24 July 2008Dumb drugs
23 July 2008First time for everything
9 July 2008Google Docs, an appreciation
3 July 2008Lost and --
30 June 2008Money update
27 June 2008People in your neighborhood
26 June 2008Make Money on the Web
25 June 2008Writing on the bus
25 June 2008Macs and the Church
24 June 2008Paradise Lost in Three Easy Lines
23 June 2008Security Garbage
21 June 2008Heaven? Heavens.
15 June 2008Happy Father's Day
4 June 2008On Allergies
In which I whine about my head, because it’s Spring and apparently that’s what I do.
8 May 2008Why I'm not yet sleeping, or the bureaucratic bane
17 April 2008Me, publicly.
In which I discuss my distaste for anonymous blogs and link to my very non-anonymous Blogger profile.
16 April 2008Ohio
In which I wonder about the logic of sports in a midwestern public school.
16 April 2008My writing
6 April 2008Masterpiece's Sense and Sensibility on PBS
4 April 2008Friday: Rzewski's Pocket Symphony - C
In which I discover some unexpected joy in some wacky modern classical music.
1 April 2008Poetry Tuesday: Herbert's "Prayer (I)"
In which I first mostly misunderstand and then (thanks to some students’ comments) mostly understand a nice piece of early modern devotional poetry.
24 March 2008Mondays on Writing: Cohesion and Coherence
21 March 2008Primary Source Thursdays: A Woman Killed with Kindness
In which I wonder about a little postmodern bit in a early modern play.
18 March 2008Poetry Tuesdays: Lycidas
In which I embarrass myself with some recording and then spend a few lines playing around with a pretty famous poem.
17 March 2008On writing every day
3 March 2008Anuber Grubber
3 March 2008Grubber
28 February 2008Public Service Announcement
22 February 2008Speakerphone
20 February 2008Election results
19 February 2008Boys and Violence
19 February 2008Mormon Studies
15 February 2008Non-traditional Students
31 January 2008Upon reflection, I blame Huck and Ron Paul
31 January 2008Republican debate
In which I wonder why the Democrat debates are so much more pleasing to watch.
10 January 2008Things I Learned Reading Old Copies of The New Yorker as I Ate My Lunch (probably part of a series)
10 January 2008More Mormons in the News
7 January 2008Stinky Buckeyes
5 January 2008MoJo likes the Momos!
5 January 2008Mail mail
In which I wonder whether it is easier to fake righteousness or to conquer pride.
4 January 2008Late to the party
In which I find virtue in reading old magazines.
31 December 2007Phree Photo Phriday
31 December 2007The Big Dig is finally over...
24 December 2007Mormons in politics (not Mittens related)
In which I link to a satisfying interview with two LDS general authorities and complain about voter ignorance.
21 December 2007$170
Overpriced books.
13 December 2007For Sale
13 December 2007productivity nerd
13 December 2007knife
12 December 2007Muttonhead Quail
11 December 2007Happy Holidays in Ohio
Who are the closed-minded theocrats?
7 December 2007Honeycrisp
7 December 2007Wardrobe for a snow day
In which I share my unnecessary sartorial opinions.
6 December 2007Down to the wire...
5 December 2007Old
21 November 2007Candidates in a box
21 November 2007The complete shakespeare on the Beeb, horray!
19 November 2007Barack Obama is now following you!
10 November 2007NaNoWriMo update, evening 11/10
8 November 2007How I Amaze My Students
…or, How I Amaze My Students Without Doing Anything Special and how that doesn’t stop me from feeling stupidly proud of myself.
5 November 2007NaNoWriMo update, morning 11/5
31 October 2007Nerdular nerdness
In which I flex my tech muscles, but only briefly and without straining anything.
30 October 2007Invisible students
In which I realize that I have a very poor memory for my students’ names. And faces.
25 October 2007Another cookie
25 October 2007Now more irrelevant than ever
23 October 2007Heywood's "The Four PP"
A summary and (very cursory) analysis of some recent reading.
23 October 2007gmail goes imap
22 October 2007Miss Potter
19 October 2007New plan #2: NaNoWriMo?
18 October 2007A new plan
11 October 2007Mormons vs Evangelicals: the political face-off!
Professor looks at Mitt and thinks he’s OK. I’m not so sure myself, but that has nothing to do with religion.
5 October 2007Inside Higher Ed :: On Drivel
... I know exactly how this writer feels, because I have both given and received this harsh treatment. Though I think I’ve taken more (much more) than I’ve given.
3 October 2007A sad, sad, sad day
In which I mourn the loss of my access to the paid-for databases at BYU.
