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I've been an absentee blogger. Busy times in Feemusland. Here's my take on the primaries: Shut up, Geraldine Ferraro. Shut up, Bill ...

I have had a strange month. I have been away from home now for 29 days. I haven’t slept in the same bed for more than two nights in a row. S...

I have been on eight airplanes in the past seven days. Not for vacation. I am crabby. Seriously, what's up with people? On one flight, I...

New favorite sentence from a student essay: "Greek tragedy is full of rape and insect."

There are a lot of bad students out there. There was the kid who never came to class and then questioned my commitment when I refused to ho...

It's ALWAYS the economy, Stupid. The media is busy telling us that the parameters of the campaign have shifted. It's now about the e...

Would you like to hear a story about my forehead? No? Well, it's the only story I have today. The story of my forehead begins in the mou...

Can I take back what I said about Huckabee? He's crazy. How vigorous must one's bigotry be to want to reshape the Constitution to co...

I've been thinking a lot lately about the book of Ecclesiates. It resonates so thoroughly in our culture that we don't always percei...

I find it disturbing that the campaign season is now almost as long as a Presidential term. It's the old magicians' trick: keep your...

So, I made a resolution this New Year. I don't usually make resolutions. One reason is that I figure that if something is worthwhile, I ...

Dear Crazy Coed, You have very nice legs. I will grant you that. But it's 4 degrees out. It's -13 with the wind chill factor. Please...

I went out to dinner last night. I was by myself and I brought some work along. The waiter seated me - despite the fact that the restaurant ...

My spellcheck doesn't recognize "Royalism" but it DOES recognize "Parliamentarianism." Which is funny. To me, anyhow...

I had dinner at a friend's tonight. We were having a pleasant time, chatting of this and that. As people do. Then I glanced at her coffe...

It's been a long time since I've done a "David Brooks is a Moron" post. I thought I'd spend an hour or so this Sunday ...

I often use this blog to vent about the ridiculous and outrageous behavior of some of my students. The 2am emails asking me to proofread an ...

The Mormon missionaries on my bus are getting dumber. Which scarcely seems possible. I've written before about these chipper little mout...

Thanks, Benticore . Well, I'm crazy busy at the moment, so I think I'll take this tagging as an opportunity to write seven self-indu...

To John Stewart, Anna Nicole Smith, Claud Levi-Strauss, and Feemus. If anyone needs me, I will be weeping softly in the corner.