Highly accurate pictorial representation

This, folks, is what dissertating does to a grad student. Not only do dissertators create their own South Park characters, but they create one for you too with very little prompting…

Since I’m still so neglectful in adding a picture to my profile, this — Alyson’s version of me — will have to do. I love [...]

Smart little whippet

The day I lectured to my undergraduate course a few weeks ago, we asked the students to turn in what we call In-Class Response Papers. These papers are essentially just a way to see who showed up and payed attention. Last week, I finally got through the pile of grading that included my stack of [...]

Cryptic

Yesterday, I received a small parcel in mail. It contained a slim little volume I’ve been wanting for a while. Behold, the work of the Mighty Maggie Mason:

On the inside cover, she had crossed out “Margaret Mason.” Then, she (or her people) scrawled just above it the words, “You’re exactly right. – Maggie Mason”
Observe:

This [...]

Charmed

For the most part, my studio apartment is relatively sound-proof. Which is fortunate, given that my neighbors are mostly students in their late teens and early twenties. Inexplicably, though, I can hear almost every conversation that happens outside my bathroom window. The construction around that window is a lot older than my new fangled [...]

Vegan Recipe Monday: Quinoa of Whores

Chalk this Recipe Monday up to the vegan goddess herself, Isa Chandra Moskowitz. You can head on over to the Post Punk Kitchen blog for the official recipe of this dish. She took a much clearer, prettier picture of it, in all its Puttanesca glory, but here’s my Canon Sureshot version. Clear picture or no, [...]

That is all

Ladies. Gentlemen.
I’m still in a Tofurkey coma and don’t yet have the energy to blog. Instead, I give you a silly YouTube post that is all too true. If you’re not on Facebook yet, you likely won’t get this. And if you are not – in fact – on Facebook yet, then really, what are [...]

Consider the TVP, if you will

Because it is Thanksgiving, I am: a) grateful that I don’t have to go to class and b) not going to stress about posting anything new or noteworthy. Instead, I’ll direct you here, to my post from last year’s Thanksgiving.
Boring, I know. But, look, I’m just preparing you for tomorrow. Consider this the blog [...]

Smart kid

Everyone seems to like my new pale pink shirt. I find it remarkable that, after spending most of my childhood declaring that pink was the best! color! ever!, and then most of my teens eschewing it for black and brown, I somehow find myself wearing pink again. And getting compliments on it every [...]

Oh, my friend

To the person who got here by searching, “cold and dead inside dating”…
Come on over, my friend. I’ve got a bottle of red and a block of dark chocolate. Let’s compare notes.

Vegan Recipe Monday: Coffee banana ice cream

This post harkens back to the great banana macaroon debacle of 2006. Let’s just say that I buy bananas with the best of intentions. And then they sit there and ripen too fast and mock me from the fruit basket.
Predictably, I found myself yet again with several bananas too mushy to slice and add to [...]