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Tweets
- @lrainie As it is, each time I start a class session with "Pack it up, pack it in, let me begin..." fewer and fewer recognize it. 2 days ago
- @lrainie It's hard for me to do anything menacingly, and I'd try it for a classroom entrance, but I suspect the reference would be lost... 2 days ago
- @lrainie That is my new goal! Channel Omar more often :). 2 days ago
- @lrainie Reducible in part to "who said it wasn't already all a game"? :) 2 days ago
- Word or two length predictions for social media game-changers over next decade? Me: Goggles, Badges, Social Sensors #gamechangers 2 days ago
- One more on the "higher ed is newspapers" meme. David Brooks: http://t.co/bUsz8sXA 2 days ago
- My students know I am not a fan of Flash. Rare exception: http://t.co/1ElX1Q8E 3 days ago
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Monthly Archives: August 2007
Dog PR
It’s too bad, really. Fang is described in the Harry Potter books as a cowardly “boarhound,” which is traditionally a name applied to Great Danes, but he is played by a mastiff in the movies. Along with Mudge, Fang gave us Mastiff-owners a lot of good publicity. Rather than looking worried about a dog that [...]
Should my Facebook Groups be on my vita?
I feel braindead this week. Rather than my other inane question (“What can the writers of Big Love do to make Nikki a likable and believable character?”), I am instead wondering what constitutes an “affiliation” these days. I’ve dabbled in a lot of different academic organizations over the years, depending on what I felt like [...]
I hope so
Can you be a misanthrope and still love or enjoy some individuals? How about a compassionate misanthrope? - Hillary Rodham (Clinton), 1967 (via NYT) I love this. I doubt she could win on the “compassionate misanthrope” ticket, but I might vote for her if she tried. (I also like the quote from her correspondent, John [...]
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