midgebop
Drunk on a world served straight: through the lens of a travel junkie, movie slut, foodie, music lover (no country twang please), queer liberal, English prof.

August 2007



Work Week Highs and Lows

Sunday, 26 August 2007 1:53 P GMT-07
Inspired by Liz's entry on work week , I thought I'd compose my own list.The HighsFriday at 5pm because I was finally finished with the week on campus and because a new colleague in the department graced us with a fabulous barbeque. Simply ch

My back to work week rant that moves quietly into a meditation

Wednesday, 22 August 2007 6:30 P GMT-07
Perhaps I should have seen it as an omen when this morning, I spent a cuppa coffee time composing a blog entry, basically whining and bemoaning my state of the affairs the last couple of days. When I went to save the entry, the computer went into an

And yet another speech

Sunday, 19 August 2007 5:11 P GMT-07
After surviving the graduation speech, I thought my speech making career had found its place as a "one hit wonder." But alas, I found myself today writing, revising, writing a speech I need to deliver tomorrow at a ceremony honoring the End

Patti Smith--Still My Heroine

Sunday, 12 August 2007 7:56 A GMT-07
Nothing could keep me away from a Patti Smith concert in town, so on August 8, N and I headed up to the Boulder Theater for The Patti Smith Band. N, originally hesitant (lacking the NY punk experience), is now a Patti Smith convert, having rocked in