This Halloween, I dressed up as an Army captain to teach class. Would’ve been exciting if I hadn’t done the same thing every Friday (and Monday and Wednesday). This evening, though, I did pull the fur and leather out of the attic in order to dress up as a good …
It’s no secret that I found John McCain’s choice of Sarah Palin to be, well, unfortunate at many levels. On the plus side, though, it’s made for some fascinating occasions to examine rhetoric and syntax and other English professorial excitements. Regarding Palin in particular, I’ve been fascinated to see the …
Reebok’s Terry Tate “Office Linebacker” commercials, which first aired during the 2003 Super Bowl, were absolutely brilliant. Here’s one of the first of them: I remind you of this highlight in the history of advertising because, well, “Terrible” Terry T is back. Watch to the end… How’s that for Drill …
Back toward the start of the semester, I posted about receiving a most surprising gift from one of my cadets: an autographed poster of Mark Knopfler, who ranks as #1 or #2 among my favorite recording artists. It was an astonishing gesture, and I’m proud at last to produce an …
So I’ve joined the throngs on Facebook (will MySpace be next?) and I can see how folks get sucked into it. Catching up with old friends is absolutely wonderful. Folks I’ve not heard from in, well, over a decade are tracking me down. Quite fun! Now if I could just …