Feb 15
I usually like to include an image to set the tone for the post, but it seemed rather inappropriate to go looking for the kinds of pictures that this post would require: road kill, wreckage, breakdown . . . So no picture. Let’s get one thing out of the way: yesterday was not my day.… Continue Reading Roadkill. Or, Marathon #3: Los Angeles
Nov 28
I came across one of those listicles this morning where 12 authors gave thanks for a book and really liked that idea a lot, but I couldn’t come up with just one book. The more I thought about it, the more books I came up with, some for personal reasons; others have been important professionally.… Continue Reading Books For Which I Am Thankful
Nov 17
I originally posted this to my FB page, but I decided that it should also live here. I try to keep religion off my Facebook, but I have to get this off my chest. It probably won’t be here for very long. But here goes (update: I guess it’s sticking around. the FB settings for… Continue Reading The War on Christmas, Or Red Cups and Refugees
Jul 31
By Erin E. Templeton Happy end of the month, ProfHackers! When you you are enjoying a bit of relaxation or riding the productivity wave, we hope that you’ve had a great July. Here are a few links to give you something to think about or talk about (or both) over the weekend. “From Gamergate …read… Continue Reading Weekend Reading: July 31 Edition
Jul 31
By Erin E. Templeton Happy end of the month, ProfHackers! When you you are enjoying a bit of relaxation or riding the productivity wave, we hope that you’ve had a great July. Here are a few links to give you something to think about or talk about (or both) over the weekend. “From Gamergate …read… Continue Reading Weekend Reading: July 31 Edition
Jul 10
By Erin E. Templeton Happy weekend, ProfHackers! We hope that you’re staying cool in the heat (or warm in the cool if it’s not hot where you happen to be). After another week of turmoil and debate, the Confederate flag was removed from the grounds of the South Carolina Capitol building this morning …read more
Jul 10
By Erin E. Templeton Happy weekend, ProfHackers! We hope that you’re staying cool in the heat (or warm in the cool if it’s not hot where you happen to be). After another week of turmoil and debate, the Confederate flag was removed from the grounds of the South Carolina Capitol building this morning …read more
Jul 03
By Erin E. Templeton Happy holiday weekend to our readers in the United States and happy regular weekend to everyone else (and a belated happy Canada day to our neighbors in the north)! According to an article in Vanity Fair, technology isn’t all it’s cracked up to be: “How iPhones Ruined Summer Camp.” Also, for… Continue Reading Weekend Reading: Fourth of July Edition
Jul 03
By Erin E. Templeton Happy holiday weekend to our readers in the United States and happy regular weekend to everyone else (and a belated happy Canada day to our neighbors in the north)! According to an article in Vanity Fair, technology isn’t all it’s cracked up to be: “How iPhones Ruined Summer Camp.” Also, for… Continue Reading Weekend Reading: Fourth of July Edition
Jun 26
By Erin E. Templeton Happy weekend, ProfHackers! This week’s subtitle is thanks to Justice Antonin Scalia’s dissent against the Supreme Court’s vote to uphold the Affordable Care Act. More on that decision and others below. *When I initially drafted today’s Weekend Reading, I had a paragraph with links about the Confederate Flag and the …read… Continue Reading Weekend Reading: “Interpretive Jiggery-Pokery” Edition