1 October 2007Wall-E trailer
1 October 2007Comfort food
In which I rediscover the joys of transfats and processed chocolate malted milk.
28 September 2007Confessions of a Journal Editor
... I respond to an article in the Chronicle of Higher Ed on the lousy writing that passes for academic prose.
26 September 2007Who is you now?
... or some interesting thoughts that were similar to those that led me to ditch my anonymous academic blog.
26 September 2007Inside Higher Ed :: Mark of Zotero
... a very basic intro to Zotero from IHE.
26 September 2007Mr Voles, I understand you claim that you wrote all those plays normally attributed to Shakespeare?
“That is correct. I wrote all his plays and my wife and I wrote his sonnets.”
26 September 2007Sleeping ain't for sissies
...and napping ain’t for, um, Norwegians? No, that’s not right. Dang.
24 September 2007Sampter's triad
In which I describe what is wrong with me, and how I feel since surgery.
24 September 2007What happened here?
In which I explain about my new plans for the blog. Again. Because I have some compulsion to re-imagine what I’m doing online every year or so, apparently.
24 September 2007The Alinea Cookbook
...and the video they’re using to pre-sell it
24 September 2007Academic labor
... and what to do over the summer
23 September 2007Happy Anniversary
Kate and Jeff: 14 years and counting
23 September 2007Shakespeare's blog
...or rather, the closest we’ll likely get today
23 September 2007GTD + Japan + France
=unworkable but entertaining productivity video
23 September 2007Boston bikes
22 September 2007Oh, joy, Jeff's talking about Google again. Yawn.
... but it’s not me this time. Really. It’s Merlin, and he sees a glorious vision of the future, if only in his head
22 September 2007Workspaces
...and more of what I wish I had the time and inclination to do for an office
22 September 2007Librophilia
... and what I wish my office looked like
21 September 2007Domo arrigato, Mr. Bento
... and why I have not yet succumbed to the cult of the Mr. Bento
20 September 2007A Physical Space Occupied By A Single Individual
... I was almost about to title this “A Room of One’s Own” but I couldn’t bear the sacrilege to Virginia Woolf nor the idea that my post might have the same title as 10,000 others, all of which were written by teenage girls.
19 September 2007Arrrr.
10 September 2007OK!
I survived.
9 September 2007Penultimate medical update
In which I get my surgical plans, and prepare for what may happen on the table.
27 August 2007Medical update #3 (is it three, already?)
In which I get good news, at last.
21 August 2007Another medical update
In which I learn that the drug that works also dismantles my liver. Sigh.
15 August 2007Bikes in traffic (a video!)
In which I embed a 10 minute YouTube video, thus becoming one of the cool kids.
12 August 2007The Trigger Effect
In which I both link to a YouTube video and decry our dependence on technology. Oh, sweet paradox of life.
10 August 2007Medical update, Aug 2007
In which I explain how I need surgery, and how you (gentle reader, friend) may provide some help.
8 August 2007$64 Tomatoes
In which I mock a garden writer for writing such a lousy book.
7 August 2007Me and the nose of doom
In which I complain about my stupid nose.
6 August 2007Starting Fresh with Composting
In which I make a pun about compost (fresh: get it?) and start saving scraps.
5 August 2007Tintin and the Secret of Literature
In which I describe a book I want to own, but cannot afford (and probably wouldn’t actually read). (Copied over from my now-deleted anonymous blog)
5 August 2007Open Mouthed Kisses
In which I point to an excellent post by Roy Booth. (Copied over from my now-deleted anonymous blog)
5 August 2007Defense. Committee.
In which I snark about my wonderful MA committee. (Copied over from my now-deleted anonymous blog)
In which I transcribe a previously untranscribed renaissance ballad. (Copied over from my now-deleted anonymous blog)
5 August 2007The Married-womans Case
In which I transcribe a previously untranscribed renaissance ballad. (Copied over from my now-deleted anonymous blog)
5 August 2007A merry Progresse to London
In which I transcribe a previously untranscribed renaissance ballad. (Copied over from my now-deleted anonymous blog)
5 August 2007A Looking-Glass for Lascivious Young Men: or the Prodigal Son Sifted
In which I transcribe a previously untranscribed renaissance ballad. (Copied over from my now-deleted anonymous blog)
5 August 2007Die, dumb old blog
In which I describe how I once tried to be anonymous online, but gave it up. Look at me now: I’m visible and boring!
5 August 2007Sustainable family
In which I lay out my plans to be a more responsible steward
19 July 2007Early morning grocery run
18 July 2007Bike-free day
In which I (partly) justify my lengthy driving today, and try to convince myself that I’m actually getting better about responsible car use.
