Entries from November 2007

tweet tweet for 2007-11-30

November 30, 2007

teaching blogging to a freshman english class #
excited because whole family is coming to my Solstmas dinner. Yay! #
[daily photo] prehistoric http://tinyurl.com/24pw9d #
I really hate it when a scrabulous opponent isn’t the better player but still wins because the play is crap and I can’t get any vowels. grr #
@cogdog yeah, I know. This [...]

defintions of…

November 30, 2007

I saw a link to definitions of rhetoric on Michael’s site. The first thing I noticed is that they came from a Stanford class on Gender and the History of Rhetoric. Then guess what I noticed. Oh, yes…not a female among all of the people who are quoted as defining rhetoric. [...]

tweet tweet for 2007-11-29

November 29, 2007

watching “Shrek the Halls.” Heeheehee…love green ogres (as if there are any other kinds) #
[daily photo] strands http://tinyurl.com/2g2hjd #
@Raoul nice site, Raoul. Have a good night. :-) #
@AlexxxA won’t ask but will send good thoughts #
[daily photo] vessel http://tinyurl.com/28lu8x #
@ dematologist for 6 month check-up. hoping - no cancer this time. [...]

tumbling

November 29, 2007

On any given day, I have a dozen tumbleweeds up against my fence. I often push them off the fence so they’ll go rolling down the street (I like to see them tumble). They are ugly when they are mashed up against the fence. Anything flying through the air gets trapped in [...]

how much?

November 29, 2007

Have you ever wondered how much advertisers spend to get you to buy their products? How much do you think that space you’re occupying is worth?
The people at GOOD Magazine have made a video that shows us just how much space and time is worth. It’s an interesting look at commerce and the [...]

tweet tweet for 2007-11-28

November 28, 2007

@justG your incessant tweets are amusing ;-) #
@justG Plus, I often find new software because of your tweets. #
can’t decide whether I like green tea lattes or vanilla chais better. such a dilemma. #
@AlexxxA Yeah, they are pretty yummy. I’m slurping on one now. :-) #
@AlexxxA I wouldn’t have, normally, but the [...]

passages

November 28, 2007

I saw this at daisies’ site and thought it would be fun to do today (and takes my mind off of things I should be doing).
do you own a gun?
Not really my thang.
what do you think of hot dogs?
Blech. Yuck. Gag. Ummm…in case that didn’t come through, I can’t stand [...]

tweet tweet for 2007-11-27

November 27, 2007

[daily photo] road to nowhere http://tinyurl.com/2yafnz #

defense over

November 27, 2007

I defended my thesis today. The defense went really well. The conversation afterward was awesome. We really had some good ideas bouncing around.
Then I had to leave for a bit while they talked about what they want to have happen with the thesis. Then I was asked back in.
The [...]

tweet tweet for 2007-11-26

November 26, 2007

My defense is going to be good (if I do say so myself). The presentation is awesome. Whee! #
@textbench Tuesday. I’m looking forward to it now. :-) #
@EmilyElizabeth I had to get the whole series through Netflix because I liked it so much. :-) #
@justG I love being read to. [...]