Procrastadabbler

Ruminations about life, teaching, literacy, research, and anything else I can think of when I am procrastinating

Hodge-podge of messy thinking

October 12th, 2007 · No Comments

I read the NYTimes online. Every morning, I receive an email with selected headlines (I selected the categories when I subscribed). Some mornings I scan the headlines and don’t find too much of interest. It could be my mood, or the news itself. On other days, I find quite a bit that I want to [...]

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Why We Fight

April 8th, 2007 · No Comments

I just got around to watching the documentary, “Why We Fight.” Incredibly well done, but devastating.
One person makes the comment that capitalism is winning. We send our soldiers not to fight for freedom or liberty or any of those high ideals. We send them to keep what Eisenhower warned us against–the military industrial complex.
One other [...]

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Living With War

January 2nd, 2007 · No Comments

I’ve been somewhat out of the loop in terms of new music releases. When I work, I can’t listen to anything with lyrics (I get too distracted), and when I drive I tend to listen to NPR. I tend to rely heavily on Pandora.com when I do have music on. It’s convenient. I’ve created a [...]

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