SurfnPoetry

"Delay is natural to a writer. He is like a surfer—he bides his time. Waits for the perfect wave on which to ride in. He waits for the surge (of emotion? of strength? of courage?) that will carry him along." (E.B. White, The Paris Review Interviews, 1969)

3.29.2007

Knee Froth

3.25.2007

How Are YOUR Brackets Hanging?

In an earlier post , I mentioned that Wisconsin looked good enough to win the Men's NCAA Tourney. Well, that was then (when they were p...

3.21.2007

Blogging the Cs

Made it to New York (Guess I can make it anywhere! I'll be here the rest of the week! You're all beautiful...). While I'm feel...

3.11.2007

Thanks for All the Fish

Jean Baudrillard passed away . Again, the New York Times drops the ball by pulling the BS populist card : Mr. Baudrillard, the first in his...

3.08.2007

Fargo Weekend Roundup

The Seventh Annual Fargo Film Festival has already started, and runs through the weekend. It may not be as big and inebriated as SXSW, but...

3.04.2007

Digging Out

And how much snow did YOU get last week?

3.02.2007

Takin' Back the 80's

3.01.2007

And Thus it Snowed

Don't know about you, but we're getting a healthy dose of snow. Should help the ranchers and farmers around here.

2.28.2007

Access Matters

Access to health care matters. Access to dental care matters. Access to information about where one can find these things matters. We all...

2.26.2007

Frightening

Seems like some who use the terrorist moniker like it's table salt don't like it being used on them . Interesting.

Defusing a Meme

A lot of people believe the enthymeme that CNN is "liberal" (people, at least during the Clinton administration, gave it the nickn...

2.23.2007

Semiotics of Power (part 2)

In an earlier post , I analyzed Senator Obama's campaign kickoff strategy--launching in a location associated with Abraham Lincoln, echo...

2.22.2007

Mini Meta

2.18.2007

Sunday Van Halen Interlude

When It's Love (Words by Van Halen) Everybody's lookin' for somethin' Somethin' to fill in the holes We think a lot but...

2.17.2007

Addendum to the Last Post

This recent shameful episode perfectly illustrates the perils of creating a public persona in a shaming culture (and a violent one at that)...

The "Shame" of the Social

Alex, at Digital Digs , has an interesting riff on online social reputation systems and Henry Jenkin's thoughts on MIT's comparative...

2.15.2007

X-Country Skiing with my Peeps

2.11.2007

The "Profit Solves All Problems" Meme Put to a Test

I have been watching the for-profit Universities slowly changing the regulatory landscape over the past decade or so, lobbying Department of...

2.10.2007

Semiotics of Power

A lot of scholars in my field (technical communication) have tried to locate and describe the relationship between different types of symbol...

2.07.2007

Hat Tip to Joyce, Beckett, sport, and Johndan

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