I want to talk to my students about their phones, at this beginning of the school year, but I may not have the right tools. When I was their age, there was no hope of me ever fitting in, so given that this wasn't an option I went for my own...style is maybe too grand... Continue Reading →
Foxes
There are three young foxes in my neighborhood. I saw them for the first time a few weeks ago, and then more recently they've been wandering around in front of my building. I can see them from the balcony, and watch them playing. They dragged a shoe from somewhere, and have strewn bits of wood... Continue Reading →
Everyone Wanted a Farfisa
"'Cause I can see the future, and it's a place about seventy miles east of here, where it's lighter." (lyrics from Laurie Anderson's "Let x = x") I keep thinking that my body's changes are temporary, and that I'll be reset at some point and my articulations will go back to being supple again. Not... Continue Reading →
Waiting for Godot
Spoiler alert: Godot never shows up. And the whale wins, whatever Ishmael says. There are vampires in the film Sinners, and like, it's a metaphor! Hmmm, how else can I ruin your day? Solyent Green is made out of people? Darth Vadar is Luke's father? Grape Nuts don't have grapes or nuts? At the moment... Continue Reading →