Category: le très élite
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Timothy Morton is an English scholar at Rice University. He is also a “speculative realist.” That’s fancy theoretical talk for “bullshit artist.” He would have you believe–and I chose this… more ›
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IA certain Texas university announced today that it would free 100 employees from the shackles of employment by the end of next month. IIYears ago there were two boys who… more ›
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WritingThe irony is that in the year that I’ve written the most, I’ve blogged the least. You would think that writing is writing, and that one kind of writing would… more ›
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I’ve recently discovered outrageously inexpensive airfare to Europe, and you might as well think I’ve discovered a cure for erotodromomania as well: $139 one-way from DFW to Frankfurt, Germany. I… more ›
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Having successfully completed the three written comprehensive exams without either dying or melting down, I now only face the two-hour oral defense scheduled for 2:00 PM tomorrow. I think that… more ›
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How academia is turning me into a stingy and petty academic. When resources are already stretched too far, the small benefits afforded students and professors in the humanities become necessary… more ›
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It was while forcing my friend Shayne to listen to this tape on the way back from Fort Worth in 1990 that I realized that our friendship had an expiration… more ›
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The vitriol coursing through my veins. The black, black cloud of grief nestled in the corner of my soul. I find myself torn between these two old pals lately, and… more ›
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I am certain that Barak Obama and his Obamanations are quite nice people. Senator Obama unquestioningly and with certitude will defend Israel’s right to exist. Yet certainly Palestinians, too, have… more ›
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What can the word “friend” mean after Facebook, where it is really a synonym for “coincidence”? Verlyn Klinkenborg’s recent editorial in the New York Times is necessary brilliance and should… more ›