Not the existential pain of producing creativity and scholarship. No. I’m talking about the physical pain that comes from typing and mousework and sitting on one’s tuckus for hours and hours and years and years. It seems like at least … Continue reading
Teaching: Teaching schedules for us grad instructors came down last week, and I’m actually teaching two upper-level elective courses in my research area. In the fall I’ll have “Rhetoric, Technology, and the Internet” (usually taught by one of my advisors, … Continue reading
Shortly after I got the rumble fish set up in my study, Mister Husband began to eye the tank covetously. So it has come to pass that we now have a new seven-gallon hexagonal tank set up on the bar … Continue reading
Lately, my best friend has been reading her own short essays for Eight Forty-Eight on Chicago Public Radio. Here’s one she did a few days ago called Traveling With Kielbasa.
Is there anything in the world more defensive than a Ph.D. student negotiating their reading lists and exam questions? I think not. If there had been a surveillance camera in my early afternoon meeting with Examiner X, it would have … Continue reading
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My dad has always been a fix-it guy. He’s spent his life working with heating and air systems, watching the field evolve from small air conditioning units to the massive climate control systems he designs today. And it’s not like … Continue reading
Bodhi, 1992(?) — May 17, 2006 My dog passed away a month ago, one day before I was able to get home to Arkansas and say goodbye. I thought I’d be able to write about it by now, but I … Continue reading
On one mutual trip to the ATM in the Peabody lobby, I finished up first and turned around to survey the goings on. Directly behind us, waiting patiently, were a bride and groom in full get-up. They couldn’t have been … Continue reading
Welcome to Thinkery, est. 2003. At the moment, I'm an Assistant Professor of Rhetoric and Writing at Syracuse University. I'm interested in new media, historical conceptions of authorship, and human/machine agency. I write about all of that elsewhere, mostly, and keep this space for other areas of investigation about the world: namely, cooking, gardening, and travel.
