New Banners Added

Well, I’ve been shooting mainly black & white images for a month or more, now, and I’ve gotten some shots which I actually like. So I decided to do a little sprucing up around here, and I’ve uploaded 20 new banners. Though I’ve put them on high rotation, they may not all show up for [...]

Gaaaargh.

It’s freezing cold, which has put me in a so-so mood.
The last few weeks, I’ve carefully told each class, at the beginning of class, that their number-one homework was to practice English together. Two hours of practice are absolutely crucial homework, and necessary for them to do if they want to get [...]

On the Degrassi Phenomenon

My friend John Wendel really ought to have a media blog. He emailed me a link to an article in the New York Times about

Happy Easter

Happy Easter to any and all who are celebrating it.
Ho ho ho! Er… 깡총!

Commies and Rightists Sympatico

Ever think of comparing the Rightist academic freakout that’s been going on in the US with, say, the Chinese Cultural Revolution?
Well, if you did, too late. It’s been done, and brilliantly.

A Friday of Fear

This Friday, Dan asks:
What are the 5 scariest moments in your life, the moments when you were most filled with fear?
You’d think that, for a guy who got into horror novels and movies at a young age, I’d have a lot of answers for this one. In fact, I’m scrambling for five of them. [...]

Racism and Nationalism

Over at The Asia Pages Jodi talks about the differentiation of racism and nationalism, and Bluejives follows up with some quotes about nationalism (and thoughts on nationalism and war, plus a link to a funny comic).
I find, as one commenter noted, that racism and nationalism are, of course, different, but that in largely homogenous [...]

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