17 July 2007Brooks B-17
In which I compare a $70 leather saddle to a $1000 wooden stool.
13 July 2007Rides around the neighborhood
In which I describe taking Mary on a busy road at rush hour, and how using my bike makes me feel like I’m better than everyone else on the road.
29 June 2007Why google deserves to win (again)
In which I get all gushy about a new feature in Google maps.
25 June 2007Replacing oil with sweat
In which I describe my first nervous steps to decrease my car use.
24 June 2007Question
In which I make some minor changes to the site.
24 June 2007First rides
In which I go out for a bike ride, we buy a trailer, and I realize I can’t ride after dark.
20 June 2007Bag it; tag it; sell it to the butcher in the store
In which I fret about dropping Latin.
19 June 2007Ride home, day 1
In which I get wet.
19 June 2007First low-carbon commute
In which I ride my bike to campus for the very first time.
18 June 2007Latin and tigers and bears, oh my!
In which I begin my study of Latin.
15 June 2007Rivendell
In which I gush about a company that makes expensive bicycles, but thinks about them in the same way I think about bicycles.
15 June 2007Program note: please help
15 June 2007Transformation, 1
15 June 2007$120 a month
In which I lay out my ambitions to pedal to work rather than give my money to the House of Saud.
19 May 2007Nerd alert
In which I install a second operation system because it will distract me and help me procrastinate.
11 May 2007Whineblog: Why I Hate Yahoo
In which I gripe about Yahoo and then discover the screw-up is me.
3 May 2007Spaceman Spiff and the Magic Pincer Hand
In which I imagine a world where all work is play
30 April 2007Paster's "Leaky Vessels"
Review of a recently read article.
30 April 2007Bowers' "Comedy, Carnival, and Class: A Chaste Maid in Cheapside."
Review of recent reading.
27 April 2007Carlton's "Charles I: The personal monarch"
Review of a recently read book.
27 April 2007Times Select for Free for Me
In which I celebrate a newly discovered benefit of the academy.
27 April 2007TV Turn Off Week
In which I whine about being virtuous. Oh pitiful me.
24 April 2007Taylor's entry on Middleton in the Dictionary of National Biography
24 April 2007Short notice: various readings for Tuesday April 24, 2007
23 April 2007Haigh's review of Heinemann
23 April 2007Tricomi's "Middleton's Women Beware Women as Anticourt Drama"
23 April 2007Levin's "If Women Should Beware Women, Bianca Should Beware Mother."
Review of a recently read article.
20 April 2007Anthony Milton's "The Church of England, Rome, and the True Church: The Demise of a Jacobean Consensus"
20 April 2007Brewer's preface to _Letters and Papers of Henry VIII_
19 April 2007New Directions in Scholarship
19 April 2007Reading Log
In which I reveal my plan to use the power of the public Interwebs to succeed.
2 April 2007The Prestige and Stranger than Fiction
In which I complain about recent films.
1 April 2007New Spring Resolutions
In which I explain how January is a lousy time for starting anything, but April is brilliant.
26 March 2007On starting: the follow-up
In which I talk about my excellent first day of the term.
25 March 2007On starting
In which I explain my optimism for a new school term and my plans for a couple of new systems to make me even more successful and happy.
24 March 2007Saturday updates
In which I discuss the blessings of entertaining with a large family, keeping up with friends via Twitter, and the constitutionality of newspaper journalism. Unrelated ideas? Yes.
21 March 2007On pretension
In which I show my mature judgment winning over my childish need for social comparison.
20 March 2007Haircuts
In which I rant. That is all.
19 March 2007Ouch
In which I hurt — all over — and take drugs to make it both better and worse.
18 March 2007The virtues of writing every day (proposed)
In which I briefly discuss some data gathered by Robert Boice and apply it to my next week’s activities.
17 March 2007The ever-recurring tools post
In which, yet again, I talk about what tools I use for my work. Because annually isn’t enough, I guess.
16 March 2007Post-a-palloza
In which I commit to post every day for a week.
25 February 2007On happiness and choice
In which I relate the results of an interesting discussion between my startlingly intelligent wife and myself.
24 February 2007Internet toys
In which I describe the new things I’ve added to the website. I hope it isn’t as boring as that sounds.
14 February 2007Free time
In which I worry about not wasting away some unexpected free time.
13 February 2007Priorities
In which I explicate the wonders of my to-do-listizing, which is wondrous to behold.
29 January 2007What's wrong with butt pickles?
In which I post an old story by Jack.
28 January 2007A blog for Kate
In which I discuss setting up a blog for a new, non-technical user: my wife.
