Sports as culture and 9/11
Showed part of this in class today. Thought a lot about almost everyone on campus doesn’t have a clear personal memory of that day. And that’s both good and unfortunate. Maybe documentaries and all of...
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Two campus notes, just before the full moon
Checked my mailbox on campus today and there was a little poster tube there. It was from the Office of the Bicentennial. The university, early this year, celebrated its 200th anniversary and, while it...
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I pulled all of this together right after Cleveland announced their new team name. I like these montages and appreciate the work that goes into these rollouts. In this case they’re doing nothing less...
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Let’s go back in time
Ten years ago I took this photograph, and published it on my Tumblr site. (Remember those?) This is the agapanthus, the African lily. From the Greek agape (love) + anthos (flower). The plant is...
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There’s a(nother) video at the end
I made this late last night, early this morning. Losing sleep for mashup art is a questionable choice, but when you have an idea … Bryce Harper, but The Natural. https://t.co/gl9GMmWBLg...
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A casual sports Friday
My in-laws arrived last night, as planned. They got in late in the evening and we had a nice casual day of it today. They are lovely guests who thoughtfully don’t over-pack, which helps me out when I...
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Dong!
Light day here, as most of my hours were spent on preparing coursework. Canvas! Where all the fun is had! It’ll probably be a light week all the way around because I’m not hardly done with all of this...
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Dance, then baseball, now old
On Saturday we went to high school. I can’t remember the last time I was in a school. Probably a dozen years or more. We visited one because my god niece in-law (just go with it) was in a dance...
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We forgot our brooms
After a leisurely day around the house, I’ll give you one guess about where we went this evening. OK, I’ll give you a second guess about where we went this evening. You’re sure to get it from here....
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Backyard to table
Slow day, as it should be. The only problem is I need to figure out how to do more with the slow days. Even the days I don’t want to do a lot, or perhaps especially on those days. The only other...
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