learn by failing and trying again. We lost that in academia a long time ago, and now everyone needs to get their[…]
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Day 90: Not Having Kids Redux: It's a… rant
Today at a cool chipotle-of-pizza place in Indy called Pieology, Julie and I encountered a delightful young man who was interested in my t-shirt. I have a shirt that Julie bought me a few years[…]
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Day 89: I'm not every Cherokee
In fact, I’m not enrolled, because like a countless number of my ancestors, the roots of my line fled relocation via the Trail of Tears, so I can’t ever be part of the “official” tribe[…]
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Day 88: Something that Cracks Me Up
I live in a small town. And I was born in a small town. I’ll probably die in a small town… etc. John Cougar lyrics, yada yada yada. Julie and I moved to Richmond, back[…]
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Day 87: When Learning Isn't What You Thought It Was
I’ve taken a number of classes on pedagogy, and I’ve taken more classes still that involved reading theory. I now teach classes that use theory, and I sometimes help train people in how to teach.[…]
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