18 November 2006On mayonnaise
In which I wax nostalgic about mayonnaise, and suggest ways to improve your own mayonaise life. But without much detail on the suggestion part.
17 November 2006Nerdy mac news
In which I encourage all my Macintosh loving friends to download a piece of free software.
17 November 2006Getting political
In which I say nice things about Tom Vilsack, the first official Democratic candidate for the 2008 presidential election.
17 November 2006Comments: fixed!
In which I announce to all that I have solved my former technical problems by following the instructions.
15 November 2006On chatting with students
In which I experiment with technology™ to help teach those crazy students of mine.
13 November 2006On Borat
In which I try to unravel the staggering popularity of the film (as of November 2006).
11 November 2006On internet procrastination
In which I reveal my secret for avoiding screwing around online for excessive periods of time.
10 November 2006On using online applications
In which I say nice things about Google products (circa October 2006) and how they make me a 21st century man.
10 November 2006Tweaking the layout
In which I discuss the redesign of this site.
2 November 2006On teaching, humility, and learning from others
In which I take my teaching evaluation and apply it to my life.
2 November 2006In Praise of the MacBook
in which I say nice things about a new computer. Scandalous and shocking, I know.
31 October 2006On napping
In which I defend the practice of mid-day sleeping in lieu of doing other perfectly normal activities.
29 October 2006Newbie Fountain Pens, II
In which I try to further involve my friend Thom into the dangerous world of gravity-fed permanent ink delivery tools.
1 October 2006In my office
in which I describe my office on campus. And that’s about it.
4 August 2006Newbie fountain pens
In which I recommend three choices for a young man choosing his first grown up pen.
2 August 2006Tools report, August 2006
What software and hardware I use to do what I do (whatever that is). At current, very preliminary and messy. Such a work in progress that I’d call in a .01 release. Pre-beta, as they say.
1 August 2006Rethinking web publishing
In which I explain where I’ve been, praise one blogger and mock another, and promise (to try) to be less of a pompous windbag.
10 February 2006Recipe: Candied Salmon
Almost a recipe for an excellent, easy, healthy weekday main course. (Almost a recipe because it’s more a procedure than a formula.)
8 February 2006On Kindness and Responsibility
How we were recepients of the amazing kindness of others, and how I feel a responsibility because of it.
6 February 2006On Writing the Tease
In the latest episode of “The West Wing” the characters were each dealing with a potential nuclear accident in Southern California. The fictional San Andreo … Three stories interconnect: the president, the republican candidate, and the democratic candidate. The show is engineered so that we will cheer the democrat and shake our heads at the republican….
...and thoughts on the cheapest trick of writers, and why to avoid it.
1 February 2006The Experiment, part 3
In which I get still nerdier, still talking about my computer, as if there was nothing better I could be doing.
31 January 2006On Ease and Integrity (and funding this site)
Why I think that essay writing companies are unethical and immoral, and why I think you should take advantage of them to help me fund this site.
27 January 2006links for 2006-01-28
24 January 2006Park on a downhill slope
Something I wrote months ago, but never posted here. It’s worth reading, if I do say so myself, because it’s actually really useful stuff.
21 January 2006On footnotes, endnotes, and writing
A fairly long meditation on the ecosystem of writing software available for Mac users circa January 2006
17 January 2006The experiment, pt. 2
wherein Teddy teaches me the value of technology avoidance. Kind of.
15 January 2006An experiment
In which I try to limit my technology exposure to only the basics. The basics in a brand-new PowerBook.
19 December 2005Bigger than the web
Barry Goldblatt? Did you say “Barry Goldblatt?” My heavens, I believe you did.
17 December 2005Making money with this site
A discussion with David Seah about the hows and whys of AdSense.
13 December 2005Back on the sleep wagon
Sleep? Who needs sleep? Well, all humans do, but we don’t have to be happy about it, do we?
12 December 2005Looking at this blog
7 December 2005Quote
5 December 2005Live site upgrade and future plans
3 December 2005Sleep update
I’m still sleeping little: under three hours for all of yesterday. And I plan to continue. Cool, huh?
30 November 2005Sleep crash
30 November 2005How to Sleep
21 November 2005Hot cocoa cook off
20 November 2005Recipe: green beans
18 November 2005Recipe: chocolate chip cookies
17 November 2005Ingredient: unsalted butter
17 November 2005Student writing
16 November 2005Recipe: risotto
12 September 2005Old Guys
2 September 2005On the news and newsworthiness
29 March 2005Recipe: Carrot soup
17 March 2005Burgers in Manhattan
2 March 2005Burgers and food snobbery
16 February 2005Article: Frosty the Vegetable