Category: writing

• Year of the Whirlwind

  Jan 2

  In honor of a Japanese tradition I recently learned about, I have chosen sempū as the kanji to represent the passing year. Sempū means “whirlwind” and is written thus: From… more ›

• 15 Songs for a Solstice

  Dec 22

  …to help keep the cold in on the first day of winter. (As if most of us needed help with that.) Here’s to a new season of personal (and universal)… more ›

• Excerpts

  Dec 16

  Something I’ve been doing for the past several semesters is offering excerpts of my academic work here at the end of the semester. When I’m not writing here–which is happening… more ›

• Tiempo libre

  Dec 14

  I became a free man again as of 1:33 yesterday afternoon when I submitted my grades and went through the official (and ever-so-asinine) “check-out” procedure at the college. It’s a… more ›

• Bullet-Point Friday

  Dec 1

  Ah, the last of the Bullet-Point Fridays! I started this segment when I returned from Germany and began the fall semester just to ensure that throughout the long and difficult… more ›

• Bullet-Point Friday

  Nov 16

  Thumb drive? Check. I do, after all, need to record the grades of the precious students enrolled in the US history course I TA for. Stack of history quizzes? Check.… more ›

• Bullet-Point Friday

  Oct 12

  Well, I kept my cell phone on buzz from late September until today hoping that I’d get that call either from the MacArthur Foundation or Sweden. No such luck. I… more ›

• Remembrance

  Oct 8

  One of the many blemishes part of Putin’s blemished legacy, Anna Politkovskaya was murdered a year ago. more ›

• Visual Culture

  Oct 6

  After a relatively short run-through of the DMA this afternoon, I came up with the following six contenders for my project in Visual Culture. I’m really not ecstatic about any… more ›

• Scivias

  Sep 26

  I remainTogether:t(w)o-gatheredA union w/o unityIdentity w/ differenceSingable yet always (yet) unsung remainderTwinned coils twining throughHere & (t)here & no(w)here:now/hereWo ist der Mensch?W(h)er(e) ist der Mensch?Here- her- he- achAnd a thou-Sand… more ›