I was looking at an incoming link to my blog that described someone’s two year blogversiary. It got me to thinking… how long have I been blogging?
With 20 miutes to spare before midnight, I discovered… ONE YEAR!
Archive for December, 2008
One Year
Posted in Uncategorized on December 29, 2008 | 7 Comments »
This will end badly…
Posted in pop culture on December 29, 2008 | 2 Comments »
I love facebook. I also think I should delete my account immediately as it will be a real time suck and has the potential for high drama. Barring this, I will have to get one of those internet-barring contraptions that everyone seems to employ to save them from themselves.
After two days, I heard from my [...]
Christmas Cheer…
Posted in pop culture on December 27, 2008 | 5 Comments »
I took a few days off for Christmas cheer — my big concerns now are that I haven’t exercised in six days, have clearly gained at least five pounds, and bought a Christmas tree that is way too big. Large men delivered it but now I have to get it out the door to the [...]
Fact Vs. Belief
Posted in gender, politics on December 18, 2008 | 2 Comments »
Via an article on cnn.com:
Considering that Clinton’s departure will leave only 16 women in the Senate out of 100 senators, many feminists BELIEVE women are underrepresented on Capitol Hill.
Ummmm, 16 out of 100 means that women ARE underrepresented on Capitol Hill. This is a social FACT in need of explanation, not a BELIEF held only [...]
It starts…
Posted in politics on December 17, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
My inbox is awash with Obama problems. I gave money to the No on Prop 8 campaign as well as Obama’s election campaign (not much at all, but apparently $30 rates numerous emails). The Prop 8 people are pretty pissed about Rick Warren giving the invocation at the inauguration. I’m also on a listserve of [...]
Year-End Criminal Justice Numbers
Posted in crime, prison reentry on December 17, 2008 | 1 Comment »
The Bureau of Justice Statistics released its report on prisoners, probationers, and parolees in 2007 last week. Some highlights:
7.3 million men and women were under correctional supervision in 2007
Of these, 70% were supervised in the community and 30% (2.3 million) were held in correctional facilities
Since 1999, about 3% of the population has been under correctional [...]
My Stepdad, Rockstar
Posted in Uncategorized on December 16, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
My parents are in town. My step-father routinely knocks down walls, builds bathrooms, and installs heated floors in his spare time. I think he’s actually a chemist of some sort but likes to dabble in high-end repair and has run out of things to do in his own home. He jets in to me on [...]
Enter Cynicism
Posted in teaching on December 10, 2008 | 1 Comment »
In a short six months, I have been transformed from a person who was shocked (shocked, I tell you!) by blatant plagiarism to a person who just burned an hour trying to figure out where a student copied his/her paper, only to realize that the paper is one of the best that I have read [...]
OJ, Revisited
Posted in crime on December 5, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
At first, I thought OJ’s sentence seemed long for a kinda sorta first-time offender. Upon doing a little research, it isn’t overly long.
NSP: Consistently Ardent, Wrathful, and Dominated by Powerful Emotions
Posted in teaching on December 3, 2008 | 5 Comments »
A colleague alerted me to my new presence on ratemyprofessor.com today — I was hoping to permanently dodge it. No chili peppers or comments on my perpetually unruly hair or bad taste in clothing. I was unsurprised to see that I am viewed as an easy and approachable professor (3.3 on a 5 point scale), [...]
