It has been a few days since I have posted and longer with anything substantial. I fear it will be that way for a couple more weeks. I have been traveling and will hit the road again shortly. But today is November 4, 2008 and in the US that means […]
I don’t need another computer desk but I am tempted to make this one anyway. Very cool. Projects Featured on Ron Hazelton’s House Calls Adjustable Desk List of Fittings List of Pipe Step By Step Instructions 3D Model (SketchUp) This desk made from Kee Klamp fittings and some pipe allows […]
As you know, I am a comic fan and I enjoy Dan Piraro’s Bizarro. His blog is also very amusing and is part of my daily reading. Today he posted his comic from a week ago featuring an aerial advertisement and then had his usual commentary. As a self-confessed “recovering […]
From our colleague Jeremy Schipper: Dear Colleague, We’ve had some promising submissions for the 2009 Mid- Atlantic SBL meeting thus far and I would like to encourage you to keep them coming. As a reminder, please find attached our 2009 call for papers with submission guidelines. Please note the Dec […]
You may be familiar with NPR’s resurrection of the program “This I Believe.” I have been meaning to write an essay on this topic and this week I finally found some time to do that during my trip. I still need to trim this down below 500 words (it is […]
I am currently at the convention of the National Collegiate Honors Council. As you can imagine, when a group of educators get together we tend to talk about educational and therefore social concerns. Last night was our annual dinner with our CIC colleagues and I again shared my thoughts on […]
From a science fiction webcomic that I read, Buck Godot: In the Prime Mover’s comprehensive overview of sentient and semi-sentient life within the sphere of the Gallimaufry: Why We’re Better Than All Of You Put Together, there are various appendices which deal with predators that feed upon sentients. Journalists are […]
I have spent the majority of this day flying. It is currently 8:40 pm and I still have a 2:47 minute flight ahead of me. As the last flight was preparing for landing I had a George Carlin moment. The flight attendant came on the speaker and spoke the usual […]