I love Glossed Over. It’s so funny and snarky and right.
And, you probably don’t need me to tell you this, but Wonkette has been great lately (and always). The epithets are my favorite part: McCain is “WALNUTS!”, or “The Maverick Sun King of Sedona,” or “Firebomb McWarpants.” They also recently described Palin as “known woman […]
Gloria Steinem on Sarah Palin:
Palin shares nothing but a chromosome with Clinton. Her down-home, divisive and deceptive speech did nothing to cosmeticize a Republican convention that has more than twice as many male delegates as female, a presidential candidate who is owned and operated by the right wing and a platform that opposes pretty much […]
I passed this sign while walking down Rue de la Liberté a few days ago, and it took me awhile to figure out what was wrong with it. Later I went back and photographed it, as proof that it’s not my fault if I mélange the French and the English un peu, okay?
This article describes the recent dance craze in France, called the Tektonik. There are some videos as well. My students love this dance and talk about it all the time–I would have mentioned it earlier but I didn’t know how to describe it. This is the description I have from my students: ”Ben… tu te décoiffes… […]
My favorite class and I are watching a film known in France as Ricky Bobby. I figured even if they hated it, they would at least have something to talk about.
They don’t think it’s that funny, of course, because they are just reading the subtitles. Sometimes they shoot me puzzled glances when I’m […]
We here in Apartment 8 suffer from an Internet addiction. You might be surprised to hear this since I almost never blog. But one of the symptoms of my addiction is that I never use the Internet to do anything useful or good, like keeping in touch with my friends using something other […]
I got into graduate school at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. If all goes well, I’ll have a master’s and a doctorate in French literature in about seven years
Sorry I didn’t say the name of the school sooner–I was being superstitious. But anyway, now I am happy.
No word about funding yet–they don’t decide until April–so keep your […]
They’re going to change my schedule in the third week of January, and probably give me all new classes. Even though I haven’t managed to learn all the names of my students this term, it disappoints me that I might not get to see them again. Not all of them are good, of […]
It’s not really, of course, because the word “extravaganza” implies fun. But anyway, I decided I’m going to graduate school. Or at least applying to graduate school–the other part of the decision isn’t up to me. Yeah, yeah, I know all about this you-can-get-accepted-anywhere-if-you-believe-in-yourself. Maybe at the National Internet University.
There was […]
by Charles Darwin Joe Yeager
I have uncovered the true and sinister purpose behind the foreign teaching assistant program here in France. I present it now to you in its entirety, or at least what elements I have been able to discover. Even more disturbing truths may still be hidden.