“A day in the life….”
Okay. Here goes. My entry that will forever float in the virtual/internet community. File it under “s**t happens,” or the “Randy does stupid s**t” file. But how do I begin my absurd, tragic, comic, mystifying, mundane tale?
Order
This weekend I’ve been busy trying to put some “order” into my life. I think it’s partly seasonal–locating and unpacking the cold weather gear–but this year my effort is more radical than usual. Since I decided to leave academia for […]
Update
Good morning, friends. A brief note to inform you that I am in the process of trying to optimize my web site. One of the first changes I am making is creating a new tagline to something more manageable and […]
Ken Burns’ “Imperialist Nostalgia”
Last night I didn’t sleep well, for whatever reason I’m not sure. But after working on my web site for ninety minutes after the late news and watching The Daily Show with John Stewart, I retired to bed with Baldo […]
Ken Burns’ American “Apologia”
I’ve watched some of the first two episodes of Ken Burns’ most recent attempt to capture the “authentic” American historical, cultural, and political experience for viewers of public television. (Those bourgeois consumers who pony up with contributions to view something […]
Taking out the garbage.
I was taking care of all my little bedtime preparations a couple of hours ago including taking garbage out to the dumpster while trying to distract my two cats, Baldo and Chica, from their preoccupation with food, when I noticed […]
“The Office”
I watched “The Office” tonight. I continue to be amazed by how incredibly accurate the representations of different kinds of privilege are represented in the character of Michael Scott, the manager of the Scranton branch of Dunder Mifflin paper company. […]
“The Informant!”
Monday afternoon, after spending a lovely three hours in the morning with my dentist getting some old crowns removed in order to replace them with lovely new ones and finding out my cobra dental insurance is crap; I decided to […]