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The rules of this game are very simple: list 10 odd true facts about yourself, along with 5 odd lies about yourself. Mix 'em up. Serve. ...

Our buddies Christina (alt. X-ina) and Guerin got hitched this weekend at Ironstone Vineyards up in Murphys, CA. After 100 degree days the w...

Last night, the kittoises slept almost through the night. When I woke to the alarm (a cd player alarm; the Monkees, I swear to it), they wer...

Oh, good grief! Do you have any idea how much strain seeing cuteness like this simply does not cause? Can you imagine the degree of pain and...

This afternoon I read a handful of the last response papers I'm getting from my two classes of Contemporary Moral Issues for the semeste...

People who read this blog (I could name approximately 3) know of my predilection for freshly-vacuumed carpets . With a fluffy cat and two lo...

Doc Nagel's Top 100 Things 28. Elections. I just love 'em. We just got the info packet from the State for the Primary Election on Ju...

We're sure it'll be a monster chart-topper. I'm not climbing any stairs not vaulting any cross-bars, not climbing any ladders, s...

This is a meme. This is only a meme. For the next thirty-six questions, this blog will conduct a meme. The idea is, you post replies to the ...

So, many of my students this semester did poorly on their first papers, around mid-term. I invited them to re-write papers, spent some time ...

My loveliest is off at some sort of bridal brunch kinda thing, so I'm here with the monster kittens (as of this writing, Arthur is in th...

Not homesick, but unwell, and not teaching classes today. Bleh. But I did have something to share: How To Use The Litterbox by Arthur Step ...

Turns out that proposed Fed regulations of mortgages might cool down the subprime mortgage market to the dismay of mortgage companies . It m...

The kittoises have doubled in size, and although I don't think they've doubled in cuteness, they've certainly taken to some extr...

In one of my classes, I'm requiring students to participate in an online threaded discussion board. We'd been reading about Foucault...

It turns out that abstinence-only sex education programs are, at best, worthless for reducing rates of sexually transmitted disease and tee...

I'm not hungry. Lots of people are. In fact, Reuters is reporting that the UN is concerned 100 million more people are deprived of neces...

After morning classes, I called the attorney who sent the notice of termination today, and also called the property management company. The ...

Our friends and neighbors, Christina and Guerin, also received a notice of termination, for the "common area" and driveway. Their ...

Arthur has spent two mornings at the hospital with difficulties urinating and using the litterbox. The vet decided today that he's got a...