Find Your Own Bathtub
“That left turn might be right” We just watched a documentary called Bathtubs Over Broadway, and it was so much fun. It’s a 90-minute love letter to industrial musicals. You know, musical numbers performed exclusively…
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Harshest critic (part 2)
Let me tell you about another conversation I had with a now-retired colleague. This one wasn’t really a conversation, though. My colleague and I were on a departmental committee together, one that I was asked…
Harshest critic (part 1)
This conversation really occurred while walking down the hall with a colleague. I don’t remember what we were discussing. Senior faculty member: Now, Dave, I’m my own harshest critic…. Junior faculty member (me) in an…
Taking Command
I’ve shared this thought before but the timing seems right…not just because of last Thursday’s Bear’s game but because the message bears repeating. (No pun intended, but I didn’t edit it out, either, did I?)…
Face Front! Friday!
Let’s show everyone how we’re celebrating the end of the week! Post an image (you or a passable proxy) that shows how you’re feeling on this fine Friday. Me? Grateful and a little enlightened. Grateful…
Postage stamps and love letters
I’m a couple of days early, but it’s a story I’d love to share with you. Thirty minutes a week. That’s all it took. Forget about careful planning, don’t worry about making all the arrangements….
Pastiche and Parody
What is “pastiche”? A word we don’t use every day, it means “a work… that imitates the style or character of the work of one or more other artists.” A pastiche is a celebration of…
What is the meaning of s?
Are you being asked for a solution? Warned of a situation? Surrounded by smoke? Seduced by a Siren? Or simply sitting through a soliloquy? Would your your smart response be sharing? Maybe sympathy? Or silence?…
Did you hear that knock on the door?
It might be opportunity knocking. You better get up and check. Go on, don’t just sit there. Even if it’s not opportunity at least you’ll get some steps in… and it might be opportunity but…
Face Front! Friday!
Let’s show everyone how we’re celebrating the end of the week!Post an image (you or a passable proxy) that shows how you’re feeling on this fine Friday. Me? Just happy to be with you today….