The noodly appendage!, originally uploaded by lorda. Thanks, Julie! Now the FSM can beat up on those fishes. Or at least noodle them. Please consider donating to my efforts in the Susan G. Komen 3-Day Walk for the Cure

This would be good: Having turned the page on Mr. Bush, the country hungers for a vision that is something other than either liberal boilerplate or Rovian stagecraft. At this point, merely plain old competence, integrity and heart might do. –Frank Rich, NY Times Please consider donating to my efforts in the Susan G. Komen…

Well, I think I’ve found where it’s coming from. This article from the Clarion-Legdger outlines a possible plan for the Bush Administration to foist the blame for the deteriorating levees on The Sierra Club’s desire to delay a plan for a levee project along the Mississippi. Of course, it wasn’t the levees on the Mississippi…

First the important thing: Geeky Girl scored a goal! Okay, now the color commentary from the sideline. A group of parents, two moms and a dad, started talking about the hurricane. Between kids yelling and my not being close enough, I couldn’t hear all of what they were saying. I couldn’t really tell who they…

My kids have gotten along pretty well most of their lives, but lately, lots of tension has arisen between them. Once, Geeky Boy was protective of Geeky Girl, but now he bosses her around and generally tortures her psychologically. Geeky Girl, on the other hand, invades Geeky Boy’s space all the time and while she…

This is as representative of my completely varied and bizarre musical tastes from past to present as any. “I Call Your Name”–The Beatles “The Search”–Manikin “Can’t Get Used To Losing You”–The English Beat“Wondrous Stories”–Yes“Hey Mama”–Los Mocosos“Movies of Myself”–Rufus Wainwright“Keep Coming Back”–Edie Brickell & The New Bohemians“Just Like Heaven”–The Cure“Walk Like An Egyptian”–The Bangles“Ripple”–Grateful Dead random10,…

Profgrrrrl writes about making progress, about feeling as if at the end of every day, she’s accomplished something. I feel like I’m accomplishing a lot, too, but I’m also feeling very frazzled right now. Today was the finale of the summer program I ran. We had a great turn out, including the president and provost…

Yesterday, Mr. Geeky and I shared classroom space. There we were at the front of the class, each holding a piece of chalk, facing 30 students. We had spent two hours the night before hammering out what we were going to talk about, what we wanted the students to discuss. I have shared teaching space…

Since I railed on the faculty yesterday, I will compliment them today. My favorite comment below, by the way, is Tim’s because I have so been there. I’ve spent a long time fiddling with video settings in front of crowds of people. Today, I was out and about on campus and ran into lots of…

This will be my once a semester rant about technology challenged faculty. In a numbered list. 1. Do you know how to read instructions? Do you not see the big, giant question mark that leads you to help? 2. Do you read email either? How many notices have I sent out, pointing you to specific…