http://dawgnotes.com Musings of a displaced UW Husky Tue, 20 Jan 2009 21:07:39 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en It wasn't grand, but it was eloquent. It wasn't passionate, but it was inspirational. It wasn't rosy, but it wasn't discouraging. It was lofty, while being remarkably frank. No speech in recent years has been anticipated with such high expectation. It will have doubtless left many people disappointed for what ... http://dawgnotes.com/?p=187 I suppose it is the kind of question that will be debated endlessly and never resolved, this question of "needing" a college education. But this month's issue of the AFT publication On Campus really pointed out the inherent contradiction I see in this quest for quality education and global competitiveness ... http://dawgnotes.com/?p=185 You have to admit that it's not often the inspection slip inside a shipping box is worth blogging. But these folks at Moosejaw are definitely on to something. (Their tag line is "love the madness). Every package that comes from Moosejaw has some very interesting stickers on it, including a ... http://dawgnotes.com/?p=184 Read this and share it with everyone. He's right, and we all need to stand up and say "this time we, the consumers, won't support this play." http://dawgnotes.com/?p=183 I voted this morning. I always vote. I think I've only missed one election in my adult life. So it's not like a first time thing or anything like that. But there is this crazy little moment of excitement in voting, pulling that lever back to open the curtains and record the ... http://dawgnotes.com/?p=181 In the last three days, I've read two very eloquent endorsements of Barack Obama for president of the United States; one from the New York Times, and one from The New Yorker.  What interests me about these posts isn't that they endorse the candidate I've known for months I have ... http://dawgnotes.com/?p=180 Welcome to my new cyber-Thoughtful spot. I'm playing with themes and such, and for now this one works, despite its lack of appropriate Husky colors. I'm working next on porting my existing blog to here, which I'm told I can do, but don't know how yet. So for now, new stuff ... http://dawgnotes.com/?p=3 After a few months of traveling and dissertating and forgetting to blog about any of it, it seems fitting to re-enter the sphere as a participant in the carnival Derek opened last week on an article in the newest CCC: "Sp(l)itting Images; or Back to the Future of (Rhetoric and?) ... http://dawgnotes.com/?p=179 Posted new Module for students in Intro to College Writing course. Vacuumed both the floor and ceiling of the dining room. Vacuumed the carpet in the living room. Vacuumed the floor in the kitchen. Did "some" laundry. Put on "out of the house" clothes and walked down the street to the big pond and back. ... http://dawgnotes.com/?p=178 Personally, I'd like to see a whole lot more teachers take a stand like this: Seattle teacher, suspended for refusing to give WASL, calls test "bad for kids" Thanks to Patty Ericsson at WSU for sharing this link. Update:More thanks to the tuba player for seeing it the same way. You should stop ... http://dawgnotes.com/?p=177