December 2009
35 posts
As promised: how I came to the University of Constantinople and became a Professor of #Anachronism. http://bit.ly/68pBl6
The Good Old Days: When I was a Graduate Student →
A favorite part of my hometown; Image via Wikipedia Dear Readers, In hopes that I can give you a more personal view of my life, I thought I would write a little bit about how I came…
Working up a piece about my #gradstudent days on-assignment from the University.
Thought: #Normal arises when you don’t challenge your assumptions/question social expectations. #Metanormal is when you do. @gemini_scorpio
Seekers of #Salience, Nodes of #Novelty, Reeves of #Revolution: I call you to be my distance students.
It’s come to my attention that facebook has been turning my links into redirects towards them. I’m sure that’s annoying. Stops today.
A new Sunday Seminar! Topic: What is the point? Of the University of Constantinople, that is. http://bit.ly/8jdUZm
Sunday Seminar Series: What's the Point? →
Part of our Identity; Image via Wikipedia Dear Readers, This is another installment in my Sunday Seminar Series, wherein I distill lectures from my introductory class, CHRN/AUG 100,…
You’ve had your break from my seminars. Planning a new lesson to go time-normal to you tomorrow. Maybe on the #Philosophy of #Anachronism.
To keep it light, today I analyze yesterday’s “Mendel Claus.” The crossroads of #Christmas and #Jews. http://bit.ly/92spfQ
The Short Course on Yesterday's Post: The Message... →
Image via Wikipedia Dear Readers, I thought today I’d give a little analysis on yesterday’s post about Mendel Claus, my name for the figure suggested in that narrative. There are…
How the #Rabbi saved #Christmas. A time stream with a #Chabad story for 12/25. http://bit.ly/4y1YPy
Christmas Story: Mendel Claus →
Image via Wikipedia Dear Readers, This one is for the holiday, but I assure you that the events within are true for the time stream of origin. Like yesterday’s, it’s not too far from…
An alternate #future #history of your time stream and new media. Is it a few years old, or from another time stream? http://bit.ly/BYG7
What do they put in Tim Hortons coffee? Depends on your time stream. Post today: “Why I live at the TH” #canada http://bit.ly/5LhyCQ
We’ve been working very hard to get some more serious publications out, but today I intend to get something onto the blog as well.
Why I Live at the Tim Hortons →
Image via Wikipedia Dear Readers, Today’s post is titled as it is out of a nod to Eudora Welty’s famous story “Why I Live at the P.O.,” but it is of a very different nature. I…
Pushed through to the “break” with nonstop translation and writing. Now things are out for publication. We will see.
Perhaps someone can help me with a debate here at the University. Is “Left 4 Dead 2” a #videogame or a #politics scorecard?
Sunday Seminar Series: Truth and Belief, Part II →
Comet, or Dragon? Image via Wikipedi Dear Readers, After the problems that occured with my “Great Expectations” Friday Seminar, I discovered that the response improved when I posted…
Friday Seminars are now Sunday Seminars! Truth and Belief, Part II. How anachronists find the #truth. http://bit.ly/8Q8SXx
In so-called “#steampunk” time streams, Dick Tracy uses a wrist-mounted telegraph.
As per Follow Friday: @quantumelody @anthinpractice @angelaackerman @ericawrites @dukejen04 and @2log have all been vital aids to my work.
Forget the coat of many colors. I want a tapestry of many times. #anachronism
Plus, I already have my word robe, like @2log.
It’s important to remember that we are biased in our work. Also, thinking we are biased is part of our bias. #anachronism #anthropology
Weapons practice today, after the #story from earlier posted. Invigorating! I think I figured out a puzzle during the session.
The end of last week’s Day in the Life, for #weblitwed. #Thanksgiving in #omen town. #litxchngwed http://bit.ly/6MDpzp
A Day in the Life: Thanksgiving in Omentown, Part... →
Image via Wikipedia Dear Readers, Last time, I started a story about Thanksgiving in a Maine town that I study. Port End, which I like to call “Omentown” in my notes, is a place…
Are we all haunted by monsters of cross-time ideology?
The triumph over disease is a vital part of human transcendence. Fight AIDS.
There are worlds without HIV. I want you all to live in one. Fight AIDS.
RT @PennPress Gearing up for @AmericanAnthro’s #AAA09 meeting here in Philly. Message me for #anthropology book discount info.
November 2009
18 posts
Now hard at work on the end of the day in the life #story from last week.