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The SJBlog: April 2006
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Thursday, April 27, 2006. My friend Adame has a very unusual name in Spain, much less in the United States. How to explain, then, his name scrawled in the sidewalk next to a pay phone on Durant Ave. in Berkeley? Posted by SJB at 4:29 PM. Sunday, April 23, 2006. Click on the photo above to enjoy a visual tour through my 30th birthday extravaganza. Labels: SJB on SJB. Posted by SJB at 5:22 PM. Friday, April 21, 2006. New Chief of Staff? It'd be like my own reality t.v. show! Does he have M.S? When I actual...
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The SJBlog: December 2006
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Friday, December 29, 2006. Seen and Heard at the MLA. There's nothing like a few days of bleary-eyed interviews, professorial types festooned with nametags on every street corner and the welcome faces of former colleagues (well, with one exception: see below). This, my blog-friends, is the MLA (Modern Language Association) convention. Here's a taste:. Please be specific.". 6 MLA tote bags - get 'em while they last! Would you like to sit on this chair or the chaise lounge? Do you speak or read Basque?
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The SJBlog: November 2006
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Wednesday, November 29, 2006. Oski and the Tree. As I sitting here on my couch trying to write academic mumbo-jumbo, I'm being serenaded by the Cal Marching Band playing a medley of Cal fight songs in preparation for Saturday's Big Game against Stanford. I mean Stanfurd. Which, despite being an admittedly apathetic to. I have managed to memorize at least the first stanza of the Cal Fight Song. And now I know about the Grrrrr-ing from this other fight song, The Big "C". Posted by SJB at 12:38 AM. Only lat...
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The SJBlog: June 2006
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Thursday, June 29, 2006. Garlic Fries Return (Again and Again). And yet I ask you: Who. Can resist the garlic fries? No one can resist the garlic fries. Posted by SJB at 9:53 PM. Saturday, June 24, 2006. Bears: They're Just Like Us! There's a 400 lb. overprotective mother staring me down, and she looks very capable of mauling anyone who takes an undue interest in her young." Mama bear is that black speck in the middle of the second photo. As relinquishing our spot at the top of the food chain. I've had a...
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The SJBlog: January 2007
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Thursday, January 25, 2007. Iowa is as Iowa does. OK, that title was inspired by Nick's. Latest post. It's all about our unrequited liberal arts quest, I guess. I spent a half hour yesterday trying to convince a fellow Wesleyan alum that a liberal arts education is worth its weight in gold (which, for the record, I believe. But also, it would make my current quest for employment by one of said institutions rather hypocritical if I didn't, hmm? Anyway, I digress: I got a flyback to Grinnell College! This ...
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The SJBlog: October 2006
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Friday, October 27, 2006. It's hard out here for a Ph.D. Culled from the job listings for Spanish positions in academia, here are some of my favorite actual job requirements (institutions have not been identified to protect my ass). And a few snide remarks about them:. The first part of this sounds like it was drafted by Dick Cheney. But then: protected class groups? What, like, bald eagles? Institution] is committed to employment equity and diversity in the workplace and welcomes applications from women...
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inside space: April 2015
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Buddhist blog on writing, photography, teaching, life - with the aim to open inside spaces. Thursday, April 23, 2015. This can feel like a spring breeze coming in the window for the first time in however long you have been sitting. Finally feeling your breath, you know you are alive again. Links to this post. Friday, April 10, 2015. My mother, in her twenties in Northern Ireland. Today would be my mothers birthday. I know the first question you want to ask me: how old would she be? But this one is coming...
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inside space: August 2015
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Buddhist blog on writing, photography, teaching, life - with the aim to open inside spaces. Thursday, August 27, 2015. A couple of days after I got back from California, last week, someone asked me if I felt like I was back in Madison yet. Id been in Europe, then Texas, then California, gone for over a month of the summer, which is not unusual for me. Links to this post. Friday, August 07, 2015. The Power of Narrative. Links to this post. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). The Power of Narrative.
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inside space: September 2014
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Buddhist blog on writing, photography, teaching, life - with the aim to open inside spaces. Monday, September 22, 2014. I read this short post. Today It compares the self-soothing of a new baby with the self-soothing of its new mama. A friend and student. Who works with trauma recovery posted it. Links to this post. Monday, September 15, 2014. Its easy to tell a sad story. The main gist was this: we tell stories of woe, of suffering, of sadness, and they are essential. Links to this post. I encountered t...
