Searching for the Answers to Life’s Mysteries on YouTube

Old TV shows never die, they just go into reruns on less and less prestigious channels.
And so it seems enough of you lit candles for the patron saint of the internet and nothing that’s affected the lives of people born after 1970 has been left out of YouTube.
Aaaah, the stuff I thought was cool when [...]

What I’ll Miss About Teaching

Only showing up three days a week? (Well, that too.)
Last night I led a group of students heretofore unaware of all contemporary trends in art through a discussion of post-structuralist theory and elements of postmodernism.
This was right after my totally scattered and disorganized leadership of a discussion of Umberto Eco’s “The City of Robots” [...]

Plunge

This weekend, I went to usajobs.com and built a resume. Yup, I’m looking for gubbermint work.
I decided, or had decided, to go ahead and try a return to adjunct teaching. I have an offer for as many as 3 classes at one school. There, for a 4 day/week schedule, if my classes fill [...]

Look Mom, New Theme

After months of almost no effort to do so, I’ve finally found a theme that makes me think my blog is cool.
That, and there’s a little smiley face hidden in the background to the right. Oh, Theme Designer, you’re so clever…
I’d give him a frowning companion on the other side if I had custom [...]

The National Cathedral is Super Neato

So, after a little stint of armchair – er, um, cheap office chair – critiquing other people’s art on the internet, I though I should go out and see something real. So, I finally made it down to see the National Cathedral. I did. I’ve lived in the area for 9 months [...]