Yearly Archives: 2009
400 posts
This was a talk I gave at Penn State Abington on this past Thursday, October 22, 2009. I had embedded the slides into the podcast, but for some reason they are not showing up. I don’t think they are vital to the talk so you are not missing much. If […]
As immediately recognizable R. Crumb’s work is to me, I cannot say that I know much about him. Apparently, however, his various isms are well documented. I and many other bibliobloggers have been linked by J. K. Gayle at the blog “Aristotle’s Feminist Subject.” bibliobloggers on Robert Crumb: few mentions […]
We had a meeting of our local Episcopal clergy which of course meant that I picked up some very funny YouTube links. This one is particularly amusing since we now have orders not to allow intinction.
Or God, or…it is really your call. The New Yorker has the following caption contest. Go there to enter, or provide your own amusing offerings in the comments. Below is my effort. Not great, I am sure you can do better. And while poking around I came across another cartoon […]
UPDATE 2: My copy arrived in record time! I will post comments anon.UPDATE: See the end of the post for additional links to reviews. I am updating them as I come across the reviews. Most of all, see Robert Alter’s positive review in The New Republic. Genesis – Sexy, violent, […]
This comic is a little rude in its language use, but is actually pretty spot on. You can see it at the cartoonist’s site “Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal” or after the jump (but don’t say I didn’t warn ya!).
The Chronicle of Higher Education has a very interesting chart, proportion of doctorates awarded to women by discipline over the last thirty years. All fields Education Engineering Humanities Life sciences Physical sciences Professional/ other Social sciences 1977 24.8 34.7 2.8 36.3 20.8 9.8 21.2 28.7 1987 35.3 55.1 6.5 44.4 […]
I am in Princeton for a couple of days and quite busy, so just a brief post. Driving down late last night I was listening to this past week’s BBC Broadcasting House, a weekly news summary. The first 20 minutes are fascinating reflections by victims of past terrorist attacks, the […]
