Profesora Loca: Sí, me gusta las poemas

Woman Jailed Over Vial of Cat Urine

2007-10-09T20:18:16Z

Woman Jailed Over Vial of Cat Urine TAMPA, Fla. -- Cynthia Hunter spent almost two months in jail over a vial of cat urine. The 38-year-old woman from Lithia, Fla., was arrested Aug. 15 on a charge of petty theft after she was accused of stealin...

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QotD: World Teachers' Day

2007-10-05T17:56:00Z

In honor of World Teachers' Day today, tell us about a teacher who had a positive impact on your life. John Abram Bubb, d. 1993, sculptor in stone, dearly remembered: the coolest art teacher who ever was. Sister Patricia Binko, the Nun of Suzuk...

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Simple gifts?

2007-09-20T01:42:22Z

Okay, so you want to do something to make a birthday shinier. Naturally, you think, "Aha, I'll create the perfect mix CD." So what do you do when the playlist you assemble in your head turns into a trainwreck? Consider: 1. Weird Al Yankovic, "Whi...

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Vox Hunt: Music - My Current Favorite

2007-09-13T18:53:44Z

Share your current favorite song or music video. This was jammed into my head recently, and by "jam" I mean that stuff that comes out of a jar and gets spread psychedelically on your musical toast. I'm concerned by Mr. Byrne's apparent inabilit...

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If I can do three chords, I can do this one

2007-09-11T01:59:41Z

... G, A, and D -- all of which require either a guitar small enough for my hands, a capo, or some really clever Django-fication. Even so: Yes, I’ll dance and I’ll sing and my life shall be gay I will banish this weeping, drive troubles away I’l...

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Humanity's better moments

2007-09-07T20:26:18Z

My dad claimed to have bought a superfluous copy of Middlemarch, and so the week before last, he sent me the fine Everyman's Library edition. I've just finished rereading the novel, and Chapter LXXVI, in the "Sunset and Sunrise" section, is one o...

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QotD: This Is Classic TV; also, Wackiest Student Yet This Semester

2007-09-06T16:54:03Z

What television show stands the test of time?Firefly does, more than, IMNSHO, any other Joss Whedon show (although Buffy's "Once More With Feeling" is admittedly brilliant). Firefly has a detailed 'verse with well-rounded characters (Simon, Simon...

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QotD: Best Wizard, Hands Down

2007-07-22T04:24:39Z

Who is your favorite wizard of all time? No contest. Technically, his was a knight-monastic order, but he was referred to as a "wizard" by Uncle Owen, so I say that counts. I was four when the movie came out; it was the first I'd ever seen in a ...

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Deeply Attached

2007-07-18T14:04:28Z

One of my students in this summer session, a really nice person, is a non-native speaker of English, and has written, touchingly: I don't know why but I am deeply attached with the poem. Me too, Name Redacted. Me too. At the end of the same pie...

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Arts Fest/People's Choice Festival, Days 2 and 3

2007-07-14T21:21:27Z

My dad's Intertubes fell apart last night after the thunderstorm, and we had to get out the pipe wrench and reconnect the network hub. Yada yada. Yesterday, my sister and Cam had to leave early in the afternoon, because Cam had already been insis...

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