Monthly Archives: May 2007
Homework
I’ll have the reading list ready by Monday night. In the meantime, pour yourself a cold one and take it easy.
links for 2007-05-20
SWORD NEWS! Well, at least no one gets hurt in this one. And there are sharks. Sharks are a bonus in sword news.
Reading Proposal
One of the things that I miss most about taking literature classes is the chance to enter into a dialogue with fellow readers about great literature. Most people think of reading as an isolated endeavour; a hunched and pathetic figure poring over a novel alone in a poorly lit room, but nothing could be further […]
Chaucerian Frauds
Watching Christopher Hitchens eulogize Jerry Falwell is like watching Godzilla sightsee in Tokyo.
links for 2007-05-16
SWORD NEWS! Is there anything worse than a crazed man running amok with a katana? Yep… a crazed arsonist, running around with a katana. Time to let it go, grandma You know, once you hit about sixty, I think it’s time to remove the ‘ole boobie implants and just let nature take its course. (Warning…these […]
Season Ticket On A One-Way Ride
This morning the Rev. Jerry Falwell died at the age of 73 in his office of heart failure. Ron Godwin, Liberty University’s executive vice president, found the evangelical leader on the floor of his office unconscious and unresponsive. Far be it from be to speak ill of the dead… Oh, who am I kidding? The […]
No More YouTube In Iraq
Good ‘ole Uncle Sam finally got around to monitoring the internets over there in the Middle East. The military is no longer allowing soldiers to post whatever they want on the net, and according to the AP piece that’s been circling around the past few days, the soldiers are no longer allowed to access these […]
Homework
We’ll be discussing this article tonight. Come prepared.
The Web-head Made My Head Hurt
We finally got to see “Spider-Man 3” tonight. It was okay…I mean, it wasn’t great. If you only have time to see one movie this week then I’d probably recommend going to see “Hot Fuzz” and waiting for Spidey on DVD. I should probably say that I really liked, nay loved, part one and two. […]
Can He Walk At All, Or If He Moves Will He Fall?
When Tony Hurtubise was 20 years old he was attacked by a grizzly bear while hiking. After surviving the attack Hurtubise decided to study bears in the hopes of learning more about their behavior and preventing future attacks. Hurtubise knew that he couldn’t get close enough to the bears to observe them without getting mauled […]