the id, the ego, & the single misfiring brain cell

I haven't felt well since Tuesday, so when I went home early again Friday (my freshmen are probably feeling a bit orphaned right now), I decided enough was enough. I've heard that homemade chicken noodle soup will work wonders. I decided...ok. Time to b… more »

I had an a.m.a.z.i.n.g day.  I've noticed something about my literature students this semester: they don't just read their homework. No. They come to class with stuff highlighted and underlined and with notes in the margins nxious to discuss what they'… more »

this i (finally) understand I'm truly, madly, deeply into teaching literature now. I'm still into composition (my first love), but I now understand how to teach literature, and why we must do so. If anything, I walk into class vastly over-prepared no… more »

I've been waiting with thinly veiled patience for Richard Carrier's forthcoming book on the historicity of Jesus for some time now. I know him to be a very dedicated, thorough, and fair scholar, and when I first learned--maybe five years ago?--that he h… more »