Welcome to my new feature! At the end of each month, I’m going to post a link to something that makes me smile. Here is this month’s entry: A guy who can’t dance … but even he has more foreign policy experience than Sarah Palin!
Archive for September, 2008
Things That Make Me Smile: September Edition
Posted in Miscellany, tagged things that make me smile on September 30, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Is She Qualified? Uh, No.
Posted in Politics, tagged Feminism, palin, Politics on September 29, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
I know you are probably getting sick of my election-related snippets, but I can’t help myself. I am still seething over the fact that the Republican Party believes that upset Hillary voters will vote for the McCain-Palin ticket simply because Palin has a vagina. When will they learn that women are not all the same? [...]
Last Week of Hell: To Do List
Posted in It's My Life, tagged Critters, Teaching, To Do Lists, Travel on September 28, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Hopefully, this is my last week of hell for a while. One of my three major projects finished up on Friday (woot!), so now I’m down to two major things. If you compare lists, you’ll see a common trend — I keep pushing off that damned marketing plan. Must do it soon or my deanly [...]
Poor Sarah, My Ass.
Posted in Politics, pop culture, tagged palin, Politics, pop culture on September 28, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Judith Warner has an interesting piece in today’s New York Times where she admits to feeling sorry for Sarah Palin. WTF? We should *not* feel sorry for this woman. She chose to run with the big dogs and she needs to rise to the occasion or get the hell out of the way. Of course [...]
More American Exceptionalism
Posted in Politics, tagged Politics on September 26, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
In a Thursday Op-Ed piece published in the New York Times, Roger Cohen revisits the problems associated with American Exceptionalism:
American exceptionalism, taken to extremes, leaves you without the allies you need (Iraq), without the influence you want (Iran) and without any notion of risk (Wall Street). The only exceptionalism that resonates, as Obama put it [...]
Cancellation.
Posted in Politics, The Critters, The Professoriate, tagged Academia, Critters, kittens, laid-back thursday, Politics on September 25, 2008 | 3 Comments »
Sadly, Laid-Back Thursday has been cancelled this week. {sob, sniff, groan} Yep, I am here on campus, hiding in my office, waiting for two meetings and my night class. I still need to prep ye’ ol’ night class, too. The good news is that my presentation is done for tomorrow’s Big Campus Research Event. And I [...]
American Exceptionalism.
Posted in Politics, pop culture, tagged Media, Obama, Politics, west wing on September 22, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Normally, I don’t like Maureen Dowd, but I have to say that this quote from her column in the Sunday New York Times really *does* capture the problem with American Exeptionalism:
Because the idea of American exceptionalism doesn’t extend to Americans being exceptional. If you excelled academically and are able to casually use 690 SAT words then [...]
Mad Props Beef Stew
Posted in The Foodie Files, tagged beef stew, Foodie Files, Recipes on September 21, 2008 | 2 Comments »
Dr. Disenchanted’s Mad Props Beef Stew: Buy a big ass slow cooker, take it home, wash it, and turn it on high. Be sure to plug it in. Put 1/2 stick butter in the bottom of the pot so it can start to melt. Put in beef tips to cover the bottom of the pot. [...]
Shit List: Week of September 21
Posted in The Professoriate, tagged To Do Lists on September 20, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
I need lists to keep my life straight! So, if you’re really interested in all the shit I have to do this week — and let me tell you, the next two weeks are going to be hell! — you can click below the link. Otherwise, just ignore your woeful friend.
Underground (Puppy) Railroad.
Posted in It's My Life, This F***ing Old House, tagged around the 'hood, doggies on September 20, 2008 | 3 Comments »
Yesterday, I became a conductor on the underground puppy railroad. I know, I know — there’s a huge difference between freeing a human from slavery and freeing a puppy from years of abuse, but I really *did* end up having to smuggle those damned puppies out of my backyard, into my car, and across the [...]
